Lecture Trainees by Macbeth George (10 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Rebound ex library book, in good condition, with the usual stamps and stickers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 24pp collection of ten poems staple bound within thin grey card covers. Red lettering on front cover. Slight rust to staples. Sun fade to colour of covers at spine area. No inscriptions. Clean inside pages. Appears unread. This is not an ex-library book.

Pamphlet. First Edition. 24 pages. The author's second book, a chapbook of poems. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

Grey card cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 29pp.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 24pp. First name inscription for Anthony Thwaite in October 1962 (predating publication). Thwaite's ownership signature is on the ffep. A few spots of foxing on slightly soiled covers. Signed by Author. Book.

First edition. Octavo. 24 pages. Wrappers. The author's second collection of poems. Fantasy Press flier loosely inserted. Staples rusted, otherwise fine.

First edition, first printing. A near fine pamphlet of poems. Some internal foxing and fading to the covers.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 24. Wraps/pamphlet. Original publisher's grey stapled covers, lettered red on the front cover. Signed by the author on the title page to the British novelist and poet Barry Cole (1936 - 2014), "For Barry Cole, from George MacBeth - 20th March 1964." Slight fading to covers, otherwise sound, clean, very good. Signedes.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. An anthology of the poems of the Scottish poet George MacBeth, the first edition, from the library of Brian Aldiss. The first edition.An anthology of the poems of George MacBeth, collecting together ten poems.Including 'The Absentees', 'D'Annunzio to the Guard of the Piave', 'Casanova', 'A Roman Death', 'The Spider's Nest', 'Manalive', 'Maxims of Bluebeard', 'Lecture to the Trainees', 'The Disciple', and 'Ash'.George MacBeth was a Scottish poet who worked at BBC Radio for over twenty years.From the library of Brian Aldiss, with a note loosely inserted regarding the provenance from his daughter, Wendy Aldiss. Aldiss was a popular English science fiction author, an influential writer of the twentieth century. One of his short stories, 'Supertoys Last All Summer Long', was the basis for the Stanley Kubrick - Steven Spielberg 2001 film 'A. I. Artificial Intelligence'. He was part of the British New Wave of sci-fi, and was greatly influenced by H. G. Wells. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, smart. Spine and extremities of the wraps are a little sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Stapled printed wrappers. Prospectus for the press laid in. A trifle soiled, still easily fine.