Rohan Rivett (57 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual sta…

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 impo…

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. 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 Cal…

8vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed. 225p. Signed and dated by Rivett on title page. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Black boards are pointed with heavy dust settled on top of text-block. Jacket is unclipped with minor edge wear. Ex-owner's name penned on front endpage. Foxing present on ex…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Very Good+ DJ. dj. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Warmly inscribed to noted Harvard professor. A handsome copy. Very minimal shelf wear, inscribed on the title page by the author, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Black coated paper boa…

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 Fill…

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…

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Inscription to the Title Page from author " for Dymphna & Alex with best wishes from Nan & Rohan, November 1972" 225 pages. Foreword by Baron Casey o…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing on endpages, half-title and title page. Minor marks and foxing to foredges. Borrower card pocket on inside back cover. Missing dust jacket. Body text and binding are still very good. Behind Bamboo is unflinching in its honesty and hau…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light reading wear. Foundation for Australian Studies, Townsville. 84 pages. Previous owner's signature in ink. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australia; Pictures of this item not already displayed here availabl…

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…

*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 accur…