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4000 Bowls of Rice: A Prisoner of War Comes Home
by Linda Goetz Holmes
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
St Leonards, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. This account of the life of prisoners of war under the Japanese is based on a series of letters that Australian Cecil Dickson wrote to his wife as he was waiting for their reunion following his release at the end of World War II. They not only look back at his time as a prisoner, but present a matter of fact account of how he was adjusting to his freedom and preparing to go home. The book also includes some photographs taken secretly depicting life in a Japanese concentration camp. Very Good Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition 179 pages with an index and some black and white photographs. Weight: 0.7 kg Post free within Malaysia The dust jacket has one minor tear at the back and some curling of the edges. The Text block has some spotting as do the end papers. Otherwise the binding is tight, text clear and there is no tanning throughout.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf
(MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ML4888
- Title
- 4000 Bowls of Rice: A Prisoner of War Comes Home
- Author
- Linda Goetz Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- St Leonards, Australia
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Java - Burma - Thailand - World War II - Prisoner of War
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About the Seller
The Penang Bookshelf
Biblio member since 2010
Jelutong, Pulau Pinang
About The Penang Bookshelf
The Penang Bookshelf was set up in mid 2010 principally to introduce Malaysian residents to the variety of books there is available about the country both past and present. We only stock fiction and non-fiction related to Malaysia and the rest of Asia. Much of our current stock of over a thousand different titles is not available in Malaysia. Conversely much of our stock published in Malaysia is difficult to find outside the country. So if there\'s something Malaysia related that you\'re looking for, do please contact us and we\'ll do our best to help. At present details of most of our stock is not on line; we hope it will be eventually!
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Text Block
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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