The Story Of Dr Wassell

Melbourne: Macmillan. 1944. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Mild rubbing to DJ. Small Bookseller stamp to front free endpaper. 156 pages. The story of theUS Navy doctor who got his wounded men out of Java through the turmoil of the Japanese invasion. … Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Company, 1944. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First English edition (the American preceded). About fine in near fine dustwrapper. Basis for the 1944 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and featuring Gary Cooper and Laraine Day.

Macmillan & Co Limited, Melbourne, 1044. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Hard cover, Dust Jacket, cloth boards, pages stitched Good condition. Dust jacket is torn and yellowed. Boards are scuffed and marked at the edges. Pages are yellowed, there is very slight foxing to front and rear paste downs. Size: Octavo (standard book size).… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1943. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. (ix)158 pp. SIGNED in ink by both James Hilton ("with all good wishes James Hilton") and Dr. Corydon Wassell ("Comdr. C. M. Wassell, (M.C.) U.S.N.R.") and a gift INSCRIPTION in ink from Dr. Wassell's wife, Madeline D. Wassell ("To our Friends the McMahons… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown, 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, preceding the English. Endpapers foxed, else near fine in near very good dustwrapper with some modest chips and tears. Signed by both James Hilton and the subject of the book, Dr. Corydon Wassell. Based on Wassell's heroic stance against orders to not save the wounded during the Japanese… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company / Atlantic Monthly Press Book, 1943. Very Good +/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company / Atlantic Monthly Press Book, 1943. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($1.50); xi,[1],158pp. General edge wear to jacket extremities including a few short closed tears never approaching text, corners slightly bumped,… Read more about this item

Little Brown & Co, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author Little Brown & Co, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has very slight shelfwear, slightly faded spine, lightly softened spine ends. A few faded spots on front cover. Spine is slightly tilted. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1944. Archive of research material for James Hilton's novel, "The Story of Dr. Wassell," along with a ribbon copy typescript, carbon typescript, and mimeograph typescript (with infrequent manuscript corrections) of the novel itself. A substantial archive of material relevant to Hilton's research on the subject that would culminate in his novel, published in the US… Read more about this item

Written by author of Goodbye Mr Chips. Signed and inscribed by the Doctor and his wife, Each signed separately in different ink. Text unmarked. Dust jacket shows lots of wear. Piece missing bottom left front,Small piece missing top center front. Tear on rear top..Made into movie staring Gary Cooper. Rear of Dj has pictures of the Dr and Gary… Read more about this item

Little ,Brown, 1943-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed. Advance Review copy with slip laid in. Inscribed, SIGNED, and dated (may 26th, 1943) by James Hilton on the front endpaper. Also laid in is a free leaf, apparently the front free endpaper of another book, which is SIGNED by both James Hilton and Comdr. C. M. Wassel. The… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1943. Third Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth 3rd printing hardcover inscribed by Wassell and Hilton to the ffep. Spine mildly toned with reading ridge. Ex-library with stamped numbers and penned notation to copyright page, pencilled numbers at rear. Mild rubbing to points, sound binding. ; 8vo … Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Company, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English edition (the American preceded). Boards slightly soiled, and slight offsetting to the endpapers from the jacket flaps, a very good or better copy of this cheaply manufactured book, in modestly foxed, very good dustwrapper. Basis for the 1944 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and featuring Gary… Read more about this item

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Canadian edition (which seems to precede the British edition, which bears a 1944 date). Light pencil gift inscription, else very near fine in about very good, price-clipped dustwrapper with a couple of chips on the spine and a long split along the front flap fold. Basis for… Read more about this item

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1944), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover.. No. D-91 in this important series, a novel based on the true story of a Navy doctor from Arkansas, with a note about the author at the end, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI,… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1943. First printing. Review copy, with "Compliments of the Publishers" card laid in. Previous owner's bookplate is on the front pastedown. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has moderate edge wear, with a tiny bit of loss at the spine ends and corners. The price, $1.50, is present on… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown, 1943. Book. VG+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Second printing. A VG+ copy in a VG+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Basis for the 1944 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper, Laraine Day and Signe Hasso. Signed by James Hilton and Dr. Wassell on the FEP. Scarce… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown, 1943. First Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some phone numbers noted on the front flap. TBasis of the acclaimed Gary Cooper film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, this is a superb association copy, inscribed in the month of publication by the author to Frank Capra, who directed Hilton’s Lost Horizon, “For Frank,… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in an about Very good dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London: Macmillan. Pale blue cloth, titled red . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1944.

Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1943. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Stated first edition and "Published April, 1943" on the copyright page. A fictional account of a true story about Navy Lieutenant Commander Corydon Wassell, who saved the lives of the wounded men in his care from an invading Japanese force in Java. President Roosevelt made a special tribute… Read more about this item