Rivett Rohan D (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A landmark Australian POW memoir. Rivett recounts his years as a prisoner of the Japanese after the fall of Singapore?forced marches, brutal camps, and the fragile networks of humour, ingenuity and solidarity that kept men alive. Written with clarity and restraint, it remains one of the most important Australian eyewitness accounts of captivity in WWII.Minor wear, soiling to cover, minor foxing.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint. 400 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. There Is No Doubt About The Suffering Endured, Yet This Powerful Story Is Filled With Australian's Will To Survive And Their Unassailabe Spirit In The Face Of The Most Callous Compelling Reading.

B-format paperback (20 X 13cm). Condition: Very Good. 400pp. Reprint. Orig published in 1946. Australian War Classics series, presented by E.E. (Weary) Dunlop. Pages lightly age-tanned. Light general wear. The spine is uncreased and the binding is firm.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 335 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear and age marks on pages present, but still a presentable copy. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. There Is No Doubt About The Suffering Endured, Yet This Powerful Story Is Filled With Australian's Will To Survive And Their Unassailabe Spirit In The Face Of The Most Callous Compelling Reading.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 220x140x35mm+475g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Angus and Robertson. . 1954. . . . Pp335. reprint. 'An Inside Story of the Japanese Prison Camps'. Rohan D. Rivett was a war correspondent and prisoner of war on the Burma-Siam Railway. Yellow cloth hardback green lettering to spine. . Front free endpaper missing. Overall condition is good: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$30.00 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$47.80 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$54.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$11.20.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Illustrated with black and white plates and two maps. Colour frontispiece. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners with some marking to boards. Very faint scattered foxing to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 335 pages. Rohan Rivett's classic saga of life as a prisoner of war during the Second World War including the hell of his days on the notorious Burma-Thailand Railway. Includes an Appendix 'P.O.W. Glossary'.

*Sales/posting to the USA suspended*. Hard cover, 335pp, colour frontispiece and b&w plates of sketches by G Chalker and drawings by Flip Relf. Some wear on edges, corners bumped, else good Rivett was a war correspondent as well as a prisoner of war on the Burma Siam Railway for 3 1/2 years. This was the first complete and accurate chronicle to tell of the experiences of the Australians at the hands of the Japanese in the prison camps.

400 pp including index, b&w illustrations, very good copy in pictorial, limp wrappers. 'Australian War Classics' edition.

Black and white illustrations and plates, xiii + 400pp, appendix. Two leaves unopened, with small closed tear at margin, cloth-covered boards somewhat worn.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. New impression, 1954, 335 pages with colour Frontis and other b/w plates. A firm straight book with the usual natural age toning. Owner's name at front.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Book Condition: Good. Some mild foxing to title page and tanning to edges/ ends. No dust jacket. Some wear/marking to cover. Text inside clean and bright, no damage to interior. Good Reading Copy. 14 illustrations (Pencil Drawings and Colour Paintings) 2 Hand Drawn Maps by the author. Dedicated by Author to "THE MEN, AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH AND AMERICAN, who endured the Jaspanese captivity along the Burma - Siam railway and above all to the memory of those comrades who lie for ever in jungle graves THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED." First published in 1946, this is the story of life in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps and working on the notorious Burma-Thailand Railway. The author captures the spirit of men who found courage, loyalty and even optimism in the midst of the horror and deprivation of the grimmest of conditions.