The Boat.
Walter Gibson
Published by W.H. Allen, London, 1952
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The Boat. By Walter Gibson - 1st edition (1952) Hardcover, with dust jacket near fine condition, some tanning to end paper and blind owners stamp inside 1st edition (1952) Publisher: W.H. Allen, London, 1952 illustrated with photographs 'One of the most dramatic sea stories ever told'. The story of the 135 survivors of the Dutch ship the Rooseboom taking refugees after the fall of Singapore and torpedoed on her way to Ceylon. Only 4 made it to safety. Walter Gibson and many others belonged to the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. Seller Inventory # ABE-1659332808116
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Boat.
Publisher: W.H. Allen, London
Publication Date: 1952
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
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The Boat
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR002146846
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The Boat.
Published by
Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, 1953., 1953
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Sara Armstrong - Books, Cedarville, CA, U.S.A.
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1st US edition. 101pp, 8vo, drawings by John Groth. NF/Fair. Hardcover in DJ. Green cloth, a trace of wear at tail of spine, otherwise clean and tight. DJ is sunned, soiled, has edgewear with serious chips, small hole on spine. Lost and adrift at sea, biographical novel. Seller Inventory # 5656
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The Boat: Singapore Escape - Cannibalism at Sea
Published by
Monsoon Books Pte. Ltd., 2007
ISBN 10: 981058301X
ISBN 13: 9789810583019
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Paperback
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR006035495
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THE BOAT
Published by
Allen. 1952, 1952
Used
Hardcover
Seller: lobstabooks, Leiston, United Kingdom
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Good+/Good+. DJ is rather grubby, with tarnish marks, rubbing and small associated loss to most edges. prior owner's details on front endpaper. pages are age-tanned, otherwise no significant faults. Octavo 194pp. Following the fall of Singapore the Dutch liner Rosenboom left Padang for Ceylon carrying on board nearly 500 evacuees who were mostly British civilians and soldiers. Shortly after leaving port the ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank so rapidly that only one lifeboat floated into which 135 people were crammed. The boat drifted for 28 days and covered over 1,000 miles but when eventually it grounded near Sumatra, only the author and three others had managed to survive. Seller Inventory # 42498
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The Boat
Published by
Tandem Publishing, Limited, 1974
ISBN 10: 0352300116
ISBN 13: 9780352300119
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Softcover
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 49870902-20
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The Boat
Published by
W H Allen, London, 1952
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Broadwater Books, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dark brown pictorial d/w torn at bottom front and slight at top rear, slight red stains. Red Boards vg. Brown stain to fep. Contents clean, firm and vg. Covid 19 - Please see "More Information" for current shipping terms. Seller Inventory # 000233
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The Boat
Published by
W. H. Allen, 1952
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Adventure Bookshop, London, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No dustjacket. Seller Inventory # adv1072
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The Boat
Published by
W.H Allen, London, 1952
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good +++. No Jacket. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Faded Spine.Please Email for further details Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Signed By an "E.N. Howes". Hardback. Seller Inventory # 564937
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THE BOAT (ADRIFT FOR 26 DAYS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN)
Published by
popular library,, 1954
Used
Paperback
First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
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Paperback. first PB. EB-20, , very good , , (TRUE ADVENTURE STORY), , paperback, Seller Inventory # 460337
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The Boat
Published by
Merritt & Hatcher, London, 1952
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Red cloth, gold lettering on spine, no dj, water mark from glass, pages yellowed, first edition. Price in red on cover page. FER; 3712. Seller Inventory # 3712
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