Captive In Korea

London, Hamish Hamilton, (1953).. First UK Edition; 8vo; pp. 224; portrait frontispiece; 7 f/p. b/w. illustrations; original maroon cloth with fading top of cloth and minor fading along spine, browning to endpapers, previous owner's name on verso front cloth, a good copy.

Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1953. 224 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Fourth Impression [stated]. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Cover has some wear and soiling. Nice inscription signed by the author on fep. Ephemera taped inside front cover. Some fep discoloration. Name of previous owner on fep. Some foxing noted.. 224p. Illustrations., 23 cm. Philippe Deane Gigantes BA MA PhD… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. 224pp, bw ills. Or red cloth. Endpaperstoned, some foxing, name or price blacked out on front free endpaper. The author was a war correspondant and afetr only 13 days in Korea was taken prisoner and held for 2 years and 9 months. This is his story.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Hamish Hamilton London 1953. Burgundy cloth with gilt to spine, 224pp illus, VG+(sl browning to ep's, sl foxing to ep's & fore edges) d/w VG+(V sl internal foxing, v sl sunned spine, v sl wear & tears to extremities)

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1953. pp. (6) - 224, b/w plates, prev. owner's inscr., or. bds., good in torn d.j. The author, a British newspaper correspondent, was imprisoned in Korea for nearly three years.

Hmaish Hamilton London 1953. Second impression 224pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (spine head and foot lightly bumped, discolouration to free endpapers) in good d/w (lightly rubbed, edgewear, sl sunned spine w. scuffed head and foot, sl chipped corners)

Both inside hinges strengthened; some foxing. 8pp b&w photog plates. A foreign correspondent's thirty-three months as a prisoner of the enemy in Korea. A true story of endurance and courage in the face of barbarism. He died Dec 2004.