 William Morrow & Company 1st Edition |
William Heinemann 1st Edition
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William Morrow & Company 1st Edition |
William Heinemann 1st Edition
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"Tom Cutter was in love with airplanes from his boyhood. He might have lived happily and successfully in England all his life, working on other men's planes.
Instead he bought an ancient aircraft and organized his own transport service on the Persian Gulf. There the tempo of Eastern Life opened his mind to the possibilities of immortality. Little by little, the lovely girl whose very name meant "England" and "home" faded from his dreams...soon to be replaced by quite a different girl with quite another heritage. The strange and moving events that brought Tom Cutter's life to its unpredictable climax began when he hired Connie Shaklin as ground engineer. Shaklin had been Cutter's best friend in the carefree barnstorming days in England. He had a fine, quick sense of humor, a thorough knowledge of his job, and an extraordinary ability to get the best out of his men. Soon Shaklin become a legend throughout the Near East and the Western Pacific. The business was a roaring success...but the method was unorthodox. And that meant very serious trouble for both men...and for the women they loved. There were attacks form the British in the Persian Gulf...repercussions from the Dutch in Bali. Wherever Shaklin went his many-sided reputation followed him and his friends. There was no turning back. We think this may prove Nevil Shute's most important novel. It is truly a book for every man, whether he is a statesman fighting for the survival of his conuntry or a ground mechanic in an aviation plant; for every woman who devotes her life to a man's dream. Beyond the immediate events of the story...the clear beauty of the writing...lies a theme that well may be the beacon light for our troubled times." |
| The character of the old English Buddhist priest, in Round the Bend, was based on an actual person Shute met on a couple of occasions. Shute attributed his conversations with this individual as inspiration in developing the foundation of the storyline. The priest believed that the advent of a new Buddha would happen soon after his own death. |
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(1) The book's dust jacket cover must match the image shown at the left. (2) Unless the price has been removed by additional clipping after the original purchase, the dust jacket should show the resale price of $3.50 on the upper inside front flap. The BOMC edition does not show a resale price. (3) The book must not show any later printings of that same edition (such as a second or greater printing as shown below) on the copyright page. (4) Make sure that Morrow is listed at the publisher for your edition. On the copyright page it will read as follows: "Copyright, 1951 BY WILLIAM MORROW AND COMPANY, INC. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE HADDON CRAFTSMEN, SCRANTON, PA. All RIGHTS RESERVED. PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA BY WM.COLLINS SONS & CO. CANADA LTD." |
(5) On the true first edition's dust jacket, the only time that BOMC is mentioned is in a sentence located on the bottom of the inside front flap, in which the font is in all caps, centered, and it reads... "A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION". There is no other mention of the book club. The BOMC edition, however, mentions itself twice on the inside front flap of the dustjacket. Once at the top... "BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH
CLUB* SELECTION", and also at the bottom.... "*Trade Mark of Book-Of-The-Month Club, Inc." It also shows up at the top of the inside back flap once...."Book of the Month".
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