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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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Beyond the Black Stump.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Romantic adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18cm x 12cm), pp.[vi], 297. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 15s. A near fine copy of the book in a very good wrapper with a few short tears and trimmed 5mm short along the top and..... More
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
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
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
So Disdained.
London: William Heinemann, 1960. [Aviation thriller] Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.228; [2], blank. Uniform edition. Publisher's blue cloth in a pictorial dust-jacket designed by W. Francis Phillips, with printed price of 12s 6d. Light general wear; very good indeed. An attractive reissue of the author's scarce second novel, which was..... 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-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
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
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
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
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