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My Life and Times Octave Eight 1939 - 1946
by Mackenzie, Compton
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/Good +
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Good + . 8vo, 319pp. Green pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. A little shelf wear to the jacket. Illustrated with photographs. Signed by Mackenzie on title page and with gift dedication from Mackenzie dated 1969 on front free end paper. This is the eighth volume of MacKenzie’s autobiography which includes the Second World War when he commanded the home guard on Barra, ship wrecks, whisky galore and meetings with Eric Linklater, P G Wodehouse and Churchill. Also writing some of his best loved works such as Whisky Galore and the Monarch of the Glen. 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
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2168
- Title
- My Life and Times Octave Eight 1939 - 1946
- Author
- Mackenzie, Compton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- autobiography, barra, mackenzie, scottish national party, political history, scotland, whisky galore, second world war, home guard, WW2
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History; Scottish Interest; Biography;
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