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Oxford University Press, c.1946, 2nd.impr., 8vo., cloth, 296pp., photos., long poem re. ww2 pow. small pen-point size hole to front outer hinge, slightly cocked, VG- in bright dj $
Slaves of the Samurai. An Australian Odyssey, Which Gives an Account of the Life and Thought of a Slave of the Samurai, During His Three Years and Seven Months as a Prisoner of War in the Hands of the Japanese. by Hughes, W.S. Kent - 1946
by Hughes, W.S. Kent
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Slaves of the Samurai. An Australian Odyssey, Which Gives an Account of the Life and Thought of a Slave of the Samurai, During His Three Years and Seven Months as a Prisoner of War in the Hands of the Japanese.
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Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1946. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition No Dust jacket. Black & white illustrations and photographs. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Maps to endpapers. [xx]296pages. The author's memories of the Malayan Campaign and the life as a POW in the hands of the Japanese - written in verse. The author was a Colonel in 8th Division A.I. F. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Slaves of the Samurai An Australian Odyssey, which gives an account of the Life & Thoughts of a slave of the Samurai, during his three years & seven months as a Prisoner of War in the4 hands of the Japanese.
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Slaves Of The Samurai. An Australian Odyssey, which gives an account of the Life and Thoughts of a slave of the Samurai, during his three years and seven months as a Prisoner of War in the hands of the Japanese.
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Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1946. 8vo; pp. xx, 296; endpaper maps, portrait frontispiece, 4 full-page photographs, 26 full-page plates of drawings, 5 maps; original cloth. A very good copy. . First edition.
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Slaves of the Samurai. An Australian Odyssey, Which Gives an Account of the Life and Thoughts of a Slave of the Samurai, During His Three years and Seven Months as a Prisoner of War in the Hands of the Japanese.
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Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1946. xix, 296pp, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or green cloth in facsimile jacket. Light even toning to page edges. Author was a colonel in AIF 8th Australian Division.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Facsimile Jacket. 8vo.
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Slaves Of The Samurai. An Australian Odyssey, which gives an account of the Life and Thoughts of a slave of the Samurai, during his three years and seven months as a Prisoner of War in the hands of the Japanese.
by HUGHES, , W.S. Kent
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Melbourne, Oxford University Press, reprinted October (1946).. 8vo; pp. xx, 296; endpaper maps, portrait frontispiece, 4 full-page photographs, 26 full-page plates of drawings, 5 maps; original cloth in chipped dustwrapper. A very copy. . Presentation card from author.
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Slaves of the Samurai: An Australian Odyssey, Which Gives an Account of the Life and Thought of a Slave of the Samurai, During His Three Years and Seven Months as a Prisoner of War in the Hands of the Japanese
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Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1946. Hardcover. Good. Original red rexine, map on endpapers, b/w plates, 8vo.; Small damage top front cover.
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Slaves of the Samurai. An Australian Odyssey, which gives an Account of the Life and Thoughts of a Slave of the Samurai, during his Three Years and Seven Months as a POW at the Hands of the Japanese. WITH BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY ADMIRAL MIDDLETON
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Oxford University Press,, [1946]. 8vo., Second Impression, with a portrait frontispiece, 30 plates, 5 full-page maps, a full-page facsimile in the text and coloured endpaper maps; cloth, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. WITH THE PRIZE BOOKPLATE OF HM DOCKYARD SCHOOL CHATHAM SIGNED BY ADMIRAL MIDDLETON.Published two months after the first edition, this second impression is testament to the immediate success of this work which remains perhaps the outstanding literary achievement and curiosity of Australia's war against the Japanese. It contains some fifty thousand words of verse, written initially as a mental exercise, and preserved on twenty small sheets of paper (the facsimile gives an idea of the literary compression required) and smuggled from camp to camp (and country to country) under horrifying circumstances. The author, who was captured as a colonel AIF serving with 8 Australian Division was also a Rhodes Scholar and an Olympic…
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