John Borrie (29 results)

Paperback. United Nations, 2006. Quality paperback, 168pp. Very good with lower corner bumped, else clean, tight, and bright condition.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0135902827.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. A very clean copy. This can be sent by Letter rate mail and postage will be reduced when we process the book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. A very clean copy. This can be sent by Letter rate mail and postage will be reduced when we process the book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Disarmament as humanitarian action: from perspective to practice This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.

Softcover. Condition: Good+. Moderate wear. The pages are clean with no highlighting or writing. Modest shelf wear with some corners slightly scuffed/curled. 30-day returns. Shipments destined outside Canada may be subject to duties in the country where the customer resides. ; 5.96 X 1.11 X 8.41 inches; 488 pages; R0 s0.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 142 pages. The cover is lightly worn. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The cover is a little worn. 142 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Corner clipped from front flap. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Stapled wrapper, 13.75x21.5cm, 32pp. Good condition. General light wear, scuff marks, foxing, and creases. Owner's penned details at title page. This item is light and may attract less postage.

Condition: Wie neu. 100 Seiten Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 270 30,5 x 22,2 x 0,6 cm, Taschenbuch.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Despite Captivity. A Doctor's Life as Prisoner of War. by John Borrie. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Publisher: Whitcoulls, 1975, First New Zealand Edition. VERY SCARCE SIGNED COPY. Very good hardcover and jacket. Brown cloth boards, slight compression to spine ends, owner's stamp to ffep, binding firm. Large crease to both title pages otherwise pages very good, minor marks, light foxing to edges. Jacket has some fading, marks and chipping with two repaired tears. 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. Signed by Author(s).

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.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 488 pp, cover slightly rubbed, spine lightly creased Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Signed by author on title page. Clean brown cloth on boards with gilt title. Edges: foxing. Eps: faint single name to ffep; light sprinkles of few only foxings. Clean contents. B/w glossy illustrations. Binding is As New. 240p Dj: mild rubbing and scratches. Shelf-sunned. Head & foot of spine with thin crease. Signed by Author.

Condition: Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover; 8vo; 240 pages. Brown cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. Brown cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. Rubbed edges. Bright and clean interior. In an illustrated jacket, sunned spine, bumped edges. VG/VG-. Book.

Condition: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

SIGNED, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor ink annotation to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing).

Condition: very good. New York : Apple-Century-Crofts,1958. Orig. cloth binding. xii,340 pp. Index. Condition : very good copy. Keywords : ,

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. Borrie, John (illustrator). This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: leggermente logorata Condizioni dell'interno: Ottime.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 360. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1958 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: ||| Pages: 360.

Paperback. Condition: new. Borrie, John (illustrator). Paperback. Feeling sad, 7 gets on a bus and leaves town. As he searches for happiness, he has many new experiences, and meets many new people. In the end, he finds happiness was closer than he ever thought. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1958. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Pages:- 360, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 360 360.