Boyd Hugh Alexander (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Crown8vo, frontispiece, 72 p. Five illustrations and a folding map. Original unusual green textured boards, lettered gilt. Slight rubbing along the joints otherwise a near fine copy. Second impression with a few slight additions with November 1947 on the verso of the title, first was July. Light book. Postage will be reduced on processing the order.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Crown8vo, frontispiece, 72 p. Five illustrations and a folding map. Original unusual green textured boards, lettered gilt. A fine copy in a good dust jacket lacking only a narrow 2 inch strip to the foot of the upper panel. Second impression with a few slight additions with November 1947 on the verso of the title, first was July. Light book. Postage will be reduced on processing the order.…

Condition: Very Good. 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Good copy in dustwrapper . Country Antrim. Irish local History. First edition. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Good copy in dustwrapper . Country Antrim. Irish local History. First edition. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good / Good Plus. Second Impression. Octavo, 7.5 in. x 5.1 in., pp. 72. Inscribed, dated, and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with five full-page photographs. Textured blue-green boards with gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear to corners and spine ends. Pasted onto the verso of front free endpaper is a newspaper clipping with an article and photo about the author. Rubbing to dustjacket edges with the back boards texture leaving a slightly mottled print to rear of dustjacket. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. Laid-in: 4.25 in. x 5 in. colored map of Rathlin Island and an old faded black and white photo of the island's basaltic shoreline. Also, newspaper title page from Times Pictorial, dated July 30, 1949 with article and photos of the island. Rathlin Island is a civil parish off the coast of Northern Ireland. It is part of County Antrim and is Northern Ireland's northernmost point. The 2021 Census lists 141 people living on the island. Signed.…

Green Embossed Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dustjacket a little rubbed with 1/2 inch missing from bottom of spine but now protected with cellophane cover. Contains illustrations and a fold-out map with an additional loose map. Previous owner's signature on inside front cover and a pencil description of how the previous owner was acquainted with the author, pp 72. Size: 5.0 x 7.5 In.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo, 7.5 in. x 5 in., pp. 232. Inscribed, dated (1930) and signed presentation copy to the Dean of Down, signed on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with ten plates. Dark green cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine. Light rubbing to boards with a scatter of light-colored stains. Errata page tipped-in on Contents page. Book review from contemporary newspaper laid-in on rear pastedown.…