hay beith (101 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Lewis Baumer (illustrator). Blue cloth; gilt spine lettering. Fourth printing; first published 1914. Illustrated with plates reproduced from pastel drawings by Baumer. Humorous novel by the Scottish author (1876-1952), dedicated to "the members of the most responsible, the least advertised, the worst paid, and the most richly rewarded profession in the world." Faint rubbing to cover extremities. The signatures in this volume were irregularly bound in so that the fore edges are not uniform--some leaves over-extend and are curled and sun-darkened, some are too short. Prior owner name, address neatly written at upper front end paper. Otherwise clean and tight.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. [A Satire about the plight of the Englishman, The Irish question] Near fine. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 3 preliminary leaves, 3-88 pages, 1 leaf ; 18 cm.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Chips and tears to jacket. Spine leans slightly to the right. 1917 Hard Cover. viii, 238 pp. A continuation of the First Hundred Thousand. "Ian Hay first hit the literary big time with his 1915 memoir of serving as a soldier in World War I, The First Hundred Thousand. This volume is a follow-up, in which Hay describes his experiences from the aftermath of the Battle of Loos through the Battle of the Somme." ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Major General John Hay Beith, CBE (17 April 1876 ? 22 September 1952), was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but he is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay. After reading Classics at Cambridge, Beith became a schoolmaster. In 1907 he published a novel, Pip; its success and that of several more novels enabled him to give up teaching in 1912 to be a full-time author. During the First World War, Beith served as an officer in the army in France. His good-humoured account of army life, The First Hundred Thousand, published in 1915, was a best-seller. On the strength of this, he was sent to work in the information section of the British War Mission in Washington, D.C. After the war Beith's novels did not achieve the popularity of his earlier work, but he made a considerable career as a dramatist, writing light comedies, often in collaboration with other authors including P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton. During the Second World War Beith served as Director of Public Relations at the War Office, retiring in 1941 shortly before his 65th birthday. Among Beith's later works were several war histories, which were not as well received as his comic fiction and plays. His one serious play, Hattie Stowe (1947), was politely reviewed but had a short run. In the same year he co-wrote a comedy, Off the Record, which ran for more than 700 performances.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp.ix, 238 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original brown cloth binding with red lettering to the spine and front cover. NOT FROM A LIBRARY and indeed completely clean from any former owner markings. Hard to find outside America, and the only other one in the UK is £98, but that is signed!

Zustand: Fair. 1915. Third Impression. 342 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Colour frontispiece. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Front hinge cracked. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine and board edges.

Zustand: New.

Paperback or Softback. Zustand: New. Hundred Years of Army Nursing. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Cloth. Uncommon hardcover edition of this charming story of Excalibur/Scally the dog, which was first printed in the "Saturday Evening Post," in June, 1914 (Curtis Publishing Company). Hay, the pen-anme for Beith (1876-1952) was a Scottish schoolmaster, novelist, and playright, better-known for his longer works of later years. Faint rubbing to cover extremities. Spine moderately sunned. Clean and tight.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This volume continues Ian Hay's celebrated account of the First Battalion of Kitchener's Army, following his earlier The First Hundred Thousand. Written with humor and realism, it chronicles the daily life, camaraderie, and endurance of British soldiers on the Western Front. Hay blends trenchant observation with soldierly wit, portraying trench warfare, artillery coordination, and the evolving tactics of 1916-1917. The tone alternates between grim authenticity and light irony, capturing the resilience of ordinary men amid mechanized war. Good overall condition, solid binding, cover printing (red) has faded, some staining on various pages and edges. The handwritten gift inscription ("Margaret McDonnell from Colin Thompson") documents this book's provenance. This book is BROWN, not green as the photos appear to show! Hard cover edition without dustjacket. 238 pages. Dimensions: 5" by 7.5". Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York. 1st printing, 1917. Brown binding. Cover defect(s): Some fading. Slight corner/edge damage. Page defect(s): Some dog eared pages. Some soiling/smudges from handling. 1.5 Pound Media Shipping Rate. Combine items and SAVE! Genre(s): World War I / Military History / Military Memoir / English. (B011).

Zustand: Fair. 1915. 2nd Impression. 342 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking. Loss to foot of spine.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 92 pages. Signed by author with an inscription on ffep, "Constance from Ian Hay Beith, 2.xi.34", Condition is Very Good; spine slightly cocked, endpapers lightly foxed, text is very clean, binding is tight. STK.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. no date (c.1939), Very Good/no dj, 12mo., 283pp., gray cloth hardcover, 22 photo ill's., binding tight, private bookplate & owner's inked name on front endpapers o/w text unmarked.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First American Edition. Brown boards with just very slight wear, clean pages, previous owner's name on the ffep. Dust jacket (in removable mylar sleeve) is lightly rubbed along the edges with small tear at the bottom front and slight loss at the t/b of the spine.

hardcover. Zustand: Good +. First Edition. Small octavo (approx. 5" wide by 7 1/2" tall) blue cloth covers gilt titles on top cover and spine. Spine titles dulled, and wear at head and foot of spine. Former owner bookplate on front paste-down endpaper (H.C.C. Newnham) and another former owner inscription on front free endpaper. Browning on a couple of pages. ix [3] + 316 pages. " The First Hundred Thousand closed with the Battle of Loos. The present narrative follows certain friends of ours from the scene of that costly but valuable experience, through a winter campaign in the neighbourhood of Ypres and Ploegsteert, to profitable participation in the Battle of the Somme." -- from the Author's Note. Text is clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. World War I, The Great War. 092508C.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. Tan cloth with bright red lettering stamped on front and spine, lacking advertisement in rear. Contemporary owner's gift inscription and bookplate on front endpapers, title foxed, spine a bit cocked, else very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. Four page ads in rear. Tan cloth with bright red lettering stamped on front and spine. Contemporary owner's gift inscription on front fly, cloth lightly soiled, light stains on page five, else very good.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Pseudonym of Ian Hay Beith. Non-fiction personal narrative of Lord Kitchner's Army in World War I.

Zustand: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Zustand: New. Hundred Years of Army Nursing. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Book has original owner's name on inside front cover, slightly bumped spine ends, and one drop spot stain on text block, otherwise clean, tight and unmarked.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 379 pages; Description: x, 379 p. , [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 19 cm. Genre: Fiction -- Novel. 1st American edition. 3 Kg.

Octavo, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Four novellas of the cheerful frothy variety that the author was famous for. During this period of the 1920s he turned to the theater and produced successful collaborations with P. G. Wodehouse, A. E. W. Mason and Guy Bolton, among others. Lightly bumped corners, slight spine lean, otherwise a bright, tight, near fine copy. (#117375).

Octavo, original blue cloth stamped in black. First edition. The collection mainly consists of school stories and war stories. Spine panel just a bit sunned, a clean, tight, very good copy. (#117372).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover in Good+ condition, 8vo, 362 pages. Red cloth with spine titles in gold, no copyright date (1917 on title page). Tips and spine ends lightly worn, spine faded and a bit cocked, light soiling to block edges, booksellers tag on back paste-down (Norman, Remington Co., Baltimore-Toledo), p.o. name in pencil on front free end-paper. Author's first book, first published by Wm. Blackwood, London, in 1907. Bookseller accession no.: 23720.