In the Wet

by Nevil Shute

£175 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: William Heinemann, 1953. Adventure/romance FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.354. Elegantly hand-bound in half red 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. 'In The Wet' is Nevil Shute's speculative glance into the future of the British Empire. An elderly clergyman stationed in the Australian

• Binding: Leather

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