9781921036996 - BURMA RAILWAY : Some Scenes Remembered - A Visual Recollection di Kreefft, Otto (Translated By John Webb, Netteke Crombie & Otto Kreefft (4 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Paperback, oblong, circa 29x21cm, illustrated with full page colour drawings.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Otto Kreefft (illustratore). 1st Edition. Book condition is near fine. Soft copy. No dust jacket. Book boards are clean & unmarked front and back of the book. Book block is clean & unmarked all side of the book. Spine Intact. Text body clean & unmarked throughout the book. Overall a excellent and neat copy of the book. 77 Pages. The core takeaway: Otto Kreefft's Burma Railway: A Visual Recollection is a historically significant illustrated memoir created by a former Dutch POW who worked on the Thailand-Burma Railway. It combines firsthand narrative with detailed colour drawings that document daily life, suffering, engineering work, and the resilience of POWs. Otto Kreefft was born in Java (then the Dutch East Indies). When Japan invaded in 1941, he was a conscript in an anti?aircraft unit. After the KNIL surrendered, he was taken prisoner and transported to Burma to work on the Burma-Thailand Railway, also known as the Death Railway. He survived captivity and was recovered in Thailand at the end of WWII. His later life included evacuation to the Netherlands in 1957 after Indonesian independence. His artistic recollections became one of the most vivid visual records of POW life on the railway. This copy is the first copy in English, 2004.

Softcover. Condizione: FINE! AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY WORLD WAR II -ÂDutch and Australian POWS on the Burma Railway.First English edition. Originally published in Dutch language in 1998 titled "Birma Spoorweg een visuele herinnering". Translated by John Webb, Netteke Crombie and Otto Kreefft.Published in Australia by Australian SAS Association (WA)77 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 30 cm. #010622/020723 Q SCARCEKreefft, Otto.ÂÂ|ÂÂBurma-Siam Railroad.ÂÂ|ÂÂWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.ÂÂ|ÂÂWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Dutch.ÂÂ|ÂÂWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war.   Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 77pp incl maps and striking full-page colour drawings by the author. First English edition. Originally published in the Dutch in 1998 titled "Birma Spoorweg een visuele herinnering". Translated by John Webb, Netteke Crombie and Otto Kreefft. Landscape format 300mm X 210mm.