Changi Photographer; George Aspinall's Record of Captivity
by Bowden, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0642975590
- ISBN 13
- 9780642975591
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Australian Broadcasting Commission and William Collins Pty. Ltd, Sydney, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: George Aspinall -- Photographer. 144pp., introduction, index and chronology. Pale tan coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 88 sepia toned photographs taken by George Aspinall, before and during his captivity by the Japanese during World War II, maps and facsimiles of contemporary documents. Bright blue boards with white writing on the spine. Photographic dust wrapper, showing "Detail of Keppel Harbour The Morning after the Fall of Singapore", with blue and brown writing on the front panel and brown on the spine. The unique visual diary of a private soldier before and during capture by the Japanese during World War II. Changi and the Thai-Burma railway are highlighted. apart from slight ruffling of the top edge of the dust jacket and a tiny bit of discolouration of the inside edge of the rear panel top edge there is no damage to describe, the book itself is clean and free of annotations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: George Aspinall -- Photographer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; POW; WW II; Photography. ISBN: 0642975590. ISBN/EAN: 9780642975591. Inventory No: 0277502. . 9780642975591
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0277502
- Title
- Changi Photographer; George Aspinall's Record of Captivity
- Author
- Bowden, Tim
- Illustrator
- George Aspinall -- Photographer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0642975590
- ISBN 13
- 9780642975591
- Publisher
- Australian Broadcasting Commission and William Collins Pty. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- BZDB2 World War II -- Prisoners of War -- Japanese Captors, Prisoners of War -- Singapore -- Changi, War Memoirs -- Photography, George Aspinall -- Photographer, War Photography Military & Warfare; POW; WW II; Photography. George Aspinall -- Photogr
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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