On The Beach
by Shute, Nevil
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Very good. With price-clipped d/j in cellophane wrapper, pages clean and unmarked
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1957. 1st. hardback. Very good. With price-clipped d/j in cellophane wrapper, pages clean and unmarked. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A classic and powerful novel of it's time describing the emotions and quiet heroism of ordinary people who must face extraordinary and tremendous events. Nuclear war has destroyed the northern hemisphere and the people of Australia know that in a few months the trade winds will cross the equator bringing fallout and death.
Synopsis
"The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off."THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEThey are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle. As the deadly rain moves ever closer, the world as we know it winds toward an inevitable end....From the Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC13775
- Title
- On The Beach
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. With price-clipped d/j in cellophane wrapper, pages clean and unmarked
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 312
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Shute
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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