M Compton Mackenzie (20 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 132 pages. J. M. Barrie and Peter Pan with Complete Bibliography, Joseph Conrad with Complete Bibliography, Sir Compton Mackenzie with Complete Bibliography and Crime writer Ngaio Marsh.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Magazine. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 59pp. Rubbing, edgewear, and a long tear on the rear panel, good. This issue features Hugh MacDiarmid, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Naomi Mitchison, Douglas Young, A.V. Stuart, Alexander Buist, William Kean Seymour, David Low, C. Day Lewis, Sir Francis Meynell, Canon Adam Fox, John Smith, Lady Margaret Sackville, Vernon Scannell, and Margaret Stanley-Wrench. Additional contributors include Gilbert Thomas, Paul Selver, Ilko Iliev, Paula Nelson, Phyllis M. Scott, Canon Adam Fox, Mary Field, Rita Spurr, M. Shand Smith, Evelyn D. Bangay, Stephen Graham, Kathleen Valmai Richardson, Joan Forman, Geoffrey Johnson, Geoggrey Dearmer, Herbert Palmer, Robert Armstrong, and Kennedy Williamson.

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Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

100 pp. 8vo, publisher's printed wrappers. First edition; one of 500 copies, of which many were pulped. Old ink ownership signature; front wrapper detached at backstrip; wrappers soiled and with tiny chips and tears at edges.

In-16° pp. 311. Bross. edit. con sovrac. figur. a colori. Traduz. Maria Napoletano (Martone). Tracce d'uso.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. ppviii + 99, original wrappers, front wrapper detached. Author's first book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 99 Pp. Original Gray Wrappers Printed In Black. First Edition, One Of 500 Copies. Signed By Compton Mackenzie On The Half Title; Ownership Signature Of D. Roa / Downing College / Cambridge / Michaelmass 1916" Above. Wrappers With Yap Edges, Short Tears At Edges Of Covers, Splits At Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine, Chipping Along Fore Edge And Bottom Edge Of Rear Cover. Contents Clean, No Foxing. Per Wikipedia, Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, Obe ( 1883 - 1972) Was A Scottish Writer Of Fiction, Biography, Histories And A Memoir, As Well As A Cultural Commentator, Raconteur And Lifelong Scottish Nationalist. He Was One Of The Co-Founders In 1928 Of The National Party Of Scotland Along With Hugh Macdiarmid, Cunninghame Graham And John Maccormick. He Was Knighted In The 1952 Birthday Honours List. He Published Almost A Hundred Books On Different Subjects, Including Ten Volumes Of Autobiography: My Life And Times (1883-71). He Wrote History (On The Battle Of Marathon And The Battle Of Salamis), Biography (Mr Roosevelt, A 1943 Biography Of Fdr), Literary Criticism, Satires, Apologia (Sublime Tobacco 1957), Children's Stories, Poetry And So On. Of His Fiction, The Four Winds Of Love Is Sometimes Considered His Magnum Opus. He Was Admired By F. Scott Fitzgerald, Whose First Book, This Side Of Paradise, Was Written Under The Literary Influence Of Compton.Sinister Street, His Lengthy 1913-14 Bildungsroman, Influenced George Orwell And Cyril Connolly, Who Both Read It As Schoolboys. Max Beerbohm Praised Mackenzie's Writing For Vividness And Emotional Reality.[He Served With British Intelligence In The Eastern Mediterranean During The First World War, Later Publishing Four Books On His Experiences. According To These Books, He Was Commissioned In The Royal Marines, Rising To The Rank Of Captain. His Ill-Health Making Front-Line Service Impractical, He Was Assigned Counter-Espionage Work During The Gallipoli Campaign, And In 1916 Built Up A Considerable Counter-Intelligence Network In Athens, Greece Then Being Neutral. He Is Alleged To Have Taken Part In An Attempt To Assassinate The King By Poison In August 1916, During Which The Royal Palace Was To Be Surrounded By Fire To Prevent Him Escaping. While His Secret Service Work Seems To Have Been Valued Highly By His Superiors, Including Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming, His Passionate Political Views, Especially His Support For The Venizelists, Made Him A Controversial Figure And He Was Expelled From Athens Following The Noemvriana.In 1917, He Founded The Aegean Intelligence Service, And Enjoyed Considerable Autonomy For Some Months As Its Director. He Was Offered The Presidency Of The Republic Of Cerigo, Which Was Briefly Independent While Greece Was Split Between Royalists And Venizelists, But Declined The Office. He Was Recalled In September 1917. Smith-Cumming Considered Appointing Him As His Deputy, But Withdrew The Suggestion After Opposition From Within His Own Service, And Mackenzie Played No Further Active Role In The War. In 1919, He Was Appointed An Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire (Obe), And Was Also Honored With The French Legion Of Honour, The Serbian Order Of The White Eagle, And The Greek Order Of The Redeemer.After The Publication Of His Greek Memories In 1932, He Was Prosecuted The Following Year At The Old Bailey Under The Official Secrets Act For Quoting From Supposedly Secret Documents.The Matter Was Raised In Parliament And A New Version Of Greek Memories Was Eventually Published In 1939.In 2011 Biteback Published The Original 1932 Edition Of Greek Memories, Including The Secret Intelligence Service Memo Detailing The Offending Passages Of The Book. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Front cover detached at backstrip and toned to edges otherwise tight and internally VG. Early collection of poems.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Grye-green boards with five brown circles at top. Brown elather spine lettered in gold. 256 of 350 copies. Signed at limitation by Glen and Penrice. AN EX LIBRARY BOOK with library marks only on spine, title page and limitation page. Else Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.

First edition, first printing. The publisher's retained copy. Original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the contents spotted to the prelims and text block edges and with the publisher's "Archive Copy" stamp to the front pastedown and title page are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the original dustwrapper which is a little nicked and creased at the head of the lightly faded spine and with the publisher's "File Copy" stamp to the upper panel. Provenance: From the archive of the publisher Victor Gollancz. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. paper wrappers as issued, spine sunned, tiny nicks to leading edge of covers, minor light spotting, a nice copy. the author's first book; first edition; 99 pages; keywords: poetry;

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (29 x 23cm), pp.12. Newspaper format with six sheets folded once, unbound. Toned paperstock. Fine. A special In Memoriam issue to celebrate the life of Roland Muirhead with contributions from the great and the good of Scottish thinkers including Hugh MacDiarmid, Sir Compton Mackenzie and Douglas Young amongst many others.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Poems" by M. Compton Mackenzie B.H. Blackwell, Oxford. 1907 first UK edition of Mackenzie's first book. 99p, laid in is an inscribed note by Compton Mackenzie dated 1915. Original wrappers have some wear. Rare. Signed by Author.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edward Bawden; Various (illustrator). First edition. A three-volume collection of illustrated first editions celebrating mid-century London, from its poetry and post-war fashion to the history of the iconic Savoy Hotel, with their original dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with The Savoy of London in the original pictorial hardback binding.Complete with the publisher's original dust wrappers. Unclipped, with the exception of the clear plastic wrap of The Savoy of London, which has been price-clipped.First editions.A three-volume collection of mid-20th-century works celebrating London"s culture, fashion, and social life, comprising: London is London: A Selection of Prose & Verse, by D. M. Low (1949). First edition. Illustrated by Edward Bawden with thirty-two plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. A curated literary portrait of London. Fashion in London, by Barbara Worsley-Gough (1952). First edition. Illustrated with eleven double-sided monochrome plates and a frontispiece. Collated, complete.A lively survey of London"s fashion scene in the post-war era, charting designers and trends. The Savoy of London, by Compton Mackenzie (1953). First edition. Illustrated with eighteen double-sided plates featuring numerous colour illustrations, plus two additional colour plates including the frontispiece. Collated, complete. A celebratory history of the Savoy Hotel, exploring its history, traditions, and status as a symbol of London luxury. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with "The Savoy of London" in the original pictorial hardback binding.Externally, very smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Previous bookseller"s discreet label to front paste down of "London is London." Slight fading to extremities. Dust wrapper, smart. Wrapper of "The Savoy" clipped. Tape repairs along inside upper and lower extremities of wrap of "Fashions", with slight loss at head of spine. The odd minor chip, closed tear, and crease to extremities. Slight age toning with one or two spots. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots, heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edges more apparent to older copies. Very Good Indeed. book.