A Record of the Actions of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps in the Battle for Hong Kong - December, 1941
Language: English
Published by Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie, 1953
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Picture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), Sunningdale, United KingdomPicture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
AbeBooks seller since October 16, 2016
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 240.00
Quantity: 1 available
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First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 60. Bound in red paper covered hard boards, black lettering and device to the upper board. This volume does not identify the author or the publication date, but both are noted in the 1956 second edition. A very detailed report of the HKVDC including the fighting in Wong Nei Chong, Deep Water Bay, Repulse Bay and Stanley. In Very Good condition, some general handling wear, and light fade to the s[pine. No previous owner markings.
Seller Inventory # B10027
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Record of the Actions of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps in the Battle for Hong Kong - December, 1941
- Author
- STEWART, Evan
- Publisher
- Hong Kong: Ye Olde Printerie
- Publication year
- 1953
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Hong Kong
Picture This Gallery (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
Sunningdale, United Kingdom
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