"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain
See below our stock of Nevil Shute First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: John Bull, 31st March, 7th April 1956. [Romantic adventure novel] FIRST APPEARANCE. Quarto (34 x 26cm). Two issues, quarto, newspaper format. Minor edge wear, otherwise clean and bright. Contains two serial parts of Shute's outback adventure Beyond The Black Stump, plus two parts of Eamonn Andrews' This is My..... More
London: John Bull, 12th February, 12th March, 1955. [Romantic adventure novel] FIRST APPEARANCE. Quarto (34 x 26cm). Two issues, quarto, newspaper format. Minor edge wear, some dustiness to covers. Contains two serial parts of Shute's Wartime naval adventure, plus a chapter of Hillary's High Adventure. More
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. Book is fine, jacket toned to spine with a...... More
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. Some trivial handling; a fine copy without dust-jacket. 'In The Wet' is Nevil Shute's speculative glance into the future of the British Empire. An..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1953. [Adventure/romance] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.354. Elegantly hand-bound in half red calf over matching buckram sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, cream endpapers, neat bookseller ticket. A lovely fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. 'In The Wet' is Nevil..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1953. [Adventure/romance] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.354. Elegantly hand-bound in half green oasis morocco over matching cloth sides, twin red morocco title labels to spine lettered in gilt. A lovely fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. In The Wet' is Nevil Shute's speculative..... More
London: Heinemann, 1957. [Nuclear Apocalypse Novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 312. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Rowland, priced at 15s. Contents clean, discreet blue ink ownership to front endpapers, jacket toned to spine and extremities. Very..... More
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Aviation thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 306. In publisher's maroon cloth with rose-red pictorial dust-jacket by Stein, priced at 16s. Child's gift inscription to flyleaf, spine of jacket sunned as usual. Very good. Romantic adventure novel set in remote Tasmania, from a...... More
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Romantic adventure novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284. Elegantly hand-bound in half blue calf over matching buckram sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, cream endpapers, neat bookseller ticket. A lovely fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Wartime naval..... More
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, a few spots to edges, jacket with chips/loss at crown. Very good. Wartime..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1967. [Romantic adventure novel] UNIFORM EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284. Publisher's blue cloth with red title panel to spine, top edge red, pictorial dust-jacket designed by W. Francis Phillipps. Contents clean and fresh, neat gift note to front endpaper, bright jacket lightly worn/frayed at crown. Near..... More
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
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 priced at 16s. Contents clean, gift note in ink to endpaper, jacket a little dusty and edge worn. Two flying adventures, never before..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. 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. No inscriptions. Contents clean, usual (gentle) toning to text block, crisp bright wrapper with..... More
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 to front flap. Contents clean, no inscriptions, spotting to edges (heavier to top edge), bright jacket is very lightly worn..... More
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 to front flap. Contents clean, owner name to endpaper, jacket a little worn and soiled. Shows well. The Italian jacket..... More