This is a near-very-good copy of the first (1957) edition of what may have been the most influential and memorable of Australian writer Nevil Shute's score of novels.
Wrap-around colour-painted matt dustjacket with type on both flaps (unclipped: 15 shillings), red cloth-boards gilt to the spine, plain endpapers, [vi] + 312 pp on good wove paper.
CONDITION. The dustjacket has been extensively but effectively repaired (see images). The binding remains tight. The boards are lightly rubbed at the extremities. The endpapers are unmarked and undiscoloured, as are the contents, with the type bright on white paper.
- Jacket Condition: Good (repaired)
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 205 x 140
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
