The phrase "preface from" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used when introducing a written work, such as a book or thesis, and acknowledging the person or people who contributed to its creation. Example: "The preface from the author explains the inspiration behind the novel and its writing process."
First published in 1953, here reissued with an engaging preface from Lyndall Gordon, it chronicles the period from 1918 to Woolf's final entry four days before her suicide in 1941.
(The original, by contrast, came with a preface from André Maurois of the Académie Française).
The collection begins with a stunning animated preface from director Marieka Walsh that establishes central motifs, including the sea, fishing and fire.
It also included a preface from Bradbury, whom he had met as a teenager at the Los Angeles Science Fiction League; he was best man at Bradbury's wedding.
An intriguing feature of the book, rather overtaken by events, is that it comes with a glowing preface from Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson.
However, after Obama's preface from his Oval Office desk – "Open your eyes and open your imagination!" – the content was often disappointing.
Cohen's reconstruction of Marx's view in the Preface begins from what Cohen calls the Development Thesis, which is pre-supposed, rather than explicitly stated in the Preface.
The general preface starts from storage of energy in photosynthesis moving to mechanisms of light perception and vision.
In his preface he quotes from Camille Paglia: "The prostitute is not, as feminists claim, the victim of men, but rather their conqueror, an outlaw".
This story collection moves from the 19th century to an unidentified future, evoking gothic horrors and outsiders who, as Doctorow puts it in a preface, "are distinct from their surroundings — people in some sort of contest with the prevailing world".
He states his mission explicitly in the book's preface: "Meditation suffers from a towering PR problem.… If you can get past the cultural baggage, though, what you'll find is that meditation is simply exercise for your brain".
