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My Life and Times Octave Ten 1953 - 1963
by Mackenzie, Compton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good
- Seller
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. 8vo, 208pp. Green pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. A little sunned to the jacket spine. Illustrated with photographs, near fine inside. Signed by Mackenzie on title page and with a rather scrawled gift dedication from Mackenzie dated 1971 on front free end paper. This is the tenth volume of MacKenzie’s autobiography which sees his return to Scotland and settling in Edinburgh, whilst still actively writing and broadcasting. First edition. I have other volumes of Mackenzie’s autobiography available, in matching bindings and generally in very good plus condition and signed.
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- Bookseller
- Bird's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2170
- Title
- My Life and Times Octave Ten 1953 - 1963
- Author
- Mackenzie, Compton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- autobiography, mackenzie, scotland
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scottish Interest; Biography;
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