SANDAKAN: The Untold Story of the Sandakan Death Marches Tapa dura - 2012

William Heinemann Australia, Sydney, 2012.. 2012. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 656pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, some foxing to outer edge of text block, owner's inscription on title page. / Very good d/w. .

Sydney: William Heinemann 2012 1st edition. hard cover, dust jacket, grey paper on boards, 656pp including index, bibliography, references, appendices, black and white photographs, spine of jacket creased, a little wear to corners, no marks or inscriptions, all in very good condition in very good dust jacket. ISBN 9781864711400

William Heinemann Australia, 2012. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Very Good +. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY 656 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.#0218/1019/230923 First Edition The untold story of the Sandakan Death Marches of World War II. This is the story of the three-year ordeal of the Sandakan prisoners of war, a barely known episode of unimaginable horror. After the fall of Singapore in February 1942, the Japanese conquerors transferred 2500 British and Australian prisoners to a jungle camp some eight miles inland of Sandakan, on the east coast of North Borneo. For decades after the Second World War, the Australian and British governments would refuse to divulge the truth of what happened there, for fear of traumatising the families of the victims and enraging the people. The prisoners were broken, beaten, worked to death, thrown into bamboo cages on the slightest pretext, starved and subjected to tortures so ingenious and hideous that none survived the onslaught with their minds intact,… Leer más

North Sydney, William Heinemann/Random first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This important and harrowing book narrates the full story of Sandakan, as told through the experiences of many of the participants. The author has interviewed the families of survivors and the deceased in Australia, Britain and Boreno, and consulted thousands of court documents in an effort to place together exactly what happened to the people who suffered and died in British North Boreno. Hard cover in dust jacket. 242 x 160mm., pp. 16, 656, b/w plates, maps, Honour Roll, append., index. FINE. ISBN: 9781864711400

William Heineman ,Sydney, 2012. Thick large 8vo,pp.xviii + 656 , maps, illustrations,index,bibliography, refernces, honour roll. Very Good hardcover in Very Good protected dust wrapper. ISBN 9781864711400.

Heinemann, Australia, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. inc. photos, bibliography, index, minimal shelf wear, dust jacket not price clipped, in protective cover, a very nice copy. Size: Thick Octavo. 656 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Prisoners of War. ISBN/EAN: 9781864711400. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 100449. . 9781864711400

Random House Australia, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9.5 x 6 x 2. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Random House Australia, 2012. 656 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Previous owner inscription on front end page. Size: 9.5 x 6 x 2. Military History::WWII 0384 0384

Random House Australia, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x2. Light shelf wear on the board edges. The dust jacket has mild overall wear and rubbing with two small tears on the top edge. No highlighting, underlining or any other marks. Random House Australia, 2012. Hardcover First Edition. The book condition is Very Good. The dust jacket condition is Good.