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8vo., First Edition, with title vignette, 12 plates on 8, and numerous decorations and 2 full-page maps in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, boards with very light fade marks else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip, and at lower left-hand corner of front panel. With dustwrapper artwork by Michael Harvey. Effectively a sequel to his splendid 'Bugles and a Tiger' (1956). Masters served as a middle-ranking officer in Burma throughout the war. This striking personal record of service with Gurkhas and Chindits (including his participation in Operation BLACKPOOL) therefore stands between the more usual views of generals and private soldiers, and includes illuminating portraits of Slim, Wingate and Stilwell among others. UNCOMMON. Enser, p.90; not recorded by Graham & Cole, which lists only the US (Harper) edition as M55.
2 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs and maps throughout, and coloured endpaper maps; original two tone red-brown cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, fresh, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers mildly frayed and creased at extremities.
Sm. Folio, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.90; Graham & Cole C24.
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, title very lightly spotted; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frames, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A lovely copy of the second edition of this classic work, first published in 1900. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 9 full-page maps in the text and a folding map; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. A clear and well-illustrated account written for entrants to Staff College. Includes brief bibliography, useful biographical details of commanders and extensive chronology. Graham & Cole B16.
561339Singapore, Oxford University Press, 1985. In-8 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, IX-288 pp., 75 illustr., 11 schémas, 2 cartes dont une grande dépliante h.-t., index.
1929biblio176<p><em> Hutchinson. London. 1929. First edition. Large 8vo. 288pp. Photo frontis. 63 further plates text illus. folding map. Original red cloth sunned to spine corners bumped. Some minor spotting/foxing. "With the Publisher’s Compliments" lightly stamped to title page.</em></p><p><strong><em>Owen Rutter</em></strong><em> 1889-1944 FRGS FRAI Member of the Athenaeum Club travel writer North Borneo Civil Service editor of the Balkan News partner in the Golden Cockerel Press.</em></p> Hutchinson
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and coloured maps throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; ivory tweed cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a near fine copy. Pacific Islands Monograph Series, No. 8.
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece and plate; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter with two short closed tears on rear panel. Waley's classic text was first published in 1921. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., Third Impression, with tinted frontispiece and 7 fine tinted plates by Searle; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter browned on (predominantly white) rear panel and with small loss at upper edge of rear panel. Published two months after the first edition. The particularly striking dust-wrapper carries a dramatic illustration by Searle not repeated in the book. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.409 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with 2 full-page maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO [STANLEY] GORDON COCKS WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Cocks served as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner with 75 (New Zealand) Squadron. 'On our specialised operations in Burma we had no call for w.op/gunners like you, but nonetheless you might like to read…' (author's inscription). PRESENTATION COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.209; Graham & Cole H23.
8vo., First Edition, with 2 full-page maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a few relevant cuttings loosely inserted. Enser, p.209; Graham & Cole H23.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue boards, white cloth back lettered in red and blue, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-soiled dustwrapper. Enser, p.312.
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in blue and black, text in red and black, very numerous photographs and facsimiles (a number ful-page) throughout, and printed endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in red and black, a fine copy. Collects eye-witness accounts from 67 survivors. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, photographs in the text and numerous folding maps coloured in outline; laminated pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its neat stamp on endpapers [only]. The official, highly detailed campaign report, profusely mapped and illustrated. Not recorded by Enser.
8vo., First Edition; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Graham & Cole C18 (giving incorrect date of 1991).
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 numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author was a young nurse fighting the Japanese in New Guinea and the Philippines. Uncommon, especially in this condition.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; ivory cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
8vo., with a frontispiece and maps in the text; grey boards, ivory cloth back lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vernacular account of the events and aftermath of two days following the atomic bomb attack. THE CLOTH EDITION IS ALREADY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A Royal Engineer in Burma. Graham & Cole M50.
8vo., First Edition, with 24 pages on half-tone plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
