Rivett Rohan (57 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages are clean, binding is tight. Text block is clean. Spine is uncreased. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are rubbed, scuffed and creased.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A landmark Australian POW memoir. Rivett recounts his years as a prisoner of the Japanese after the fall of Singapore?forced marches, brutal camps, and the fragile networks of humour, ingenuity and solidarity that kept men alive. Written with clarity and restraint, it remains one of the most important Australian eyewitness accounts of captivity in WWII.Minor wear, soiling to cover, minor foxing.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint. 400 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. There Is No Doubt About The Suffering Endured, Yet This Powerful Story Is Filled With Australian's Will To Survive And Their Unassailabe Spirit In The Face Of The Most Callous Compelling Reading.

Octavo softcover (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 cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket price clipped, wear to top and base of spine, minor tear to dust jacet front, original red cloth boards.

8vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed. 225p. Signed and dated by Rivett on title page. Tightly bound with secure hinges. Black boards are pointed with heavy dust settled on top of text-block. Jacket is unclipped with minor edge wear. Ex-owner's name penned on front endpage. Foxing present on extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Very Good+ DJ. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Warmly inscribed to noted Harvard professor. A handsome copy. Very minimal shelf wear, inscribed on the title page by the author, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Black coated paper boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 225pp. Index.

xii+225pp. 8vo. B&W plates. Oringinal boards in dustwrapper. A near fine copy. . First edition. Presented by author's (subject's grandson).

84pp. 8vo. Oringinal wrappers. A very good copy. Monograph No. 1. First edition.

8vo; pp. xiv, 217; portrait frontispiece, 16 illustrations, notes, index, original cloth, dustjacket, very good copy. . First Edition.

xii+225pp. 8vo. Oringinal boards in dustwrapper. Laminate of dustwrapper falls short of horizontal edges resulting in some soiling. Review paper remains folded around dustwrapper. Otherwise a near fine copy. B&W plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition 1972, good black cloth boards, slightly edgeworn dust jacket, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

First edition 225pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent, d/w very good in plastic (light rubbing), illust.

B-format paperback (20 X 13cm). Condition: Very Good. 400pp. Reprint. Orig published in 1946. Australian War Classics series, presented by E.E. (Weary) Dunlop. Pages lightly age-tanned. Light general wear. The spine is uncreased and the binding is firm.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 335 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear and age marks on pages present, but still a presentable copy. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. There Is No Doubt About The Suffering Endured, Yet This Powerful Story Is Filled With Australian's Will To Survive And Their Unassailabe Spirit In The Face Of The Most Callous Compelling Reading.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 220x140x35mm+475g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Angus and Robertson. . 1954. . . . Pp335. reprint. 'An Inside Story of the Japanese Prison Camps'. Rohan D. Rivett was a war correspondent and prisoner of war on the Burma-Siam Railway. Yellow cloth hardback green lettering to spine. . Front free endpaper missing. Overall condition is good: 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$11.20.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Inscription to the Title Page from author " for Dymphna & Alex with best wishes from Nan & Rohan, November 1972" 225 pages. Foreword by Baron Casey of Berwick and of the City of Westminister. Biography of notable Australian scientist, Sir David Rivett, who was instrumental in the foundation and success of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research the forerunner to the CSIRO. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

xii+225pp. 8vo. B&W plates. Oringinal boards in dustwrapper. A near fine copy. . First edition. Inscribed by author's son.

xiv+400pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly worn dustwrapper. . Includes colour frontispiece, 2 maps and 13 illustrations (of which 3 are full-page plates). Lacks ffe., otherwise a very good copy. First edition.

HARDCOVER. 1972, First edition. A good copy in a good d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing on endpages, half-title and title page. Minor marks and foxing to foredges. Borrower card pocket on inside back cover. Missing dust jacket. Body text and binding are still very good. Behind Bamboo is unflinching in its honesty and haunting in its realism. It is a vivid, compelling testament to the Australians' will to survive and their unassailable spirit in the face of the most callous inhumanity.

8vo; pp. xiv, 217; portrait frontispiece, 16 illustrations, notes, index, original cloth, dustjacket, a near finecopy. . First Edition. Inscribed by Alfred Deakin Brookes in 1987.

8vo, 225pp. A very good hardback copy in lightly edgeworn dust jacket with lightly sunned spine. In wrap-around band which is torn. . Inscribed by author.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Camberwell, Rohan Rivett, 1977. Octavo; pictorial card covers lightly creased and rubbed; a very good copy. Bullock teamers between 1900-1939.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light reading wear. Foundation for Australian Studies, Townsville. 84 pages. Previous owner's signature in ink. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australia; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52856.

HARDCOVER. 1957, Reprint. A very good copy with light age tanning/spotting of the edges and prelims. The d/w is unclipped and good with short, repaired tears and shelf soiling of the rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 225 pages, includes index. A clean, straight ex-library book, appears unused. Scans available on request.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Illustrated with black and white plates and two maps. Colour frontispiece. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners with some marking to boards. Very faint scattered foxing to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 335 pages. Rohan Rivett's classic saga of life as a prisoner of war during the Second World War including the hell of his days on the notorious Burma-Thailand Railway. Includes an Appendix 'P.O.W. Glossary'.

*Sales/posting to the USA suspended*. Hard cover, 335pp, colour frontispiece and b&w plates of sketches by G Chalker and drawings by Flip Relf. Some wear on edges, corners bumped, else good Rivett was a war correspondent as well as a prisoner of war on the Burma Siam Railway for 3 1/2 years. This was the first complete and accurate chronicle to tell of the experiences of the Australians at the hands of the Japanese in the prison camps.