Shute Nevil Introductory Chapter (2 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xxxiii, 235pp, index, bw ills, maps, endpaper maps. Green cloth in jacket. Jacket rubbed at folds with several very small chips at edges. Offset toning to endpapers, minor foxing to page edges and prelim, brief gift note opposite half-title. Australian WWII unit history. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. xxxiii, 235 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. "A campaign complete in itself in which some three hundred Australians waged a successful war against thousands of Japanese, and held them in Timor when they could have been employed more profitably in the Japanese interests in other parts of the Pacific - they might even have been used for landings on the mainland of Australia." - Foreword. Armorial bookplate upon recto of frontispiece. Bit of red writing on page 2. Average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket not included. A sound copy. Ensor p.47. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…