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Issue Details: First known date: 1957... 1957 On the Beach
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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Heinemann , 1957 .
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      Extent: 312p.
      Reprinted: 1959
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Heinemann ,       1957 .
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      Extent: 312p.
      Reprinted: 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Ballantine Books ,       1957 .
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      Extent: 278p.
      Reprinted: 1974 , 1990 , 1997 , 1977
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       William Morrow ,       1957 .
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      Extent: 320p.
      Reprinted: 1966 , 1969 , 1986
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       New American Library ,       1963 .
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      Extent: 238p.
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Pan ,       1966 .
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      Extent: 266p.
      ISBN: 0330105701
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Heron Books ,       1968 .
      Extent: 311p.
      Note/s:
      • Original illustrations by Charles Keeping.
    • Geneva,
      c
      Switzerland,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Edito-Service ,       1968 .
      Extent: 311p.
      Note/s:
      • Original illustrations by Charles Keeping.
    • Toronto, Ontario,
      c
      Canada,
      c
      Americas,      :       New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Bantam Books ,       1968 .
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      Extent: 278p.
      Reprinted: 1972
    • c
      Canada,
      c
      Americas,      :       Heron Books ,       1970-1979 .
      Extent: 312p.
      Note/s:
      • Published by arrangement with William Heinemann. Original illustrations by Charles Keeping.
    • Mattituck, New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Amereon House ,       1970-1979 .
      Extent: 311p.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Nevil Shute Omnibus Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1973 Z1423366 1973 selected work novel London : Heinemann , 1973
    • Leicestershire,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Thorpe ,       1984 .
      ISBN: 0708982328
    • Cutchogue, New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Buccaneer Books ,       1985 .
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      Extent: 250p.
      ISBN: 0899683657
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Dover , 1987 .
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      Extent: 100p.
    • Toronto, Ontario,
      c
      Canada,
      c
      Americas,      :       General Paperbacks ,       1989 .
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      Extent: 266p.
      ISBN: 0773671943
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Mandarin ,       1990 .
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      Extent: 320p.
      ISBN: 0749304081
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Town Like Alice ; The Far Country ; On the Beach Nevil Shute , London : Peerage Books , 1991 Z1423359 1991 selected work novel London : Peerage Books , 1991
    • Cutchogue, New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Lightyear Press ,       1998 .
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      ISBN: 0899683657
    • Thirsk, Yorkshire,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       House of Stratus ,       2000 .
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      Extent: 296p.
      ISBN: 1842322761
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Pearson Education , 2008 .
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      Extent: 138p.
      Note/s:

      • Publication date 10 April 2008

      ISBN: 9781405882286
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Vintage UK ,       2009 .
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      Extent: 320p.p.
      Reprinted: 2010 (ebook)
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 December 2009 (paperback) and 1 July 2010 (ebook).
      ISBN: 9780099530251 (pbk), 9781409087397 (ebk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Vintage ,       2010 .
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      Extent: 312p.
      ISBN: 9780307473998, 0307473996
      Series: y separately published work icon Vintage International New York (City) : Vintage , 1993- 19532994 1993 series - publisher novel

      'William Faulkner, Philip Roth, Alice Munro, Thomas Mann, Doris Lessing, Albert Camus, V.S. Naipaul, Gabriel García Márquez, Salman Rushdie, Joan Didion, and Cormac McCarthy, among many others: Vintage International is devoted to publishing the best writing of the past century from the world over. Offering both classic and modern fiction and literary nonfiction in elegant editions, Vintage International aims to provide readers with world-class writing that has stood the test of time and essential works by the preeminent authors of today.'

      Source: Vintage.
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2019 .
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      Extent: 352p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 3 December 2019.
      • Introduced by Gideon Haigh.
      ISBN: 9781922268327
      Series: y separately published work icon Text Classics Text Publishing (publisher), Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2012- Z1851461 2012 series - publisher novel 'Great books by great Australian storytellers.' (Text website.)
    • Rockville, Maryland,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Wildside Press ,       2020 .
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      Extent: 302p.
      Note/s:
      • Published:23 June 2020
      ISBN: 9781479451210
    • c
      Australia,
      c
      :       Arni Books ,       2023 .
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      Extent: 302p.
      Note/s:
      • Published April 19, 2023
Alternative title: Ventetid
Language: Danish
    • Copenhagen,
      c
      Denmark,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Tonder ,       1957 .
      Extent: 217p.
    • Copenhagen,
      c
      Denmark,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Stjernebogerne ,       1959 .
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      Extent: 211p.
      Reprinted: 1961 , 1984 Alt title: Pa stranden.
    • Copenhagen,
      c
      Denmark,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Vinten ,       1968 .
      Extent: 209p.
Alternative title: Das letzte Ufer : Roman
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Desch ,       1958 .
      Extent: 389p.
    • Zurich,
      c
      Switzerland,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Benziger ,       1973 .
      Extent: 388p.
    • Hamburg,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Rowohlt ,       1976 .
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      Extent: 219p.
      Reprinted: 1979 , 1983 , 1986 , 1987 , 1989 , 1982 , 1980
      ISBN: 3499119684
Alternative title: Le dernier rivage: roman
Language: French
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Librairie Stock ,       1958 .
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      Extent: 262p.
      Reprinted: 1960 , 1968 , 1970 , 1987
Alternative title: Nagisa nite : jinrui saigo no hi
Alternative title: 渚にて : 人類最後の日
Language: Japanese
Alternative title: Viimeisellä rannalla : romaani
Language: Finnish
    • Jyvaskyla,
      c
      Finland,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Gummerus ,       1958 .
      Extent: 302p.
      Reprinted: 1960 , 1984
      ISBN: 9512025361
Alternative title: Pa stranden
Language: Swedish
    • Stockholm,
      c
      Sweden,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       AWE/Gebers ,       1958 .
      Extent: 281p.
      Reprinted: 1960 , 1969 , 1976 , 1983 , 1990
Alternative title: Den siste bredd
Language: Norwegian
    • Oslo,
      c
      Norway,
      c
      Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe,      :       Aschehoug ,       1958 .
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      Extent: 293p.
      Reprinted: 1960 , 1984
Alternative title: Al ha-hof : roman
Language: Hebrew
    • Tel-Aviv,
      c
      Israel,
      c
      Middle East, Asia,      :       Idit ,       1959 .
      Extent: 235p.
Alternative title: L'ultima spiaggia
Language: Italian
    • Milan,
      c
      Italy,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Sugar ,       1959 .
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      Extent: 327p.
    • Milan,
      c
      Italy,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Arnoldo Mondadori ,       1966 .
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      Extent: 250p.
      Reprinted: 1972
Alternative title: Wacht op mij...een realistisch toekomstbeeld
Language: Dutch
Alternative title: Nagisa nite
Language: Japanese
Alternative title: La hora final
Language: Spanish
Alternative title: Poslednja obala
Language: Slovenian
Alternative title: A Strondinni
Language: Icelandic
Alternative title: Kumsalda
Language: Turkish
    • Istanbul,
      c
      Turkey,
      c
      Middle East, Asia,      :       Guven Yayinevi ,       1967 .
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      Extent: 288p.
Alternative title: Ostatni brzeg
Language: Polish
Alternative title: A hora final
Language: Portuguese
Alternative title: Yoksa ui chongmal in ku nal i omyon : changp`yon sosol
Language: Korean
    • Soul T'ukpyolsi,
      c
      South Korea,
      c
      Korea, East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       Kyohaksa ,       1981 .
      Extent: 357p.
Alternative title: Sur la bordo
Language: Esperanto
Alternative title: На Брега
Transliterated title: Na brega
Language: Bulgarian
    • Sofia,
      c
      Bulgaria,
      c
      Eastern Europe, Europe,      :       Narodna Kultura ,       1985 .
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      Extent: 287p.
Alternative title: Kalbanta
Language: Marathi
Alternative title: Az utolso part : katasztrofa-utopia amely meg megtortenhet
Language: Hungarian
Alternative title: Na beregu
Language: Russian
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Krysolov. Na Berugu Nevil Shute , Moscow : Hudozestvennaja Literatura , 1991 Z1421390 1991 selected work novel Moscow : Hudozestvennaja Literatura , 1991
Alternative title: Ultimul tarm
Language: Romanian
    • Ploiesti,
      c
      Romania,
      c
      Eastern Europe, Europe,      :       Pygmalion ,       1997 .
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      Extent: 260p.
      ISBN: 9789739207218
Alternative title: Ben bo cua su bat hanh
Language: Vietnamese
Alternative title: على الشاطىء
Transliterated title: Alá al-shāṭi
Language: Arabic
Alternative title: Ôna Da Bīca
Language: Marathi
Alternative title: 世界就是這樣結束的
Transliterated title: Shi jie jiu shi zhe yang jie shu de
Language: Chinese
    • c
      China,
      c
      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       Tao Yuan Shi ,       2022 .
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      Extent: 634p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 February 2022
      ISBN: 9789869966184
Alternative title: Le Dernier Rivage
Language: French
    • c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Chemin Fer ,       2022 .
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      Extent: 385p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27 January 2022
      ISBN: 9782490356270
Subjects:
  • Coast,
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Urban,
Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • 1950s
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