An Old Captivity

New York: Literary Guild, 1940.

Price: $18.00

Hardcover. Reading copy. Book has stain along top fine edges and some discoloration. Dustwrapper is rubbed and torn around the corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Item #207049

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Nevil Shute
birth name: Nevil Shute Norway
born: 1/17/1899
died: 1/12/1960
nationality: Great Britain

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Biography

English-born Australian novelist. His most famous work, On the Beach (1957; film, 1959), reflected his pessimism regarding the atomic age. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

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