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No Highway (Complete Works)
by Shute, Nevil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Heron Books, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: David Knight. author's note. Dark purple coloured end pages with gilt coloured design. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by David Knight. Yellow coloured faux silk place marker in situ, with fraying of the end. Red coloured imitation leather coloured binding with gilt coloured decoration to the front panel and back strip. Gilt coloured titles to the back strip. An eccentric scientist claims that certain parts of a plane are subject to mental fatigue sooner than officially estimated. He is not taken seriously. Then, when he is investigating an air crash which killed a Soviet ambassador, he finds that the plane that took him there has flow on twice the recommended hours ..... Works of Nevil Shute series published by Heron Books. Minor rubbing of the book corners back strip corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Bumping to the top book edges. Cocking of the spine. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8] 267, [5] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: David Knight. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Australia England; Inventory No: 0127339. .
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
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0127339
- Title
- No Highway (Complete Works)
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Illustrator
- David Knight
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Imitation Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heron Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- BZDB2 fiction, Cold War, metal fatigue – airplanes, politics, David Knight – Illustrator, Complete Works – series Fiction; Australia England; David Knight Unbranded Shute, Nevil No Highway (Complete Works)
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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