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Despite Captivity : A Doctor's Life As A Prisoner Of War
by Borrie, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0723304394
- ISBN 13
- 9780723304395
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New Zealand: Whitcoulls Publishers. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1975). First Edition. Hardcover. 0723304394 . No signatures. Some foxing to page edges. Some adhesive staining to edges of dust-jacket, where it has been removed from a plastic jacket with adhesive edges. Dust-jacket now protected in archival cover.; 240 pages + 8 illustrations on 4 plates leaves + 3 full page maps. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 234mm x 154mm. "John Borrie was captured in Greece in 1941 and remained in German hands until his release in 1945. This is his record, as a dedicated doctor maintaining hospitals in the camps in which he worked, of everyday life in German prison camps. He recounts his fights to obtain essential medical equipment and supplies from the German authorities. He shows the humane instinct often put into practice by some German camp authorities, and depicts equally vividly the brutality of others." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25961
- Title
- Despite Captivity : A Doctor's Life As A Prisoner Of War
- Author
- Borrie, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0723304394
- ISBN 13
- 9780723304395
- Publisher
- Whitcoulls Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New Zealand
- Date Published
- (1975)
- Keywords
- 0723304394
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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