Rockets galore von compton mackenzie (16 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, pink cloth boards. Fading on part of the spine at the top and base. Browning on the end papers.Tears with paper loss from the top and base of the spine, scuffing and dust spotting on jacket which is in very poor condition. Jacket design by Clarke Hutton (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit rubbed, marked and edgeworn. Internally clean and tightly bound. The fep are a bit marked. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Zustand: Good. 1957. First Published. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Subtle foxing and minor tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking and creasing to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with minor tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. …

Zustand: Good. 1957. No edition remarks. 216 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. the jacket is worn and chipped. foxing and markings throughout. one inscription. soundly bound. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; Hbk no d/w; black cloth cover; contents clean; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 246 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; Scottish fiction 20th century. Scottish fiction. Genre; Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Eight vintage full-color British front-of-house cards for the 1958 UK film. Based on the 1957 Compton MacKenzie novel, and filmed on the island of Barra (Hebrides), a British comedy about a quaint island that becomes a testing zone for rockets. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with corner creases, and faint creases overall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. pp. 243 / dust jacket damaged / stofwikkel beschadigd English.

1st edition. Comedy novel and a sequel to the author's 1947 novel Whisky Galore. The inhabitants of a remote Scottish island resist a government plan to build a missile base on their home. The author refers to it, in a Author's Note, as a 'bitter farce', as opposed to a 'genial farce' that Whisky Galore was. Pp.246, toned strips to endpapers. Dark pink cloth, dustwrapper (design by Clarke Hutton) has edge tears to top edges and top of spine and small loss to top rear corner tip. VG/G+.** It was filmed in 1958 (with some changes) as "Rockets Galore!" directed by Michael Relph and starring Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden and Roland Culver.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, hardback in near fine condition, some slight discoloration to end papers, in near fine unclipped dust jacket, some wear to edges. (Book ref. 8237).

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this sequel to the author's novel Whisky Galore, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. The sequel to the 1947 novel Whisky Galore. Set in the Cold War era of post-Second World War Britain, this novel sees the inhabitants of a remote Scottish island resist a government plan to build a missile base on their home. Written by Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, a Scottish writer, cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Light age toning to the fly leaves. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

Final Draft script for the 1958 film. Based on the 1957 novel by Compton Mackenzie, sequel to Mackenzie's 1947 novel "Whisky Galore," which was also adapted for film in 1949. Britain's Royal Air Force declares plans to establish a guided missile base on a small Hebridean island, aggravating the locals, who intentionally delay construction, to the consternation of an RAF officer sent to negotiate with the islanders. Set in the Hebrides, shot on location on the island of Barra. Beige titled wrappers, noted as Semi-Final Script on the front wrapper, dated 14.2.58. Title page present, dated February, 1958, noted as Semi-Final Script. 102 leaves, with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a silver prong.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Spine gilt a little tarnished else very near fine in slightly spine-toned, very good or better dustwrapper. Signed by the author in full on the title page, and further Inscribed by him on the front fly to his publisher, Norah Smallwood: "Darling Norah from Mont." Mont was the name that Mackenzie used with friends, the diminutive of his middle name, Montague. The sequel to *Whiskey Galore*, one of several of the Highland comedies by Mackenzie that were adapted for the excellent British television series *Monarch of the Glen.*. …

First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Chatto & Windus.  A very good copy, light rubbing and creasing to the edges of the jacket, some offsetting to endpapers.