On the Beach
by Shute, Nevil
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Grey cloth. Very good in very good minus pictorial dust jacket (price clipped, some scuffs and closed tears). Small owner signat
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 1957. First American edition. 320 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey cloth. Very good in very good minus pictorial dust jacket (price clipped, some scuffs and closed tears). Small owner signature. First American edition. 320 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The End of the World. The acclaimed novel of Australians facing the consequences of a nuclear war in the northern hemisphere. Filmed in 1959 starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire. Men at Work 21.2.a
Synopsis
"The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off."THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEThey are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle. As the deadly rain moves ever closer, the world as we know it winds toward an inevitable end....From the Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 322677
- Title
- On the Beach
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- 320 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Grey cloth. Very good in very good minus pictorial dust jacket (price clipped, some scuffs and closed tears). Small owner signat
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Science Fiction / Fantasy | Australian | British
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