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On Moral Courage (Signed)
by Mackenzie, Compton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060591544
- ISBN 13
- 9780060591540
- Seller
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About This Item
London, UK: Collins, 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 256pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Signed by author on title page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket mirrors book, has some shelf wear, chipping to top edges, lightly rubbed on corners, price unclipped. 8vo. A selection of essays in which Compton Mackenzie exposes the moral courage, or lack thereof, of some of the most famous people of the twentieth century including D.H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde and the Duke of Windsor.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012033
- Title
- On Moral Courage (Signed)
- Author
- Mackenzie, Compton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060591544
- ISBN 13
- 9780060591540
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Essays, Signed Books
- X weight
- 0 kg
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