Major M C C Harrison (13 results)

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. The book shows signs of age with a worn paperback cover. There are noticeable edge tears and scuffs, but the binding remains intact. The pages are yellowed, consistent with its 1940 publication date. There is no dust jacket, as typical for Penguin paperbacks of this era. no jacket, paperback cover worn with edge tears and scuffs. H. A. Cartwright (illustrator).…

Condition: Fair. 1931. Reprinted. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with red lettering. Illustrated by H. A. Cartwright. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Binding is weakened but secure. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Heavy thumb-marking present to some pages with some staining to others. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Brown cloth Hardcover, not ex. library. 306 pages, illustrated with fold out map, b/w photographs and drawings. Owner's inscription on front endpaper. Contents clean, tight and bright. H.A. Cartwright (illustrator). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 223pp. Pink and white Penguin Travel and Adventure livery with titles and colophon to front and spine. No inscriptions. Covers very lightly worn and tanned. Textblock clean tight and bright. A very good copy indeed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Covers a little creased and bumped. Contents clean, tight and tanned.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First penguin books edition, Pages clean and bright, light wear to edges. NEW EU 5 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Wonderful account of the famous 1WW POW escape. pp221, maps. Pear's soap ad on rear cover. Covers worn, discoloured and browned. Binding solid.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Wonderful account of the famous 1WW POW escape. pp221, maps. Pear's soap ad on rear cover. Covers worn, discoloured and browned. Binding solid.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Wonderful account of the famous 1WW POW escape. No. 281. pp221, maps. Pear's soap ad on rear cover. Covers worn, discoloured and browned with chips and bleached around spine, presumably due to loss of adhesive tape. Binding solid.

Hardcover. READING COPY FRONT BOARD SHAKY SOME FOXING & MARKS BOARDS SCUFFED & MARKED BOXHA; 8625.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Presents regimental news, recollections and member updates. Includes an important article by Lieutenant P.C.M. Meunier entitled "Force 136 - Burma" which describes how a small group of Canadian Officers, having finished their tour of operations in Europe, accepted an assignment in south-east Asia. That group included himself, Pierre Chasse, Henri Benoit, Roger Caza, and J.P. Archambeault. The article includes two photos of Japanese prisoners in Burma. Also included is a photo and brief write-up of the retiring Major-General F.F. Worthington CB, MC, MM. 52 stapled pages in red covers. Black and white photos. Many ads for local businesses. Contents moderately tanned with age. Unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved vintage example.; Sm 4to. …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into a roaring farce; On Patrol in Cannibal Papua - interesting leaves from the log of a Patrol Officer in primitive Papua - with fascinating photos; "Poppy" - A strange story from the wild Bushveld country of South Africa; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part III - Jack McLaren spent years settling on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula; At the End of a Rope - A tale from the oilfields of Venezuela; Two Men on a Raft - Two railroad workers try to navigate a swift stream in the Canadian Rockies on a raft; What Happened to Murphy - A young officer of the Burma Military Police sets out to find a Chinese gambling den in the jungle; Schearer's Man-Hunt - A vivid story about the dogged devotion to duty of a young "Wild Cat" (i.e. Pennsylvania State Policeman); In the Shadow of the Gallows - A timber-cruiser for the Conrad Martin Timber and Exporting Company, of San Francisco, wakes up to find his bed-fellow lying dead, stabbed in the heart with his knife; Some African Snake Stories - Patrick Bowen has been an explorer and hunter in Africa for thirty years. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Leigh, Conrad; Inns, Kenneth; Sutcliffe, Norman; Gillett, F.; Forestier, A.; Peddie, Tom; De Walton, John; Carruthers, G.P.; Board, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Cowes, Dudley S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Dewar, W. (illustrator). …