Wright Nooth George (30 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. A nice softcover copy with a tight and square binding. Softcovers are like new (clean, no creasing, no edge wear). Text is clean but is lightly yellowed. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. Shipped in 100% recyclable material. …

paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. As a police officer in pre-war colonial Hong Kong, George Wright-Nooth was studying for his Chinese language exams when the Japanese invaded on Christmas Day, 1941. He spent the next four years incarcerated in the Japanese Military Internment Camp at Stanley. Daily life became marked by hunger and appalling suffering at the hands of the guards. He regularly witnessed death and torture, and his account of a multiple execution by sword is as moving and horrific as anything one is ever likely to read. While many of his fellow prisoners cracked beneath the terror of such atrocities, the author repaid such treatment with subversive activities, such as the running of secret radios, and the smuggling of food and messages to and from some of those held by the dreaded Japanese Gendarmerie. Perhaps most remarkably of all, the author kept a diary throughout his incarceration which, miraculously, was never discovered by his captors. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 7792379. 1785922430. 8/5/2026 9:33:50 AM.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Some of those who suffered at the hands of the Japanese during World War II and have subsequently written of their experiences are at pains to say they bear no grudge. George Wright-Nooth is not cast in that mould. He was a trainee Colonial Police officer studying for his Chinese-language exams when the Japanese invaded Hong Kong, and was to spend the next four years incarcerated in a prison camp. He kept a diary which remained undiscovered, and from which extracts form much of this first-hand account of suffering and brutality during the terrible years of the Japanese occupation. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

hardcover. 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.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback book in near fine condition,dust jacket is very good to near fine.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good Jacket. Horror, Hunger and Humour in Hong Kong, 1941-45 Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

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Condition: Good. Paperback, 8vo.

Condition: Good. Paperback, 8vo.

Condition: Good. Paperback, 8vo.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket, b&w plates, xv + 272pp.

Paperback. New edition. Police officer George Wright-Nooth spent four years incarcerated in the Japanese Military Internment Camp at Stanley. Extracts from the diary he kept, miraculously never discovered by his imprisoners, and accounts from fellow prisoners, make up much of this tale of human endurance. 1999. A near fine copy with light age tanning of the pages.…

xv+272pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, a touch sunned on backstrip. Black and white photographs. A very good copy. First Edition.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Nice Copy small octavo xv + 272pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, Diary of a Metropolitan Police Officer, captured and imprisoned for four years in Stanley Camp.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Very Good small octavo xv + 272pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, Diary of a Metropolitan Police Officer, captured and imprisoned for four years in Stanley Camp.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Fine small octavo xv + 272pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, Diary of a Metropolitan Police Officer, captured and imprisoned for four years in Stanley Camp.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xv, 272p,[16]p of plates. Subjects; Wright-Nooth, George 1917-. Stanley Civilian Internment Camp. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 Hong Kong Personal narratives, British. Prisoners of war Great Britain ; Biography. Prisoners of war Hong Kong ; Biography. Prisoners of war China Hong Kong Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xv, 272p,[16]p of plates. Subjects; Wright-Nooth, George 1917-. Stanley Civilian Internment Camp. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 Hong Kong Personal narratives, British. Prisoners of war Great Britain ; Biography. Prisoners of war Hong Kong ; Biography. Prisoners of war China Hong Kong Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 1994. Has a Christmas card from the author with written note about the book. Very good in a spine faded dustwrapper. Plates throughout. (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. with some illustrations. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Britain/UK; 1990s; Inventory No: 30040. For further info on this title, click on the "Ask Bookseller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We will try to reply within two working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying. …

8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; black cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Astonishingly detailed and extremely harrowing account of life and death in Stanley camp. The author, who during four years' captivity managed miraculously to preserve scraps of a diary on which this work is based, survived the war to become Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police. A mostvaluable memoir and already uncommon in this condition.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Signed First Edition. Near fine condition in near fine unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed and dated by the author to half title page. Signed by Author(s). Book.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo xv + 272pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, Diary of a Metropolitan Police Officer, captured and imprisoned for four years in Stanley Camp. Neat ownership inscription & dust jacket a little sunned at spine o/w nice copy o/w nice copy.