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8vo., First Edition, some very faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned and dust-soiled dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; maroon cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.231.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, purple cloth back blocked in red and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Enser, p.231.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black, plates, maps in the text and large folding map at end, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original purple cloth, gilt back, yellow top, boards lightly faded at lower edge else a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped and frayed at edges. Crisp copy of Collis's chronological account of Peking, the Forbidden City, and Chinese dynastic history from the end of the Ming period. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece and 20 plates in monochrome, neat contemporary signature on front inner wrapper; original yellow wrappers printed in red, a near fine copy. With the trade ticket of University Book Store, Singapore, on front inside wrapper. Published in the series 'Malayan Heritage Books'. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with 72 plates of photographs, facsimiles and maps on 68; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. A detailed and well-documented account which deserves better than its current recognition. The author spent over thirty years in both military and commercial postings.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; cream cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes extensive bibliography. Enser, p.125; Graham & Cole O7.
8vo., Second Impression, with photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
8vo., Second Edition, with plates and maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Harrowing accounts of atrocities in Japanese captivity from different theatres of the Pacific. First published in 1994.
Institut de France 1952, in-4 broché, 6 pages, plaquette.. Plaquette de l'institut de France.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 35 plates on 31 and 2 large folding maps on japon, half-title lightly spotted otherwise some very light and occasional marginal spotting to text; original pictorial blue cloth, upper elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, upper hinge cracked (but binding wholly sound), a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its faint tape-marks on covers, bookplate on front paste-down, press-mark on front free endpaper and small blind stamp on title. Well-illustrated account of the revolution at Wuchang, Hankow and Hanyang. One of the first Caucasians to live in China for any length of time, Dingle was resident in Hankow at the outbreak and remained throughout the revolt. Includes a valuable set of otherwise unpublished photographs of localities, military detail and leading personalities (many of the images are from the Upward collection). The author was appointed FRGS and later founded the School of Mentalphysics in California. RARE.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 82. Bridges & Hair, p.280.
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Very small dent to first couple of pages. Else an unusually nice copy with binding tight ; A detailed travel description in German. 3/4 leather boards and gilt spine lettering. Decorative boards with pictorial design; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 360 pages
8vo., Second Impression, with double-page map in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top lightly spotted, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter neatly repaired on inner surface. First-hand account of the building of the Burma-Siam railway. Published in the same year as the first edition. ALL PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE. Enser, p.423; Graham and Cole M25.
cm. 15 x 21, xxii-246 pp. Fondazione Giorgio Cini - Istituto Venezia e l'Oriente. Orientalia Venetiana Inglese 433 gr. xxii-246 p.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and a double-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition; olive cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss at edges and tail of backstrip, and partially closed tears on front and rear panels. Novel of two Sikhs forced to fight the Japanese in Burma. SCARCE.Graham & Cole, V35.
8vo., First Edition, with 12 plates on 6, 2 folding map and a full-page map in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in chipped and creased dustwrapper. A major contribution to the history. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece, 48 plates on 22, 4 folding maps in red and black, 15 full-page maps, and front and rear endpaper maps; armorial cloth gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. 'I consider Slim was the finest general World War II produced' (Earl Mountbatten). General Evans fought under Slim as a divisional commander in Burma and has also provided (with Anthony Brett-James) the definitive account of Imphal, Slim's greatest victory against the Japanese. Increasingly elusive in this condition. Enser, p.406; Graham & Cole, L5.
Julliard 1983, In-8 broché, 190 pages. Bon état.
8vo., First Edition thus, with 8 plates and full-page map in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Meticulous and harrowing account of the 'Death March' following the Japanese capture of Bataan in 1942. First published in the US in 1962. Enser, p.55.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
