Wong sue jack (14 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. A very good copy with one light crease to spine. Pp. xxxii, 368. Wartime memoir written by highly decorated Australian war hero Jack Wong Sue. The book offers a gripping, first-hand account of the top-secret Z Special Unit (Z Force) operations conducted behind enemy lines during the Japanese occupation of British North Borneo in World War II.…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 2001 SIGNED dedication by Barry Sue Soft Cover near fine book. 399 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. A gripping, best-selling, first-hand account of Z-Forces operations in Borneo during WW II by an Australian war hero. The author (Jack Wong Sue, DCM JP AKR 13), a former RAAF crash rescue boat sergeant who volunteered for Z Special Unit, has written an enthralling series of stories in this most interesting and readable book. Taken from notes hastily compiled from a wartime diary, and aided by a phenomenal memory. The book does not follow a sequential pattern. It is a random collection of Jack's experiences, impressions and observations during nine months spent on active operations behind Japanese lines in Borneo.…

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Appears to be signed by son of author. Because of his Oriental appearance and fluency in Chinese and Malay, the author was asked to volunteer for service behind Japanese lines with Services Reconnaissance Department, later Z Special Unit. Drawing on notes from his wartime diary, the author relates his experiences over a 9 month period with Z Special Unit and focusses on Operation "Agas 1" where 7 men, including the author, were inserted close to Sandakan by the US Submarine Tuna. Also includes details of other Agas operations, the death marches and those who escaped from Ranau. Signed by Author(s).…

revised edition stiff wrappers Very Good octavo 368pp., b/w plates, Author, an ethnic Chinese Australian, served with Z force.

revised edition stiff wrappers Nice Copy octavo 368pp., b/w plates, Author, an ethnic Chinese Australian, served with Z force. Bump to lower edge of text block o/w a nice copy.

revised edition stiff wrappers As New octavo 368pp., b/w plates, Author, an ethnic Chinese Australian, served with Z force.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Nice Copy octavo 399pp., b/w pls., Author, an ethnic Chinese Australian, served with Z force.

1st edition stiff wrappers Nice Copy octavo 399pp., b/w plates, Author, an ethnic Chinese Australian, served with Z force.

revised edition stiff wrappers As New octavo 368pp., b/w plates, Author, an ethnic Chinese Australian, served with Z force.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

revised edition stiff wrappers Nice Copy octavo 368pp., b/w plates, Author, an ethnic Chinese Australian, served with Z force. Signed in felt-tip by Jack Wong Sue on title-page.

62 pp.; 15.5 x 27.5 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; October 1984 special "Art Special" issue of East Village Eye. Edited by Leonard Abrams. Contents include: "Sue Coe," an interview with Sylvia Falcon; "Political Art at ABC NO RIO," by Paul Smith; "The East Village in History," by Michael Kohn; "Martin Wong," interviewed by Yasmin Ramirez-Harwood; "Alice Albert," by Jack Bankowsky; "Steven Parrino," by Collins & Milazzo; "Gallery Listings," edited by Philippo; "Centerfold: 'Untitled,'" by Keiko Bonk; "Graffiti Books," by Yasmin Ramirez-Harwood; "Out in the East Village," by Robin Graubard, Walter Robinson, and others; "Heat Street: Homesteaders or Squatters," by Spencer Rumsey and Jeff Gottesfeld; "Permanent Vocation: An Interview with Director Jim Jarmusch," by Tessa Hughes-Freeland; "Performance: Speak My Language," Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane interviewed by Craig Bromberg; "Obituaries;" "Eat It;" "Sportster," by Glenn O'Brien "Eye on Housing," edited y Jeff Gottesfeld; "Miller's Memorabilia;" "False Alarm," by Rudolf; "Real American Underground;" "Disc Dawta;" "Slow Scan" "Etc. Cover: Designed by Philippe Garnier, detail from an illustration in "How to Commit Suicide in South Africa," by Sue Coe. Good. Folded in two, unevenly. 1.8 cm. loss and tearing to top right corner of recto. 4 mm. tear to top left edge of recto. Tearing along top edge of verso. Bumping of corners. Rubbing of cover and pages edges. Contents clean and unmarked. …

WA launch edition dust jacket Very Nice Copy octavo 399pp., b/w plates, map, Author, an ethnic Chinese Australian, served with Z force. Signed by Barry Sue, 'On behalf of my father' WA Launch edition 18.8.01. Neat ownership signature. This is No. 374 of the limited edition. Scarce.