Hay Ian Pseudonym (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This volume continues Ian Hay's celebrated account of the First Battalion of Kitchener's Army, following his earlier The First Hundred Thousand. Written with humor and realism, it chronicles the daily life, camaraderie, and endurance of British soldiers on the Western Front. Hay blends trenchant observation with soldierly wit, portraying trench warfare, artillery coordination, and the evolving tactics of 1916-1917. The tone alternates between grim authenticity and light irony, capturing the resilience of ordinary men amid mechanized war. Good overall condition, solid binding, cover printing (red) has faded, some staining on various pages and edges. The handwritten gift inscription ("Margaret McDonnell from Colin Thompson") documents this book's provenance. This book is BROWN, not green as the photos appear to show! Hard cover edition without dustjacket. 238 pages. Dimensions: 5" by 7.5". Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York. 1st printing, 1917. Brown binding. Cover defect(s): Some fading. Slight corner/edge damage. Page defect(s): Some dog eared pages. Some soiling/smudges from handling. 1.5 Pound Media Shipping Rate. Combine items and SAVE! Genre(s): World War I / Military History / Military Memoir / English. (B011).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Name stamp and attractive bookplate of R. Otto Probst, else fine in very good dustwrapper with a triangular chip on the front panel, and a small chip on the rear panel. Adventure story about a military man confronting a mystery that reveals a diabolical plot against England. Beith was a golfing and boating partner of P.G. Wodehouse, and he dramatized two of Wodehouse's novels. Not in *Hubin.*.…

First Edition. Pp. x+300(last blank), frontispiece, 35 plates, appendices, index; cr. 4to; green cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt insignia to upper and lower boards, cloth slightly marked; book label of David Levine, Sydney, together with bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown; William Blackwood and Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, 1951. First edition. White p. 256.…

First Edition. Captain Barry Shere, blinded during the war, uncovers dastardly plots by a cast of evil characters. Spends time in Le Touquet at gambling tables and watching on golf courses. Near Fine but for ownership signature at top of title page, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at top spine end and flap corners.…