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8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with 4 plates; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with 16pp of plates; cloth, a fine copy in the dustwrapper. 2 Bn Gordons was posted to Singapore in 1937 and fought through to the Surrender. This is the first published account of the horrors endured by the survivors at the hands of the Japanese: an inspiring story of courage and survival against overwhelming odds
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations; original pictorial wrappers, oriental name on front wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with title in green and black, engraved title-vignette by Reynolds Stone, 39 plates on 32 and a folding map, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dust-qrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE. Graham & Cole E23.
8vo., First Edition, with 69 plates on 24 and front and rear endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The story of the Allied POWs who, having built the Burma-Thailand railway, were en route to forced labour in Japan when their prison ships were attacked by American submarines. Enser, p.209.
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. The author was United States Ambassador to Japan, 1932 to 1941.
petit in-4°, XLI-81 pp., cartes, broche, couv.- Texte en arabe et traduction francaise en regard. Nombreuses notes et explications. Route maritime vers l"Extreme-Orient, moeurs et coutumes des Chinois, divisions politiques de l"Inde, moeurs des Hindous, informations diverses sur la Chine et sur l"Inde. Bel exemplaire [P-27] Bel exemplaire
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, with full-page map in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the best close-quarters accounts of the war in Burma, by the author of the Flashman novels. Fraser served with 9 Bn The Border Regiment in 17th Indian Division. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Graham & Cole M28.
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.
192 pages, illustrated, select bibliography, chronological lists, index, crease to front cover. eng
8vo., First Edition, with over 70 plates and 4 folding maps (2 large and coloured); handsomely bound in red full morocco, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with a floral spray, original pictorial wrappers preserved, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With a contemporary picture postcard and embroidered Christmas card (1945) loosely inserted. One of the best - and scarcest - pre-WWII guides to Hong Kong. Profusely illustrated and with very numerous trade advertisements throughout, it includes detailed coloured maps of Hong Kong Island and the New Territories, and plans of the Central District of Victoria and the Canton-Kowloon railway. A splendid copy of a work rarely found complete. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in red, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip creased else a very good, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, page-edges browning slightly as often, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.52; Graham & Cole G28.
8vo., First Edition thus, with map as frontispiece, plates and maps, small neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.404.
8vo., First Edition thus, with map as frontispiece, plates and maps; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Enser, p.404.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, text lightly toned; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Published in Allen's series 'Worth-While War-Time Books'. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, buff endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Graham & Cole L24.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON SLIP MOUNTED ON TITLE. By comparison with its operations in Europe, SOE's activities in the Far East have received far less attention. The author worked with the wartime commander of Force 136 Group B to create an extensive survey of operations before and after Hudson's arrival. Includes a valuable historical note on SOE operations in Malaya and a select bibliography. Enser, p.150.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 16 plates on 14 and a full-page plan in the text, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, backstrip a little dulled else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. The harrowing story of the author's experiences from capture at Sittang Bridge to his service as SMO at Rangoon from 1942 to the liberation. SCRACE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.90; Graham & Cole M49.
