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Nevil Shute (Nevil Shute Norway) | First Editions
1899 - 1960
See below our stock of Nevil Shute First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
Results 1 - 11 (of 11)
The Far Country.
London: William Heinemann, 1952. [Romantic adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.333. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, debossed monogram and publisher's devices to boards, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Val Biro. Book is near fine, jacket mildly toned with a few small chips; very good indeed. More about The Far Country
In the Wet.
London: William Heinemann, 1953. [Adventure/romance]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.354. Bound in red publisher's cloth with title and author's name in gilt to spine, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket depicting farm and woodland animals against a sinister swamp background. Light edge wear, jacket frayed at crown, two tiny... More about In the Wet
The Rainbow and the Rose.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Aviation thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 306. In publisher's maroon cloth with rose-red pictorial dust-jacket by Stein, priced at 16s. Signed by the author to the title page. A lovely fine copy of the book in a near fine, lightly... More about The Rainbow and the Rose
Requiem for a Wren.
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Romantic adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Val Biro with printed price of 12s 6d net. Contents clean, some spotting to page edges, ink name to flyleaf, jacket clean and fresh... More about Requiem for a Wren
Slide Rule. The Autobiography of An Engineer.
London: Pan Books 1968. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.222; [2], advertisements. With four black and white photographic plates. Lightly handled; a crisp, fine copy. More about Slide Rule. The Autobiography of An Engineer
Stephen Morris. Together with Pilotage.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1961. [Aviation stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth in an all-over pictorial dust-jacked designed by Fratini, with the printed price of 163 net. Marginal toning to spine and some light handling only; a clean, near fine copy. Two flying... More about Stephen Morris. Together with Pilotage
A Town Like Alice.
London: William Heinemann, 1950. [Outback adventure] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 332; [2]. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt to spine, top edge red, pictorial dust-jacket with price 10/6 to flap. Ink name to flyleaf. Text block is clean, mildly toned to edges, top stain is rich... More about A Town Like Alice
Trustee From The Toolroom.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. [Adventure novel]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.312. Publisher's maroon cloth in a pictorial dust-jacket designed by Fratini. Book is a little used/dusty, jacket with some creases and tears. A used but serviceable copy. More about Trustee From The Toolroom
Trustee From The Toolroom.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.312. Publisher's maroon cloth in a pictorial dust-jacket designed by Fratini, with printed price of 16s. net. Owner name beneath flap, couple of pinholes to rear joint else book is fine, jacket a little sunned to spine... More about Trustee From The Toolroom
The Chequer Board.
New York, NY: William Morrow and co, 1947. First US Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper shows an English country street beside a junk sailing up the Yangon river, in chequered red and black, with white titles to front cover and spine... More about The Chequer Board
Round the Bend.
New York: William Morrow and Co. 1951. First US edition. Octavo, pp. 341. Publisher's grey cloth with navy cloth spine, silver titles to spine, map endpapers. Pictorial dustjacket designed by Charles Lofgren. Aviation thriller from a master storyteller. London-born novelist Nevil Shute Norway worked as an aeronautical engineer at Vickers... More about Round the Bend
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