Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing Tapa dura - 2003

Good. 0x0x0. Unclipped dust jacket. Sloped spine. Book is in good condition. Foxing. Wear present. Fold creasing present. Discolouration present. Tearing present. Scruff marks on the front cover and back cover, present on and at the sides of a few pages.

John wiley, Queensland, 2003. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. The story of Australia's last surviving Gallipoli veteranAddThis Sharing ButtonsLanding on the beach at Gallipoli, Alec Campbell, aged 16, looked more like a 12-year-old in his big brother's uniform. An Australian country boy caught up in a war he knew little about, on a peninsula he couldn't even spell, he eluded snipers as he carried water up the line to the trenches above Anzac Cove. Eventually he succumbed to illness and was evacuated to Cairo. Back home again, he went bush as a drover and jackaroo, but Gallipoli had opened his eyes to the iniquities of war and of Empire, and the Depression reinforced his political radicalisation. He became an active unionist, a socialist and a committed republican. Living with the injury he sustained at Gallipoli, he devoted much of his working life to helping others with disabilities. Alec Campbell, who went to war for adventure and lived to become a… Leer más

John Wiley, Queensland, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/Very Good. Light age and reading wear. 224 pages. Text and spine marked with Library stamps, but very discreetly, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 1740310667. ISBN/EAN: 9781740310666. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50025. . 9781740310666

Brisbane: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. xvi, 223pp, sources, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or broen boards in jacket. Slightly scuffed at board edges, page edges evenly toned.The life of Alec Campbell who landed at Gallipoli aged 16, surviving to live an extraordinary life and become an Australian icon.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: John Wiley & Sons. Good. Hardcover. 2003. nice clean copy-landing at Gallipoli at aged 16' .

John Wiley & Sons, Milton, Queensland, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 600 g; XVI, 224 pages, includes chapter notes. Illustrated end pages, 32 pages of black-and-white photographs, photographic illustrated dust jacket. There is slight rubbing to the bottom edge of the boards. Birthday wish from mum and dad on the half title page, 1 inch tear at the top right-hand corner of the dust jacket and a quarter-inch chair at the top left of the rear panel and 1/2 inch tear at the bottom of the front fold over. The biography of this remarkable Australian who spent time at Anzac Cove in 1915, and who returned and went bush as a drover and jackaroo,, became an active unionist and a committed Republican and socialist. Living with the injuries sustained at Gallipoli, he devoted much of his working life to helping others with disabilities. He epitomises the Australasian larrikin and reluctant hero. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over… Leer más

John Wiley & Sons, Australia, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Hardcover. 223 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: John Wiley & Sons, Australia, 2003. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Landing on the beach at Gallipoli, aged 16, Alec Campbell looked no more than 12-years-old in his big brother's uniform. He was a young Australian caught up in a war that he knew very little about and in a country that he couldn't spell. For three months, Private Campbell carried water through the trenches above Anzac Cove avoiding snipers and crossfire. 'The kid soldier,' as he had become known, eventually succumbed to enteric fever and was evacuated to Cairo for a six-month stint in hospital.… Leer más

John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.. New in New dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 1740310667 . "This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are slightly yellowed but are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers."; "Landing on the beach at Gallipoli, aged 16, Alec Campbell looked no more than 12-years-old in his big brother's uniform. He was a young Australian caught up in a war that he knew very little about and in a country that he couldn't spell. For three months, Private Campbell carried water through the trenches above Anzac Cove avoiding snipers and crossfire. 'The kid soldier,' as he had become known, eventually succumbed to enteric fever and was evacuated to Cairo for a six-month stint… Leer más

John Wiley & Sons , pp. xvi + 223, Maps . Hardback. New.

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