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On the Beach
by Shute, Nevil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Heinemann, 1957. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo, pp.312. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with 'First Published 1957' to the copyright page therefore indicating a true first print. Original red cloth, titles to spine in gilt. Clean pages, tight binding. A very good plus copy in a very good price clipped jacket with darkening to the front half of the jacket. Filmed in 1959, starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016400
- Title
- On the Beach
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- NEVIL SHUTE, FIRST EDITION,ON THE BEACH
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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