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2020rif. DBS-9781774072189Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2020rif. DBS-9781774072189Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
1951rif. 2441Cloth 2 volumes complete near fine set. First edition thus. Madrid: Instituto de Estudios de Administración Local. hardcover
1946rif. 60810New York: Frederic H. Stevens Stratford House Inc. 1946. 8vo. xiv 569 1 pp. Frontisp. illust. of Santo Tomas Building numerous text illustrations. Beige cloth red & gilt lettering on front cover minor shelfwear & dustsoiling still VG copy from the library of former internee Charles Kurz 1891-1978 a business agent and later accountant for the Pascific Steamship Line World War I veteran and headed the labor safety battalion for American prisoners inside Santo Tomas w/ ownership markings on ffep. and 1950’s passport photo of Kurz laid-in. First edition of this scarce and graphic work chronicling the conditions of one of the largest of Prisoner-of-War Internee camps set up by the Japanese during World War II composed mostly of American civilians. The University of Santo Tomas in Manila was utilized for the camp and housed over 4000 civilians many of whom were near death at the end of the war due to starvation and poor conditions. The 1st Cavalry Division pushed forward in a 100 mile advance to Manila in 66 hours in order to prevent the Japanese from killing all of the internment camp prisoners and subsequently fought the Japanese forces across Manila. Frederic H. Stevens, Stratford House, Inc., hardcover
1936rif. 64638London UK: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 1936. Thick 8vo. 316 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 15 photo plates. Red publisher’s cloth black lettering very slight shelfwear slight foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. photo cover art minor chipping head of spine dustsoiling edgewear couple minor closed tears still a NF/VG copy. First edition 1st printing stated of this third travelogue recording Burdett’s adventures in the Kimberley Gold Rush working as a sheep drover and at the sheep station handling cattle and off to the Philippines. Burdett b. 1864 was renowned for his pearling and natural history expeditions sailing through the Indian Ocean Indonesia and extended expeditions into the Philippines Indonesia and across the South Pacific. Very uncommon in original dustjacket. Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., hardcover
2020rif. DBS-9781774072554ARCLER PRESS 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. ARCLER PRESS hardcover
2020rif. DBS-9781774072554ARCLER PRESS 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. ARCLER PRESS hardcover
1945rif. 61658Manila P.I.: 25th Infantry Division 1945. Folio. 9 x 13 in. 92 pp unpaginated. consisting of illustrated title introduction leaf and then 176 numbered illustrated panels 2 to a page tracking the campaign. Blue publisher’s cloth colour plate title mounted on front cover w/ 25th Division “Tropic Lightning” badge minor dustsoiling slight fraying a little thumbing still a VG bright copy. First edition of this fascinating and well-illustrated graphic novel regimental history executed by the artist while serving with the 3rd Brigade 25th Infantry Division and filled with drawings depicting the life of a doughboy fighting the Japanese across Luzon. The book covers the 35th “Cacti” 27th “Wolfhounds” and 161st Infantry Regiments the famous Battle of Balete Pass offering an essential first-hand visual record while they set the combat record of 165 consecutive days. The record would not be broken until later when the 3rd Brigade of the 25th Division went 235 consecutive days in combat operations during the Vietnam War in 1966. Rutherfoord 1919-2001 was a commercial artist from Roanoke VA who served from 1942-1946 in the 25th Infantry Division and later as commercial artist in New York who also illustrated a number of titles in the popular Little Golden Books series as well as later a successful painting career in and around Roanoke. 25th Infantry Division, hardcover
2026rif. x-981982303XWorld Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd 2026. Hardcover. New. 560 pages. 6.00x2.00x9.00 inches. World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd hardcover
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2020rif. DBS-9781774071625Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2020rif. DBS-9781774071625Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2020rif. DBS-9781774071632Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
