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Despite Captivity: A Doctor's Life As A Prisoner Of War
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Whitcoulls Publishers, 1975
ISBN 10: 0723304394
ISBN 13: 9780723304395
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Despite Captivity. A Doctor's Life as Prisoner of War. by John Borrie. Publisher: Kimber, 1975, First Edition. SCARCE. Very good hardcover and jacket. Binding firm, slight lean to spine. no inscriptions, light foxing to end-papers. Pages very good, minor marks. Price-clipped jacket is faded on back cover, light shelf-wear. 240 pages, maps, b&w photo plates. John Borrie was captured in Greece in 1941 and remained in German hands until his release in 1945. This is his record, as a dedicated doctor maintaining hospitals in the camps in which he worked, of everyday life in German prison camps. He recounts his fights to obtain essential medical equipment and supplies from the German camp authorities. He shows the humane instinct often put into practice by by some German authorities, and depicts equally vividly the brutality of others. The book is a tribute to the courage, endurance and singular fortitude of men of the fighting forces in privation, fear, sickness and pain. It is a tribute also to the honour and devotion of the medical profession, showing how doctors and surgeons performed complex operations under impossible conditions, and how brilliant improvisation compensated for the lack of amenities. This is a riveting and unusual account of imprisoned life. "Prof Borrie was a former lecturer of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Otago. He founded the postgraduate course for surgical specialists in basic medical sciences in 1957, and carried out pioneering research on lung cancer and transplantation. In 1926, his family moved to Dunedin, In 1932, he was head prefect at McGlashan and graduated proxime accessit. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. Seller Inventory # ABE-1734305427727
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Despite Captivity : A Doctor's Life As A Prisoner Of War
Published by
Whitcoulls Publishers (1975), New Zealand, 1975
ISBN 10: 0723304394
ISBN 13: 9780723304395
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. White-out over previous owner's name on front endpaper. A 60mm tear at head of dust-jacket spine, with adhesive tape stains on reverse side. A 25mm tear at tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 240 pages + 8 illustrations on 4 plates leaves. 3 full page maps. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 235mm x 154mm. "John Borrie was captured in Greece in 1941 and remained in German hands until his release in 1945. This is his record, as a dedicated doctor maintaining hospitals in the camps in which he worked, of everyday life in German prison camps. He recounts his fights to obtain essential medical equipment and supplies from the German authorities. He shows the humane instinct often put into practice by some German camp authorities, and depicts equally vividly the brutality of others." - from dust-jacket blurb. Seller Inventory # 28218
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Greece and Crete 1941
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Her Majesty's Stationery Office (1952), London, 1952
ISBN 10: 0723304394
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 15mm chip and 60mm tear at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; [8], 311, [1] pages + 17 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. 14 full page maps within the pagination. Red boards with gilt lettering on black panel on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 136mm. Maps on endpapers. Military history, World War Two. Contents: The Campaign in Greece - The War Spreads Eastward; Swastika over the Balkans; British Troops in Greece; Germany Strikes; The Western Flank; The Olympus Position; Retreat to Thermopylae; Evacuation; Epilogue; The Battle for Crete - The Island; The First Day; Royal Escape; The Days of Decision; Evacuation; Conclusions; General Index; Index to Formations and Units. Series: "The Second World War, 1939-1945 - A Popular Military History by Various Authors in Eight Volumes". Seller Inventory # 25015
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Despite Captivity : A Doctor's Life As A Prisoner Of War
Published by
Whitcoulls Publishers (1975), New Zealand, 1975
ISBN 10: 0723304394
ISBN 13: 9780723304395
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Previous owner's signature. A 15mm tear at tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; This copy signed by the author on the title page. 240 pages + 8 illustrations on 4 plates leaves + 3 full page maps. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 234mm x 152mm. "John Borrie was captured in Greece in 1941 and remained in German hands until his release in 1945. This is his record, as a dedicated doctor maintaining hospitals in the camps in which he worked, of everyday life in German prison camps. He recounts his fights to obtain essential medical equipment and supplies from the German authorities. He shows the humane instinct often put into practice by some German camp authorities, and depicts equally vividly the brutality of others." - from dust-jacket blurb. ; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 25008
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