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No Highway - SIGNED by the Author
by Shute, Nevil
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- first
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About This Item
London: Heinemann in association with the Book Society, 1948. A first edition, first printing published by Heinemann/Book Society in 1948. A near fine book without inscriptions. SIGNED as 'Nevil Shute' on the half-title page, in a very good+ unclipped wrapper with some light chipping to the spine tips (some internal repairs therein) and to corners. Rare, especially so signed simply as Nevil Shute.
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
- John Atkinson Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11126
- Title
- No Highway - SIGNED by the Author
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heinemann in association with the Book Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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