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Ex-Pow Bulletin

Ex-Pow Bulletin

Prisoner of War: History of the "Lost Battalion", 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery

Prisoner of War: History of the "Lost Battalion", 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery

by Clyde Fillmore (AUTHOR SIGNED)

Wichita Falls, TX: Nortex Offset Publications, 1973 Nortex Offset Publications, Wichita Falls, TX. 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP verso dated May 20, 1973. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear to board edges; small smudge on the front board. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95); sunfading to spine; missing small pieces at head; light wear to flap folds. Tan tweed cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the... Read more about this item
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$75.00
The Secret Camera: Issues in Doubt

The Secret Camera: Issues in Doubt

by Terence Sumner Kirk (AUTHOR SIGNED)

Redwood Valley, CA: Owl Wise Publishing, 2002 Owl Wise Publishing, Redwood Valley, CA. 2002. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Edition. Signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. No DJ. Red grained buckram boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front and rear boards with drawing in black on front board. 213 pp 8vo. At the age of 21 in 1937 the author joined the US Marines and was sent to Tientsin... Read more about this item
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$18.00
Samurais and Circumcisions

Samurais and Circumcisions

by Poidevin, Leslie

Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1985. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 174 pages. A restrained, humorous and reflective account of the young doctor's experience as a POW in Timor and Java. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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$11.71
The Employment of Prisoners of War

The Employment of Prisoners of War

by Levie, Howard S

[Washington, D. C.]: [American Society of International Law], 1963. Offprint. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy with small soiled spots on front wrapper and a mail fold.. 317 - 354 pp. 8vo. Reprinted from the American Journal of International Law, Vol. 57, No. 2, April, 1963.
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$10.00
Private Prisoner; An Astonishing Story of Survival Under the Nazis

Private Prisoner; An Astonishing Story of Survival Under the Nazis

by Robert Gayler

London, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984 Patrick Stephens Limited, London, UK. 1984. Hardcover. Stated First Published in 1984. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; trace bottom edge shelfwear. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped (8.95 BPS); light bumping to head, tail, and tips. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 184 pp 8vo. Captured by the Nazis in France in 1940, the author endured starvation, disease, and frostbite in a variety of POW... Read more about this item
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$10.00
Detour ; The Story of OFLAG IVC (Colditz)

Detour ; The Story of OFLAG IVC (Colditz)

by Wood, Lieutenant J. E. R., MC – Editor

The Falcon Press, London, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Lieut. J. F. Watton. Acknowledgements, foreword by Field-Marshall the Lord Chetwode, Foreword by the Right Honourable Viscount Addison, Secretary Of State for Dominion Affairs,Foreword by the Right Honourable Vincent Massey, the High Commissioner for Canada, Foreword by the Right Honourable S. M. Bruce, CH. MC, High Commissioner for Australia, foreword by Mr W. J. Jordan, High... Read more about this item
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$19.54
Ex-POW Bulletin [two issues: vol. 41 nos. 7 and 8]

Ex-POW Bulletin [two issues: vol. 41 nos. 7 and 8]

Olathe, KS: American Ex-Prisoners of War, 1984. Two issues of the staplebound magazine, 46 and 37 pages respectively, pink checkmark on covers of both issues, otherwise very good. Includes contributions by former POWs from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, updates on members, and reports on the organization's activities.
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$15.00
Air Escape and Evasion

Air Escape and Evasion

by Lt.Col. James F. Sunderman, USAF, Editor

New York, NY: Franklin Watts , 1963 Franklin Watts, New York. 1963. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. The Franklin Watts Aerospace Library. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; bumping to head, tail, and tips; snagging and light wear to board bottom edges. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95); missing piece at tail; shelfwear to head, tips, and top of rear panel. Lime green cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and... Read more about this item
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$8.00
We Flew, We Fell, We Survived, Volume II In The Bag

We Flew, We Fell, We Survived, Volume II In The Bag

by Members of the Royal Air Forces Ex-Prisoner of WarAssociation (Western Australia Branch)

Perth, Western Australia: Association. 1991. Quarto Size [approx 21x29cm]. Very Good condition. Some mild age-toning to spine. Edited by Alex Kerr. Foreword by Sir Francis Burt AC, KCMG,QC - Governor of Western Australia. 126 pages. The second, and last, volume of stories of survival of RAF Ex-POW's. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$26.02
HELLFIRE The Story of Australia, Japan and the Prisoners of War.

HELLFIRE The Story of Australia, Japan and the Prisoners of War.

by Forbes, Cameron

Sydney: MacMillan. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1405036508 . illustrated with maps and photographic plates, fine copy in very good dustjacket. For months during 1943 there was no night in Hellfire Pass. By the light of flares, carbide lamps and bamboo fires, men near naked and skeletal cut a passage through stone to make way for a railway. Among these men were some of the 22,000 Australian soldiers taken prisoner by the Japanese during World War II. In camps... Read more about this item
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$13.01
On The Front Line. Real life stories of spying, escaping and surviving war

On The Front Line. Real life stories of spying, escaping and surviving war

by Hambrook, Michael

London: New Holland. 2012. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 378 pages. All of the people in this book survived to tell their story to Michael Hambrook; who has meticuously brought each one to life; accompanied by photographs and documents of the time. . 1st Edition.... Read more about this item
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$16.26
Prisoner of War

Prisoner of War

by Reid, Major Pat [with Maurice Michael]

London: Book Club Associates. 1984. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 192 pages. The inside story of the POW from the ancient world to Colditz and after. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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$9.76
Song of Survival Women Interned

Song of Survival Women Interned

by Colijn, Helen

White Cloud Press. Very Good. 1995. First Printing. Softcover. 1883991145 . Book is clean and tight. I am going to read this now so may have a reader's crease, but I will try to be careful. Women and children were prisoners of the Japanese for three and a half years. They had music to sustain themselves, "true story which inspired the motion picture PARADISE ROAD. "; 9 X 6 X 0.90 inches; 216 pages .
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$10.00
Prisoner of War: History of the "Lost Battalion", 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery

Prisoner of War: History of the "Lost Battalion", 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery

by Clyde Fillmore (AUTHOR SIGNED)

Wichita Falls, TX: Nortex Offset Publications, 1973 Nortex Offset Publications, Wichita Falls, TX. 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP verso dated July 27, 1973. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; scant shelfwear to board edges. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95); sunfading to spine; missing small pieces at head; light wear to flap folds. Tan tweed cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board.152 pp 8vo. This... Read more about this item
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$80.00
The Super Holocaust (in China): Remember: 9/18 and the Rape of Nanking

The Super Holocaust (in China): Remember: 9/18 and the Rape of Nanking

by GEN Raymond Davis, Judge Dan Winn

Bloomington, IN: Self Published by the Author/ Author House, 2005 Self Published by the Author/ Author House, Bloomington, IN. 2005. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Published (03/08/05). Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for occasional underlining by the F/O. Book Condition: Near Fine; light edge bumping and rubbing to the panels. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 127 pp 8vo. This book is primarily one that... Read more about this item
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$15.00
World War II Prisoner of War Camps in Southwest New Mexico

World War II Prisoner of War Camps in Southwest New Mexico

by Roger I. Lanse

Arenas Valley, NM: Privately Published, 2011 Privately Published, Arenas Valley, NM. 2011. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Stapled binding. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New, with mark on rear wrap from manufacturer's label. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is securely stapled. 57 pp 8vo. After England began to fill with POW from Axis nations, the US in the summer of 1942 began the internment of POWs. New Mexico housed more than 10,000 POWs... Read more about this item
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$14.00
The Heroes Who Fell From Grace: The True Story of Operation Lazarus, the Attempt to Free American POWs from Laos in 1982

The Heroes Who Fell From Grace: The True Story of Operation Lazarus, the Attempt to Free American POWs from Laos in 1982

by Charles J. Patterson, G. Lee Tippin

Canton, OH: Daring Books, 1985 Daring Books. Canton, OH. 1985. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine: light bumping to head and tail. DJ; Very Good; closed tear and missing small piece at bottom of front panel; small closed tear at bottom of rear panel. Blue paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 235 pp 8vo. The authors chronicle the events surrounding and including three separate military-type operations aimed at... Read more about this item
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$10.00
A German POW in New Mexico

A German POW in New Mexico

by Walter Schmid

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2005 University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. 2005. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Signed on the FFFP the author, Walter Schmid, the translator, Richard Rundell, and editor Wolfgang Schlauch. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: As New . Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 167 pp 8vo. The author was a member of Rommel's Afrika Korps and captured in Tunisia in May 1943. He... Read more about this item
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$62.50
A Distant Prayer: Miracles of the 49th Combat Mission

A Distant Prayer: Miracles of the 49th Combat Mission

by Joseph Banks, Jerry Borrowman

American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2001 Covenant Communications, American Fork, UT. 2001. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 13th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to tips; light rubbing to panels. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 145 pp 8vo. This is the remarkable World War II story of Joseph Banks, a young Latter-day Saint and lone survivor of his... Read more about this item
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$10.00
The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster

The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster

by Jerry O. Potter

Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company , 1997 Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA. 1997. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head; light shelfwear to tail and lower tips. DJ: Near Fine; sunfading to spine. White cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 300 pp 8vo. On April 27, 1865, the Sultana, a 260 ft., wooden hulled steamboat exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis killing 1800 of its 2400... Read more about this item
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$10.00
The Battle for Corregidor, December 1941 - 6 May 1942: The 4th Marine Regiment Hung Out to Dry

The Battle for Corregidor, December 1941 - 6 May 1942: The 4th Marine Regiment Hung Out to Dry

by Daniel D. Howell (AUTHOR SIGNED)

Manila, Philippines : Dizon and Company, 2003 Dizon and Company, Manila, Philippines. 2003. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New; my personal copy/never opened/never read/in storage since purchase in 2005. No DJ as issued. Red laminate boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board; frontis photo of Japanese retiring the US colors after surrender of Corregidor. 293 pp 4to. The author... Read more about this item
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$185.01
Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POWs in Vietnam

Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POWs in Vietnam

by Jensen-Stevenson, Monika and Stevenson, William

Futura, London, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements, map of Vietnam and Southeast Asia, four appendices, glossary, note to readers, notes, bibliography and index. Between pages 258 and 259 there are eight pages of black-and-white photography. Photographic paperback binding with black coloured title to the front panel and backstrip. "Kiss the Boys Goodbye reveals a devastating scandal. It provides startling evidence that the... Read more about this item
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$9.77
The Ways We Choose; Lessons For Life From A POW's Experience

The Ways We Choose; Lessons For Life From A POW's Experience

by Dave Carey

Wisonville, OR: Book Partners, 2000 Book Partners, Wilsonville, OR. 2000. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small bump to head; slight creased to spine from opening. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine has slight crease but is not split; text is secure in binding. 163 pp 8vo. The author was a Naval Academy graduate and a Naval aviator who was shot down in 1967 and held captive in the Hanoi Hilton.... Read more about this item
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$10.00
Fighting Monsters: An Intimate History of the Sandakan Tragedy

Fighting Monsters: An Intimate History of the Sandakan Tragedy

by Braithwaite, Richard Wallace

North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2016. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xxii, 530 pages. Only six escapees survived the Sandakan death marches of 1945 in North Borneo, the worst atrocity ever inflicted on Australian soldiers. 1787 Australian and 641 British POWs perished. Previous descriptions of the numerous violent acts have yielded little... Read more about this item
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$32.50
The Colditz Story

The Colditz Story

by Reid, P. R

London: Hodder & Stoughton. 2014. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. 210 pages. First published in 1952. The classic World War Two escape story. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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$9.11
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