Philippa Poole (45 results)
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Condition: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Conten with light age tone. DJ with some light edge wear and creasing.
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(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) The diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis, who witnessed the fall of Singapore and was a POW in Changi for nearly four years, working on the Burma Railway. Interleaved with the entries are the letters sent by his wife and the diary kept by his mother in Australia. A unique picture of a f…amily parted by war. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: Century Publishing) (ISBN: 0712601600) (Pagination: 280pp, 84 illustrations, index) (Condition: vg in dw) UL-XXXXXX.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. 288 pages, slight foxing fly leaf. Pen markings on front endpaper.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Nice condition, great b/w photos. aS NEW.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. 288 pages. illustrated. Slight foxing fly leaf and some page.
Language: English
Published by Collins, Publishers, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1987
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 288 pages, illustrated. owner's name front fly leaf.
Language: English
Published by Lansdowne Press, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1980
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression.. 288 pages, illustrated. Inscription by Philippa Poole 1980 on title page, slight foxing fly leaf. Plastic wrapper. Signed by Author(s).
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 280 pages. Illustrated. Plastic wrapper.
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Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, AustraliaAdelaide Booksellers
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. 280pages. Adrian Curlewis was Ethel Turner's… son and this selection includes entries from her diaries as well. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 280 pages. Illustrated.
Language: English
Published by Century Publishing, London, 1983
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Moving memoir of World War II. Fully illustrated. Hardback, brown boards, clean with tight binding, no inscriptions, very good.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 288pp, photos.Ethel Turner kept diaries for over 60 years Size: Small 4to 288 p.
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ethel Turner's family diaries. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very… good condition, with only very minor tears or chips and other minor signs of shelf-wear. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australia; Australian History; ISBN: 0701815981. ISBN/EAN: 9780701815981. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 4901. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Language: English
Published by New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2004
- Softcover
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Medium Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (As Issued). Fourth Edition. Medium softcover, fourth edition, first printing, 442gms, 374 pages. Candid and imaginative, her diaries create an exciting picture of her life in turn-of - the-century Sydney, and the social whirl of garden parties and balls at Gove…rnment House. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Language: English
Published by Lansdowne Publishing Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1998
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Seller: Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, AustraliaReading Habit
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Applicable. Reprint. Medium softcover, reprint, 354gms, 374 pages. Candid and imaginative, her diaries create an exciting picture of her life in turn-of - the-century Sydney, and the social whirl of garden parties and balls at Government House. Book is in good condition wit…h mild general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Published by Century Publishing 1983, 1983
- Hardcover
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketImperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w(VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pen Marking in the Title Page.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. Light age and reading wear. 288 pages. No internal inscriptions. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 0701813555. ISBN/EAN: 9780…701813550. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54794.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Impression. Illustrated:Photographs.Previous Owners Insc.ffep.d/w:Lightly scuffed.
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Seller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books, Katoomba, NSW, AustraliaMr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Ethel Turner's family diaries. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without… tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Australia; Australian History; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0701815981. ISBN/EAN: 9780701815981. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 12155. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
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Seller: Little Lane Books, Nanango, QLD, AustraliaLittle Lane Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good condition. Heavier items may require additional postage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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Seller: Lily Books, Armidale, NSW, AustraliaLily Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very slight bumping of edges. Faint scratches on covers due to shelf wear. In this collection her granddaughter, Philippa Poole has selected the most interesting passages from the author's diaries, spanning her literary career from 1889 to 1930. Ethel Turner emerges from these perso…nal writings as a talented and determined author. Candid and imaginative, her diaries create an exciting picture of her life in turn-of-the-century Sydney, and the social whirl of garden parties and balls at Government House. After her marriage in 1896, she writes about her two children and, as always, her books. Philippa Poole, through her perceptive commentary on the diary entries, gives illuminating side lines to Ethel turner's at time audacious, and brilliant career.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Adrian Curlewis saw only two months of action before becoming a prisoner of the Japanese. For the three and a half years of his captivity, the letters and diaries featured in this book are much more than just a story of war. Contained in them is the love… that transcended all the horrors of captivity, a love which gave Adrian the will to survive. In later life Adrian was to become a judge and also a leading figure in surf lifesaving. 280 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Autobiography::Memoir; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0701815981. ISBN/EAN: 9780701815981. Inventory No: 259303.
Published by Ure Smith, 1979
- Hardcover
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included. 288pp, 7 x 10 inches, jacket has several tears along lower edge (now in plastic cover), o/wise is .
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Signed by author. Adrian Curlewis was a rising barrister and a well-known surf lifesaver when he enlisted in the AIF in 1940 for overseas service. Adrian saw only two months of action when Singapore fell to the Japanese, and he found himsel…f a prisoner of war. He was to remain in captivity for almost three and a half years. Adrian kept two diaries - unique wartime documents on the conditions and atrocities of Changi Gaol and the Burma-Thailand Railway. While at home, his family continued to write to him even though they had to wait eighteen months to find out whether he was alive or dead.
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Sir Adrian Herbert Curlewis, CVO, CBE was an Australian barrister, captain in WW2, a Changi and Thai-Burma Railway POW and later District Court judge. He was also a sportsman, one of the early surfers in Sydney and later a sports administrator.280 p. : ill., facsims., 1 map, 1 plan, ports. ; 25 c…m. #0821 Previously published: Sydney : Lansdowne Press, 1982. Curlewis, Adrian, Sir, 1901-1985 -- Diaries. | Curlewis, Adrian, Sir, 1901-1985 -- Correspondence. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Australian. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.
Published by Lansdowne Press, 1982
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardback. Philippa Poole, Lansdowne Press. Author: Philippa PooleBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner dedication written insideThis compelling work of historical non-fiction presents an intimate chronicle of Worl…d War II through the personal letters and diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis and his family. It uncovers the profound impact of global conflict on individual lives, detailing the challenges, hopes, and fears experienced on both the front lines and the home front. The narrative illustrates the resilience of the human spirit amidst adversity, offering a poignant glimpse into a pivotal period of history. This collection provides a unique and deeply personal perspective on the sacrifices and enduring connections that defined the war years. Hardback.
Published by LANSDOWNE PRESS, 1983
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Add to basketHardback. Philippa Poole, LANSDOWNE PRESS. Author: Philippa PooleBinding: HardbackPublished: LANSDOWNE PRESS, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the deeply personal experiences of Captain Adrian Curlewis and his family during the tumul…tuous years of World War II. Through a collection of intimate letters and diaries, the narrative uncovers the profound impact of global conflict on individual lives, illustrating themes of love, separation, and resilience. Philippa Poole masterfully presents a vivid portrait of wartime Australia and the emotional landscape of those left behind and those fighting abroad. The book details the daily struggles, hopes, and fears, offering a poignant and authentic glimpse into a pivotal period of history. Readers will find themselves immersed in the raw emotions and unwavering spirit that defined a generation facing unprecedented challenges. Hardback.
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- First Edition
Seller: Mammy Bears Books, Cedar Creek, QLD, AustraliaMammy Bears Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 255x190x25mm+788g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Lansdowne. New South Wales. 1980. First Edition. 2nd Printing. . : Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned…pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$30.00 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$47.80 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$54.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$17.40. Contains, Illustrations (illustrator).
