What Happened To the Corbetts

London: Heinemann, 1939. First edition, third impression dust jacket. 267 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Light grey cloth. March 1943 gift inscription. Near fine in very good dust jacket. First edition, third impression dust jacket. 267 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A later state of this excellent prewar novel of the bombing of Southampton and the adventures of the resourceful… Read more about this item

William Heinemann, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1958. Reprinted. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits and… Read more about this item

London: Vintage, 2009. Later printing. Paperback. Very good. 2nd printing of this trade paperback edition in the Vintage Classics series. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers.

William Heinemann, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. Reprinted. 235 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine and edges.

London: Heinemann, 1939. Proof Copy. 267 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Drab wrappers, title printed in red. About fine (minor spotting front endpaper). Proof Copy. 267 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Uncommon proof state of this prewar novel of the bombing of Southampton and the adventures of the resourceful Peter Corbett. Smith, pp. 43-7; Men at Work 5.1.a

London: Heinemann, 1952 Uniform edition, first series. Blue cloth binding. Faint toning in endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped but has edge tear, wear to folds, slight loss at spine ends and top corners, in a clear film protective sleeve.

William Heinemann LTD, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. Reprint. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Heavy foxing and tanning to pages with moderate cracking to guttering; pages remain attached. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning and crushing to… Read more about this item

William Heinemann, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. Reprinted. 235 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water stain to front board.

Pan Books Ltd, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. Reprinted. 221 pages. Illustrated paper 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 sunning.

Pan Books, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. 3rd Printing. 220 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… Read more about this item

Penguin Random House. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

William Heinemann Book. Illus. by Neale, Rosemary. Good. Hardcover Leatherette. Complete Works. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dark red leatherette boards and gilt lettering/decoration to spine and boards, complete works edition, 368gms, 241 pages, illustrated red with gold pattern endpapers, yellow bookmark. This is one volume in a set of complete works by Nevil Shute. Book… Read more about this item

Pan Books Ltd, 1966. Reprint. Paperback book. Good/No Jacket. For more information on our condition gradings, see Terms of Sale below.

Macmillan; New Impression edition, 1970. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

William Heinemann Ltd, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. Reprinted. 235 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have medium tanning and light foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper and title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy… Read more about this item

Heron Books, UK, No date. Imitation red Leather. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Imitation red Leather. 242 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Heron Books, UK, No date. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; War;… Read more about this item

Pan Books Ltd, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. No edition remarks. 220 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… Read more about this item

Pan, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. This edition. 220 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.

William Heinemann. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. Later Printing. Hardcover. 0434699055 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages .

London: William Heinemann, 1939 8vo. original beige cloth (a trifle rubbed, endpapers a little tanned, else clean & bright throughout; lacks dustwrapper); pp. [vi (last blank)], 268 (last blank). A nice copy, near fine. . Reprint. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket.