Publicado por Simon & Schuster, 1979
Librería: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. Condición: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .
Publicado por Simon & Schuster, 1979
ISBN 10: 0671242784 ISBN 13: 9780671242787
Librería: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
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Nuevo desde EUR 22,99
Usado desde EUR 5,76
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Publicado por Ballantine Books, 1980
ISBN 10: 0345290070 ISBN 13: 9780345290076
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.45.
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Publicado por New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1979, 1979
Librería: Booketeria Inc., San Antonio, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good -. No Jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good =/No Jacket. First Printing. Ex-Library. Library binding. war.
Publicado por Simon & Schuster
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.
Publicado por Simon & Schuster
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.
Publicado por Futura Publications, 1980
ISBN 10: 0708817513 ISBN 13: 9780708817513
Librería: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, Reino Unido
paperback. Condición: Good. All orders are dispatched within one working day from our UK warehouse. We've been selling books online since 2004! We have over 750,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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Condición: Very Good. NY Simon And Schuster 1979. 1/0/00 Binding: Unknown VG. in VG dj dj in mylar 318 pages. Illustrated by illus. BC edition. 8vo.
Publicado por Penguin Books Ltd, 1989
ISBN 10: 0140122370 ISBN 13: 9780140122374
Librería: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
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Publicado por Ballantine Books, Canada, 1981
Librería: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher. 308 pgs. "A true story of the Allied prisoners of war who emerged from the grueling task of building the River-Kwai railway and were jammed into the tiny holds of two ships bound for Japan. Suddenly both craft were sunk by American submarines. Thus began a shocking ordeal unsurpassed inhistory. Surviving POW's clustered desperately together, living in constant fear of sharks, drinking seawater and going mad, drifting into lethal oil slicks, or simply vanishing under the waves. Of 1300 prisoners, only 152 made it." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.
Publicado por Raven Books, 1979
ISBN 10: 0354044176 ISBN 13: 9780354044172
Librería: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and has light toning. Some toning to pager ends. DJ with some edge wear, scuffs, toning and creasing.
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Publicado por Simon and Schuster, 1979
Librería: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean. Good DJ with little wear.
Publicado por Simon & Schuster, 1979
Librería: MVE Inc, Hickory, NC, Estados Unidos de America
Hard cover. Book Club Edition. 317 p. Hard cover Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Fine in fine dust jacket. Appear.
Publicado por Ballantine Books, Canada, 1981
Librería: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
Original o primera edición
Soft cover. Condición: FN+, Near New. First Edition By This Publisher. 308 pgs. "A true story of the Allied prisoners of war who emerged from the grueling task of building the River-Kwai railway and were jammed into the tiny holds of two ships bound for Japan. Suddenly both craft were sunk by American submarines. Thus began a shocking ordeal unsurpassed inhistory. Surviving POW's clustered desperately together, living in constant fear of sharks, drinking seawater and going mad, drifting into lethal oil slicks, or simply vanishing under the waves. Of 1300 prisoners, only 152 made it." An Un-read copy! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.
Publicado por Simon & Schuster, 1979
ISBN 10: 0671242784 ISBN 13: 9780671242787
Librería: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Remainder mark. Near fine book and jacket.
Publicado por "New York, NY, U.S.A.": Simon & Schuster Trade, 1979, 1979
Librería: Indian Hills Books, Blountville, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Not price clipped.
Publicado por Simon and Schuster, New York, 1979
Librería: Odd Volume Bookstore, JACKSON, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Hard Back. Condición: Good/Good Dj. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo 0 Former owners' ink name present.
Publicado por Simon and Schuster, 1979
Librería: Old Village Books, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Very clean book. Book Club Edition Pictures on request.
Publicado por Simon and Schuster, N.Y., 1979
Librería: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Near Fine Book of the Month Club Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.318 with index. Built at bayonet point by Allied prisioners of war this book is a true account of what happened to those prisioners afterwards. clean tight unread copy d/j shows slight rubbing down spine edge and slight edgewear.
Publicado por Simon and Schuster, New York, 1979
Librería: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: very good, good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: good. Book Club Edition. 318, [2] pages. Illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, DJ somewhat soiled and has tear. Return From the River Kwai tells the harrowing tale of about 2200 of those soldiers who were selected because they were healthier than the others to be sent to Japan for work in the factories there. While en route the ships they sailed on, the Kachidoki Maru and Rakuyo Maru, were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines who weren't aware that they carried human cargo. The men who survived spent as much as a week floating in the ocean before being rescued by those same submarines. This book tells the firsthand accounts of their experiences and the hardships they endured, from the terrible conditions in POW camps and the difficulties of staying afloat and sane in a vast ocean, to the joys of being rescued and returned to society. The Blairs have done a terrific job of putting together the individual accounts and historical documents that form one of the extraordinary stories of surviving the brutal conditions of war. Unpleasant details are not left out either, although they are told with a sense of dignity. Intertwined with the record of the survivors is the story told by the men on the submarines, who played such an important role in rescuing the stranded men. Clay Blair, Jr. (May 1, 1925 - December 16, 1998) was an American historian, best known for his books on military history. He served on the fleet submarine Guardfish (SS-217) in World War II and later wrote for Time and Life magazines before becoming editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post. He assisted General Omar Bradley in the writing of his autobiography, A General's Life (1983), published after the general's death. Blair wrote two dozen history books and hundreds of magazine articles that reached a popular audience. His last book was Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942-1945 (1998), which followed Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942 (1996). Blair's history of the Korean War The Forgotten War: America in Korea, 1950-1953 (1987) is considered one of the definitive historical works on the war. His work was notable for his criticism of senior American political and military leaders. Blair criticizes President Harry S. Truman and his Secretary of Defense, Louis A. Johnson, for failing to maintain the military's readiness in the years immediately following World War II. His history, while comprehensive, primarily employs a top-down perspective, with less emphasis on individual soldiers than on larger operational issues and the perspectives of general and field-grade officers. He has also been criticized by some historians for not making sufficient use of Communist sources. Blair also wrote extensively on the submarine war of World War II, notably in the bestselling Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan (1975), considered the definitive work on the Pacific submarine war. He was for many years married to Joan Blair, who co-wrote some of his books.
Publicado por Simon & Schuster, NY, 1979
Librería: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Near fine; dust jacket slightly chipped, sunned edge, very good. 8 vo. 338 pp. Source notes, interviews, index, b/w photo plates, map end papers, tan boards/black cloth. First printing.
Publicado por Simon and Schuster, 1979
ISBN 10: 0671242784 ISBN 13: 9780671242787
Librería: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket.
Publicado por Simon and Schuster, [1979]., New York:, 1979
ISBN 10: 0671242784 ISBN 13: 9780671242787
Librería: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
8vo. 338 pp. Numerous photo illust., maps on endpapers. Half-blk cloth over gray boards, gilt lettrng (stmp on lwr fore-edge), w/ d.j. VG/NF copy. First edition of this stirring saga of the true account of the bridge built by the forced labor of more than 2000 Australian and British POWs, who were later sank unknowingly in transport ships by allied Subs. Many were later recovered by those same subs.
Publicado por Simon and Schuster, New York, 1979
ISBN 10: 0671242784 ISBN 13: 9780671242787
Librería: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First edition. 338pp. Illustrated from black & white photographs. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. The true story of the Allied prisoners who build the bridge at bayonet point, and what happen to them afterward. The famous novel, *The Bridge over the River Kwai*, later made into a successful film, by Pierre Boulle, is a fictionalized account of the horrors endured by these prisoners enslaved to build a bridge for the Japanese railway running through the jungles of Burma and Thailand during WWII.
Publicado por Macdonald & Jane's, [1979], 1979
Librería: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
8vo., First Edition, with 69 plates on 24 and front and rear endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The story of the Allied POWs who, having built the Burma-Thailand railway, were en route to forced labour in Japan when their prison ships were attacked by American submarines. Enser, p.209.
Publicado por Simon and Schuster, 1979
Librería: Savage Lotus Books, ATHENS, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. NF/NF. See image.
Publicado por Simon & Schuster, New York
Librería: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
[1979], book club edition. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 318pp. Photographs, notes, index, map endpapers. Locale: Pacific Ocean; River Kwai. (World War 2, Prisoners of War, World War 2--Pacific Theater).
Publicado por Simon & Schuster, New York
ISBN 10: 0671242784 ISBN 13: 9780671242787
Librería: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Original o primera edición
[0-671-24278-4] [1979], 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 338pp. Map endpapers, photographs, notes, index. The dust jacket is slightly darkened on the top and bottom edges. Locale: Pacific Ocean; River Kwai. (World War 2, Prisoners of War, World War 2--Pacific Theater).
Publicado por New York, Simon And Schuster, (1979)., 1979
Librería: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
First U.S. Edition; 8vo; pp. 318; endpaper maps, 24 pages of plates; source notes, interviews, index; original cloth, dustjacket price clipped, page edges flecked, a good copy.
Publicado por Simon & Schuster, New York, 1979
Librería: Great Southern Books, King River, WA, Australia
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Book Club Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Spine working loose but still intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket shows minor wear at edges, small chips and tears, and is foxed here and there. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. This book is available and ready to be shipped. Return from the River Kwai is the story of two shiploads of POWs being sent to Japan for work detail. The Allies bomb the ships, not knowing they are carrying prisoners. In the first part of the book many uninteresting facts are strung together (based on government reports?) to lead up to the main story. After the ships are torpedoed, eye-witness accounts are included in the narrative, which make the book absolutely riveting. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; United States; 1940s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8314.