Pied Piper
by Shute, Nevil
Young Adult Novel, set in Europe in 1940. 70-year-old Englishman goes fishing in the French mountains, near the Swiss border. To amuse two children he's met, he makes a whistle from a twig of hazel bush [hence, the book's title]. When Germany invades France, he decides to go back to England, and is asked to take the children with him. Along the way, he finds another child, and another, and another, leading his young outcasts through shell-fire and sacrifice, in a search of safe haven from a world at war.
A poignant sub-plot shows why this man had left England in perilous times, and how he found in France a woman who healed this poignancy (and, in the process, her own personal sorrow).
The story ends in a surprisingly gratifying way. The dangers of death and war remain in the reader's heart, along with the resounding echoes of courage, honesty, love. Mostly love.
Book-reviewers called it "the best story of World War II" *[Cincinnati Enquirer]* ... "piles up dramatic force -- the work of a master storyteller" *[New York Times]* ... "gripping and tender" *[New York Herold Tribune]* ... "moving, heart-warming -- (Nevil Shute's) greatest novel" *[Book Buyer's Guide]* ... "He write (in this touching book) about human beings and ordinary human emotions in a way that makes the reading of each page an unalloyed pleasure" *[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]* ...... [comments by: Billy Jack]
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Pied Piper
by Shute, Nevil
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- Used - Light brown cloth. Very good (foxing to fore edge), lacking the rare dust jacket
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- First edition
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- 1942
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- [4], 283 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
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New York, New York, USA
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London: Heinemann, 1942. First edition. [4], 283 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Light brown cloth. Very good (foxing to fore edge), lacking the rare dust jacket. First edition. [4], 283 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Men at Work 8.1 Item Price
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by Shute, Nevil
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- 1942
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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NZ$589.33
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New York: William Morrow & Company, 1942. Softcover. Good. Special Advance Edition with the stamp "Publicaton Date January 5 1942" on the half title. Printed paper self-wraps. SLight lean else a very good copy. Item Price
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PIED PIPER
by Nevil Shute
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- 1942
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- Hardcover
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Pomona, New York, USA
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NZ$151.46
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New York: Book League of America. 1942. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains. Light foxing on front panel. Light chipping at spine crown/heel. . Item Price
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Pied Piper
by Nevil Shute
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- Paperback
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- 9780099530220
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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PIED PIPER
by SHUTE Nevil
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Dulverton, GBR
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William Heinemann, 1942. 1st edn 3rd printing. 8vo. Original black lettered orange cloth (VG), dustwrapper (creased and torn at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 283 (no inscriptions). Item Price
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Pied Piper (New Windmills)
by Shute, Nevil
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- 9780435120313
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Pied Piper
by SHUTE, Nevil
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- Complete Works.
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- 1968
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Auckland, NZL
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London: Heron Books, 1968 Part of a set of the author's complete works, very nicely bound in red imitation leather with gilt decoration and titles, decorated endpapers, portrait of author, illustrations and silk page marker tassel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Item Price
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Pied Piper
by SHUTE, Nevil
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- Very Good
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- Reprint.
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- 1956
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Auckland, NZL
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London: Heinemann, 1956 Uniform edition first series, #8 on spine of dj. Blue boards stamped in red and silver on spine. Very tidy, a name and small store stamp in front. Dust jacket is price clipped, bright, slight wear to corners. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Item Price
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Pied Piper.
by Nevil Shute
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- 1943
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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The Reprint Society, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1943. No Edition Remarks. 283 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Heavy tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and major foxing and tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pied Piper
by Nevil Shute
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Devizes, Wiltshire, GBR
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William Heinemann, 1950. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). 1950 edition. Spine slanted 4mm. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Item Price
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Pied Piper
by Nevil Shute
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- 12th Printing
- Published
- 1977
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- Paperback
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- 9780330103992
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Traralgon, Victoria, AUS
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Pan Books, UK, 1977. 12th Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 253 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books, UK, 1977. 12th Printing. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: It… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pied Piper
by Shute, Nevil
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1942
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- Hardcover
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WESTBANK, British Columbia, CAN
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New York, : William Morrow, , 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Owners name on inside front cover.DJ writeup pasted to inside front cover and flyleaf. First Edition. First printing (no additional printings listed). Library rubber stamping on front and rear inside covers and flyleaf's. Rear gutter… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pied Piper
by Shute, Nevil (Pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway.)
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- 1963
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- Soft cover
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WESTBANK, British Columbia, CAN
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Toronto: Popular Library (Canadian) , 1963. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. M2030-Published May 1963. Trade Paperback. Normal shelf and display wear. There are no marks on the pages except book store stamp and one page clipped. Pied Piper is a novel by Nevil Shute, first published in 1942. The title is a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pied Piper
by Shute, Nevil
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1942
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- Hardcover
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Andover, Massachusetts, USA
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NZ$65.67
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New York: Book League of America, 1942. Reprint edition. The boards are faded in spots. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket is chipped at the spine head. Light edge wear otherwise. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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Pied Piper
by Nevil Shute
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- Used - Good
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- 1965
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- Paperback
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Pan, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. 253 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
NZ$6.73
Pied Piper
by Shute, Nevil
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- Used - Very Good
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- Book Club Edition 1st Printing
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- 1969
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- Soft cover
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WESTBANK, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$19.62
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New York, NY, : Ballantine, 1969. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Spine curl and name on inside cover.- Stated first Ballentine printing, October 1969-# 01733 - " Pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway. . Pied Piper is the gripping story of one elderly man's daring attempt to rescue… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pied Piper
by Nevil Shute
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1942
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- Blue cloth with blue letters on a black background on the spine.
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Ridgeley, West Virginia, USA
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NZ$75.77
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Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Outside edges of the text block and free end papers are age-toned. DJ has very minor wear along the outer edges and slight smudging on the back DJ. From the front DJ flap, "Set against the devastation that was France after Dunkirk, this is a story of a strange… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pied Piper
by SHUTE, Nevil
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- Reprint.
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Auckland, NZL
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London: Heinemann, 1958 Uniform edition first series, #8 on spine of dj. Blue boards stamped in red and silver on spine. A near fine unmarked copy. The dust jacket is unclipped and bright, very minor edge wear. Item Price
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Pied Piper
by Shute, Nevil
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1971
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- Paperback
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- 9780330103992
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Forrestfield, Western Australia, AUS
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NZ$6.12
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England: Pan, 1971. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Nice copy with an slightly faded, uncreased spine. Name in ink to opening page. Where possible small books will have postage reduced. Item Price
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The Pied Piper
by Shute, Nevil
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- Used - Very Good (AVERAGE)
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- No Jacket
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- 10th Printing.
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- 1974
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- Hardcover
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- 9780330103992
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Peter Tavy, GBR
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NZ$10.55
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London, UK.: Pan Books Ltd, 1974. Browned page edges. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE.. Not Signed or Inscribed. 10th Printing.. Pictorial Card. Very Good (AVERAGE)/No Jacket. 12mo -… Read more about this item Item Price
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