Parsons Progress by Compton Mackenzie, Used (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. No Jacket. No dust jacket. Shelf wear to boards, title faded and difficult to read.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Old HARDBACK - Endboards & pages are browning a little & previous owners name a couple of times & Dark Blue Cover & has fading -- EMAIL for Pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First printing of the second volume of Mackenzie's entertaining Anglo-Catholic trilogy. Stock toned and marked to edges of block, but internally all is in general good order with just the occasional mark, moreso to endpapers. No inscriptions. Pale brown cloth with black titling, well worn to edges and lightly marked with small ink spot to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 326pp.

First Edition. Good hardback (light edgewear, corners bumped, foxing to outer pages and page edges). 326 pp 8vo brown cloth with black lettering. The image on this page is of the actual book for sale.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Back board starting. Gilt lettering on spine faded. Name written on front free endpaper. Otherwise a clean copy. 330 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. No inscriptions etc. Publisher's brown cloth, with black titles etc. Binding very sound; light foxing sporadically throughout. The jacket is a little browned, and chipped and worn to the edges, especially at the head and tail of the spine (now in protective film).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First edition, no dust wrapper. Brown boards with lettering on the spine and front cover. Covers are well thumbed and rubbed, with some small patches of white discolouration upon spine and boards. Head and tail of spine bumped, corners smooth and bear some wear. Spine sunned. Free endpapers, pastedowns and title pages bear moderate discolouration and heavy foxing. Page edges well thumbed, discoloured and lightly foxed. Book leans to the right. Binding is tidy. Pages throughout may bear a light patch of foxing here and there. Rear free endpapewr has been torn out. This book is in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, 1923. Hardback, Octavo, 326pp. Brown cloth biding with black text to front cover and spine, edges and corners well shelf worn, foxing to page edges, end papers and sporadically throughout. Several pages have an indentation and some staining but all text is readable. Good. The middle volume of a trilogy.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). A lovely example of this novel by Compton Mackenzie exploring religious themes. Second volume of a trilogy by Compton Mackenzie, preceded by The Altar Steps and followed byThe Heavenly Ladder. Exploring religious themes, it was written after Mackenzie's conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1914. Concerning the formation and spiritual development of an English Catholic priest.An excellent example of this work. A later printing, this volume was originally published in 1923. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extemities. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to the fore edge, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A bright first edition of Compton Mackenzie's religious novel, enclosed in its vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. Sequel to 'The Altar Step,' second in a trilogy of novels exploring themes of religion. Following the story of Mark Lidderdale as his career evolves "from the struggles and affirmations of his youthful Faith into his more mature and mellowed realms of Hope and Charity" (from front fly leaf.)Compton Mackenzie was a Scottish author and cultural commentator. He was one of the co-founders of the National Party of Scotland.The first edition of this work, complete in its vanishingly scarce dust wrapper/ In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to fore edge, scattered to occasional leaf. Very Good Indeed. book.

1st ed. Owner's inscription dated 1923; end papers & page fore-edge lightly foxed; pages a little yellowed; spine bumped at head & foot. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in spine toned else nice, near fine dust jacket. Scarce in jacket.