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The Boat. By Walter Gibson - 1st edition (1952) Hardcover, with dust jacket near fine condition, some tanning to end paper and blind owners stamp inside 1st edition (1952) Publisher: W.H. Allen, London, 1952 illustrated with photographs 'One of the most dramatic sea stories ever told'. The story of the 135 survivors of the Dutch ship the Rooseboom taking refugees after the fall of Singapore and torpedoed on her way to Ceylon. Only 4 made it to safety. Walter Gibson and many others belonged to the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1659332808116
Título: The Boat.
Editorial: W.H. Allen, London
Año de publicación: 1952
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Condición: Near Fine
Condición de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine
Edición: 1st Edition
Librería: Sara Armstrong - Books, Cedarville, CA, Estados Unidos de America
1st US edition. 101pp, 8vo, drawings by John Groth. NF/Fair. Hardcover in DJ. Green cloth, a trace of wear at tail of spine, otherwise clean and tight. DJ is sunned, soiled, has edgewear with serious chips, small hole on spine. Lost and adrift at sea, biographical novel. Nº de ref. del artículo: 5656
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: lobstabooks, Leiston, Reino Unido
Good+/Good+. DJ is rather grubby, with tarnish marks, rubbing and small associated loss to most edges. prior owner's details on front endpaper. pages are age-tanned, otherwise no significant faults. Octavo 194pp. Following the fall of Singapore the Dutch liner Rosenboom left Padang for Ceylon carrying on board nearly 500 evacuees who were mostly British civilians and soldiers. Shortly after leaving port the ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank so rapidly that only one lifeboat floated into which 135 people were crammed. The boat drifted for 28 days and covered over 1,000 miles but when eventually it grounded near Sumatra, only the author and three others had managed to survive. Nº de ref. del artículo: 42498
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Librería: Broadwater Books, Southampton, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Dark brown pictorial d/w torn at bottom front and slight at top rear, slight red stains. Red Boards vg. Brown stain to fep. Contents clean, firm and vg. Covid 19 - Please see "More Information" for current shipping terms. Nº de ref. del artículo: 000233
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Librería: Adventure Bookshop, London, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. No dustjacket. Nº de ref. del artículo: adv1072
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Librería: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, Reino Unido
Red Cloth. Condición: Very Good +++. No Jacket. Black & White Illustrations Ilustrador. First Edition. Faded Spine.Please Email for further details Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Signed By an "E.N. Howes". Hardback. Nº de ref. del artículo: 564937
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Librería: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Red cloth, gold lettering on spine, no dj, water mark from glass, pages yellowed, first edition. Price in red on cover page. FER; 3712. Nº de ref. del artículo: 3712
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Librería: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. first PB. EB-20, very good , (TRUE ADVENTURE STORY), paperback, Nº de ref. del artículo: 259988
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
Paperback edition of the 1952 original. 96 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper. Very good. 18 x 11. Dutch ship "Rooseboom" with 500 evacuees from Padang, Sumatra Island, torpedoed on the way to Ceylon. Of the 135 survivors of one lifeboat, 4 survived after drifting 28 days. Nº de ref. del artículo: 41354
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Librería: Caryota Book Exchange, Darwin, NT, Australia
Soft cover. Condición: Good. Nº de ref. del artículo: 009977
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Librería: Westmoor Books, Bedale, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. W.H. Allen, 1952. Condition: Good. 1952. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards. Contains black and white plates.foxing to endpapers, sunned spine, text tanned but tight and unmarked.gift inscr to fep. Nº de ref. del artículo: 002933
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles