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FEPOW Forum: The Official Magazine, Far East Prisoners of War Club, London.
Run of 49 issues between 1977-1986: April/May 1977; Oct.-Nov. 1978; Dec. 1978-Jan 1979; Feb.-March 1979; June-July 1979; Aug.-Sept. 1979; Oct.-Nov. 1979; Dec. 1979-Jan. 1980; Feb.-March 1980; Apr.-May 1980; June-July 1980; Aug.-Sept. 1980; Oct.-Nov. 1980; Dec. 1980-Jan. 1981; Feb.-March 1981; April-May 1981; June-July 1981; Aug.-Sept. 1981; Oct.-Nov. 1981; Dec. 1981-Jan. 1982; Feb.-March 1982; Apr.-May 1982; June-July 1982; Aug.-Sept. 1982; Oct.-Nov. 1982; Dec. 1982-Jan. 1983; Feb.-March 1983; Apr.-May 1983; June-July 1983; Aug.-Sept. 1983; Oct.-Nov. 1983; Dec. 1983-Jan. 1984; Jan.-Feb. 1984; March-April 1984; May-June 1984; July-Aug. 1984; Sept.-Oct. 1984; Nov.-Dec. 1984; Jan.-Feb. 1985; May-June 1985; July-Aug. 1985; Sept.-Oct. 1985; Nov.-Dec. 1985; Jan.-Feb. 1986; March-April 1986; May-June 1986; July-Aug. 1986 & Sept.-Dec. 1986. All issues VG in orig. dec. wraps., most. 16pp., so. approx. 780pp. in all. Printed by B.W. Smith (Printers) Ltd., Sidcup. Conntemp.
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Magazine of the Far East PoWs, London Branch, each issue including editorial notes, news from Annual Conference, news from branches, news of FEPOW members & obituaries, various articles of recollections & reminiscences, return visits to Thailand, Singapore, &c., & related material. Each issue VG in orig. dec. wraps., presumably the circulation was fairly limited & surviving examples are scarce. See illustrations on our website.
£425
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The Colonial Office List 1962.
vi+481pp., fldg. map. HMSO.
1962
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Details of each territory under Colonial Office control + 100pp. service details of officers. Orig. red cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£30
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EDWARDS (Jack) & WALTER (Jimmy)
Banzai, You Bastards.
1st Ed., [xvi]+350pp., photos. & map. VG in dw. Hong Kong: Corporate Communications. nd (c.1985).
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Personal account by a member of the Royal Corps of Signals captured at Singapore in 1942 of imprisonment by the Japanese at Kinkaseki & Kokutsu PoW camps in Taiwan, enduring appalling conditions including working in a mine where some were "subject to savage floggings for those who could not dig their quota of copper ore." Includes roll of inmates of Kinkaseki camp, compiled by another PoW & another roll, by units, of PoWs. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
£15
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HALL (D.O.W.)
Prisoners of Japan.
1st Ed., orig. illus. wraps., 32pp., 4to, photos. & sketches. War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs, Wellington, NZ.
1949
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One of a series of official publications designed "to present aspects of New Zealand's part in the Second World War which will not receive detailed treatment in the campaign volumes & which are considered either worthy of special notice or typical of many phases of our war experience. The series is illustrated with material which would otherwise seldom see publication." This volume contains an illustrated record of the experiences of NZ PoWs in camps in Singapore, Thailand &c., including work on the Burma Railway. VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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KEMP (Lt. Cdr. P.K.)
History of the Royal Norfolk Regiment 1919-1951.
1st Ed., 192pp., 4to, 36 plates, 24 maps (most fldg.). Norwich: Regimental Assoc.
1953
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BEF 1940, Singapore, Burma & North-West Europe 1944-45. Roll of awards. Orig. blue cloth, chipped at head of sp., o/w VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£65
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MOWAT (Geoffrey Scott)
The Rainbow Through the Rain: A Tale of a Japanese Prisoner of War.
1st Ed., laminated card wraps., xi+155pp., several illus. & maps. Oxford: New Cherwell Press.
1995
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Author was a Civil Servant employed in Singapore: he escaped the Japanese occupation in Feb. 1942, spent months in the Malayan jungle evading capture until betrayed, incarcerated at Tonchan & worked on Burma Railway &c. until released in 1945. Original paperback edition, VG. See illustration on our website.
£10
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TOZE (L/Bdr. A.V., 122 Fd. Regt. RA) & STRANGE (Sgt. S., The Loyal Regt.)
In Defence of Singapore. A Series of Drawings with Brief Notes. [Or:] Scenes & Personal Sketches Before & After The Fall of Singapore.
1st Ed., several pp. letterpress followed by 19 plates (from drawings) each with detailed caption facing, square 4to. Preston: T. Snape & Co. (but privately printed).
1947
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Rare record of Singapore capitulation & subsequent captivity by two NCOs. Approx. 100 fine drawings on 19 plates. Orig. dec. paper covd. boards with grown cloth backstrip, VG & inscribed by one of the authors: "Best wishes Stan Strange To Clifford." See illustrations on our website.
£175
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WALKER (Allan S., MD)
Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Medical Series. Vol. II: Middle East & Far East.
1st Ed., xvii+701pp., 68 photos., 43 maps & diagrams. Canberra: AWM.
1953
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Campaigns in North Africa (Cyrenaica, Tobruk, Alamein &c.), Greece, Crete, Syria, Malaya, Singapore & the PoW Camps in the Far East. Orig. cloth, VG ex-Historical Branch, Military Section lib. See illustration on our website.
£20
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