Round the Bend
by Shute, Nevil
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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Round the Bend
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New York: William Morrow, 1951. First American edition. [8],341 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards, map endsheets. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the half title and signed on the title page. First American edition. [8],341 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed "For Mug(?) from Nevil May 1951" on the half title… Read more about this item Item Price
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Melbourne London Toronto [Printed at the Windmill Press, Kingswood, Surrey]: Heinemann, 1951. First edition. [vi], 362, pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Red cloth, map endpapers, spine titled in gilt. Very good plus copy without the dust jacket. First edition. [vi], 362, pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Men at Work 15.1.a
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Round the Bend (Complete Works)
by Shute, Nevil
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William Heinemann Book. Illus. by Kneen, Lisbeth. Good. Hardcover Leatherette. Complete Works. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dark red leatherette boards and gilt lettering/decoration to spine and boards, complete works edition, 512gms, 374 pages, illustrated red with gold pattern endpapers, yellow bookmark. This is one volume in a set of complete works by Nevil Shute. Book… Read more about this item Item Price
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Melbourne: Heinemann, 1951 Green cloth titled in black on spine. Tight and square, part faded at the spine, light toning in endpapers. Dust jacket is price clipped, light edge wear, faint rust to spine and flaps, unfaded, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Item Price
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ROUND THE BEND
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London: William Heinemann, 1951. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Shute considered this novel about a new religion developing around an aircraft mechanic to be his best. It tackles racism, condemning the White Australia policy. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. Minor smudge to the bottom edge. The dust jacket is slightly edgeworn, with a bit of mild… Read more about this item Item Price
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ROUND THE BEND
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NEW YORK: William Morrow, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Owners inscription otherwise unmarked. Black cloth over boards, silver printing on spine Line art end paper maps, Fiction: Airplane mechanic Tom Cutter bought an old aircraft and organized his own transport service on the Persian Gulf. He hired ground engineer… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: William Morrow, 1951. First American edition. [8],341 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards, map endsheets. Near fine in very good dust jacket. First American edition. [8],341 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Men at Work 15.2.a
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Round The Bend
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1951. First edition hardcover with plastic covered unclipped dust jacket illustrated by Biro, in good condition. Jacket is discoloured and torn at the edges, particularly the upper edge at the spine and inner front flap. Page block is discoloured and spine is slightly cocked. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Edition. Hardcover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Round the Bend
by Nevil Shute
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Dell D130 mass market paperback. The only date on the book is the copyright, "MCMLI" which might be just the copyright, not the publication date. Rubber stamp date on the first page (illegible), name and date written inside the back cover (1956), otherwise fine. Item Price
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Round The Bend: A Novel
by Nevil Shute
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Slight toning, else content appears as unread and unblemished with very good tweed type, cloth covered boards displaying minimal surface/edge wear.Another straw in the wind suggesting a new trend in novels of spiritual import. Leslie Greener's No Time To Look Back (Viking) —published last Spring — was a significant and moving novel… Read more about this item Item Price
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Round the Bend (First Edition)
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New York: William Morrow, 1951. First American Edition, originally published in the UK by Heinemann the same year.
Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Jacket with two tiny closed tears on the front panel with accompanying creasing, light wear to the extremities, and light soil to the rear panel.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Round the Bend
by Nevil Shute
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- 1951
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William Morrow & Co, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 341 pages. No dust jacket. Grey and black cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing boards to be loose. Plate to front pastedown. Binding is shaky. Text-block is loose from binding. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Round the Bend
by Shute, Nevil
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London: Vintage Classics. Very Good+. 2009. Paperback. 0099530155 . Like new, no creases. First published 1951, now a Vintage Classic. 350gms weight; Vintage Classics; 7.80 X 5.12 X 1.18 inches; 344 pages . Item Price
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Round the Bend
by SHUTE, Nevil
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Melbourne: Heinemann, 1951 Green cloth titled in black on spine. Tight and square, very slightly sunned at the spine ends, small name in front, light toning in endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped but has tears, small edge gaps, unfaded, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Item Price
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Round the Bend
by SHUTE, Nevil
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Melbourne: Heinemann, 1951 Green cloth titled in black on spine, endpaper maps. Tight and square, sunned at spine, faint toning in edges, no other marks. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Item Price
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Round the Bend
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Round the Bend
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- 1969
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Heinemann, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x1. jacket is shelf rubbed and a bit chipped. internally clean. soundly bound and presentable. very good copy. reprint. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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Round the Bend (Around)
by Shute, Nevil
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Australia: Redwood Editions / Hinkler Books, 2003. Book. Very good-. Soft cover. Spine has a crease. Where possible small books will have postage reduced. Item Price
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Round the Bend
by SHUTE Nevil
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Melbourne: Heinemann, 1951 first Australian issue same year as UK, green cloth faded to spine, unclipped dust jacket with minimal chipping loss at head of spine and corners, rubbed edges, lightly discoloured closed edges, name and date to fep 359pp. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Item Price
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