Poor Relations by Compton Mackenzie, First Edition (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in Very Good condition, small 8vo. Green cloth with spine titles in gold, top board titles green on a gold field, red-brown topstain. First edition, stated published February 1920 with publisher's date code below (B-U, indicating Feb, 1920). Tips and spine ends lightly worn, spine head with short split, spine dulled and darkened, leaves lightly tanned, prior owner name and date (June 1920) on front free end-paper. Bookseller accession no.: L21613. From a Rakuten Kobo review, "Drawing heavily on his own life experiences and his family's background as one of the foremost clans of stage actors in Europe, MacKenzie crafts an engaging, lighthearted look at his dashing protagonist's love life.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1919 1st edition, 8vo., 314pp., publisher's adverts, small address label on rear endpaper, foxing on fore-edge, endpapers a little marked, good, blue cloth, no dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A firm straight book, 314 pages plus publisher's list at back. Edges foxed. Feint owner's nasme on blank endpaper, otherwise unmarked, with the usual signs of natural ageing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 314. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover. Ownership signature on the front endpaper of the book collector, Inez Chandos-Pole. Slight tanning to endpapers, otherwise very good indeed copy with clean text. Excellent condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket. "In contrast to his grimmer Sylvia and Michael, published the same year, [Poor Relations] was a light-hearted comedy about the ups-and-downs of playwright." Wikipedia. Some foxing, tanning to endpapers, ink name to front endpaper; jacket somewhat worn and soiled, spine lightened. Book.