Gray Harold Studley (5 results)

Cloth over Board. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some light rubbing and edgewear. Text has yellowed and has some foxing, previous owners name on free front endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. ORIGINAL 1934 PRINTING. Dust jacket is in Poor condition, covered with protective mylar, shows significant edge wear, small tears and chipping from corners, a chip from the spine edge. Pages are slightly tanned, clean and unmarked. Endpapers show minimal foxing. Book is slightly shelf-cocked. Black cloth covers show minor shelf wear, rubbing to edges and corners. Binding is tight, hinges strong. An excellent reading or reference copy!; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Condition: Fair. SIGNED! NY: Harper & Brothers 1934. 1st edition with D-I code. Hardcover 12mo 258 pgs. B/w frontis. A piece of paper signed by Gray has been glued at the bottom of frontis. Copy of a letter from Gray (from Saline Valley Farms) to the owner of book is glued to rear pastedown with owner's ink note at bottom. Owner's ink inscription on front endpaper along with his note glued to same pg. Fair with no dust jacket. Black cloth with faded letters on spine. Spine slant. Corners and spine ends worn. Title pg and frontis foxed. Hinge starting at front. Contents clean and binding sound. (World War 1, Conscientious Objectors) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Original black cloth titled in yellow. Inscribed to the ffep by Gray, in 1949. Slightly cocked, spine ends/points worn. Minor spine breaks. Laid in DJ flap. Gray was a noted conscientious objector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; dustjacket; [i-xiv], 258pp; with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Generically inscribed by the editor on the title page, with his business card laid in: "With sincere regards, Kenneth I. Brown / 16 May 1934." Ownership names to front pastedown and endpaper, mild softening to spine ends, with spot of board exposure at lower corner of front board; Near Fine, Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned, and dusty overall; Very Good+. Narrative of Harold Studley Gray's career as a C.O. during WWI, told through his letters from prison. Gray worked as a YMCA volunteer in British prison camps at the beginning of the war, then refused to accept conscription upon his return to America in 1919, claiming it would "mar his relation to God." Gray was reputedly one of only two C.O.'s to be threatened with the death sentence for refusal to serve in the Great War, though he eventually was released from service with a dishonorable discharge. Includes much on his incarceration in Leavenworth and Alcatraz. Uncommon in jacket. SUVAK 407. Signed.