Halbert j boyd (14 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1931. No edition remarks. 327 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards. Front free endpaper missing. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Boyd, Halbert J. Under the Beacon Lights. Edinburgh: Grant & Murray, 1931. First edition, probably an advance reader's copy. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1] 2-327 [328: blank] [329-332: publisher ads] [333-334: blank]. Original plain Linson-covered stiff wrappers. A nearly fine copy, apparently unread. #314. $25. Historical novel set in the Scottish Border country in 1544, a somber tale featuring, among other things, a mad recluse who believes himself to be an archangel.…

Zustand: Good. 1947. First Edition. 352 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Signed with dedication from the author on sheet affixed to half-title page. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.…

Beige hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Slight foxing. 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). 327pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. CURRENTLY WE ONLY SELL TO UK LOCATIONS. PLEASE DO NOT PLACE ORDER IF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS REQUIRED. This is an ex-library book so has the usual library stamps, markings and labels inside and sometimes on the spine. Edge of pages slightly discoloured. Binding coming away inside (see photo).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Beige cloth boards with blue blocked titles to spine and front board with double line frame and thistle corner piece decoration. [ii] + 328 pp + 4 page R. Grant and Son publisher's list. First Edition 1931. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good no d/j (Book - mild general shelf soiling and wear to cloth, offset browning to free end papers, no previous owner name or insc. Mild foxing to fore edge of last few signatures and to prelims and last few leaves. No other notable defects).…

[1930], 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 296pp. Patterned orange cloth. Map endpapers. There is a previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. Locale. (Fiction).

Hardcover. Twelvemo. Hardcover. Red cloth with black titles. Jacket torn down and part of it is pasted into the front. 295 pages 19 cm. Book of short stories. "In most of the . stories I have taken as a theme [a Highland superstition] and around it have grouped imaginary characters, in order to illustrate that belief in operation. In some . I have retold genuine legends . In the Appendix I [give] intact either the original legend, or its summary."--Foreword. VG-. Pieces of jacket pasted in. Gift inscription. Otherwise clean.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition. Strange Tales of the Borders: Old and New by Halbert J. Boyd (First Edition) A firm copy with minor wear to spine edges and corners. Smooth bright cloth. Mild offset tanning to endpapers. Very light foxing to prelims and last few pages. Very light foxing to text block edges. Owner's name to front free endpaper. A jacket with shallow chips to spine edges and flap folds. Half-inch loss to front flap fold at lower edge. Moderate wear to flap folds. Soiling to jacket. In clear protective cover. First published in 1948, stated. Blue cloth with black lettering. 238 pp. BOOK.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 8vo, first edition,pp,327, blue titled beige cloth lightly soiled, endpapers lightly browned. Presentation signed copy from the author, uncommon. Historical novel set in sixteenth century Lowland Scotland.

Octavo, pp. [1-15] 16-295 [296], original dark orange patterned cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained orange, endpaper maps. First edition. "Scots legends retold, with 'great liberty in the way of alteration and addition.' " - Robert Knowlton. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978), Day (1963) or Reginald (1979; 1992). A bright, near fine copy. (#118396). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp 296. Endpaper maps. Original cloth. Unclipped d/w with large pieces missing. Review copy with request letter from the author.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. Strange Tales of the Western Isles by Halbert J. Boyd (First Edition) A square firm copy. The cloth and top stain retain bright color. One half-inch tear to the front hinge. Book mark inside. A bright jacket. Minor chips to the spine and corner edges. Not price-clipped. In clear protective cover. First published 1930, stated. Orange patterned cloth with black lettering and orange stain to top edge. Endpaper map of the Western Isles. "Scots legends retold, with 'great liberty in the way of alteration and addition.' " - Robert Knowlton. BOOK. …

Octavo, pp. [1-15] 16-295 [296], original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained orange, endpaper maps. First edition. "Scots legends retold, with 'great liberty in the way of alteration and addition.' " - Robert Knowlton. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978), Day (1963) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Owner's signature and date in ink on half title page. A bright, nearly fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with shelf wear at edges, mainly spine ends, and closed tears, wrinkling and internal tape mends to top third of rear panel. (#140978).…