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My Life and Times Octave Nine 1946 - 1953
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, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. 8vo, 325pp. Pink 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 gift dedication from Mackenzie dated January 1970 on front free end paper. This is the nineth volume of MacKenzie’s autobiography which includes time in Bombay, a tour of battlegrounds from Tunis and Hong Kong where the Indian army fought, Nepal and the Seychelles. 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 #
- 2169
- Title
- My Life and Times Octave Nine 1946 - 1953
- 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
- 1970
- Keywords
- autobiography, india, mackenzie, indian army, political history, scotland, second world war, WW2
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History; Scottish Interest; Biography;
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