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My Life and Times Octave Seven 1931 - 1938
by Mackenzie, Compton
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/Very good
- Seller
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good. 8vo, 320pp. Pink pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Sunned to dust jacket spine. Illustrated with photographs. Signed by Mackenzie on title page and with gift dedication from Mackenzie dated February 1968 on front free end paper. This is the seventh volume of MacKenzie's autobiography where he is prosecuted under the official secrets act, tales of his life on Barra, visits to South America, Poland and Ireland and of course glimpses of his friends, Churchill et al. 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 #
- 2167
- Title
- My Life and Times Octave Seven 1931 - 1938
- Author
- Mackenzie, Compton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- autobiography, barra, mackenzie, scottish national party, political history, scotland, glasgow university
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scottish Interest; Biography;
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