Heron Books, London, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Charles Keeping. author's note. Dark purple coloured end pages with gilt coloured design. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Charles Keeping. 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. Two stories by this author. 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. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. [8] 3 - 499, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Charles Keeping. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0127341. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0127341
Title: Ruined City / Landfall; A Channel Story (Complete Works)
Author: Shute, Nevil
Illustrator: Charles Keeping
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: 1969
Keywords: BZDB2 fiction, Charles Keeping Â– Illustrator, Complete Works Â– series Fiction; Charles Keeping Unbranded Shute, Nevil Ruined City / Landfall; A Channel Story (Complete Works)

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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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