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OWEN, FRANK: : THE FALL OF SINGAPORE. [Bound by SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE,LONDON.]

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1960.

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UK,8vo lether bound HB,1st edn,2nd imp.[True 1st edn,published May 1960,this 2nd imp June 1960,a month later.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn.Finely bound c.1960,by Sangorski and Sutcliffe,London. Brown morocco with single fillet gilt panel to both boards,twin gilt rule to inner dentelles and gilt signed SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE,LONDON to front,inner dentelle's lower edge.All the board's edges tooled in bright,crisp gilt - no rubbing,and no oxidisation.Spine/backstrip has six compartments with seven bright,crisp,blocked gilt lined panels,with five gilt decorated raised bands; lettered and ruled in bright, crisp,blocked gilt in two compartments (the 2nd - title and the 3rd - author,respectively); and a.e.g (all edges gilt),which are also bright and crisp and without oxidisation.Edges of prelims and free end-leaves are slightly aged/toned - concomitant the width of inner turn ins.Some minimal,superficial light indents to rear panel, otherwise an excellent and finely bound copy.UK, 8vo HB,1st edn,2nd imp,9-215pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters,b/w contemporary photographic frntis,12pp contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,11 b/w maps - 3 of which are full-page, and an index.Plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages,separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables,double-page brown+ white map illustrated rear endpapers,and 2pp blanks at rear. An account and history of the British retreat down the length of Malaya to the final fall of Singapore,in WW2,and one of England's most humiliating military defeats and surrenders.The author was with 14th Army,and was at the liberation of Singapore and interviewed many veterans of the fall and of the retreat. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo leather HB,1st edn,2nd imp.

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