Philippa Poole (49 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Conten with light age tone. DJ with some light edge wear and creasing.

(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 family parted by war. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: Century Publishing) (ISBN: 0712601600) (Pagination: 280pp, 84 illustrations, index) (Condition: vg in dw) UL-XXXXXX.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. 288 pages, slight foxing fly leaf. Pen markings on front endpaper.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Nice condition, great b/w photos. aS NEW.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. 288 pages. illustrated. Slight foxing fly leaf and some page.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 288 pages, illustrated. owner's name front fly leaf.

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).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 280 pages. Illustrated. Plastic wrapper.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 288 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 288 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Paperback. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. Reprint. 374 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

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. …

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. First Edition. 288 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 280 pages. Illustrated.

Hardcover. 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.

Hardback. 1982. First edition. A very good copy in a very good d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 288pp, photos.Ethel Turner kept diaries for over 60 years Size: Small 4to 288 p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book condition is very good. Hard cover. No dust jacket. Book boards are clean and unmarked front and back of the book. Spine intact. Text body is clean and unmarked throughout the book. Book block is clean and unmarked all sides of the book. Over-all a great and neat copy of the book. Book weight is 0.941kg. Extra charges for over-sea shipping as the book weight exceed 5oograms. Of Love and War: The Letters and Diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis and His Family 1939-1945 is a compelling biographical military history book compiled by Philippa Poole and first published in 1982 by Lansdowne Press. Sir Adrian Curlewis was a prominent Australian barrister, sportsman, and later a District Court judge. Notably, he was the son of famous Australian children's author Ethel Turner, who wrote Seven Little Australians. The Conflict: Curlewis enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during World War II. Following the fall of Singapore in February 1942, he became a Prisoner of War (POW) under the Japanese military. The Captivity: He spent nearly three and a half years in captivity, experiencing the harsh conditions of Changi Gaol and being forced into slave labour on the notorious Burma-Thailand Railway. The Structure: The book seamlessly weaves together two distinct perspectives to showcase the emotional toll of global conflict. It juxtaposes Curlewis's secretly kept wartime diaries with the anxious correspondence from his family—including his wife Betty and his mother—who waited 18 months just to learn if he was still alive.…

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.…

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: 9780701813550. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54794. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pen Marking in the Title Page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Impression. Illustrated:Photographs.Previous Owners Insc.ffep.d/w:Lightly scuffed.

Imperial 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.…

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.…

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 personal 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.…

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. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 288pp, 7 x 10 inches, jacket has several tears along lower edge (now in plastic cover), o/wise is .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine in Mylar Sleeve. First Edition. A sraight unmarked book in a bright undamaged dust jacket.

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 cm. #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. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Some scuffing marks on foredges. Dust jacket has small tears to top corners and is now enclosed in a protective cover. Body text and binding are still very good. 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 himself 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.…