About this title: When Tom Cutter hires Constantine Shaklin as an engineer in his air freight business, he little realises the extraordinary gifts of his new recruit. Shaklin possesses a religious power which inspires everyone he meets to a new faith and hope for humanity. As Cutter's business grows across Asia, so does Shaklin's fame, until he is widely regarded ...
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Edition: D130. 35¢ original price.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing by arr. w/ William Morrow & Co., Inc., New York
Date Published: 1951
Description: Garland, George (Cover painting by) Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Spine creasing with concave effect. Tight. Notation inside cover, 'p.219'; light ink bracket marking quote at Chapter 7 heading. Front end quote bracketed as well. 384 p. Illustrated paper covers. Yellow page edges. Fiction: Provocatively dressed woman on cover; 2 men, one in Western garb, other in Arabic-style turban; back cover, unconscious man hanging from parachute caught in evergreen branches ... read more
Description: Morrow, c1951, book club edition, grey tweed hardcover with; Black cloth spine, map end papers, clean and solid, a VERY GOOD copy, in an attractive dustjacket (a color reprint of a GOOD+ original), in a new clear mylar DJ cover. A nice copy you will be happy to own! read more
Edition: First Thus/1st Ptg
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pan, London
Date Published: 1968
Description: Fine+ No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Spine creases. slight cant. edge rubs at spine. surface cracks. small bump on one corner w/folds on corners of a few pages. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: hb
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd., London
Date Published: 1951
Description: endpaper maps. Small 8vo, pp. 362. Corners of boards rounded a bit, light shelf wear, else g/vg condition in torn, worn dust jacket (only in poor/fair cond.). read more
Description: Morrow, c1951, book club edition, hardcover, map end papers, ; Pages bright, a solid copy, VERY GOOD, in colorful GOOD+ dustjacket, in a new clear mylar DJ cover. A nice copy you will be happy to own! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"loved this book - a good story but I see its major value in Connie's spiritual belief and the concept of a life of worship in all your activities.Have used the book in the past in dealing with young people trying to decide on how to live life and set their own standards"
"This 1951 book, which I read when it first came out, strikes close to home for me as the story deals with an airplane mechanic, which my husband was for many years before his death in April, 2007. The book was reviewed in the September, 2007, "Aviation Maintenance" magazine in the column, Backshop by Bart J. Crotty in his"Zen and the Art of Aircraft Maintenance." Nevil Shute (1899-1960) is better known for his book On the Beach which was made into a major motion picture. In today's world of terrorist tactics, I recommend both of Shute's novels."
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