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On the Beach
by Shute, Nevil
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: William Heinemann Ltd, 1957. First British Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Chilling mid-20th-century dystopian novel, basis for the 1959 film starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, & Anthony Perkins (& the 2000, far inferior, remake). 312 pp. DJ design by John Rowland. The true FIRST (British) EDITION from 1957, First Printing, this hardcover 8vo had red cloth-covered boards lettered in gilt to spine. Condition is VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages creamy white & mildly but evenly tanned, completely unmarked; offsetting to endpapers, slight dust dulling & light soil to outside page edges. Mild rubbing to extremities & corner bumping. The unclipped DJ (with orig. 15 s. net price to lower front flap) is Good: slight red stain (oloring?) to back cover, heavy rubbing to extremities, slight chipping at both ends of spine; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
"The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off."THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEThey are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle. As the deadly rain moves ever closer, the world as we know it winds toward an inevitable end....From the Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022752
- Title
- On the Beach
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- end of the world dystopia future nuclear war fiction survivors survival post apocalypse Australia World War fallout
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction-Fantasy; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories;
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