Thin Ice by Compton Mackenzie (29 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. To view other titles by this author enter the keywords; XDCX, XJGX, Mackenzie or Sexuality The book is in good condition with minor wear o/w tight, clean and square.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Novel. First American edition stated. Covers rubbed, corners and spine ends bumped with some wear. Interior clean and tight. Dust jacket rubbed, small chips and tears.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. Jacket design by john Woodcock. First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published 1956'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. 1956. Second impression. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has very light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

imo. Condition: Very Good. sec.imp., with dw.

paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 5 x 7 1/2 in. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners bumped, no edge wear, covers very clean. Spine quite sunned. Binding tight and text spotless. Fiction/Memoir. RGR.

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 224 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. No Dustjacket. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- Perhaps it was strange that George Gaymer should have become a friend of Henry Fortescue at Oxford in the last years of the 19th century. Politically they were poles apart. Henry, already President of the Union, had a brilliant future before him; George was good hearted but mediocre. Above all, Henry was a homosexual; George was not. Yet George's loyal friendship stood many tests across more than forty years, and was reliable when that of Henry's own kind proved transitory or even treacherous. . . . .Absorbed in Eastern politics and Empire problems, Henry suppressed his homosexual inclinations. Regarding discretion as impossible, he chose complete self-denial, for he had no intention, as he once confided to George, of walking about on thin ice. Thus, for years after he got into Parliament, he was caution incarnate. But his failure to gain Cabinet office was so bitter a disappointment that, in search of some anodyne, he was tempted to throw discretion to the winds. . . . .As the scene changes from London to Morocco, from Hampshire to Kenya, and then to the Seychelles and Somerset, we follow the course of Henry's life through the perplexed, often apprehensive, eyes of George Gaymer. And we cannot but admire Compton Mackenzie's extraordinarily delicate handling of his theme, the skill with which he evokes the passage of eventful years and maintains suspense to the very end. Seldom have his outstanding gifts as a novelist been displayed to such advantage. . .See photos for additional content. . .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Book is unmarked clean and crisp. Dust jacket is now protected by a professional-quality clear overwrap.

Condition: Good. 1956. Second Impression. 224 pages. Blue dust jacket with white lettering over blue cloth. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Minor sunning to spine. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Moderate tanning to spine, with soiling to DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American edition. Fine in good dustwrapper with soiling, chips, rubbing.

hardback in protected dustjacket, very good condition, previous owners signature and date[1957] on fep, dj slightly faded and minor chipping and small tears top edge, 224pp. Young no 2433*. An important British gay novel much neglected. Tells the story of a promising political career that is not fully realised because of Henry's gayness and in particular his exploits in Morocco and his habit of frequenting a bar in St Martin's Lane to pick up men. Set between 1896 and 1941.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Notes; "Penguin book 1369." 3 Kg.

Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper over boards, dust jacket. 224pp. Very good/very good. Couple of archivally-closed (on verso) tears to otherwise attractive jacket; endpapers a bit age toned. First U.S. edition, tight and nice. YOUNG 2433.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Notes; "Penguin book 1369." 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a short, not very noticeable tear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Book has very lightly rolled leading corners, Tiny amounts of foxing to the fore edges and prelims. A little fading to the head of the spine. Else very nice and seems little used. The jacket has paper repairs to closed tears and chipping. Not price clipped. 8vo. 224pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near Fine First Edition in a Near Fine unclipped DJ, Po name to fep. a bright, tight and clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. 224pp. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Cloth gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Text block edges spotted, top text block edge a little dust marked. Previous owner's name flamboyantly on front free endpaper, with separate ownership label. Hint of toning on endpapers else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, not price clipped, rubbed on corners and spine ends, with small area of loss on lower leading corner, larger loss on verso, which is also marked and creased. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A delicate novel of friendship which shifts between London, Morocco, Hampshire and Kenya, Somerset and the Seychelles. Modern Fiction Firsts, Fiction, Novels.

First edition. Spine faded o/w very good in a very good d/w.

HARDCOVER. 1956, Second impression. A near fine copy only marked by light tanning of the edges and endpapers. The d/w is unclipped and good with light shelf rubbing and panel tanning.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

First edition. 224 pp. Light foxing to page edges, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Young 2433*.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine with near fine dj with light smudging to rear of dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. First published 1956.