Child by Macbeth George (12 results)

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MacBeth, George. A child of the war. London: Jonathan Cape, 1987, reprinted, 188pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth, paper somewhat tanning. George MacBeth's childhood, like that of so many of his generation, was brutally altered by the outbreak of the Second World War. Born in Scotland, where his father worked as a miner, and raised in Sheffield, his early fascination with guns and battle was soon replaced by the smell of fear and the terrifying sound of air-raid sirens. In December 1940 a bomb shattered the family home that had been the young MacBeth's core of safety in a menacing world. In October of 1941 his father walked out into an air raid, never to return. MacBeth was just nine years old. He and his mother "soldiered on", through VE Day and continued rationing. The author vividly recounts the tragic and comic events of his childhood and adolescence; the treacherous experience of puberty and his emerging sexuality, his fledgling experiments in politics and business, and the curtailment of his athletic career by illness. The memoir closes in 1951 when, as the young writer prepares to take up a scholarship at Oxford, he is confronted by his mother's death from cirrhosis of the liver. This intimate record of a childhood scarred by grief is both candid and a fitting tribute to those who gave him life. As the author says in his preface, "Writing about my parents is still like asking for a minute's silence on Remembrance Day, and this is what makes me, I think, a child of the war.". 9780224024365 ISBN 0224024361.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fiine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 188pp.

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1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 188 pages. Subjects: MacBeth, George 1932. MacBeth, George Childhood and youth. MacBeth, George 1932- Biography. Poets, English 20th century; Biography. Poetry in English MacBeth, George 1932. 1 Kg.…

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 188 pages. Subjects: MacBeth, George 1932. MacBeth, George Childhood and youth. MacBeth, George 1932- Biography. Poets, English 20th century; Biography. Poetry in English MacBeth, George 1932. 1 Kg.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing, not price clipped, no owner's name or other inscription, some tanning to pages, D/j has no tears, nicks, creases or marks and is protected by a clear removable sleeve.

Hardcover. 8vo. Pp: 188. First edition. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine. Includes signed postcard to poet, Alan Brownjohn, and an invitation to the wedding of George Macbeth to his second wife Penny Church.ISBN: 0224024361 A very good copy with toning to edges. Very good dust jacket with slightly faded spine.…

8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.