Compton Mackenzie, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills.

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Compton Mackenzie OBE (1883-1972), writer of fiction, biography, histories and memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist, 1937. Cigarette card 21 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills. A promotional item issued by the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain & Ireland Ltd.

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