Jock Macdonald (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The title of this intriguing book derives from Edward Gibbon's description of the second century AD as the time of the greatest happiness and prosperity in the history of the world. Jock Macdonald puts the eighty years of his lifetime under a lens to consider to what extent Gibbon's description holds good for the Western World in the period since the Second World War. His lens is his own worldview and its focus changes from that of early childhood in wartime India, through adolescence in Scotland and England during the lean years of the 50s, to a successful career in education, followed by a committed involvement in both local and national politics. Interspersed are a series of delightful interludes involving in particular his lifelong passions for classical history and literature, archaeology, and the joys and perils of owning a derelict cottage in Umbria. What makes the book much more than a memoir of a life well lived is the intent behind it. The author is a serious environmentalist who sees lurking behind the good years of the second half of the twentieth century 'intimations of calamity just over the horizon'. Already by the end of the second decade of the twenty-first century, the Climate Crisis is widely seen as a calamity with greater potential for disaster than anything Gibbon could have imagined. Macdonald accepts that as individuals we may be powerless on a global scale, but that we can and must speak out. He does this now through his debut book about a life spent asking questions and helping others. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, 208 pages; as new condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Softcover, 84 pages; in English and French; very good condition; light rubbing and toning to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Magazine. The January 2000 issue of Photo District News (PDN) magazine (Vol. XX, No. 1), the award-winning publication for professional photographers, with: a feature on Nicholas Nixon; articles on Geof Kern, Jock MacDonald, Payne Stewart, Arthur Elgort, Pete Seaward, Robert Bailey, Annie Leibovitz, William Eggleston, John Hopkins, and Jeanine Pohlhaus; a short piece on Duane Michals by Kern; an in memoriam for Horst P. Horst; product news, industry gossip, book reviews, calendar of events, professional services directory, and much more. Edited by Holly Stuart Hughes. Perfect-bound magazine; 128 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 10.25 x 11.5 inches. Condition: Very Good with light shelf wear and light signs of handling. Will be sandwiched securely between stiff layers of cardboard and shipped the next business day.

1969. Art. National Gallery of Canada, 84 p., good ex-library paperback with library stamps on inside cover and title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover. Quarto. 192pp. Illustrated mostly in color. Canadian artist, student of Frederick Varley. Small rubbed spot on edge.

Softcover, 72 pages, very good condition, light rubbing to covers; no internal marks. (Blank white spine).