Beith John Hay (73 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 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. Lewis Baumer (illustrator).…

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. It's Quicker To Telephone. Book.

hardcover. Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Condition: 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.…

Condition: New.

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

Condition: 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: 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).…

Condition: 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.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: 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.

Condition: New.

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

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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. Condition: 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.…

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. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. 163 pp. Frontis. 22 illus. Spine ends, corners bumped and rubbed. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine. Coat of arms embossed on front board. A comprehensive description of the memorial honouring the Scottis war dead. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condition: fair. 88, boards worn, corners bumped, front flyleaf clipped and ink notation, bookplate, binding weak in places.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Thus. [1930]. 1st thus, in Hodder and Stoughton's self proclaimed 'famous' 2s series. 312pp, plus viii page publisher's catalogue at rear. Red cloth covered boards, blind ruled with black titles on spine. Boards a little faded, sunned on spine, rubbed at corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name on front, slightly toned, endpaper, else internally neat, clean and tight. Vintage crime fiction. Ian Hay was the pen name of Major General John Hay Beith. The Poor Gentleman, his 11th novel, was first published in 1928. 12mo.…

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. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Very Good. 1917. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo Very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Very Good. 1917. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo Very good copy. . . . .

Condition: New.