Milligan Christopher S (4 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None, as Issued. First Edition. xix, 340pp, map, index, notes, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, col frontis. Pictorial glossy boards. Presentation slip on front free endpaper from the Hon Sec Centaur Memorial Fund for Nurses signed by said Hon Sec. Small stain on front pastedown and corresponding front free endpaper. The result of 14 years of research into the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur by a Japanese submarine with the loss of 268 of the 332 souls on board- noncombatants all. All but one of the 12 female nurses on board perished. Size: 8vo.…

Hendra, Queensland: Nairana, 1993. The history of the sinking of the Centaur, an Australian Hospital ship after an attack by a Japanese submarine during World War II. "The death toll on the Centaur was the highest of any merchant vessell sunk by submarine in the Pacific during WW2". Bound in illustrated glossy boards. Fine condition and signed by one of the authors (Milligan) on title page. . 21.5 cm. xix, 340 pp. Color frontispiece. b/w plates. The history of the sinking of the Centaur, an Australian Hospital ship after an attack by a Japanese submarine during World War.…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover laminated pictorial boards, 340pp, b&w photos. A fine copy. In May 1943, a Japanese submarine torpedoed the brilliantly-lit and unarmed Hospital Ship Centaur off Brisbane. She sank in 3 minutes, and 268 people, all non-combattants, were lost. Many questions have been asked about this incident, with some speculation about the Centaur's use for carrying munitions and troops, and its purpose so close to the coast that night. The authors address the accusations and explore the conjecture in an attempt to solve this 60 year old mystery.…

Pictorial Laminated Boards. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 340pp incl index, appendices, maps and illustrations. Plus 30 pages of b&w photos. Colour frontis. 22cm X 14cm. Bump to lower edge of the front cover board.