Thin Ice by Compton Mackenzie - 1959

Penguin Books, 1959. Paperback. Acceptable. 1959. Reprinted. 189 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Chatto & Windus, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

Chatto & Windus, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. First Edition. 224 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Chatto & Windus, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. 224 pages. Purple pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Penguin Books, 1977. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harmondsworth UK: Penguin, 1977. 2nd Printing . Mass Market Paperback. 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.

Chatto & Windus. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Literature, Fiction, Drama) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 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.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Good. First American edition. Fine in good dustwrapper with soiling, chips, rubbing.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. Hardcover. 224p., foxing to fore-edges, toning to endpapers else good first UK edition in boards and lightly worn unclipped dust jacket. Young 2433*. Story of a member of Parliament who has suppressed his homosexual desires for forty years revealing his true self only to his school friend who is straight and at opposite poles politically.