Paperback 402: No Highway / Nevil Shute (Dell 516)

Paperback 402: Dell 516 (No ptg info, 1951)

Title: No Highway
Author: Nevil Shute
Cover artist: photo

Yours for: $10


Best things about this cover:

• "And then you fold this last part like so, and, long story short, we're all going to die in a massive fireball."
• Flying used to require fancy dress. Though I never knew those days, I kind of miss those days...
• ...though I'd rather not think about how many animals had to die so that Ms. Dietrich could cross the Atlantic in style.
• I like how literal the title is: "How are we getting from London to New York? Highway?" "No. No Highway. Airplane."

Best things about this back cover:

• Mapback attack!
• More Canadian geography than I have ever seen on a mapback. By a longshot.
• Love the tweaked-globe layout of the map. And, of course, the majestic Gander Airport

Page 123~

"Oh. Are you aware, Dr. Scott, that B.O.A.C. have refused to carry this man in their aircraft, on the grounds that the mental instability from which he suffers makes him a danger to the safety of the other passengers? Are you aware of that?"

I colored hotly at his tone.

I really love that last sentence.

~RP

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57 Books from the University Book Sale: Book 28

First, an announcement. The winner of "The Secret of Sylvia" (as determined by random.org) is ... MARLA! Send me your address and I'll get the book out to you ASAP.

Now, onto a new book!

Title: Pastoral (Ballantine X757, 1963)
Author: Nevil Shute
Cover artist: uncredited

Yours for: $5 (free if your hair is shaped like a massive sideways comma)

• "I promise — I will return with the cure for Wedge Head. And then ... I Will Find You!"
• I got nothing else. Her hair is the only reason I noticed this book at all.
• "Urgent, tender and strong" is making me giggle a little

• Happy 110th birthday, Nevil Shute!

Page 123~

The Dane smiled ruefully.

Honestly, one of my favorite "Page 123" quotes in a long time

~RP

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