The Far Country
by Shute, Nevil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Co.. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1952. 1st U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth binding lightly rubbed; boards slightly stained; leaf edges lightly soiled; name in ink & small chip on front free endpaper; front paste-down lightly stained; front hinge starting. Dust jacket rubbed at extremities, a few small chips; backstrip sun-faded, now protected in a clear mylar cover. ; First U.S. edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 343 pages .
Synopsis
A young English woman leaves her aging parents to visit friends living in the Australian outback. She falls in love, both with the country and with Carl, a doctor and Czech refugee. Brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate, their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is called back to England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52805
- Title
- The Far Country
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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- Paste-down
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- Hinge
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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