Return tiger di brian connell (49 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Book Club Edition. Doubleday and Company, Garden City, NY. c1963 (by gutter code of E20, printing date is May 1963). Hardcover. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; moisture stain at tail with slight penetration to pages; moisture spot and sunfading to textblock top. DJ: Good; toning to spine and flap folds; moisture stain on spine. Tan vinyl/paper over boards and spine with brown lettering on the spine. Maps as endpapers. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 282 pp 8vo. This is the unpublished true story of the wildest commando raid of WWII. In the fall of 1943, MAJ Ivan Lyon with 13 soldiers with native dress and brown painted skin, sailed a reconditioned junk 2000 miles from Australia into Japanese waters in Singapore Harbor. Using small one-man folboats, silently paddled into the Harbor, attached limpet mines to seven ships and sank some 4000 tons of Japanese supplies. A clean very presentable reading copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Foxing to the pages. A tan to the pages. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Significant damage due to wetness. This book is severely edgeworn. Binding is very loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Book Club edition. In protective mylar cover. (Operation Jaywick, World War 2) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Gutter # F 34. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Gutter # D52. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 282pp. Tan cloth hardback, DJ has slight rubbing and wear at spine edges, stated First edition, end pages are maps, b&w photos, The story of Ivan Lyon and the thirteen men who sailed from Australia into Japanese waters to attach mines to Japanese ships.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used, map end papers, 282pp. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to exterior, bottom corners slightly bumped, no wear. Possibly a BCE although there is no indent on the lower to signify.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good +. Edition Not Stated. G+, Edgewear, tear, creases, indentations, spine lean, browning. "The epic adventure of a gallant team of raiders, British and Australian, who sailed thousands of miles over enemy-patrolled waters to sink 40.000 tons of Japanese shipping in mine-ridden Singapore harbour". Digit R524. Photo on request.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. G/G, used hc, 282pp. Tan colored cloth over boards with black and brown colored text on spine; slight edge wear. Color illustrated dust jacket with brown and rust colored text on upper and spine; soiled overall; 2" tear on lower at spine and 1" tear on upper at spine; not price clipped. Map end papers. Interior pages clean, unmarked. Binding is tight. Photographs (illustratore).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good +. Edition Not Stated. G+, Edgewear, tear, creases, ink initials, mild spine lean, browning. "The epic adventure of a gallant team of raiders, British and Australian, who sailed thousands of miles over enemy-patrolled waters to sink 40.000 tons of Japanese shipping in mine-ridden Singapore harbour". Digit R524. Expanded condition report/scan on request.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Dust jacket has some tears and stains; Good condition. One speck and tear on cover. Erase marks on front end page. A few dents and dog-ears on pages. Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Doubleday & Company, Inc., NY. The story of a British commando raid. Fourteen men sailed a junk from Australia to Singapore, 2000 miles, once inside the harbor they attached explosives to Japanese ships and escaped back to Australia. They sank 4,000 tons of shipping. Very good copy of the Book Club Edition in a good+ dust jacket protected by mylar. A little foxing on the page ends. The dust jacket has a little edge wear and its spine has sun darkening. 281 pages. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Dust jacket has very light soil and rubbing on front. Book is as new, very clean and sound.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Beige boards, pristine, bright and sharp. As New. Protected, price clipped, dustjacket, clean and crisp, shelf wear to edges, age toning to spine. Very Good +. Book is firm in binding, b&w historic photographs, 282 pages include Postscript. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages.…

Condizione: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Book Club Edition. (British aerial operations, Operaton Jaywick, Operation Rimau).

hardcover. Condizione: Good. A Represenative Photo May Be Used, Actual Photos Available Upon Request, Read The Description For Actual Items Included. Hardcover Book, Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. Items are uploaded with their own individual photo, but when Multiple Items are for sale only one representative photo may be shown. Actual Photos are availible upon request.…

Condizione: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, a few tears and creasing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 158 pp. First Cadet edition. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket with a few small nicks around the edges and a partial crease on the front panel; previous owner's name on the half-title page. The Chapters are: Ivan Lyon; Jaywick is Born; On to Singapore; Target Area; Suspense at Lombok; The Sleeping Beauties; Operation Tiger; The Trials of Tantalus; and Sequel at Singkep; followed by Postscript. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. A popular military adventure/history narrative centered on a dramatic World War II commando operation in the Burma/Southeast Asia theater, presented with the pace of a thriller. Connell, a British journalist and military writer, emphasizes raid planning, jungle logistics, and the improvisational character of irregular warfare. Prior owner's name written on inside cover, small print. Archival sleeve protects book and dust jacket. …

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condizione: Good. Cadet Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Ex-lib. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 158pp. b&w plates.

Condizione: Good. Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First. nice copy; the story of British and Australian raiders who sank 40,000 tons of Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbor.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. UNCOMMON 1960 Brown & Watson paperback edition (U.K.). Digit Books #R524. Clean, unread copy, shows minor shelf rubbing and minor edge wear to paper cover only. 3 tiny scratches. Overall well-preserved nice copy. ".the epic adventure of a gallant team of raiders, British and Australian, who sailed thousands of miles over enemy-patrolled waters to sink 40,000 tons of Japanese shipping in mine-ridden Singapore harbour.".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Thus. Hardback: illustrated with photos and maps, dj is a little marked and rubbed, price clipped, covers are slightly bumped on the lower corners, prize plate on the front flyleaf, light foredge foxing, else vg. 8vo, 158pp. The true story about a team of raiders, British and Australian, who sailed thousands of miles over enemy-patrolled waters to sink 40,000 tons of Japanese shipping in mine-ridden Singapore Harbour in WWII. Specially edited for younger readers.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Black and white photographs. First British edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) dust jacket.

Condizione: very good, fair to good. Book Club Edition. 282, illus., endpaper maps, DJ browned, small tears to DJ edges and small chips missing Ivan Lyon's commando raid into Singapore Harbor in 1943.