Hayter Preston (57 results)

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Missing dust jacket. Ex-library copy with the usual markings/stickers/stamping present, including stamping on the page edges. Book shows shelf & handling wear, including edge wear. Pages are worn & tanning on their edges, interiors contain sparse underlining.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. New series, (vol. 1 was published July 1946) ; v.; illustrated in black & white ; 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0003-5866; LCCN: 55-30426 ; serial OCLC: 3583423 ; LC: NK1125 ; color stapled paper wrappers ; three punch-holes along spine ; covers missing, reference only ; POOR. Book.

VG in torn DST/WRPR.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Bodley Head, London, 1923. Hardcover, 126 pp. 1st edition. An ex-library copy. With text by Hayter Preston, illustrations in color by Welsh artist Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) of windmills from the British Isles and continental Europe. Good only with a bookplate from the Taussic Memorial Library of The California School of Mechanical Arts (in San Francisco - currently a private high school). The only other library markings are fading white numbers at lower spine. With general soiling of boards, fraying at ends of spine, with more at the head end, also some edge wear at extremities; three corners are rubbed through. Binding remains solid. No dust jacket. Frank Brangwyn (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. New series, (vol. 1 was published July 1946) ; v.; illustrated in black & white ; 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0003-5866; LCCN: 55-30426 ; serial OCLC: 3583423 ; LC: NK1125 ; color stapled paper wrappers ; three punch-holes along spine ; several signatures loose, but present ; reference only ; POOR. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. New series, (vol. 1 was published July 1946) ; v.; illustrated in black & white ; 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0003-5866; LCCN: 55-30426 ; serial OCLC: 3583423 ; LC: NK1125 ; color stapled paper wrappers ; three punch-holes along spine ; covers off / torn ; refer ence copy only ; POOR. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Wardour film edition. Undated. Colourful dustwrapper front & rear panels affixed inside front of book. Burgundy cloth, gilt. Small snag (repaired) on spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. New series, (vol. 1 was published July 1946) ; v.; illustrated in black & white ; 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0003-5866; LCCN: 55-30426 ; serial OCLC: 3583423 ; LC: NK1125 ; color stapled paper wrappers ; three punch-holes along spine ; G. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. New series, (vol. 1 was published July 1946) ; v.; illustrated in black & white ; 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0003-5866; LCCN: 55-30426 ; serial OCLC: 3583423 ; LC: NK1125 ; color stapled paper wrappers ; three punch-holes along spine ; G. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 60pp, numerous small, elegant black and white wood cut illustrations throughout. Light card over card covers, lightly soiled. Backstrip chipped at base. Significant wear to bottom front corner. Tanned patch on endpaper. Very minor spotting on prelim pages. 12mo. Includes biographical essay on Lovat by Haldane Macfall. Fraser, C Lovat (illustrator).…

Condition: Fair. Hardcover with library binding. Ex-Library book with appropriate stickers, stamps and markings. Wear noted to edges, corners and head and tail of spine. Pages brown with age but very readable. Some early pages have cracked and are torn about an inch on top and bottom. All pages accounted for. Many nice illustration accompanying the descriptions of windmills.…

hardcover. Condition: 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. A good condition book. Undated, date circa, likely antique. An edition with elaborate gold gilt on the maroon covers. The covers are a slightly dust-faded. lThe pages are notably toned but do not appear to be brittle. There are a couple of shallow cracks to the guttering but the pages remain secure and the majority are very tightly bound. No dust jacket and good print.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Undated film-tie in Readers Library edition. The decorative boards have rubbing to the spine and to the corners. Page edges are browned. There is a little marking to the front pastedown. Previous owner's name and address on the blank page following the front free endpaper. The pages are browned but otherwise unmarked. The jacket has chipping to the corners and creasing and tearing to the surface of the rear panel, a two inch square section of the rear flap missing, a half-inch piece missing from the bottom left corner of the rear panel, a little tearing to the right edge of the front panel, a one inch piece missing at the bottom of the spine and some tape repairs to the reverse. First printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Facsimile. Originally published in 1923. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Very good + condition. Selling Used and Rare books on-line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; Black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; 126 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book is in good condition. Yellow cloth board.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Book is in good_condition. Yellow cloth board. 126pp with 15 colour and b/w illustrations by Brangwyn. Slightly foxed but overall bright and clean inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Original yellow pictorial cloth, patterned endpages. First edition. Slight foxing to cloth and endpages, hint of foxing to other pages. Paper clip mark to prelims. All plates present and in good order, except one which has a little creasing at heel area. The DJ in mylar is toned/soiled, with chips to spine head, long closed tear to front panel. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+, Wear, Tear, Spine Creases. NO DUST JACKET. 1st Edition. 126 pages, with 16 colour illustrations including the frontispiece. BOOK:- Binding is sound, no loose pages; yellow boards are slightly soiled, spine is browned; spine head and heel crush, with fraying to spine head; some shelfwear and abrasion on the edges; 3 corners bumped; no ink names, stamps, or other permanent markings; no foxing or offset; uniform page edge browning; leading and bottom edges of text block roughly cut. Photo on request. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. cover shows minor wear and soiling. pages are tanned and foxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. UK hardback, probably from the mid 20s. A book based on the film. Good with inevitable toning to cheap paper, in Fair jacket with some loss to base of spine and repair to base of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1923 edition, bright yellow cloth with black lettering and illustration. With color prints of windmills. Covers with mild fading to spine, dark tanned spot at head of spine onto front cover. Gentle wear, page edges moderately tanning. Book store marking on first page, else no markings noted. Remnant of jacket tucked inside, along with two publisher's flyers. …

Attractive 'wrap-around' dustwrapper design. VG in Good dustwrapper.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Undated film-tie in Readers Library edition. Novelization of the 1926 film, based on Moby Dick. The decorative boards have rubbing and bumping to the spine and to the corners. Page edges are browned. Slight tearing at the top and bottom of the front pastedown and traces of some writing in pencil on the front free endpaper. The pages are browned but are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has a one inch piece missing from the base of the spine and a little loss at the top. Light chipping to the corners with a small closed tear to the top edge of the front panel. First printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First American Edition. Very Good hardcover in Good dust jacket, 16 color plates as called for; binding solid and strong, interior text and images clean with some minor foxing to interior, minor darkening to board edges, jacket mildly chipped along edges, rear cover separated along rear spine edge with tape repair to underside. Large 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in., 126pp. …

Hardback. Condition: VG. VG- DW. 1st Thus. Foreword states 3 years (c1927). Merritt DW is based on WARDOUR FILM. Text paper browned. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Bright DW has some magic tear to edges with slight loss. Size: Fcp. A J Merritt (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 160 grams. Founded on the celebrated classic "Moby Dick..

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original maroon cloth covers, gilt lettering and elaborate designs to spine and upper panel. 6¾" x 4¼" 252 pp. General age darkening to paper margins. Good condition book in near Very Good condition period artwork panoramic dust wrapper with shallow chips across spine tips, tanning to the edges of the inner flaps, colours bright, spine not faded. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1900-1925.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG original gilt-embossed cloth, pages browned as usual, piece torn from rear end paper, otherwise clean throughout. Novelization of the UFA movie.