Peter Alexander Mackay (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 10 short stories. Featured are Her Final Shot by Brendan DuBois, The Avocado Kid by Scott Mackay, On Borrowed Time by Mat Coward, The False Knight by Peter Turnbull, The Postman by James Warner, The Last Time by Sheila Kohler, No Cabs After Midnight by William Halstead, The Last Cut by Sarah Weinman, If Anything Happens to Me by Helena Edwards and On Your Eyelids I Pour Slumber by Alexander Pfeiffer. Light edge wear. Slight rubbing to the surface of the cover. In near Fine Condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 160 p., [56] leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm. ; ISBN: 0070445958; 9780070445956 LCCN: 76-17283 ; LC: HE6196; Dewey: 769/.56904 ; OCLC: 2238271 ; blue cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due pocket ; Contents: 1945-1954 -- General survey of the decade -- Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- North America -- Central America -- South America -- American offshore islands -- Australasia -- Colour Sections -- 1955-1964 -- General survey of the decade -- Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- North America -- Central America -- South America -- American offshore islands -- Australasia -- Colour Sections -- 1965-1975 -- General survey of the decade -- Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- North America -- Central America -- South America -- American offshore islands -- Australasia -- Colour Sections --Glossary of technical terms -- The printing processes ; VG. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.36. Publisher's card wraps, stapled, printed price of one shilling to upper. Some toning and marks to covers. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Printing Thus. 236 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Black. Stated First Printing, But Actually First American Edition. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $6.00 At Bottom Of Front Flap, Price Label At Top Of Front Flap. Reason Demands That Science Be Used To Understand And Improve Society And In Particular Its Institutions And Government; But The Demand Is Unreasonable, As Science Has Boundless Universal Audience And Participation And Review And Analysis And Criticism Subject To Explicit Standards, Whereas Society Does Not- Its Standards Are Vaguely Philosophical But Essentially Clan-Specific And Religious. To The Everlasting Surprise Of Society, Its Standards Are Occasionally Revised By Popular Sentiment When Experience, Including Some Consideration Of Science, Is Overwhelmingly Indicative Of Its Failings. The Academicians Here Assert Some Scientific Expertise In General, Which Is Not The Way Scientific Expertise Works In Social Concerns.

pp 32 A volume of poetry in Gaelic, Scots and English by various authors. Very good in cream card wrappers, a couple of inky fingermarks to lower cover and text. Provenance: from the recent Glasgow dispersal sale of Alasdair Gray's library. Gray (1934-2019) is acknowledged as one of the most innovative figures in Scottish literature and culture. Painter, novelist, playwright, poet and editor, Gray frequently combined his diverse artistic talents within single works to challenge existing forms. He has been described as 'Blending satire and tragedy, realism and fantasy, his work has been credited with spurring a renaissance in Scottish literature.' Please contact Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like more information about this item. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.