Of Love and War The Letters and Diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis and His Family 1939-1945 Tapa dura - 1983

Century, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This first edition is in very good condition with a good unclipped dust jacket.

Century. Very Good/Very Good. 1983. Hard Cover. 8vo 0712601600 Dust jacket in a clear protective sleeve, unclipped, tears, . Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Illustrated, photographs.280 pages clean and tight. Of Love and I4ar is a genuinely original and moving memoir of World War II centred on the handwritten diaries of an Australian officer, Captain Adrian Curlewis, who witnessed the fall of Singapore and spent nearly four years as a prisoner of the Japanese at Changi Gaol and on the notorious Burma-Thailand Railway. What makes this book unique is not only Adrian Curlewis's diary but also the interleaving of his entries with the letters sent by his wife Betty and the diary kept by his mother at home in Sydney. These give an intimate picture of a family parted by war -'1800 days of separated lives' in Adrian's phrase. Edited by Adrian's daughter nearly 40 years after they were written, these letters and diaries recreate… Leer más

Century, 1983. First Edition. . Cloth. Vg/Vg. 280pp. Plates Size: 4to

(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) The diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis, who witnessed the fall of Singapore and was a POW in Changi for nearly four years, working on the Burma Railway. Interleaved with the entries are the letters sent by his wife and the diary kept by his mother in Australia. A unique picture of a family parted by war. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: Century Publishing) (ISBN: 0712601600) (Pagination: 280pp, 84 illustrations, index) (Condition: vg in dw) UL-XXXXXX

London : Century, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 280p. : ill., facsims.,1geneal.table,maps,1plan,ports. ; 26cm. Subjects; Curlewis, Adrian Sir 1901. World War, 1939-1945 � Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945 � Personal narratives, Australian.

Century, 1983. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.