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19518vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome plates by EME Glenister, and photographs by the author, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. 'A useful guide in a convenient form to the birds of a large region' (Tate p.69). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Tate, p.202.
19548vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and folding map coloured in outline, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities. 'This is perhaps the most horrifying and amazing escape during a war that was probably richer in escape stories than any war that was ever fought' (H.E. Bates). This classic account was written by the author as an expanded version of the brief outline contained in Brickhill's 'Escape - or Die' (1952). VERY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.405
1948Folio, 12pp (one blank) with large folding plan; wire-stitched as issued, one or two small rust marks as often, lower edge light dust-soiled else a near fine copy. 'Supplements to the London Gazette' are of great value to the naval and military historian. In many cases they represent the first publicly published accounts of the engagements concerned, and normally contain excellent maps and plans together with direct transcripts from official despatches not easily available elsewhere. This supplement includes the following transcripts: Commodore J. A. Collins RN (Commanding China Force) to C-in-C Eastern Fleet 17 March 1942; Report by Captain H. M. L. Waller RAN (HMAS PERTH) 27 February 1942; Report by T. J. Cain RN (Senior Surviving Officer, HMS ELECTRA) 27 February 1942; Despatch by Captain O. L. Gordon RN (HMS EXETER) to Admiralty 1 October 1945.
1958G (no dj, lightly marked grey cloth lightly tanned on spine and edges, ex BBC Library copy with number on spine and library stamps endpapers and reverse of title page, pages clean and unmarked) octavo 281pp. First edition. 16pp b/w photographs.
First edition, 3 vols., comprising 2 volumes of text, 8vo (202 x 125 mm) xv, 423, [3]; 348, [2], with final errata leaf to each volume, wanting the half-titles, plus 4to atlas volume (305 x 220 mm), title, 1 leaf description of the plates and maps, 18 mostly large folding engraved maps and plates, all very clean and bright, text volumes in contemporary speckled calf, double gilt fillet to covers, spine gilt, Marchioness of Downshire monogram with crown above in top compartment of each volume, minor rubbing, otherwise attractively bound text volumes in near fine condition, the atlas in the original blue paper covered boards with original printed title label on upper cover, also in fine clean condition. Rare account of a voyage to the East Indies and a description of French possessions in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius and Reunion) and of Java including Batavia, now Jakarta, which was then ruled by France. The atlas volume contains 7 maps all engraved by Tardieu and it includes a fine large map of Java (380 x 630 mm). The 11 other plates show costumes, native inhabitants etc. and include 3 fine folding views of Batavia and a view of the Dutch settlement of Keppen on the island of Timor. Volume 2 includes a substantial vocabulary of the Malay language. Provenance: Mary Hill (n?e Sandys, 1764-1836), Marchioness of Downshire and Baroness Sandys; the library of the Second Baron Hesketh of Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.
1999Paperback with CD. Minor shelfwear; one or two pages highlighted; contents otherwise clean, sound, bright. TPW Used
2000Clean Copy
2004Ex - Lib sticker to spine and inside cover. Stamps to FEP and pageblock. Laminated cover. Text is clean, tight and bright Ex - Library
2004Ex - Lib sticker to spine and inside cover. Stamps to FEP and pageblock. Laminated cover. Text is clean, tight and bright Ex - Library
1994ref. 095222de Feria, Java Kaiser: FranÃois Desportes: Pintor FrancÃs del Siglo XVII, Obra de la ColecciÃn de SÚvres (1661-1743). Exhibition: Mexico City, Centro Cultural / Arte Contemporáneo, 1994. 135 pages. Wrappers. Text in Spanish.
1994ref. 095222de Feria, Java Kaiser: FranÃois Desportes: Pintor FrancÃs del Siglo XVII, Obra de la ColecciÃn de SÚvres (1661-1743). Exhibition: Mexico City, Centro Cultural / Arte Contemporáneo, 1994. 135 pages. Wrappers. Text in Spanish.