Nevil Shute — Requiem for a Wren

Melbourne, William Heinemann Ltd, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first true Australian edition of this romantic fiction novel by Nevil Shute, in the original dust wrapper. The first Australian edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This romance novel was written by English author Nevil Shute, who spent his later years at Australia. This novel has an alternative title of 'The Breaking Wave' for the United States. The story follows two women from the Women's Royal Naval Service and two brothers, one of which narrates the book. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper with an 'ex-libris' stamp to the front. Externally lovely. The wrap is very smart with sunning to the spine, the odd very small closed tear to the extremities and edge wear. Internally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd spot. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.