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Water on the Brain
by Compton Mackenzie
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1954. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. A superb edition of this scarce volume by Compton Mackenzie, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. A later edition, firstly published in 1933 by Cassell. A comedy spy novel by Compton Mackenzie, Scottish writer of fiction, biographies, histories and memoirs, cultural commentator, raconteur, and Scottish nationalist. He aided the foundation of the Nationalist Scottish Party. Mackenzie based this volume on his experiences while working for the British Intelligence. In this book the author it at the top of his comic form, and Water on the Brain is a delicious farce described by Mackenzie as "a deliberate caricature of Intelligence."With the unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, lovely with only minor shelfwear. The dustwrapper is excellent with only slight shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 763A59
- Title
- Water on the Brain
- Author
- Compton Mackenzie
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- mackenzie modern fiction dustwrapper modern
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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