Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First, thus. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images are unmarked. Previous owner info obscured with a white sticker, and a former dealer label on the FFEP. The dust jacket shows some light handling, a touch of sunning on the spine, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 224pp.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed by R.A. Kelly on the title page. Minor wear to binding on corners, edges & spine. Foxing on edges of text block. Tanning on endpapers & pastedowns. Gift inscription of ffep. Dj shelf worn with chipping, creases, light soiling & small tears. Dust Jacket protected by mylar cover. Signed by Author.
Language: English
Published by George G.Harrap and Co Ltd, 1969
ISBN 10: 0245596763 ISBN 13: 9780245596766
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.
Language: English
Published by WH Allen, United Kingdom, 1989
ISBN 10: 1852271515 ISBN 13: 9781852271510
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, octavo, faint spotting to the closed top edge, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a dust jacket that has faded mildly to the spine. Dated signature of a previous owner at the head of the front free endpaper. Illustrated, 224pp. The story of Wiliam E Johns, DSM, Chief Ordnance Artificer and how he survived after the eventual sinking of HMS Exeter in the Java Sea, March 1942.
Language: English
Published by London:Harrap, 1969
Seller: Robert F Butterworth, Lytham St.Annes, LANCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 224pp. Illus. VG/chipped, rubbed & sl torn but virtually complete dw. The author's story of how he survived the sinking of HMS Exeter in the Java Sea in March 1942.
Published by Mayflower Books, 1970
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1970. First Edition Thus. 189 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to spine.
Language: English
Published by George G Harrap, London, 1969
ISBN 10: 0245596763 ISBN 13: 9780245596766
Seller: G & S Books, Gillingham, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Slight edge wear to the top edge. Contains a few black & white illustrations. Seller Ref: M12989.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Thus. (1st by Allen, first published 1969) Large, sturdy book, quality blue cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 224 pages including glossy photo section. DJ glossy white, illustration of warship and Japanese flag on front, a b/w photo of older veterans on back. DJ and book, both As New.
Condition: Good. No jacket. Light wear & marks to the hardcover with a nick to the back edge & faded spine. Pen on the ffep. Lightly tanned textblock with faint marks & staining to the edges. Content is in good condition.
Seller: powellbooks Somerset UK., Ilminster, SOM, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The story of William e Johns DSM Chief Ordinance Artificer and how he survived after the eventual sinking of HMS Exeter in the Java Sea in March1942 book ,and Boards are clean square and tight the dust jacket is price clipped .2nd class post included in price of book UK only.
Language: English
Published by W H ALLEN & Co Plc, London, 1989
ISBN 10: 1852271515 ISBN 13: 9781852271510
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition Thus. Blue Boards with gilt titles to spine, xii + 224 pp. 8 pp of b/w photos. First Edition thus 1989. When taken prisoner by the Japanese , to a prison camp on Celebs, Johns eventually managed a party undertaking engineering jobs- whenever possible he ensured that much of the work was faulty.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- tiny bruise to top edge of front board, negligible shelf wear. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket minor shelf rubbing, slight fading to red title to spine, non price clipped, supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other defects to book or jacket).
Hardback. 1989, Reprint. A near fine copy only marked by foxing of the edges. The d/w is unclipped and fine. Scans available if required.
Published by George Harrap London 1969., 1969
Seller: Alexander Fax Booksellers, Mawson, ACT, Australia
"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, 224pp, b&w plates. Dw has some tears and with tape on both sides. Spine slack, corners bumped, some wear on edges. Else good. Dw protected. The first six chapters deal with Johns' service on HMS Exeter. Johns and most of his fellow survivors were rescued by the Japanese and taken to a prison camp on the Celebes. The remainder of this account deals with life in the Celebes camp and then in mines on Japan.
Language: English
Published by W H Allen, United Kingdom, 1989
ISBN 10: 1852271515 ISBN 13: 9781852271510
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Signed
hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a price clipped pictorial dust wrapper that is creased at edges and has faded mildly to spine, inscribed and signed by W E Johns on front pastedown, the text is clean and unmarked, b&w plates, 224pp. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by London. W.H. Allen & Co., 1989
ISBN 10: 1852271515 ISBN 13: 9781852271510
Seller: Antiquariat Bernhardt, Kassel, Germany
Leinen Leinen. Condition: Sehr gut. New edition. Mit Abbildungen, 224 Seiten, Zust: Gutes Exemplar. Mit original Schutzumschlag. Schneller Versand und persönlicher Service - jedes Buch händisch geprüft und beschrieben - aus unserem Familienbetrieb seit über 25 Jahren. Eine Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mehrwertsteuer liegt jeder unserer Lieferungen bei. Wir versenden mit der deutschen Post. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 564.
Published by Harrap, 1969., 1969
Seller: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 1st ed. 224p. Maps. Jacket price clipped. In mylar. Fine/Near Fine copy. Book.