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Trustee from the Toolroom

Trustee from the Toolroom

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Trustee from the Toolroom

by Nevil Shute

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William Heinemann Ltd, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. Reprint. 312 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Clean pages with mild foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to endpapers. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Moderate foxing. Moderate tanning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over.

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
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Bookseller's Inventory #
1710423730LEE
Title
Trustee from the Toolroom
Author
Nevil Shute
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good/Good
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd
Date Published
1960

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Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Reprint
Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

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