Destined Meeting by Bell Leslie

Odhams Books, London, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. with index, and illustrated with black-and-white photographs, facsimiles of documents and drawings. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Dustjacket illustrated by Ronald Serle, with white coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip. This is the story of Dr Philip Bloom and his wife who are married during the 70 day siege of Singapore and who were later interned in separate camps as prisoners of war of the Japanese. The book centres mainly around the activities and conditions of the Changi military camp. Softening, rubbing and a little fraying of the back strip edges and book corners. Quite noticeable rubbing of the lower book edges with sunning and fading also present. The panel show rubs and marks. Tanning and foxing of the text block edges with age toning of the pages. There is the remnants of a footprint on… Read More

Conditions and activities in the Japanese P.O.W. and internment camps on Singapore in World War 2. A story revealing the savagery of war on civilians but also the compassion, tenderness and hope that strengthens the human spirit. 255 pages with 16 pages of illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with fading. Dust jacket in very good condition with some dents and wear to edges.

London: Readers Book Club, 1959. front endpaper missing, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Readers Book Club, 1960. book clean and tight. DJ: some edge wear. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Odhams. Very Good/Good. 1959. Hard Cover. 8vo Second impression. Dust jacket unclipped in a clear protective sleeve, some loss to top and tail of spine. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owners neat name on ffep. Illustrated with photographs on plates. 256 pages clean and tight. IT was inevitable that they should meet . . . but it required the exigencies of war on the one hand and personal suffering on the other to ordain that their separate paths should converge at the destined meeting in beleagured Singapore. This is the true, incredible story of Doctor Philip Bloom and his wife, who were married during the seventy days' siege of Singapore and later interned in separate camps as prisoners of war of the Japanese. The book centres mainly around the activities and conditions of the Changi military camp, where the medical men performed miracles of improvised surgery-utilizing filing cabinets, bedsteads and other materials to make false limbs… Read More

Odhams Press Ltd, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. Reprinted. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, heavier to end-papers and text-block edges. Previous owner's blind stamp and some pencil marking to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing. Moderate sunning to spine.

Melbourne: Readers Book Club, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Readers Book Club, Melbourne, 1960. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Tape stains to ep's from sleeve now removed for the books sake. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good all four corners of inside flaps dog eared by plastic protector now removed for the books sake. 255 pages. B/w photos. P.O.Ws of the Japanese during World War Two. A firm clean straight book.

London.: Odhams Press Ltd., 1959. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Destined Meeting. By Leslie Bell. Hard covers with dust jacket and both are in very good condition. 1st Edition, 3rd Impression 1959.

London: Readers Book Club. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1960. Hard Cover. 256pp; illustrations, previous owner's name to front endpaper, dustwrapper chipped with small closed tears.; 185 x 125mm .

London: Panther, 1961. 192pp. Illustrated card covers. Book firm, clean and unmarked. Contact EldoradoBooks for details postage reduction.. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo.