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$95.00
1y92a/2

The Endless Years


BARNARD, Capt. JOHN T. & STONE, L. D. (Fore)

Octavo, green buckram boards, yellow lettering & rule to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xxii + 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & fading to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Chantry Publications 1951

KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Captain John T Barnard British officers pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese ww2

$200.00
1y92a/5

Of Death But Once


BULCOCK, ROY

Octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 213pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy annotations in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, scruffy (v heavy creasing & chipping with loss & ugly yellowing tape repairs to edges & spine, price clipped, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: F. W. Cheshire 1947

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 pows prisoners of war Australian Java Japan Japanese

$65.00
1y92a/6

The Jungle in Arms


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

$80.00
1y92a/7

Escape to Captivity


HARTLEY, PETER

THIRD IMPRESSION, octavo, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 210pp, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate soiling & staining)

PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1952

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese autobiography memoir Peter Hartley

$40.00
1y92a/8

The Hunter


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

$45.00
1y92a/9

Clipped Wings


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

$40.00
1y92a/12

Rehearsal For War: Resistance and the Underground War Against the Japanese and the Kempeitai 1942-1945


CHOON, BAN KAH & KUAN, YAP HONG

Octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red, black & white lettering to spine, xviii + 230pp, VG (light creasing to spine & covers, light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscrition in ink to ffep, occasional annotations in red ink- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: Horizon Books 2002

KEYWORDS: politics political war Japan Japanese Yap Hong Kuan Malayan Communist Party history

$45.00
1y92a/14

Maquis: Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance


SCHOENBRUN, DAVID

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, xi + 512pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1990

KEYWORDS: military history French resistance France ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 maquis

$40.00
1y92a/16

Through Japanese Barbed Wire: A Thousand-Mile Trek From a Japanese Prison Camp


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

$40.00
1y92a/17

Captive in Shanghai


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

$95.00
1y92a/20

No Time For Geishas


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

$40.00
1y92a/21

Escape From the Rising Sun: The Incredible Voyage of the 'Sederhana Djohanis'


SKIDMORE, IAN

Octavo, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 198pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate fading to spine, in adhesive mylar covering)

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1973

KEYWORDS: military history Singapore biography Lord Langford escapees ww2 second 2nd world war two 2

$60.00
1y92a/23

Rice and Salt: A History of the Defense and Occupation of Mindanao During World War II


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

$100.00
1y92a/24

Prisoner of the British: A Japanese Soldier's Experiences in Burma


AIDA, YUJI

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, xiv + 202pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective covering, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1966

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Burma Japanese soldiers ww2 second 2nd world war two 2

$62.50
1y92a/25

Black Monastry


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

$48.50
1y92a/27

History in My Time


STRASSER, OTTO & REED, DOUGLAS (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, 262pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & soiling to extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name to ffep, moderate cracking to rear gutters) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1941

KEYWORDS: first edition military history Europe Otto Strasser early 20th twentieth century

$15.00
xxyhb179734

Twenty Ads that Shook the World: The Century's Most Groundbreaking Advertising and How It Changed Us All


TWITCHELL, JAMES B.

Square super octavo softcover (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: Three Rivers Press 2000

KEYWORDS: advertising ad ads advertisement advertisements history visual culture media studies

$25.00
xxyhb179739

Restoring with Style: Preserving the character of New Zealand houses


HILL, MARTIN

Quarto softcover (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: V.R. Ward, Government Printer 1985

KEYWORDS: new zealand houses house villa restoration architecture history design home improvement

$30.00
xxyhb179745

Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War


SIMMS, BRENDAN & LADERMAN, CHARLIE

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: Allen Lane 2021

KEYWORDS: world war 2 II ww2 wwii second world war pearl harbor history military hitler

$35.00
xxktb179761

Anzio


VAUGHAN-THOMAS, WYNFORD

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Anzio operations landings

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