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.
Melbourne: William Heinemann, 1956. [Romantic Adventure Novel] FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION. Octavo (18cm x 12cm), pp.[6] 297 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Val Biro, and priced at 15s. A lovely crisp, near fine copy, with just a few touches of wear to..... More
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. Contents clean, some spots to edges of text block, jacket with some chips and tears to extremities, rubbed to joints. Very good. Stanton Laird, a...... 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. Book is fine, jacket toned to spine with a...... 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. 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
In the Wet.
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
In the Wet.
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
Landfall: A Channel Story.
London: Heinemann, 1964. [Modern Literature] UNIFORM EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8]; 243; [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with red label lettered in silver to spine, illustrative dust-jacket designed by W. Francis Phillips. Slight spotting to top edge of textblock, slight rolling to spine, wearing to dust-jacket spines and edges. Near..... More
Lonely Road.
London: Heinemann, 1961. [Modern Literature] UNIFORM EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp. [2] xii; 239 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver to red backing to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by W. Francis Phillips, priced at 12s 6d. Some light wear to extremities. Jacket sunned to spine, with some..... More
Pastoral.
London: William Heinemann, 1944. [Wartime Adventure] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 218 [4]. Recently re-bound in green half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to black label on spine, and green cloth over boards. Edges toned, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in an attractive new leather binding..... More
The Rainbow and the Rose.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Aviation Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 306 [2]. Recent red half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Light toning and spotting to edges. A clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. Romantic adventure novel set in..... More
The Rainbow and the Rose.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Aviation thriller] FIRST EDITION. 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 master storyteller..... 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
Requiem for a Wren.
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
Requiem for a Wren.
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 284; [2]. Newly rebound in blue half calf with marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Attached to the endpapers is the original publisher's red cloth spine lettered in gilt. Some very light spotting to edges of..... 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, a few spots to edges, jacket with chips/loss at crown. Very good. Wartime..... More
Requiem for a Wren.
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 f.e.p., bright jacket lightly worn/frayed at crown. Near fine..... 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]. Elegantly bound in half black calf over cloth sides, titled in gilt to spine, raised bands, original spine preserved at rear. Contents clean, exterior unmarked. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding..... 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. Owner name hidden beneath flap, jacket toned to spine. Near fine. Two flying adventures, never before published, written in the 1920's when Shute..... More
A Town Like Alice.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. [Modern literature] First Edition. Octavo, 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. A well-used copy in worn condition; pages toned, no inscriptions, jacket with several tears and old tape repairs to..... More
A Town Like Alice.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. [Modern literature] SIGNED First Edition. Octavo, 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. Full signature of the author [Nevil Shute Norway] in blue ink to title page. Uniform toning to edges..... 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, with printed price of 16s. net to front flap. Discreet ownership beneath flap. A near fine copy of the book in similar jacket which is uniformly..... More
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