Matthew Halton (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bargain book.

HARDCOVER. Hardcover edition. Sixth Canadian edition, 319pp, octavo in grey cloth. fading to spine and cover edges, cover wear, tight binding, clean throughout, Good +.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. D/W tatty, wear and tear to edges, creases, rubbing, price cut out, almost all tears are closed tears, just a small piece missing from the top. Boards have slightly turned spine and there is an insc at the top the fep, otherwise the contents are vg/near fine, which is rare given it is war economy standard light weight paper. Starts with the Canadian author talking to Lenin's wife in Moscow in 1933, covers the rise of Hitler, the Spanish Revolution and most other events up until the Battle of Alamein. 220 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good quality first edition hardcover copy without a dustcover. Some small marks, light indentations and tanning to the covers along with some page end spotting. The spine is straight, the binding is good and the text is bright and clean. Please see photos.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description; 220 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait, map ; 23 cm. Subjects; El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942 Personal narratives, Canadian. World War, 1939-1945 Journalism, Military. Europe History 1918-1945. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description; 220 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait, map ; 23 cm. Subjects; El Alamein, Battle of, Egypt, 1942 Personal narratives, Canadian. World War, 1939-1945 Journalism, Military. Europe History 1918-1945. 1 Kg. …

1944 1st edition 'war economy standard'; tightly bound in faintly discoloured pale green cloth with orange lettering to front and spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped and protected by removable clear film; wear, tear and losses to edges and corners, some large. Page fore-edges yellowed and foxed; foxing to initial pages and to edges of some other pages; overall, a good, tidy copy. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket. …

1st edition orig. cloth Nice Copy tall octavo. 220pp., frontis., A British Army officer's account of WWII in Norway and the Western desert; also author's account of the origins of WWII includes a chapter on Spain. A well-connected journalist; in 1933 he met with Krupskaya; later, with Goering. In 1935 Halton's warnings that the Nazis were anti-Christian, and that they were manufacturing tanks armed with 75mm cannon, were derided as "sensationalist". Fascinating account.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. The dust jacket is in poor state, with multiple chips, tears and creasing along the edges. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn, but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat, crisp and complete. The binding is secure. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair to Good. First Edition. Matthew Halton had the grim satisfaction of being able to say "I told you so" As foreign correspondent of a Canadian newspaper in the pre-war years he saw from a balcony in Berlin the torchlight processions of fanatical young Nazis in 1933 and monitored events over the next few years with terrifying clarity. 220pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 319 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Endpapers feature a map of North-Eastern Africa. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in red cloth with black titles. Lightly faded around the edges. Yellow dustjacket in good condition with black and white titles. Faded on the spine. Worn around the edges with creases and tears. Lightly scuffed. 2nd printing. VG/G. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Canadian Edition. 319 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Some sticker residue on the half-title page and ffep. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in grey cloth with black titles. Lightly faded on the spine. Yellow dustjacket in good condition with white and black titles. Heavily worn around the edges with large chips, creases, and tears. Faded and creased on the spine. 1ST CANADIAN EDITION. VG+/G. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Green cloth boards with orange titles and decoration. Contents tightly bound and very clean, bright and unmarked. DJ is creased, worn and torn around edges.

1940. (Paper covers) Very good. A collection of 16 radio talks (4 pages each) given on Sunday nights over CBC. Contributors include Oliver Mowat Biggar 14 , Frederick Birchall 2 , Clare Boothe 8 , Richard O. Boyer 16 , Henry Breckinridge 5 , Gerald Campbell 15 , Gregory Clark 3 , John W. Dafoe 13 , James G. Gardiner 17 , Frederick Griffin4b , Matthew H. Halton 10 , James Hilton 9 , Lawrence Hunt 12 , Florence Reed4a , Robert E. Sherwood 6 , Hendrik Willem Van Loon 18. (Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, Ideas, Radio Programs, World War 2). …

London. Lindsay Drummond. 1944. 8°. 220 pages. Mit dem guten Schutzumschlag Original Illustrated cloth with dust jackets. Dust jacket with a few nicks. Very good plus copy. Buch außen wie innen in gutem Zustand. Schutzumschlag gebraucht + mit Randläsionen, aber noch ansehnlich. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***. …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 48 pages. Features: Cover illustration by W.A. Winter of happy evening horse-drawn sleighs; O'Keefe's ad inside front cover features Clare Shragge illustration of boy dreaming of becoming a flyer; The Quarrel - winner of the $1k first prize in Maclean's story contest; Will the Atlantic Pact Work?; The Amazing Career of George McCullagh; The Starling - Saint or Sinner?; Why They Won't Let You Have Television - Ottawa balks the CBC and the CBC balks private showmen; Full Circle Round Shahli's (fiction); What, No Opium Dens? - Vancouver's Chinatown (article with nice photos); Smallpox - a sleeping killer; Arrangements by Cable - Radio's Howard Cable; The Vindication of Suzanne Pas-de-Nom; Li'l Abner cartoon in Cream of Wheat ad; Colour-photo Caterpillar ad shows bulldozer plowing through smouldering dump - a scene younger viewers may not believe!; Back cover colour Coke ad shows cooler with industrial backdrop, encouraging workers to drink up; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 January (Jan.) 1949 - George McCullagh / Smallpox Chan Ben Kent Chin Foo Saunder Gee W.A. Winter of happy evening horse-drawn sleighs; O'Keefe's ad inside front cover features Clare Shragge illustration of boy. Illustrated by Winter, W.A.; Shragge, Clare; Richardson, Aileen; Heffron,Walter J. (illustrator).…