A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
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23 libri di A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
THE FAR COUNTRY.
Shute, Nevil, · 1968
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1968, 2nd imp., paperback, 335pp, [i] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), a novel of the Australian wool boom of the early 1950's, the experiences of 'new Australians' esp. a Czech doctor working in a lumber camp, of a lost Australian gold to...
STEPHEN MORRIS.
Shute, Nevil, · 1961
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Heinemann, London, 1961, 1st edn., [xii], 273pp, blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by 'Fratini', two short novels pre-dating the authors's first novel but unpublished until after his death, with the same character, Stephen Morr...
THE CHEQUER BOARD.
Shute, Nevil, · 1968
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pan Books, London, 1968, 6th imp., paperback, 272pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a man dying from the effects of an old wound received in a war-time air crash some years previously seeks out his three crash victim companions, very sl. roll and slant to spine, lightly...
RUINED CITY.
Shute, Nevil, · 1968
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Pan Books, London, 1968, 6th imp., paperback, 219pp, [v] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a banker risks fortune and reputation to bring work to a shipbuilding town during the depression, lightly rubbed at tips, pages tanned, very good plus,
PASTORAL.
Shute, Nevil, · 1969
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Pan Books, London, 1969, 4th imp., paperback, 239pp, [i] ad., pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), a wartime love story with a background setting of an operational RAF bomber station and rural England, lightly rubbed at tips, pages tanned, very good plus,
LONELY ROAD.
Shute, Nevil, · 1968
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Pan Books, London, 1968, 8th imp., paperback, 221pp, [iii] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), a story of gun running and an attempt to rig a general election of 1930's Britain, lightly rubbed at tips with light creasing upper cnr., edges tanned, very good plus,
AN OLD CAPTIVITY.
Shute, Nevil, · 1965
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Pan Books, London, 1965, 1st in imprint, paperback, 288pp, [i] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib), an aerial survey of Greenland leads to strange experiences of previous Viking visitors who may have discovered America, very sl. slant to spine, a little rubbed at...
PIED PIPER.
Shute, Nevil, · 1951
£7.20 (€8.63 | $9.51 | ¥1,519)
Heinemann, London, 1951, reprint, [iv], 283pp, blue cloth with maroon titles panel at spine lettered in silver, author device in blind upper bd., an old man, in 1940 France, accidentally gathers a group of children as he tries to return to England during the German invasion, ...
STEPHEN MORRIS.
Shute, Nevil, · 1961
£8.40 (€10.07 | $11.10 | ¥1,772)
Heinemann, London, 1961, 1st edn., [xii], 273pp, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by 'Fratini', two short novels pre-dating the authors's first novel but unpublished until after his death, with the same character, Stephen Morris, and themes of...
REQUIEM FOR A WREN.
Shute, Nevil, · 1971
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1971, 1st in imprint, paperback, 253pp, [iii] ads., pictorial wrappers, a story of a Wren on armament duties for the impending invasion of 1944, her fiancee on mine clearance duties of the proposed invasion beaches and his brother, an RAF pilot.sl. spine sl...
PASTORAL.
Shute, Nevil, · 1965
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1965, 2nd imp., paperback, 239pp, pictorial wrappers, a wartime love story with a background of the RAF and rural England, very sl. slant to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,
NO HIGHWAY.
Shute, Nevil, · 1963
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback, 281pp, [vii] ads., #X224, pictorial wrappers, a suspense novel of aircraft and metal fatigue, using all the author's expertise in story telling and the aircraft industry, slight spine slant, rubbed at extrems., light marks u...
LONELY ROAD.
Shute, Nevil, · 1977
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Ballantine Books, New York, 1977, paperback, 221pp, pictorial montage wrappers, edges coloured, a story of gun running and an attempt to rig a general election of 1930's Britain, slight spine slant, faint vertical creasing to spine, crease at upper hinge, a little rubbed at e...
LONELY ROAD.
Shute, Nevil, · 1970
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1970, paperback, 221pp, pictorial wrappers, a story of gun running and an attempt to rig a general election of 1930's Britain, slant and sl. roll to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good,
BEYOND THE BLACK STUMP.
Shute, Nevil, · 1972
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 271pp, pictorial wrappers (unattrib), the clash of cultures of oil drilling and sheep farming in Australia, sl. slant to spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., spine almost totally bleached, light creasing to wrappers, edges tan...
A TOWN LIKE ALICE.
Shute, Nevil, · 1966
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1966, paperback, 315pp, unattrib pictorial wrappers, the novel of the experiences of a man and a woman, separately prisoners of the Japanese invasion of Burma, and their attempt to find each other again after the war, slight slant to spine with faint vertic...
PIED PIPER.
Shute, Nevil, · 1965
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1965, 1st in imprint, paperback, 253pp, [i] ads., #X399, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), an old man, in 1940 France, accidentally gathers a group of children as he tries to return to England during the German invasion, sl. slant and roll to spine, rubb...
A TOWN LIKE ALICE.
Shute, Nevil, · 1950
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1950, 1st in imprint, paperback, 314pp, [i] Author's Note, [v] ads., #X96, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the novel of the experiences of a man and a woman, separately prisoners of the Japanese invasion of Burma, and their attempt to find each other a...
BEYOND THE BLACK STUMP.
Shute, Nevil, · 1956
£8.40 (€10.07 | $11.10 | ¥1,772)
William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1956, 1st edn., [vi], 297pp, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper with wraparound design by Val Biro, the clash of cultures of oil drilling and sheep farming in Australia, slightly cocked, a little rubbed at spine ends and...
NO HIGHWAY.
Shute, Nevil, · 1963
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Pan Books, London, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback, 281pp, [vii] ads., #X224, pictorial wrappers, a suspense novel of aircraft and metal fatigue, using all the author's expertise in story telling and the aircraft industry, slight spine roll, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tann...