Keep Home Guard Turning by Compton Mackenzie (10 results)

Condition: Good. 1943. Third impression. 214 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning.

Original Blue Cloth Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 1949, fourth impression. vii, 214pp. "Whatever their status geographically, no military history can ignore the part that (the islands of Great Todday and Little Todday) played in home defence. Keep the Home Guard Turning is an account of some of the exploits of the islands' Home Guard - exploits concerned less with the defeat of the enemy than with the outflanking of the civil and military hierarchy on the mainland." ("Altogether a most hilarious affair" - Sunday Times.) Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Some spotting to the spine. Top edge slightly dusty. Book is otherwise in very good condition. All contents are tight and clean with no inscriptions.

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.

Paperback. Condition: 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. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Chatto & Windus 1943 hardcover first edition. Dust jacket shows edgewear, notably to spine ends. Book itself is fine inside and out.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1943 1st edition. 214pp. Very Good/Good. Orange cloth boards with very slight rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight but for minor spotting, mainly to page edges and endpapers front & back. Nice DW with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, few small tears to edges, minor spotting/soiling, slight fading to spine. Comical novel involving the Home Guard on the Hebridean islands of Great Todday and Little Todday.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth boards; gilt lettering to fading spine; pages clean & clear; tight binding; small inscription on inside board.

Reprint, 1951. Free end papers a little browned; page fore-edge a little foxed; binding tight; 'Keep' in gilt title on spine worn; dust jacket not price-clipped, but worn at edges Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition for its age. Jacket is worn and discoloured, and edges are creased and nicked, including a few small tears. Boards and spine are slightly blemished, and page block, pastedowns, endpapers and a few of the pages are tanned and foxed. Previous owner's name penned to FEP. Pages and text are otherwise clear and bright throughout. LW. Used.