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London: Heinemann, 1961. First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 12mo (20cm by 13cm), ix, 273pp. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. Light tanning of the contents, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (light chafing of the edges).

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1961. A composite volume of two related novels published after the author's death. Lightly bumped and faded on ends of spine and tips of corners, pencil erasure mark on ffep, else near fine. DJ lightly rubbed and chipped along top and bottom edge, rubbed along folds, moderately stained, else very good minus. Protected in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Heinemann, 1961 page edges lightly spotted foxing, one "cancelled" stamp to fep, one small bookseller stamp at foot of rear paste down, book spine sunned otherwise tidy, DW has had tape along the reverse side of the edges and it has left rust mark and flaked off, reverse side of the DW has some paper scarring, the edges are a little rubbed and some of the rust marks shows through to the decorated side as darkening, still complete and unclipped DW though, Fictional precursor to his "Slide Rule".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library.

London: Heinemann, 1961 spine heavily sun faded, some fading on to boards, lean to spine, tape rust to paste down, lacks fep ( but there is a blank leaf before the half-title, fictional precursor to his "Slide Rule", 273pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London England: Heinemann, 1961. Hardback. Slight foxing to edge. wear and tear to D/J. The two linked novels in this book, never before published, were written by Nevil Shute in the middle 1920's, when as a young man he was working the aircraft industry. Flying is the theme of both and they reveal at once that golden seam of narrative genius which was to make Shute the top-selling novelist of our time. We get many intimiate glimpses too in Stephen Morris of his own experiences which he was later to recount in wider perspective in his authobiography, Slide Rule. 273 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hadrback.

London: Heinemann, 1961 book VG with no faults bar a bit of minor ageing. DW is complete, backstrip is darkened, there is a large closed tear across the rear DW panel, but under a protective jacket it would be hard to notice unless looking for it. Fictional precursor to his "Slide Rule". 273pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Heinemann, 1961 top and bottom of spine sunned at very ends where light crept under dw, boards ever so slightly bowed outwards at fore edge, page edges lightly spotted foxing, small rubbed patch at top unclipped DW light handling soiling, small rubbed splits at ends of joints and corners, short tear to inside front flap, small puncture to DW backstrip ( not to book spine), book clean, fictional precursor to his "Slide Rule". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Heinemann, 1961 top and bottom of spine sunned at very ends where light crept under dw, boards ever so slightly bowed outwards at fore edge, page edges lightly spotted foxing, small rubbed patch at top corner endpaper where pencil price erased, otherwise VG with no faults bar a bit of minor ageing. DW is complete intact and with just some very tiny splits to the top and bottom edges, a little rubbing head and tail of spine and backstrip is slightly darkened. There is a small 5x10mm spot of red paint on the lower flap, complete and un-clipped. Fictional precursor to his "Slide Rule". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London England: Heinemann, 1961. Hardback. Slight foxing to edge. Slight wear to D/J. The two linked novels in this book, never before published, were written by Nevil Shute in the middle 1920's, when as a young man he was working the aircraft industry. Flying is the theme of both and they reveal at once that golden seam of narrative genius which was to make Shute the top-selling novelist of our time. We get many intimiate glimpses too in Stephen Morris of his own experiences which he was later to recount in wider perspective in his authobiography, Slide Rule. 273 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hadrback.

London, UK: Heinemann, 1961. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two novels in one volume. First edition, first impression. x, 274pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Cloth a little brushed at spine ends, spine a little faded. Text block edges slightly toned. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original all-over pictorial dust jacket, designed by Fratini, with some rubs and short edge tears. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Two linked novels, flying adventures which Shute wrote in the 1920s when working in the aircraft industry.