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Canberra: Roebuck Society, 1981 With endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Dust jacket is intact but with light rust stain to underside.
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Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk: An Autobiography (Roebuck series) Hardcover - 1981
by Palmer, A. B
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- Title Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk: An Autobiography (Roebuck series)
- Author Palmer, A. B
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Language ENG
- Publisher Roebuck Society, Canberra
- Date 1981
- ISBN 9780909434212
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PEDLAR PALMER OF TOBRUK: An Autobiography
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Canberra, Roebuck Society first edition - h/c in d.j. Palmer was infatuated with the sea, and although he grew up on a farm, we find him in 1916 serving as a cadet onboard a large sailing ship bound for Europe via Cape Horn. The voyage took 112 days. Stranded in England he joined the Royal Navy. On the outbreak of WWII his ship was bombed and he was later taken prisoner, where he spent two years as a guest of Hitler. He survived the war and went on to have many more adventures. 155 x 175mm., pp. 383, b/w plates, map end/ps., index. NEAR FINE/V+ ISBN: 0909434212
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Roebuck Society Publication, Canberra, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. It is not quite clear why Palmer became infatuated with the sea. His father was a veterinarian specialising in horse breeding. The farm was far removed from the sea & this young man grew up associated with horses & farm animals, but in 1916 we find him serving as a cadet onboard a large sailing ship bound for Europe via Cape Horn. The voyage took 112 days before arriving in Bordeaux. The vessel was sunk by a U-Boat off Lands End, England & the crew finally reached Penzance after 2 1/2 days in one lifeboat, Palmer did not know anybody & had very little money - a combination that caused him to join the Royal Navy where he trained as a gunner & served with the Grand Fleet..." Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 383 pages. Dust Jacket has a few marks, some shelf-wear, as well as bumping to corners and extremities. Covered in plastic sleeve. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped…
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Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk an Autobiography
by Palmer, A. B.
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Canberra, Australia: A Roebuck Book Pirie Printers Pty. Ltd., 1981. Book. G+/VG-. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. The book is bound gray paper-covered boards with gilt title on spine. The corners of the book are bumped as is the spine with discoloration at top of first several pages. The book is INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to the previous owner on the title page and includes a letter from the author to the previous owner. End pages are a maps of the world with the route Palmer took from Australia to Lands End, England. The dust jacket (now in Brodart jacket cover) has several large tears with a chip missing at top of spine. Black and white photos. The author relates his experience of the vessel he was aboard being sunk by a U-boat in WWI; of then joining the Royal Navy. As a Reserve Officer he was called to duty in WWII and assigned the duty of landing commandos in North Africa. His experience in WWII are remarkable. 384 pages plus Index to Illustrations..
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Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk [Roebuck Society Publication].
by Palmer, A. B.
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Canberra: Roebuck Society, 1981. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, endpaper maps, front cover jacket little faded (small piece missing top edge, reverse side marked & lightly foxed, some edgewear), edges foxed. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 383 pp. Pedlar Palmer relates his many extraordinarily diverse adventures as a merchant seaman worldwide. He became an expert on Chinese trade. During World War 2 (WW2) he joined the Royal Navy, where he ran supplies to the besieged soldiers at Tobruk, and his experiences as a POW after his ship sunk in the Mediterranean. After the war, he was in much demand for relief work in China. No 29 in the Roebuck Society Publication series. (Errata section second last page.).
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