The Escape from Singapore Tapa blanda - 1988

Singapore: Heinemann Asia, 1988. Minor fading to spine ans slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, a previous owner's name and date (2003) and an old price in ink on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in hardback in the UK in 1987, this is a paperback reprint from Singapore the next year. Deals with the events of February-March 1941 when over 100 local vessels evacuated over 10,000 troops and civilians from Singapore to Sumatra just before the city fell to the Japanese. 246pp, 12pp b&w illustrations, 4 maps.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Heinemann, 1988. 246pp. Trade paperback, VG, index, appendices, b&w photos, The story of an attempt to organise an evacuation of troops from Singapore during World War II, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Heinemann Asia. Softcover, in Good + condition, there are no stamps writing or marks, a bit of edge wear, some scuffing on the glossy covers, straight spine, unmarked pages, a good reading copy, . Good. Soft cover. 1988.

Singapore: Heinemann, 1987. Paperback. Near Fine. A little know fact about the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942, is that plans had been laid weeks before for troops to escape, should the city fall. This book is an account of those preparations and the execution of the plan which not only saved many lives but enabled the British to prepare support for the guerilla movement that had started to operate behind enemy lines. One of the key characters in this operation was Boris Hembry, whose account of his time as an undercover agent in both the war and later in the Malayan 'Emergency' was published later as 'Malayan Spymaster.' This book is based on interviews with some of the principal actors at the time and on classified documents. 246 pages with a bibliography, an index and some black and white photographs. Weight: 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia