Hemphrey Malcolm (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as published). A collection of 21 short stories by a variety of authors. Not dated but probably 1930s. Externally shows handling and wear, the front free end paper has been removed and the hinges are weak but holding. evidence of previous ownership on the half title page. Some spotting to the closed page edges. Otherwise clean and tidy. We do not use stock images and each book is individually scanned so what you see is what you get. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, Card Covers, Inscription from Author to Front End Paper, 72 Pages, Some Light Edge Wear to Card Covers, Few Light Marks to Covers, Some Light Browning to End Papers, Overall, A Very Good Copy. Extra Postage Costs may Apply to Overseas Orders. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Circa 1930s. Pictorial cover showing boys playing with model areoplanes. Damaged to spine. Rubbed to corners. Previous owner's name and 1933 date on f. paste down. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Contents Sories by Reg. G. Thomas, J K Lyons, Major J T Gorman, Malcolm Hemphrey, Gustin Aish, Wallace Grey, L B Thoburn-Clarke. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 72 pages (complete). A comfortable copy. Hemphrey was best known as a First World War Poet, and his poem "The Hills of Home" in particular. This is rarely found copy of Hemphrey's later work, most of them from his time in Africa. The boards are worn, scuffed and marked all about. The spine has, at some stage, been repaired with cloth tape. The boards are sound and sure. Within, the contents are a little marked from handling, here and there. They are otherwise clean and clear, convivial, charming, evocative and assured. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hb with Dj. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Scarce. Signed dedication by the author to reader Mary F Birks plus a typed and signed letter, laid in, to this same admirer. Poems chiefly concerning Hemphrey's time in East Africa, some shrewdly reflecting on the expat's nostalgia for home when abroad, and vice versa. Paper covered boards a little worn. Clean throughout with no foxing. Dustjacket grubby and chipped. All profits to Amnesty International. Size: 13cm - 18cm with 72pp. Signed by Author.