Round the Bend
by Nevil Shute
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Dell D130 mass market paperback. The only date on the book is the copyright, "MCMLI" which might be just the copyright, not the publication date. Rubber stamp date on the first page (illegible), name and date written inside the back cover (1956), otherwise fine.
Synopsis
NEVIL SHUTE NORWAY was born on January 17, 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan , in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have two daughters. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on January 12, 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957).
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- Bookseller
- 20th Century Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio3815
- Title
- Round the Bend
- Author
- Nevil Shute
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Pages
- 384
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks;
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