Escape From the Bloodied Sun; by Guest, Captain Freddie

Hutchinson of London, London, 1957. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. list of illustrations, acknowledgements, author's note. Within the text there are another 16 black and white photographs and 1 double page map and 1 single page map. Red coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Corners of the book are slightly rubbed and there is fading to the spine and the head and the heel of the spine is bumped and rubbed. Browning to the paper edge is a long with faint foxing as well. Slight foxing to the extreme edges of the endpapers, there is also a faint brown stain running the full-length of both the front and back endpapers to a width of 2". The internal pages are somewhat brown and the extreme edges. A personal account of the escape of the author and Admiral Sir Chan Chak from Hong Kong when the Japanese invaded Hong Kong, and the eventual escape route to China. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read More

London: Landsborough, 1958. Four Square Books #37 paperback published 1958 (first edition 1956), 188 pages plus maps. "Escape from Hong Kong; one of the war's bravest stories". Fair condition: text block is intact and clean throughout; wrappers are lightly creased but spine has been repaired with clear tape. See also our listings for Laurens van der Post's The Night of the New Moon, and for Juanita Redmond's extremely scarce I Served on Bataan.. Soft Cover. Fair.

London: Jarrolds Publishers Ltd, 1956. 192pp. Cloth has light surface wear. Signature on half-title page. Lacks Ffep. Appears to have been in a private library at some stage and has 4 tiny tape marks to endpapers, rear fep has sticker residue, small numerals and paper loss to lower edge. Second World War.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Jarrolds Publishers 1956. Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Jarrolds Publishers Ltd, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Jarrolds Publishers Ltd, 1956. Condition: Very good. clean hardcover copy with tight binding. Clear and bright text.