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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.
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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
An Old Captivity.
London: William Heinemann, 1961. [Aviation thriller] Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.277; [3], blank. Uniform edition. Publisher's blue cloth in a pictorial dust-jacket designed by W. Francis Phillips, with printed price label of 15s. Light general wear and dustiness; very good indeed. An attractive reissue of an early Shute adventure. There..... More
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
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. Minor dustiness to edges, jacket with a few small chips, slightly toned to spine and..... More
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
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-jacket designed by Fratini, with the printed price of 16s net. Marginal toning to spine and some light handling only; a clean, near fine copy. Two flying..... More
A Town Like Alice.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. [Modern literature] First Edition. Octavo, pp.[6]; 332; [2]. Recent red half morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to a black label on the spine. Matching red cloth over boards and top edge red. Textblock lightly toned to edges with a couple of small marks..... More
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
What Happened to the Corbetts.
London: William Heinemann, 1968. [Adventure novel] Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.245; [3], blank. Uniform edition. Publisher's blue cloth in a pictorial dust-jacket designed by W. Francis Phillips, clipped and repriced at 30s/£1.50. A clean, fine copy of the book in a very good jacket with a few chips and tears..... More
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