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- PublisherLondon: Leo Cooper, 1994.
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0670905836
- ISBN 13 9780670905836
- BindingHardcover
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Burma Railway Artist: The War Drawings Of Jack Chalker: Singapore, Burma, Thailand
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Viking for Penguin, London 1994
(1994)
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Book Description 26.0 x 18.0cms, 136pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good+ hardback & dustwrapper Chalker was a gunner in Britain's Royal Artillery and spent 3.5 years at Changi and in the Thai-Burma railway camps. He worked with Dunlop, documenting the ravages of disease, wounds and starvation. Seller Inventory # 163057
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Burma Railway Artist; The Wall Drawings of Jack Chalker
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Viking, Ringwood, Victoria
(1994)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jack Chalker (illustrator). First Edition. IV, 136 pages, last page blank, foreword by Sir Edward ( 'Weary' ] Dunlop and index. The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white drawings and sketches made by the author while a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II along the Burma-Siam Railway. Green coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing along the backstrip edges and book corners. Illustrated dustwrapper with ochre coloured titles to the front dustwrapper panel and ochre and black titles to the backstrip. Sepia toned photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper panel. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper corners. After the fall of Singapore in 1942 the author became a prisoner of war of the Japanese. He spent that time in Singapore and in the Thailand-Burma railway camps. " during this time, in furtive secrecy, he made diary notes, sketches and paintings recording life and conditions around him, using whatever materials he could scrounge. He also worked beside the renowned Australian surgeon 'Weary' Dunlop, a fellow prisoner, documenting the ravages of disease, wounds and starvation as well as the ingenious medical equipment fabricated in the camps. Amid the overwhelming mystery on all sides Chalker could always find beauty, and his illustrations include delicate renderings of local flora and scenery." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Jack Chalker. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History -- World War II; Military History -- Prisoner- of- War; Illustration; ISBN: 0670905836. ISBN/EAN: 9780670905836. Inventory No: 0107284. Seller Inventory # 0107284
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Berma Railway Artist : The war drawing of Jack Chalker
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Vicking Pengiun Books Australia
(1994)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book condition is fine. Hard cover. 1st edition. Dust jacket clean and front, no tears. Book block clean. Spine intact. Text body clean. Over-all an excellent and neat copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1673086065166
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Burma Railway Artist: The War Drawings of Jack Chalker
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. As new, appears unread. Internally mint, with the very slightest edge wear to top of dust wrapper. Collectible condition. Prompt postage, carefully wrapped, with free tracking within Australia. Singapore, Burma, Thailand. With a foreword by Sir Edward (Weary) Dunlop. B/w and full colour reproductions of Jack Chalker's drawings, index, maps. Seller Inventory # 002873
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(1994)
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Book Description Hardback. 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 # GOR005783861
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Burma Railway Artist: The War Drawings of Jack Chalker
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(1994)
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Book Description Very Good. UK stocked, available immediately. Hardcover, published by Viking in 1994. First edition. A lovely bright copy with unmarked contents. The unclipped dustjacket is in very good condition, with minor rubbing only. Illustrated. Seller Inventory # sk9ply610
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