Mackenzie Compton Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie (28 results)

Couverture souple. Condition: Moyen. Penguin collection , 1959. 1 volume broché(s) format In-12 acceptable.

Condition: Very Good. 1949. Hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. . . . .

Condition: Very Good. 1949. Hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First published in 1953, this is a second impression of 1955. |Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of innovative transparent cellophane jacket and spine, some very slight yellowing to underlying illustrated covers, not price clipped (12s 6d), old charity stamp to half title page, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 142pp, illustrated endpapers, lavishly illustrated in colour. A little history of Mackenzie's favourite London hotel, The Savoy in the Strand. By British writer Sir Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus (preceded by the 1929 hardcover release among others) first printing of a fine softcover pages toning. Set mostly in the Balkans featuring Roger Waterlow, Commander of Her Majesty's Secret Service, in a race against time to reach his three secret couriers with the fate of a nation in the balance. Although the copyright page has the publishing dates as 1929,renewed 1956, this copy was published circa 1969 based on the price of 60 cents on the front cover. An extremely rare item.…

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Penguin Books ; no. 1367. Physical description: 246p. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Penguin Books ; no. 1367. Physical description: 246p. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction. 1 Kg.

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.…

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 hardcover copy without dustjacket. Bumping to corners and spine ends. Bookplate and inscribed name to front endpapers, otherwise contents are generally clean and unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of colourful jacket by Clarke Hutton, spine and extremities darkened, corners rubbed with tiny loss, some spotting and browning to page block, slight lean, not price clipped (12s 6d), previous owner's stamp to ffep, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 256pp. A comic novel by the British writer Sir Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972). It features characters introduced in Mackenzie's 'The Monarch of the Glen'. Donald MacDonald of Ben Nevis and his friend Kilwhillie head to British India in order to save his nephew from what is considered a disastrous marriage to a divorced woman. Quite a scarce book. Jacket by Clarke Hutton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Green cloth boards with blindstamped device, white lettering, 8vo, 410 pp. Cover design by Amy Richards with her monogram. Second printing with (2) on last page. Modest rubbing & toning to spine. This was Mackenzie's first commercial success and allowed him to devote himself to writing full-time. This book was partially based on his own experiences in a theatrical troupe. Mackenzie was also a Scottish Nationalist and co-founded the National Party of Scotland along with Hugh MacDiarmid and others.…

Paperback. Ref. A40162. 15x21. 320 pág. + fotos b/n. fuera de texto. América. 3-F América Sin categorizar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Ex hospital library, but with only two stamps, one on each set of endpapers. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of fab retro jacket and spine, some slight yellowing to spine, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (21s), no personal inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy, looks only lightly read. 220pp. A satire on the Civil Service, it is a sequel to Sir Compton Mackenzie's 1941 novel 'The Red Tapeworm'. Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (1883-1972), was an English born 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 Scottish National Party. Jacket by Clarke Hutton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, small 'scraped' piece missing from middle of front jacket, spine slightly browned. Not price clipped (15s), previous owner's gift inscription to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 219pp. A diplomatic comedy. Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (1883-1972), was an English born 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 Scottish National Party. Jacket by Clarke Hutton (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1931 first edition on pink clotn some intermittent spotting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. Includes information on the publication of his "Athenian" and "Greek" Memories (dealing with events during WWI in Athens and the Aegean) and his prosecution under the Official SecTets Act for publishing details of espionage and political stupidities during that period.320p+plates, Neat, tight c0py, some minor library marks.…

Hard Back / Cloth Binding. Condition: Good Clean Cond. No Dust Jacket. Hardback : hard cover edition in good plus condition, a typical used book with slight wear to edges and spine. Some minor bumping or scuffs. Overall good / nice copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading on the subject. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand for yourself. Or would make an ideal gift for the fan / reader in your life. Reading is one of the great pleasures in life. Reading is one of the great pleasures in life. About the author: Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, 17 January 1883 to 30 November 1972 was a writer and a Scottish nationalist. Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, but many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname, starting with his grandfather Henry Compton, a well-known Shakespearean actor of the Victorian era. His father, Edward Compton, was an actor and theatre company manager; his sister, Fay Compton, starred in many of J. M. Barrie's plays, including Peter Pan. He was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated with a degree in modern history. Sir Compton Mackenzie is perhaps best known for two comedies set in Scotland, the Hebridean Whisky Galore (1947) and the Highland The Monarch of the Glen (1941), sources of a successful film and a television series respectively. He published almost a hundred books on different subjects, including ten volumes of autobiography, My Life and Times (1963-1971). He also wrote history (on Marathon and Salamis), biography (Roosevelt), literary criticism, satires, apologia (Sublime Tobacco 1957), children's stories, poetry, and so on. Of his fiction, The Four Winds Of Love is considered to be his magnum opus. It is described by Dr John MacInnes (formerly of the School of Scottish Studies) as one of the greatest works of English literature produced in the twentieth century. He was an influence on the young F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose first book, This Side of Paradise, was written while under his spell. Sinister Street, his lengthy 1913-14 bildungsroman, influenced the young and impressed established writers. Against the rules, George Orwell and Cyril Connolly read it as schoolboys. Max Beerbohm praised Mackenzie's writing for vividness and emotional reality[4] Frank Swinnerton, literary critic, comments on Mackenzie's detail and wealth of reference . John Betjeman said of it, 'This has always seemed to me one of the best novels of the best period in English novel writing.' Henry James thought it to be the most remarkable book written by a young author in his lifetime. Following his conversion to Catholicism in 1914, he explored religious themes in a trilogy of novels, The Altar Steps (1922), The Parson's Progress (1923), and The Heavenly Ladder (1924). Following his time on Capri, socialising with the gay exiles there, he treated the homosexuality of a politician sensitively in Thin Ice (1956). He was the literary critic for the London-based national newspaper Daily Mail. Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. Illus with b/w Photos (illustrator). Book.…

Broschiert. Condition: Befriedigend. 180 Seiten Goldmann - Compton Mackenzie - Perfect tb 180s. AU-SOSR-EHK8 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First published in 1947, this is a sixth impression of 1950. Top of page block dyed red as issued. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, but overall fabulous jacket very bright and unfaded. Not price clipped (9s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 264pp. It is 1943 and the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. When food is in short supply, it is bad enough, but when the whisky runs out, it looks like the end of the world. Morale is at rock bottom. George Campbell needs a wee dram to give him the courage to stand up to is mother and marry Catriona. The priest, the doctor and, of course, the landlord at the inn are all having a very thin time of it. There's no conversation, no jollity, no fun, until a shipwreck off the coast brings a piece of extraordinary good fortune. Supposedly based on the island of Barra and on a true event, the running aground of the 'SS Politician' (in the book it is called the 'Cabinet Minister'!), this comic, immensely popular novel was made into an Ealing film in 1949, starring Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. It was the directorial debut of Alexander Mackendrick and the screenplay was by Sir Compton Mackenzie (1992-1973). In 2016 it was made into another popular film starring Eddie Izzard (as Captain Waggett), James Cosmo et al. A scarce book. Jacket by Clarke Hutton (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. VG+/VG. 12mo. original black cloth gilt (slightly rubbed & flecked, faint offsetting to endpapers, occ. leaf edge spotting) in Colonial Edition dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed, occ. spots); pp. x, 402. A very good copy in the uncommon dustwrapper. The second volume of his war memories, following 'Gallipoli Memories'.…

unknown_binding. Condition: Good. Oxford University pocket edition on blue cloth 1938.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, second impression, published later the same year. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of largely cream jacket and spine, some overall browning and dust staining, corners rubbed with tiny loss, not price clipped (7/6 on spine), small previoud owner;s name to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 406pp. The year is 1914. The writer Compton Mackenzie is eager to do his duty to his country and join the army. But, suffering with sciatica, he knows he will never pass any medical examination. Disillusioned, he resigns himself to travelling Europe and writing his next book when fate presents an opportunity. He is offered a Staff Job by Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. He travels immediately to the coasts of the Aegean. This journey is the beginning of Mackenzie's experience of the First World War, which was to culminate in the epic, harrowing conflict of the Gallipoli Expedition. 'Gallipoli Memories' throws fresh light on many of the more obscure and unknown issues of that campaign. Described masterfully by a writer who found fame with books such as 'Whisky Galore' and 'The Monarch of the Glen', it provides a fascinating account of the battle, and the bravery of the men who fought it. Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (1883-1972), was an English born 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 Scottish National Party. Quite a scarce book. …

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo. original brown cloth (slightly rubbed & bumped, a little flecking, some spotting; lacks dustwrapper (upper flap loosely enlcosed for interest)); pp. [viii (last blank)], 326. A very good copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. VG+/VG-. 12mo. original brown cloth (slightly rubbed & bumped, faint offsetting to endpapers, occ. spotting) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed, chipped at headcap); pp. viii (last blank), 338 (last colophon). A very good copy in the uncommon dustwrapper.…

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'.…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. VG+/VG-. 12mo. original green cloth (slightly rubbed & flecked, faint offsetting to endpapers, occ. spotting) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed, a couple of chips to headcap and tail edge); pp. viii, 364 (last colophon). A very good copy in the uncommon dustwrapper.…

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'.…

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'.…