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Book Description Condition: acceptable. Book may contain some writing, highlighting, and or cover damage. Shipped fast and reliably!. Seller Inventory # OTV.1863510184.A
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Light general wear to covers. No tears. A small label abrasion to ffep, otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 314pp Size: 160mm x 240mm. Book. Seller Inventory # 023633
Book Description Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. (314pp). Illustrations. Fore-edge lightly foxed, else clean unused. Inscribed by the author Size: Royal Octavo. Inscribed By the author. Hardcover. Seller Inventory # 062023
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. With photographic illustrations and 8 maps, endpaper maps, a fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 245 x 160mm; 314 pages. Seller Inventory # 21555
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Some fading to front and spine of dust jacket. Otherwise near new copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1515567367806
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 314 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Sally Milner Pub., Australia, 1990. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. . Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are lightly tanned. Short gift inscription in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Controversial reappraisal of Operation Rimau, an Australian/British raid on Japanese-occupied Singapore in 1944. The authors claim that the official version of the operation is deeply flawed. The story which they tell is one not only of extreme courage but also of official bungling and Japanese brutality. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; ISBN: 1863510184. ISBN/EAN: 9781863510189. Inventory No: 19030356. Seller Inventory # 19030356
Book Description 1st Ed. (6), 314 PP with 8 maps, plus 24 pages with 50 b/w photos. Eps: Plan "Z", top secret, operation Rimau. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. Scarce. 24.2 x 16.2. Raid at the end of 1944 against Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour. Seller Inventory # 63694
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photographic (illustrator). First Edition. 800 g; VI, 314 pages, with double page end page maps, 24 pages of black-and-white photography in original hardcover binding with silver printing on the spine, and illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing at the top edge of the spine and the fold over corners. Otherwise in very good condition. On September 11, 1944 the British submarine Porpoise left Fremantle harbour intent on repeating the Jaywick rate of 1943 by blowing up 60 ships in Japanese occupied Singapore harbour 19 days later, the preliminary part of the operation successfully completed, the submarine commander farewelled the raiders at Pedjantan Island, promising to return to pick them up in 38 days time. A handful of Chinese and Malays and the conquering Japanese were the only people ever to see the 23 men again. According to the scandal official post-war record, the mission was another failure with all of the party Catholic killed. After a 31 year surge, Maj Tom Hall with the assistance of writer Lynette Silver. Has overturned the official version and uncover the truth. They have established the fate of every member of the party, and unravel the story -- that has been for 45 years all but lost, distorted by hearsay and fantasy, by military cover-ups and conspiracy, by official bungling, ineptitude and apathy. -- paraphrasing the front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; ISBN: 1863510184. ISBN/EAN: 9781863510189. Inventory No: 0226118. Seller Inventory # 0226118