Return Tiger by Connell Brian, First Edition (16 results)

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. (commando raid ww2).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 282pp. Tan cloth hardback, DJ has slight rubbing and wear at spine edges, stated First edition, end pages are maps, b&w photos, The story of Ivan Lyon and the thirteen men who sailed from Australia into Japanese waters to attach mines to Japanese ships,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used, map end papers, 282pp. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to exterior, bottom corners slightly bumped, no wear. Possibly a BCE although there is no indent on the lower to signify.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Couple small chips and tears to jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Dust jacket has some tears and stains; Good condition. One speck and tear on cover. Erase marks on front end page. A few dents and dog-ears on pages. Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. G/G, used hc, 282pp. Tan colored cloth over boards with black and brown colored text on spine; slight edge wear. Color illustrated dust jacket with brown and rust colored text on upper and spine; soiled overall; 2" tear on lower at spine and 1" tear on upper at spine; not price clipped. Map end papers. Interior pages clean, unmarked. Binding is tight.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Book Club Edition. (British aerial operations, Operaton Jaywick, Operation Rimau).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 158 pp. First Cadet edition. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket with a few small nicks around the edges and a partial crease on the front panel; previous owner's name on the half-title page. The Chapters are: Ivan Lyon; Jaywick is Born; On to Singapore; Target Area; Suspense at Lombok; The Sleeping Beauties; Operation Tiger; The Trials of Tantalus; and Sequel at Singkep; followed by Postscript. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. Hardback: illustrated with photos and maps, dj is a little marked and rubbed, price clipped, covers are slightly bumped on the lower corners, prize plate on the front flyleaf, light foredge foxing, else vg. 8vo, 158pp. The true story about a team of raiders, British and Australian, who sailed thousands of miles over enemy-patrolled waters to sink 40,000 tons of Japanese shipping in mine-ridden Singapore Harbour in WWII. Specially edited for younger readers.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. UNCOMMON 1960 Brown & Watson paperback edition (U.K.). Digit Books #R524. Clean, unread copy, shows minor shelf rubbing and minor edge wear to paper cover only. 3 tiny scratches. Overall well-preserved nice copy. ".the epic adventure of a gallant team of raiders, British and Australian, who sailed thousands of miles over enemy-patrolled waters to sink 40,000 tons of Japanese shipping in mine-ridden Singapore harbour.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Black and white photographs. First British edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) dust jacket.

First edition, 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 cost.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 207ppbw ills, endpaper maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Prev owner name on half-title page, small chips at top and bottom of spine. The British and Asutralian raiders who sailed thousands of miles over enemy patrolled waters to sink over 40000 tons of Japanese shipping in mine-ridden Singapore Harbour. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Return of the Tiger. By Brian Connell Hardback 1st edition Hardcover near fine condition, dust jacket has some shelf wear and stained at back. Published by Evans Brothers, London, 1960. This is a non-fiction account of two World War II operations that were conceived by Ivan Lyon of the Gordon Highlanders who had been in the Singapore area, stationed on islands in and around Malaya when Singapore was overrun by the Japanese. He was restless and had little tolerance for the small talk of other officers and for frivolity in general. He was a thinker and planner. From the factual accounts chronicled in this book, he was a brilliant and innovative strategist. Fall of 1943 found Ivan Lyon, with 13 men sailing a reconditioned junk 2,000 miles from Australia into Japanese waters where they changed to smaller boats and sank 7 enemy boats.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. 1 inch closed tear on top front gutter. Small closed tear on bottom front panel. Light chipping on spine crown and heel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated from photos. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine copy in very good dust jacket with one small nick on front panel. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Inscribed on the half title to Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., " in the hope that neither of us get involved in this sort of lark again Brian October 1960." Laid in is a slip written in Connell's hand: "Publication date November 7, 1960.".