Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Thus. First American Edition (First Thus). The Book Has Been Bound In Blue Cloth Over Boards With Silver Stamped Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Minor Wear And Light Tanning Of The Page Edges. Tiny Tear At The Upper Spine Tip. The Jacket Has Moderate Wear With A Few Small Chips And Tears. One Inch Tear At The Lower Flap Fold Which Has Been Tape Repaired On The Inside. Price Clipped.
Verlag: Pacific Books, Sydney, 1970
ISBN 10: 020712115X ISBN 13: 9780207121159
Anbieter: East Kent Academic, Bridge, Canterbury, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. This is a rarer Pacific Books (Australia) publication of an Australian reconstruction in novel form of a wartime naval battle between both HMAS Perth (on which the author served) and USS Houston, and a Japanese invasion force in February March 1942 off Java. The 2 allied ships were eventually sunk but only after sinking 15 Japanese vessels. 309 pages. Minor tanning and foxing and creasing on spine. But otherwise intact. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £5.85. ISBN not appear to be recognised.
Verlag: The Hogarth Press 1960, 1960
Anbieter: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Neuseeland
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
Verlag: The Hogarth Press, London, 1970
Anbieter: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Ray Parkin (dust jacket) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Illustrated by black and white plates. No inscriptions, minor wear only. The original, unclipped dust jacket is protected by a clear, removable cover. The title refers to August 6th, 1945, the day on which the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The author was in a Japanese prison camp in Java at the time. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics.
Verlag: London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, 1963, 1968, 1968
Anbieter: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
[Wartime trilogy] FIRST EDITIONS, COMPLETE. Three volumes, octavo (23 x 15 x 10cm), pp.xv; [5]; 310; [2]; pp.xiv; [2]; 290; [2]; pp.xx; 266. Publisher's cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jackets. Illustrated throughout. With an introduction to the first volume by van der Post. All volumes clean and bright internally, some spotting to edges and occasional to leaves, dustiness to top edge. Wrappers to the second two volumes price clipped but other wise very good, wrapper to first volume chipped and edge worn with some tears and laminate lifting/splitting, toned to spine and rear panels. Altogether very good. A three novel series based on the author's wartime experience. Following the sinking of his ship the HMAS Perth he was washed ashore and with a small group of men rigged a steel lifeboat to attempt to return by sail to Australia. Following landfall and subsequent capture in Japanese occupied Java he was imprisoned in Bandoeng camp and later was set to work on the construction of the infamous Burma-Thailand Railway.