Island Of Terrible Friends
Bill Strutton
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1961
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Hardcover
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Black cloth covers with gold titles to spine.Covers are mint,no wear,tear or rub.Book is clean and tight,no names or stamps.Maps to paste downs and prelims.Dust wrapper is unclipped,clean and bright,appart from a tiny wear at top and base of spine,dj is mint.Lovely cope and 1st.ed. Novelisation of the events that occurred to Dr James Rickett and his other compatriots on the small Yugoslavian island of Vis in the years 1944 through to the end of World War II. Vis was an island surrounded by a German occupied territory and was expected to fall to the Germans at any moment. The island was protected by Yugoslavian partisans and 50 commandos. Dr Rickett went there to set up a hospital, and did so, despite red tape, no supplies and little outside help. Seller Inventory # 001208
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Title: Island Of Terrible Friends
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
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Island of Terrible Friends
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Plane Tree Books, Taupo, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 192pp - blue cloth - dealer's stamp to front endpaper - content edges lightly foxed - one page has faint pen scribble - dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and soiled with faint pen scribble to front cover - moderate wear and chipping to edges - price-clipped - novel set on Jugoslav island of Vis during WWII. Seller Inventory # 4442
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Island of Terrible Friends
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton London 1961., 1961
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Alexander Fax Booksellers, Mawson, ACT, Australia
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Hard cover dust wrapper, 192p. Price clipped dw is a bit chipped and worn and marked with tears and some pieces missing. Now protected. Board edges worn, spine slack, cloth bubbling on boards. Corners bumped, some foxing else good reading copy. The story of Major James Rickett of the Royal Army Medical Corps who was posted to the Jugoslav island of Vis in 1944 to start a hospital. Seller Inventory # 151462
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COMMANDO FORCE 133 [originally titled ISLAND OF TERRIBLE FRIENDS]
Published by
Bantam Books [1981], New York, 1981
ISBN 10: 0553135813
ISBN 13: 9780553135817
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Mass Market Paperback
First Edition
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. New York: Bantam Books [1981]. Good. 1981. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0553135813 . First edition thus. "The heroic story of a desperate battle against the German Army". Listed as non-fiction "this is a true story, though a few minor names have been changed". Pictorial wrappers, 215+ pages, illustrated. Good or better copy [spine slightly faded and somewhat cocked with a crease, reading crease to the the front cover which has "read 99" printed by hand to the upper right corner, squiggle to the top of the first page, cheap paper tanning]. . Seller Inventory # 59693
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Island of Terrible Friends The story of a rugged, wild, fanatically brave men.
Published by
W. W. Norton & Co, 1962
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Squeaky Trees Books, Greenfield TWP, ME, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Small bumps to bottom corners of both back and front cover boards, very light shelfwear otherwise, price in ink inside front cover and two small sets of letters placed on upper part of pastedown map inside front cover; dustcover has rubbing chipping and a tear along bottom outside edge/corner and another large chip (1 inch) all intact on back cover; Nice solid book small bumps to bottom corners of both back and front cover boards, very light shelfwear otherwise, price in ink inside front cover and two small sets of letters placed on upper part of pastedown map inside front cover; dustcover has rubbing chipping and a tear along bottom outside edge/corner and another large chip (1 inch) all intact on back cover; 192 pages. Seller Inventory # TJ-WSO3-W0TI
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Island of Terrible Friends
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: The Secret Bookshop (FREE POSTAGE IN NZ), Tararua, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. States first printed 1961. Hard cover. 192pp. Book condition: Good. some fading, rubbing and discoloration to boards. Internally fine. Dust Jacket condition: Good. Tiny amounts of chipping to top and bottom of the back strip and leading corners. Not price clipped. Seller Inventory # 043173
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Island of Terrible Friends
Published by
Publisher, 1962
Used
Hardcover
Seller: mountain, GEORGETOWN, CO, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-Library hardcover with dust jacket. Heavy wear to cover and book edges. Library stamps and stickers are present. Seller Inventory # 2DF5TK0017HP
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Island of Terrible Friends
Published by
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1961
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Archive, Sth Hobart, TAS, Australia
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Cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: With Jacket. Second Impression. Near Fine in a very good Jacket. PP 192, endpaper maps, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 006563
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ISLAND OF TERRIBLE FRIENDS.
Published by
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1961., 1961
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
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192pp. 8vo. Original boards in lightly chipped dustwrapper. Minor foxing to edges. Decorated endpapers. A very good copy. . First edition. Seller Inventory # 17091
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Island of Terrible Friends, The Sands of Kalahari, Hurricane
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Odhams
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Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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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. A good hardcover copy without dustjacket. Light wear to corners, edges and spine. Hinges a little loose but not cracked. Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise contents are clean and unmarked. Contains: 'Island of Terrible Friends' by Bill Strutton; 'The Sands of Kalahari' by William Mulvihill; 'Hurricane' by John D. MacDonald. Seller Inventory # mon0022904120
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Island of Terrible Friends, The Sands of Kalahari, Hurricane
Published by
Odhams, 1962
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Mrs Middlebrow's Bookshop Shop and the Rabbit Hole Tearoom, Freshwater, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1962, Odhams. Mans Book Series. Three books in one. VGC in similar grade dustjacket (not price clipped.). Seller Inventory # MBSIOTF123
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