Leo Rawlings, Signed (6 results)

Condition: Good. Paperback, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo. Signed with dedication by Leo Rawlings on title page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Rawlings, Leo (illustrator). First Edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR 'TO KATHY McKAY VERY BEST WISHES SINCERELY LEO RAWLINGS'. Stated First Edition. A very clean, tight and unmarked copy. Dustjacket has a little wear to spine head and tail, sides and corner tips and is not price clipped and has a dustjacket protector fitted. Foreword by Lord Mountbatten of Burma. Dedication by Lord Russell of Liverpool. xxxi and 160 pages. Map of the notorious Railway of Death front endpaper and 119 plates. The artist's (1918-1984) now classic work as a prisoner of war for three and a half years of the Japanese in World War II, in which he describes the railway camps, the bridge building on the River Kwai, Changi in Singapore, the fall of Singapore, and all of the horrors experienced by the POW's - all graphically illustrated by his now famous drawings. **** A VERY SCARCE SIGNED COPY **** 22 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

First Edition. Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxxi, 160 p. illus., facsim., map (on lining paper), ports. 22 cm. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Malay Peninsula. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British. Burma and Thailand British prisoners of war World War 2. Personal observations. 3 Kg.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. small 8vo. with presentation inscription to Anthony Grey (Hostage in Peking) signed by the author, very good in original card wraps, faint crease on front cover, small tear top of spine, good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the Author.

First Edition. Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxxi, 160 p. illus., facsim., map (on lining paper), ports. 22 cm. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Malay Peninsula. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British. Burma and Thailand British prisoners of war World War 2. Personal observations. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condition: Good-only. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY PLAYWRIGHT & CAST. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Extremities worn, grubby and rubbed, some discolouration. Edges toned and spotted. Inscribed by the playwright in black ink on ffep: "Leo Gunn, who nobly stood in the forefront of the battle, with the gratitude of Charles Morgan. 15.9.38", Tony M. Chance's ex libris to front pastedown, plus additional inscriptions from Gunn's fellow actors to blank verso ([p.37]) facing 'Cast' list and a later signed b/w publicity photograph of Gunn attached by photo corners to rear pastedown, occasional foxing. Else, clean and tight. Good+ A unique association copy of The Times' theatre critic's first play and West End hit, inscribed to his leading man, Leo Genn "who nobly stood in the forefront of the battle" during its run at the Lyric Theatre, and signed too by the original cast, including Margaret Rawlings, Anthony Ireland and Roger Maxwell. With printed dedication "To Margaret Rawlings", who played the brilliant mathematician (and love interest), Karen Selby the only civilian member of a small military team developing a secret weapon on a secluded island in the Atlantic. Genn (19051978), an actor and barrister, played Commander Henry Carr, R.N., second in command; a role foreshadowing his selection, seven years later, as senior investigating officer of the No. 1 War Crimes Investigation Team at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Genn, who was Jewish, also served as a prosecutor in the Belsen War Crimes Trials. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1945 and subsequently returned to acting full-time, his screen pinnacle an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Petronius in Quo Vadis (1951). From the library of Tony M. Chance. A bibliophile and collector from Bromsgrove, Chance amassed a significant collection of signed modern literature, as well as history and arts books. He frequently extra-illustrated his books with related ephemera, often signed.