Khanyer whackett (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good condition. Expanded Edition (1962). West Bromwich, Staffs: Privately Published, 1962. Bound in the original full maroon leather. Very Good condition. 1962 edition (expanded to 134 pages). Hardcover. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Built-in red ribbon bookmark. 4.75" wide by 7.5" tall. Frontispiece photo of the author "on the occasion of his Diamond Wedding [Anniversary] in 1957." A interesting little book of verse, penned in response to the everyday events in the author's life and career. Includes poems about business situations and his associates, golf, cricket, bridge, cribbage, travel to Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands, poems sent to the tax assessors when the increases were thought to be too much, etc. An introduction to each poem provides context so that the book as a whole is something of an autobiography. The author was Managing Director of Accles & Pollock (A. & P.). This copy from the library of Harry Harris, with his name imprinted in shiny gold on the cover. Expanded Edition (1962). Hardcover. Very Good condition. (ix), 134pp.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Thus. Not dated, no publisher.miniature book (11 x 14 cm). Decorated chequerboard design to covers. 88 pages. Appears completely different to anything else listed of this title. A small edition vanity press? One set of "Friends" appear to be USA Industrialist sent over during WW2 to progress the UK's efforts in Lend-Lease. Walter Hackett, the Managing Director of the firm, Accles and Pollock, was fond of penning humorous poetry under his pseudonym 'Khanyer Whackett'. This is some of it! Original red silk tie bookmark. N.D. But 1957 from public listings.…