Whisky Galore

by Compton Mackenzie

£295 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Chatto and Windus, 1947. Modern Literature LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo 20 x 13cm , pp. 10 264 2 . Elegantly hand-bound in half green calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching green cloth over boards, sewn endbands, cream endpapers. Internally clean and bright, exterior unmarked. An excellent copy in a handsome recent leather binding. Basis for the 1949 film of the same name, directed by Alexander

• Binding: Leather

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