Officially Dead; The Story of Commander C. D. Smith
by Reynolds, Quentin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell & Company, Ltd, London, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Green coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip. The biography of Commander C.D. Smith, skipper of a Yangtze River steamer, Shanghai Harbour Pilot, Captain of the U. S. S. Wake, and a prisoner of war of the Japanese, who escaped on numerous occasions. Softening to the backstrip edges with bumping and fraying of the book corners. Heavy sunning to the backstrip with lighter sunning of boards along with a few marks. Browning of the text block edges and pages. Offset tanning to the endpapers. Previous owner's rubber stamp to the top right hand corner of the free front endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], pre-243, [5] pages.. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; World War II; Singapore; 1940s; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 0118951. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0118951
- Title
- Officially Dead; The Story of Commander C. D. Smith
- Author
- Reynolds, Quentin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Commander C. D. Smith, biography, prisoner of war, World War II, Japanese, Yangtze River Biography & Autobiography; World War II; Singapore; 1940s; Military & Warfare. Unbranded Reynolds, Quentin Officially Dead; The Story of Commander C.
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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