STEWART, JOHN

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); 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

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1988

KEYWORDS: military history river kwai pows prisoners of war John Stewart autobiography memoir Burma Siam railway

THOMAS, W. B.

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

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1951

KEYWORDS: W B Thomas military history ww2 2nd second world war two 2 pows prisoners of war escapes escapees autobiography memoir

COATES, ALBERT & ROSENTHAL, NEWMAN

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); 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

PUBLISHER: Hyland House 1978

KEYWORDS: Albert Coates autobiography memoir military history Australia Australian

INGERSOLL, RALPH

EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty) heavy loss to jacket; 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

PUBLISHER: Harcourt, Brace and Company 1943

KEYWORDS: Captain Ralph Ingersoll autobiography memoir military history US America American soldiers

MANCHESTER, WILLIAM

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); 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

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1980

KEYWORDS: william manchester memoir autobiography biography world war two second wwii the pacific soldier

BRAY, Major N. N. E. & CHAMBERLAIN, Rt. Hon. Sir AUSTEN (Fore)

SCRUFFY EX-LIBRARY, SECOND IMPRESSION, MAP VERSO OF HALF TITLE PAGE TORN IN HALF, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spine, folding map to prelims, frontispiece, xii + 312pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings/stamps, spine cocked, heavy scuffing & bruising to board edges & extrems, heavy soiling to spine, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to page edges, aforementioned folding map at prelims torn in half with 4cm closed tear, some moderate cracking to gutters- some reinforcements)

PUBLISHER: Unicorn Press 1934

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 the great war 1st first world war 1 one Major Bray autobiography Persia Arabia

BROWN, PERCY

Octavo, purple cloth boards, yellow lettering to spine, 336pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to some pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, all corners sl clipped, moderate tanning/soiling to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1934

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Percy Brown literature

WILSON, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 202pp, illus/photos, VG+ (v sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & pgs throughout) in d/w, VG (light chipping & staining to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1956

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British army Andrew Wilson autobiography weaponry crocodiles tanks first edition

THE EARL OF CARDIGAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 206pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & sl foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to front pastedown, light wrinkling to pgs163/164) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1950

KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Earl of Cardigan autobiography pows prisoners of war diary journal

GRAHAM, DOMINICK

Octavo, yellow glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 238pp, occasional map illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & fading to spine & covers/edges, light chafing & soiling, sl foxing to page edges, light cracking to guttes)

PUBLISHER: WILTON 65 2000

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Dominick Graham autobiography memoir

BUCKHAM, ROBERT

Octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 98pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to edges & spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Canada's Wings 1984

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 pows prisoners of war diary journal Robert Buckham autobiography memoir rcaf Canada Canadian air force

OATTS, Lieut.-Col. BALFOUR

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, 2cm peel to lower corner of pg 206) in d/w, VG (light to moderate staining to edges, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1962

KEYWORDS: Balfour Oatts military history autobiography memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Burma

FRIEDMAN, TUVIA & GROSS, DAVID C. (Ed & Trans)

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 299pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG, in removable protective plastic cover (price clipped, sl soiling & chafing, light adhesive staining to edges beneath wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Anthony Gibbs & Phillips 1961

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Tuvia Friedman military history ww2 holocaust war criminals Jewish persecution Adolf Eichmann

BLAIR, DONALD

Octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light folding/creasing to page edges of prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges with internal reinforcement, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Stanhope Press (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British battle of Britain raf air force aviation autobiography memoir Donald Blair pilots

STERICKER, JOHN

Octavo, black buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine, top page edges stained yellow, illus front eps, 211pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm numerals in ink to top corner of ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arthur Barker 1958

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir John Stericker China Japan Asia

PRIESTWOOD, GWEN

Octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 144pp, VG (light bruising & soiling to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping with heavy tape repairs to edges, some heavy loss, moderate tanning to spine, price clipped, moderate chafing & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1944

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Japan concentration camps Japanese Gwen Priestwood autobiography memoir civilians

COLLAR, HUGH & WOODROFFE, PAULINE (Abridged) & MacPHERSON, KERRIE L. (Intro)

Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, strip of tanning to half title page, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to verso of full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Hugh Collar autobiography memoir

ADAMS, GEOFFREY PHARAOH

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 217pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine & board edges) in d/w, VG+ (in adhesive clear mylar covering, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1973

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese concentration camps British army soldiers Geoffrey Pharaoh Adams autobiography memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two 2

McGEE, Brig. Gen. JOHN HUGH

Octavo, blue buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xviii + 242pp, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, prev. bookseller's label to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Naylor Company N/D (c.1962)

KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir John Hugh McGee Davao Penal Colony pows prisoners of war politics communism

KUNCZ, ALADAR

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 409pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 1934

KEYWORDS: pows prisoners of war military history Aladar Kuncz France French autobiography memoir