The Far Country
by Nevil Shute
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
William Heinemann Ltd, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. First Edition. 333 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, rear board is loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Slight stains and markings to some pages. Front free endpaper cut out. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.
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
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1629805004BTH
- Title
- The Far Country
- Author
- Nevil Shute
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Date Published
- 1952
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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....