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In the Wet
by SHUTE, Nevil
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Melbourne: Heinemann, 1953 Beige cloth with titles in gilt on spine. SIGNED IN BLUE INK BY NEVIL SHUTE NORWAY ON THE TITLE PAGE. The author visited Wellington in 1954 when this title was the latest available for signing. Tight, very slightly tilted, light toning in endpapers, clean pages. The dust jacket is bright, price clipped, rubbed at spine and corners with slight loss, tiny tears at spine ends, protected in a removable clear film sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mainly Fiction
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033883
- Title
- In the Wet
- Author
- SHUTE, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nevil Shute;
Terms of Sale
Mainly Fiction
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About the Seller
Mainly Fiction
Biblio member since 2005
Auckland
About Mainly Fiction
We are a home-based business trading successfully for several years.New Zealand is a great source for the categories of books we are trading in.
Glossary
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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