Search Results: thin ice by mackenzie compton

Paperback. Very Good.

Chatto & Windus, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

Chatto & Windus, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. First Edition. 224 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Chatto & Windus, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. 224 pages. Purple pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Penguin Books, 1977. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harmondsworth UK: Penguin, 1977. 2nd Printing . Mass Market Paperback. Good. To view other titles by this author enter the keywords; XDCX, XJGX, Mackenzie or Sexuality The book is in good condition with minor wear o/w tight, clean and square.

Putnam, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Chatto & Windus. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Literature, Fiction, Drama) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 7 1/2 in. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners bumped, no edge wear, covers very clean. Spine quite sunned. Binding tight and text spotless. Fiction/Memoir. RGR.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Good. First American edition. Fine in good dustwrapper with soiling, chips, rubbing.

Penguin Books 1977. paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 224p.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper over boards, dust jacket. 224pp. Very good/very good. Couple of archivally-closed (on verso) tears to otherwise attractive jacket; endpapers a bit age toned. First U.S. edition, tight and nice. YOUNG 2433.

New York: Putnam & Sons, 1957. Ist American Stated . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Putnam & Sons, 1957. Ist American Stated . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Teal Boards. 224 unmarked tight pgs, dust Jacket has a few tiny closed tears , light soiling on back, not price clipped <br/> <br/>

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a short, not very noticeable tear.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. Pp. 224; boards slightly canted, the spine lightly faded and bruised at extremities; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned, edges a trifle rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, tiny piece torn from bottom edge of last text page, a little light foxing; Chatto & Windus, 1956. First edition.

London: Chatto & Windus, December 1956. First Edition. Cloth . Very Good/Very Good. First UK edition in very good dustjacket with small grey & brown smudges back jacket panel. Plus darkening/sunning to spine. Not price clipped. Original British price 13s 6d bottom corner of front flap. Unfortunately someone (presumably a US dealer of old) has inked in small neat hand 3.25 in top corner where one would expect to find the US price if this was not a UK edition. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Slight lean to spine & mild bruise to cloth top of spine. Darkening to textblock top edge. Interior text without markings. Sound binding. Thin Ice doubtless seemss dated to some modern readers. One on-line 'reviewer' refers to 'its purported 'homosexual' content'. Nevertheless, the Scottish novelist Compton Mackenzie (1883 - 1972) deserves to be read and reread, for his subtle, almost Firbankian humor. Speaking of Firbankian, this is an interesting association… Read More

London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, first impression. 224pp. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Cloth gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Text block edges spotted, top text block edge a little dust marked. Previous owner's name flamboyantly on front free endpaper, with separate ownership label. Hint of toning on endpapers else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, not price clipped, rubbed on corners and spine ends, with small area of loss on lower leading corner, larger loss on verso, which is also marked and creased. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A delicate novel of friendship which shifts between London, Morocco, Hampshire and Kenya, Somerset and the Seychelles.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.