Avery Clayton (17 results)

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

hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDBACK - Dust jacket missing. Boards in good condition. Pages foxed, otherwise clean and in good condition inside. Ships same or next business day.

Condition: Good. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 30 pages. Illustrated paper cover with 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. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Slight spine slant. Yellowing paper. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 209 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Clayton Knight (illustrator). Reprint Edition. G/none, used hc, vii, 210pp. VINTAGE Illustrated, green colored paper over boards with black colored text on upper and spine; scuffed on all edges; soiled. Pictorial end papers. Interior pages unmarked; age-toned; damp-stained. Binding is tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good + to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Clayton Knight (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. Pages toning. Assume first printing. #14 in series. Notable for its condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Clayton Knight (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. Pretty typical used copy. Pages toning, short tear to second endpaper. Minor chipping at extremities. #16 in the series, assume first printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Clayton Knight (illustrator). Al Avery (pseud. Rutherford G. Montgomery) ? A Yankee Flier on a Rescue Mission (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945; edition/printing undetermined; 210 pp; 8vo). Illustrated by Clayton Knight; green cloth boards lettered dark blue; pictorial air-battle endpapers in blue; no advertisements on the last pages. Classic WWII juvenile aviation adventure from the Yankee Flier series, with Knight's spot art and a fast-paced rescue plot aimed at early teen readers. Condition: Very Good/Near Fine overall?binding square and tight; pages evenly yellowed as typical for wartime stock but clean and unmarked; boards clean with only minor shelf rub.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Clayton Knight (illustrator). This is the 8th book of the 9 volumes in the Yankee Flier Series of WW2 flying stories for boys. This series is well written and was enjoyed by millions during the war. The green binding is in excellent shape except for wear at the corners and at the head and tail of the spine. Pictorial endpapers of an aerial battle. Interior absolutely spotless, very clean and tight. Pages browning, which is normal for the high-acid paper used during wartime shortages. 210 pgs. The later books in the series are difficult to find, and this one is no exception.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Clayton Knight (illustrator). A volume in the "Air Combat Stories for Boys" series. Light wear to the extremities. The leaves are browned. In a square, tight binding. The dust jacket is edgeworn and partially covered with transparent tape. The rear panel has some scuffed-off areas. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Green hardcover in pictorial jacket. Pages toning; gentle wear, aging of book. Jacket with shallow edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Clayton Knight (illustrator). 210 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ normal shelf wear. Spine ends and bottom corner of rear cover slightly bumped. Small blind stamp to front endpaper. Leaves age toned. DJ moderately soiled w/ wear and short tears to edges. Light chipping to corners and spine ends. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece drawing.

Condition: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original lime green cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine, biplane and lettering to the upper panel, blue illustrated end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 209 [iii] printed pages of text. Cheap wartime paper brown, two ink ownership names and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO80122973: 2007. In-8. Cartonné. Très bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 90 pages de bandes dessinées en couleurs. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.067-Comics.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. Knight, Clayton (illustrator). This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. Knight, Clayton (illustrator). This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

(MALCOLM X.) Avery Clayton. "Only those who have experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others." Poster, 23 x 17 1/2 inches; minor soiling and wrinkling, light mat toning, mount remnants on verso; #74 of 100, signed and numbered by the artist in pencil. Los Angeles: Creative Concepts, 1986 Notes The artist Avery Clayton (1947-2009) graduated from UCLA with an art degree, served in the Vietnam War, and later founded the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Cultural Center. No other examples of this limited-edition print have been traced in institutions or at auction.