Requiem for a Wren

by Nevil Shute

£175 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: William Heinemann, 1955. Romantic adventure novel LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.284. Elegantly hand-bound in half blue calf over matching buckram sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, cream endpapers, neat bookseller ticket. A lovely fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Wartime naval adventure from a master storyteller. Item #60239

• Binding: Leather

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