hodder amp stoughton ltd (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 142 pages, illustrated, price clipped, lightly foxing edges. Plastic wrapper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 47 pages. Five coloured pages. Not dated. Inscription X-Mas 1931 on half title page. Occasional foxing.Spine extensively chipped.

Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. No dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. A tan to the page edges. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps/stickers. One page unbound and a slight crack at the front hinge, but binding otherwise sound. Contents clear within. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Ian Hay was the pen name of John Hay Beith (1876-1922), British schoolmaster, soldier, novelist, playwright and historian. His humorous account of army life in 'The First Hundred Thousand' became a bestselling book - based on articles he had originally written for 'Blackwood's Magazine'. He himself was one of the first 100,000 to join the army for the First World War, and serving in France in 1915. This collection comprises: A Safety Match, 1911, First edition, 2nd impression, viii + 323pp + 64pp Publishers ads; The First Hundred Thousand; Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "K(I)". 1915 First edition, vi + 342pp + 2pp Publishers ads; Carrying On - After The First Hundred Thousand, 1917 First edition, ix + 316pp; The Lucky Number, Undated, but 1923, Presumed first edition, 320pp; Paid with Thanks. May 1937 Reprint (following 1925 first edition), 320pp; The Midshipmaid; The Tale of a Naval Manoeuvre, January 1933 First edition, viii + 9-320pp; Little Ladyship; June 1941 First edition, 254pp + 2pp Publishers ads. The first three books up until 1915 published by William Blackwood Sons, Edinburgh and London. The following four books published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, London. A good set of blue cloth hardbacks. Light wear and rubbing with a few marks. Text is clean and bright, and soundly bound. Occasional flaw such as offsetting to endpapers, minor spotting to edge of text block, and a few owner's names in pencil, but a good collection overall. Text in English. Approximate dimensions: Each volume 190mm high x 133mm wide x 30-40mm deep. Weighs approximately 2.85kg (the set - unpacked). More phtoos on request. Extra postage may be payable.