PRISONERS OF WAR.
From Gallipoli to Korea. Pp. [viii]+600(last blank), text illustrations, glossary, further reading list, index; cr. 4to; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1992. First edition. More
Prisoners-of-War & Escapes
ONE MAN'S WAR.
Pp. xvi+288, frontispiece, text illustrations (many full page) and map, explanatory notes, glossary, index of persons mentioned; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Sun Books, Sydney, 1982. Second edition, reprinted. More
THE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND SUICIDES.
The Japanese Outbreak at Cowra. Translated from the Japanese and edited by Ray Cowan. Pp. [xii]+126(last blank), 4 plates; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed, edges a trifle worn; endpapers faintly offset, with small tape mark to upper free endpaper, a little pale foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1970. First Australian edition..... More
THE GREAT RAID ON CABANATUAN.
Rescuing the doomed ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor. Pp. xii+258, occasional text maps, notes and sources, index; dust wrapper, water mark on reverse, edges a little worn, flaps slightly creased; bookseller's stamp on upper pastedown, small inscription (25) on lower free endpaper; John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1994. More
FOUR PACKS TO FREEDOM.
Edited by June Hall. Pp. 144, 4 plates, appendix, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1998. First edition. *The story of Basil Brudenell-Woods, a private in the Australian Infantry Forces who spent three years as a prisoner of war in Italy and Germany followed by 80 days on..... More
THE LONGEST TUNNEL.
The true story of the Great Escape. Pp. x+290(last blank), 16 plates, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, rubbed, edges a trifle worn; ownership inscription on the upper free endpaper; Guild Publishing, London, 1990. More
BEHIND THE WIRE.
The Clinical War Diary of Major Burnett Clarke AAMC. Compiled in Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp 1944-1945. Pp. xxx+104(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 full page illustrations (2 in colour), head & tail pieces and marginal decorations, index; pictorial laminated boards, tail of spine and top fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised;..... More
ESCAPE TO DEATH.
The Japanese break-out at Cowra, 1944. Pp. viii+130, text illustrations; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; edges of leaves faintly discoloured; Random House, Sydney, 1994. New edition. *Republished to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Cowra break-out. Originally published in 1965, under the title Break-Out. More
BARBED WIRE AND BAMBOO.
Australian POWs in Europe, North Africa, Singapore, Thailand and Japan. Pp. xxiv+160(last blank), 2 full page illustrations, 4 maps; dust wrapper; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1992. First edition. More
THE ALBERT COATES STORY.
The Will that Found the Way. Pp. xviii+190, 16 plates, full page map, glossary, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, rubbed and edges a trifle worn and split; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. *Sir Albert Coates served with the first AIF at the Gallipoli landing and was one of the last..... More
CRUEL BRITANNIA.
Britannia waives the rules. Pp. xii+124(last blank), text illustrations and maps; printed glazed papered boards; dust wrapper;the authors, Sydney, n.d. *A different view of the Malayan Campaign and the defence of Singapore. More
CROSSING THE WIRE.
The untold stories of Australian POWs in battle and captivity during WWI. Pp. v+411(last blank), text illustrations including maps, pictorial endpapers, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2011. First edition. More
OF LOVE AND WAR.
The letters and diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis and his family 1939-1945. Pp. 280, chapter head-pieces, illustrations (including 14 full page), 4 maps (3 full page), index; small cr. 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1982. First edition. *Adrian Curlewis was the son of Australian children's..... More
ESCAPE & EVASION.
POW Breakouts in World War II. Pp. 192, 8 plates, text maps, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; pictorial laminated boards; dust wrapper; Rigel, London, 1997. First edition. More
MEDICOS AND MEMORIES.
Further recollections of the 2/10th Field Regiment R.A.A. Pp. xviii+130(last blank), text illustrations, 2 full page maps, rolls, appendices, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; 2/10th Field Regiment Association, Birkdale, Qld, 2010. *First published in 2000. An extension of the history of the 2/10th Field Regiment; addresses the medical issues experienced..... More
THE DODGER.
The Extraordinary Story of Churchill's Cousin and the Great Escape. Pp. 336, 16 plates, appendices, notes, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in silver, top fore-corner of lower board and lower edges of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper; fore-edge of a few leaves slightly bruised; Mainstream Publishing..... More
WEARY.
The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop. Pp.[x]+710(last blank), 48 plates, text illustrations and maps, glossary, endnotes, select bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly soiled; The Viking Press, Melbourne, 1994. Third printing. *Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. More
WEARY.
King of the River. Pp. xvi+432(last colophon), text illustrations and maps (some full page), notes & sources, selected reading, index; small cr. 4to; faint damp stain to upper board near head of spine; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2009. Illustrated Gift Edition, first thus. *Biography..... More
THE EMPEROR'S GUEST 1942-1945.
Pp. xviii+318; 4 plates, 3 maps, appendices; dust wrapper, backstrip a little sunned; small ownership stamp on upper free endpaper; Leo Cooper, London, 1972. *First published by Hutchinson, London, 1971. Recollections of a WWII POW of the Japanese. More
P.O.W.
Pp. 240, 16 plates, select bibliography, index; lower fore-corners of boards bumped; dust wrapper, a little worn, edges a trifle split, short closed tear from bottom edge of front panel; outer leaves foxed; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1981. First edition. *Studies prisoners-of-war from the days of the One Hundred..... More
DIE LIKE THE CARP!
The story of the greatest prison escape ever.... Pp. 240, 16 plates, endpaper plans, index; dust wrapper; Cassell, Sydney, 1978. Second printing. *In the early morning of 5th August 1944, outside the Australian township of Cowra, the greatest prison break in world history occurred. More than 1100 Japanese prisoners of..... More
ESCAPE FROM THE SWASTIKA.
Pp. 120, black & white and coloured text illustrations including maps (some full and double page), illustrated endpapers; cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Marshall Cavendish, London, 1975. First edition. More
THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY OF DEATH.
Pp. [viii]+295, text illustrations, bibliography, appendices; roy. 8vo; lower edges of boards slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, lightly soiled; Graphic Books, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. More
SLAVES OF THE SAMURAI.
An Australian Odyssey, which gives an account of the Life and Thoughts of a slave of the Samurai, during his three years and seven months as a Prisoner of War in the hands of the Japanese. Pp. xx+296, frontispiece portrait, 29 plates, text plus coloured endpaper maps; fore-edges of boards..... More