Search Results: Kindling by Nevil Shute

Mass Market. Lancer Books 1964. Yellowing. Unless Listed in this decription, VG or Better.

Lancer Books, 1964. Paperback. VG-/na. Rubbing & edgewear; creases; couple small chips; old # crossed out in corner of 1st page; yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. 224 pages

New York: Lancer Books, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. Lancer Book 73-427. Lightly rubbed on the corners with some minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings..

New York: William Morrow, 1938. First US. Hardcover. Good. First US edition. Good book, missing dust jacket. Beige cloth covered boards, with gold print on front in red bar with three thin red bands and a red star above and below it; gold print on the spine with three thin red bands above and below the title, and red stars on each side. Some darkening to the spine, and a couple of minor spots on the boards. Minor toning to end papers. Pages clean and unmarked. William Morrow & Company, first edition (stated). 1938, New York. 279 pages. 8vo (5.75"" x 8.25"") First US edition; first edition was published in 1938 in the UK by Cassell as Ruined City. An industrialist brings life back to an economically depressed city by restarting the shipyard. Loosely based on the author's life in the aviation industry.

Franklin Watts, 1966. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1966; yellow cloth covered boards with black titles; wear and discoloration around edges; corners are scuffed; Ex-library with typical stamps and markings; 4to,9 3/4" to 12" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 279 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

New York, NY: Lancer Books,, 1967. Soft cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 74-884- Some wear and creasing on cover and spine curl- interior clean and unmarked- When Henry Warren, director of an English bank, lands by chance in a hospital in a bleak Northern town that has been ruined by the closure of its shipyard, he discovers nothing less than a new purpose for his life. Moved by the fate of the town's inhabitants, Warren risks his fortune and reputation to save the shipyard and restore the town to its former prosperity. In seeking to change the fate of the town, he radically changes his own.

William Morrow, 1938. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

LANCER 74-884, January 1967. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed. Large Print on No-glare paper

Franklin Watts, January 1966. Hardcover. Good - Cash/Good. Large print edition. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed with some creasing. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Has ex library sticker on the spine and stamp inside. Where the library information and card holder and stickers used to be, there is leftover paper from where they were torn out. Dj is in a mylar, which is stuck to the book, preventing it from coming off. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

New York, NY, : Lancer Books,, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collectible. Rare. Clean, unmarked and tight. Size: 4 1/4" x 7". First Paperback Edition. Lancer book #73-427. Harry Warren, the head of a stock brokerage firm, discovers the difference between success and satisfaction and learns how to live again after finding his wife unfaithful.-When Henry Warren, director of an English bank, lands by chance in a hospital in a bleak Northern town that has been ruined by the closure of its shipyard, he discovers nothing less than a new purpose for his life. Moved by the fate of the town's inhabitants, Warren risks his fortune and reputation to save the shipyard and restore the town to its former prosperity. In seeking to change the fate of the town, he radically changes his own.

Franklin Watts, 1966. 279pgs. orange Cloth, black lettering.. crease on endpaper, otherwise fine copy. Unclipped jacket has chips along the extremtieis. . When Henry Warren, director of an English bank, lands by chance in a hospital in a bleak Northern town that has been ruined by the closure of its shipyard, he discovers nothing less than a new purpose for his life. Moved by the fate of the town’s inhabitants, Warren risks his fortune and reputation to save the shipyard and restore the town to its former prosperity. In seeking to change the fate of the town, he radically changes his own.. Large Print Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Quarto.

N. Y.: William Morrow and Company, 1938. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good, with minor traces of soiling to oatmeal coloured cloth. and stamp at bottom of copyright page stating " Canadian edition for sale in Canada only ". ( though it is clearly the same as the first US ed. ).

New York: William Morrow, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Light foxing to the boards, else near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Author's third book published in the U.S.

New York: William Morrow, 1938. Hardcover. Fine. First American edition. Remnant of old price on front fly, else fine lacking the dustwrapper. Shute's third book published in the U.S.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 279pp octavo. A very good copy in dust jacket, Jacket is chipped at thr spine head nicked along the edges. Non-authorial note on front fly leaf.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1938. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Full tan cloth. 279 pp. Spine a bit cocked, interior age tanned. Ownership label to ffep. Dust jacket is cropped to flaps, age toned, chipped to edges and spine ends, a few short tearsrubbed to covers and extremities. The author's third novel.

New York: William Morrow, 1938. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Good+/Good+. 279 pages. Novel of a man who helps with rebirth of a shipbuilding town. First American edition, with 1938 on both title & copyright pages, with copyright shown held by William Morrow. Good+/Good+. Firm binding, minimal wear. Owner bookplate inside front board. Dustjacket has two 1/2" tears and associated wrinkle. Spine of dustjacket is sun-faded. Dj in protective mylar sleeve. Item #: E4465. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping.

KINDLING, Morrow, 1938, first American edition, a fine bright copy in a g/vg dust-wrapper with some wear and tear and chipping. A most uncommon book.

New York: William Morrow, 1938. Special Advance Edition. [4], 279 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pink wrappers printed in black, publisher letter on front. Lower wrapper perished, else very good plus. Special Advance Edition. [4], 279 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Special Advance Edition. Published in London as Ruined City, the Morrow edition Kindling, was heavily promoted. Here in a Special Advance Edition, with the publisher's circular letter on the front cover, "We hope to sell more copies of Kindling than any novel we have published since Lost Horizon. ... We have unlimited confidence in Kindling as not only a fine and moving novel ..." The spine announces the release date as late May or early June 1938. "The novel quickly became Shute's first commercial success, selling more than twenty thousand copies within its first six months in America" (Smith). Shute resigned from Airspeed in April 1938, and during the summer he learned that the film rights to Ruined City had sold. He never returned to engineering work. Smith,… Read More

New York: William Morrow, 1938. First American edition, proof issue. [4], 279 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers from dust jacket design. Spine a bit rubbed. Very good. First American edition, proof issue. [4], 279 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Proof. Published in London as Ruined City, the Morrow edition became Shute's first commercial successS in the U.S. Here in an advance issue, with the front and spine of wrapper using the dust jacket, and the back wrapper blank. Men at Work 4.2.a