Round the Bend
by Shute, Nevil
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Cloth backed boards, map endsheets. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the half title and signed on the t
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
NEVIL SHUTE NORWAY was born on January 17, 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan , in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have two daughters. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on January 12, 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957).
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 322626
- Title
- Round the Bend
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- [8],341 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth backed boards, map endsheets. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the half title and signed on the t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Australian | British | Nevil Shute
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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