Caffin James (3 results)

Papered Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. 20 cm, xv, 172 pp, maps, b&w photo plates, d/w - tiny nick at head of spine. VG copy. Based largely on information from his personal diaries, tells the story of New Zealand soldier John Denvir, who fought in the ranks of the Yugoslav Partisan forces during World War II.

Disbound. Condition: Near Fine. Full page portrait of Whistler by Jean Boldini (illustrator). First Edition. Complete, original disbound issue in near fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Rubber stamp on front endpaper "Glen Historic Collection". Includes a black-and-white photocopy of the dust-jacket, however some of the text is cropped from the margins of both flaps of the dust-jacket.; 186 pages + portrait frontispiece + 8 illustrations on 3 plates leaves + 2 full page maps. Tan cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 182 x 122mm. New Zealand military history, World War II. "'Partisan' is the story of Denvir's escape from a German prison camp, and his two years of fighting with Marshal Tito's men." - page 23. Contents: Acknowledgements; Official Letters; What Manner of Man? Message from Slovenia; Into Captivity; Prisoner at Maribor; Train to Turkey; Burial Party; Bridge to Freedom; Free in the Mountains; Action at Vrhnika; Officially Dead; Spring Reinforcements; Mussolini Offensive; Bitter Winter; "Engleski Vojak"; Brigadier No More. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall C10 - "Story of John Denvir's escape from a German prison camp and his two years with Yugoslavs."].