The Valleys of the Shadow of Death - The Charles Thrale Exhibition - The Immortal Memorial to All POW of Japanese Whether They Lived or Died - An Illustrated Catalogue

Thrale, Charles

Published by Woodhouse Printing Co, Bridlington, 1958

About this Item

1958 10th amended editiion. Fair/None. Pictorial paper covers with minor soiling, minor creasing, old price written in biro to cover. Contents fair, pages loose, very minor soiling. Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings completed under extraordinary conditions in a Japanese prisoner of war camp by Charles Thrale, a British serviceman and member of the X8 Tunnelling Party. Thrale painted hundreds of images depicting the everyday life of POWs ina Japanese prisoner of war camp. He used human hair, jungle roots, clay, crushed pencil lead, rice water, blood, crushed leaves, brass polish and painted on tissue paper, Japanese Field Cards, wrapping paper, musical scores, and anything else he could get his hands on. After the war, Thrale wrote a narrative to accompany the paintings, and took them on tour for a number of years. This is a catalogue of one of those tours and it includes prints of a few of Thrale's paintings. Scarce. Seller Inventory # 007179

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Valleys of the Shadow of Death - The ...

Publisher: Woodhouse Printing Co, Bridlington

Publication Date: 1958

Binding: Soft cover

Illustrator: Thrale, Charles

Condition: Fair

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket