Mackenzie compton sir 1883 1972 (18 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. No jacket. Minor wear & marks to the hardcover. Tanned textblock with marks to the edges. Content is in good condition.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 79 pages; 79 p. : illus. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Buckingham Palace (London, England) - History. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 356 pages; Description: 356 p. Col. Front. , plates (part col. ) ports. (part col. ) 23 cm. Subjects: Benes, Edvard, (1884-1948) . Notes: "First published 1946." Bibliography: p. [6]. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 77 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject; Cats. Genres; Autobiography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Publication year suggested. Series; Daily Express library of famous books. Physical description; 391 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; English fiction 20th century. 1 Kg.…

1st Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 304 pages. Subjects: Fiction. Fiction in English. 20th century fiction. Mackenzie, Compton. 1 Kg. …

First Tauchnitz Edition. Very good copy finely bound in quarter gilt-blocked black leather over green buckram boards. Text block remains tight and clean, showing faint dust-dulling to the preliminary and final leaves only. A well-preserved example overall. Series; Collection of British authors. Tauchnitz edition ; 4672. Physical description; 320 pages ; 17 cm. Subjects; Mackenzie, Compton, Sir 1883-1972. English fiction 20th century. English literature 20th century. Adventure stories, English. Islands Fiction. Shipwrecks Fiction. Robinsonades. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Previous owner's signature, minor library marks remain internally. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 658 p.; 21 cm. Subjects: English 20th Century Fiction. Fiction Literature. Literary Fiction. 20th Century Authors. Great Britain. Europe. Genre: fiction. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 304p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Sun fading to spine and top of boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 584 pages; Physical description: ix, 584 p ; 24 cm. Subjects: Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972. Edward VIII, King of Great Britain, 1894-1972. Great Britain - History - Edward VIII, 1936. Great Britain - Kings and rulers - Biography. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 356 pages; Description: 356 p. Col. Front. , plates (part col. ) ports. (part col. ) 23 cm. Subjects: Benes, Edvard, 1884-1948. 1 Kg.…

1p., 4to. In good condition, lightly aged, with tiny stain in margin. He thanks him for his letter, and invites him to 'call again' at 'this enchanting place'. He has 'finished Octave 5' and is 'at work now on another Ben Nevis story'. He has asked his publishers Chatto & Windus to send him 'Octave 3'. A letterhead with Mackenzie's Edinburgh address is printed upside down on the reverse.…

A nice piece of Oxford Union ephemera, with the three signatures - 'James Robertson-Justice.', 'Compton Mackenzie' and 'Michael Maclagan' - printed in a row on the otherwise blank reverse of the 25.5 x 20.5 cm leaf, which is aged and worn, with closed tears to extremities and a fold line. Printed beneath the text of the advertisement on the other side of the paper is an attractive illustration in imitation of infant drawing, printed in brown, red, green black and white on a pink ground. The entire text reads: 'OXFORD UNION SOCIETY | Thursday, May 26th, 1955, at 8.15 p.m. | EIGHTS WEEK DEBATE | Visit of | Mr. MICHAEL MACLAGAN | Mr. JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE | and | Sir COMPTON MACKENZIE | Question for Debate: | "This House Would Never Be Young Twice." | Proposed by Mr. ALEC GRANT, Merton | Opposed by Mr. PETER CHILVER, St. Edmund Hall | Mr. MICHAEL BROWN, Wadham, will speak third | Mr. MICHAEL MACLAGAN, Christ Church and Trinity, will speak fourth | Mr. JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, | will speak fifth | Sir COMPTON MACKENZIE, Magdalen, will speak sixth | The Division will be taken at the conclusion of the sixth speech. | Teller for the Ayes | Mr. MICHAEL ARNOLD, Wadham | Teller for the Noes | MR. FRED SIEGLER, St. Catherine's | Christ Church | May 24th, 1955 | ANTHONY HOWARD | President'.…

First Edition. Library copy. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Bumped corners. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 256p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Scotland -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 256p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Scotland -- Fiction. 1 Kg.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The three items are in good condition, each with his firm signature 'Compton Mackenzie'. Each is 1p, 4to, in good condition, folded for postage.Despite being scored through, one can see that the first and last salutation are addressed to 'Mrs Raymont', and the second to 'Mr Raymond'. ONE: 23 November 1961. He is pleased that she enjoyed his book 'Mezzotint': 'The setting is really the Seychelles but of course I had to lay it in the South Atlantic instead of the Indian Ocean.' He agrees with her 'about these efforts at modernity by some of my contemporaries. It always reminds me of the efforts of old people to remain young with the help of hair-dyeing etc.' TWO: 6 February 1964. Scarcely more than a note. He remembers 'the Froebel Institute but it was in Margravine Gardens beyond Talgarth Road, I expect the young Irving used to go down to Maraeon from Halsetown'. THREE: 6 September 1965. As a result of her letter he has 'corrected "Heva" and "Bisgon" for a possible second edition'. He reports that he 'had an interesting letter from A. L. Rowse the other day and I was gratified that he passed my Cornwall of nearly sixty years ago as correct'. He would 'very much like to see Gunwalloe again in one way but I should hate to see the motor-cars etc, all over the place. I almost always make it a rule never to revisit the glimposes of the moon'.…

From the Macqueen-Pope papers. (See his entry, and those of Foyle and Mackenzie, in the Oxford DNB.) Apart from damage and rust staining from paperclips, the seven items are in good condition. The correspondence mainly concerns a Foyles Literary Lunch for Macqueen-Pope, which Mackenzie was unable to chair because of an attack of bronchitis. All items 1p, 8vo. Mackenzie's two letters signed 'Compton Mackenzie' and Foyle's signed 'Christina Foyle'. ONE: Foyle to MP, 26 February 1951. She is forwarding a letter from Mackenzie. 'I am still receiving letters from people who were at the luncheon, saying how tremendously they enjoyed it.' TWO: Carbon of typed letter from Mackenzie to Foyle, 25 February 1951. Copy made by MP of the letter referred to in Item One. He thanks her for 'the lovely flowers and for being so understanding about my having to let you down. Not appearing when I am billed to appear is for me the most unpleasant experience I can suffer [.] I hated having to surrender. But I couldn't have stood up and my voice had gone [.] Would you be very kind and let MacQueen-Pope now how distressed I was not being able to take the Chair for him. He is a particularly nice fellow and has done such a lot of good work.' THREE and FOUR: Carbons of typed letters from MP to Foyle and Mackenzie, both dated 28 February 1951. To Mackenzie he writes: 'We missed you. The gentleman wh deputized was anything but the ideal Chairman, which you most certainly would have been. In your absence it devolved on me to receive the guests and one lady informed me - addressing me as Mr. Mackenzie - that she had now achieved the ambition of her life.' FIVE: CM to MP, 1 March 1951. 'I am still pretty bad - bronchitis having succeeded the 'flu'. I am hoping to be able to read A Book at Bedtime in a fortnight's time.' SIX: Carbon of typed letter from MP to CM. He sympathizes with the bronchitis: 'my wife has been a martyr to it'. He is enclosing a copy of the programme: 'It makes nostalgic reading - especially as regards the prices and the reference to chops and steaks always ready. Keep it if it is any use to you - or throw it aways after a smile. I have another.' SEVEN: CM to MP. 'Your note has just been forwarded to me. Many thanks for your generous contribution. We have just passed £3700 which is not bad in these hard times.'.…

Mackenzie's letter is 1p., landscape 12mo. 16 lines. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with a crease to one corner. He thanks MP for his 'encouraging letter' and discusses his own 'silly slip about the Faery Queen's entrance' in a radio broadcast: 'I was so much concerned with giving listeners the difference between the O.P. and the Prompt side that it became a question of physician heal thyself.' He continues: 'I wasn't sure of the year Mille Le Garde [sic] sang that song. Probably '97. Rose Dering was the Aladdin. She was second boy. Ted Young was the Widow Twankey. By the way in the pantomime in which Marie Lloyd was principal girl and sang Ta Ra Ra Boom de Ay, Vesta Tilley was the principal Boy, but I cannot remember the name of the pantomime.' He would like to get hold of copies of 'The Stage' for the 1880s and 1890s, and hopes that they 'may meet sometime. it would give me great pleasure.' An autograph postscript reads: 'I always enjoy your books very much'. Carbon copy of MP's reply: 1p., 8vo. Creased and aged. 18 lines. He gives chapter and verse (names, dates, venues) concerning the points raised by CM, concluding 'I hope we meet before long'.…