Round The Bend
1951 (First UK Edition, first impression).
Heinemann
, London, England
The book has a wonderful heroic theme of a man willing to accept pain and danger in his search for personal growth. Once again Shute uses his past experience with aircraft to advantage. The torn d/w is the only problem with this book for Shute devotees.
$32.00
Specifications
| Author | Shute, Nevil |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Year Published | 1951 (First UK Edition, first impression) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1951 |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | X |
| Pages | 362pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in red publisher's cloth with minor bumping and scuffing of all corners and spine top and tail, with no lean at all and the first edition dust wrapper with loss of bottom third of spine and edge of bottom right corner though is not price clipped and book Society Choice' words are still present with chipping of other corners and edges, now protected in clear archival covering, in overall very good condition despite the dust wrapper damage. |
| Overall | Map endpapers present with slight toning of all page margins throughout but is otherwise in excellent shape devoid of all foxing, notations original other damage. |