(#139254) IN THE WET. Nevil Shute, Nevil Shute Norway.

IN THE WET. Melbourne, London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd, [1953]. Octavo, red cloth, spine stamped in gold. First British edition. This UK edition was printed in Great Britain at the Windmill Press, Kingswood, Surrey. "The journal of an Australian outback priest who copies down from a dying man a utopian vision (or memory) of the British Empire circa AD 2000, anticipates a time when Australia has become the leader of the Commonwealth, royalty has survived handsomely, socialism has faded away, and the Empire is secure." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 1104. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-343. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 94. Fortunati and Trousson, eds., Dictionary of Literary Utopias, pp. 304-5. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 248. Private owner's embossed stamp on front free endpaper and his neat book stamp on front paste-down (under the jacket flap). A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with small, unnecessary internal tape reinforcements at the spine ends and clipped price. (#139254).

Price: $250.00

Printing identification statement for this book:
"FIRST PUBLISHED 1953" on copyright page.