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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. 224pp, bw ills. Or red cloth. Endpaperstoned, some foxing, name or price blacked out on front free endpaper. The author was a war correspondant and afetr only 13 days in Korea was taken prisoner and held for 2 years and 9 months. This is his story.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London, Hamish Hamilton, (1953).. First UK Edition; 8vo; pp. 224; portrait frontispiece; 7 f/p. b/w. illustrations; original maroon cloth with fading top of cloth and minor fading along spine, browning to endpapers, previous owner's name on verso front cloth, a good copy.

Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1954 Text is in English, this being a Special Edition for sale in Japan, Okinawa and Korea, being a photo-offset reproduction of the First American Edition. Published by Tuttle, by arrangement with W.W. Norton & Company, NY, Publishers of the American Edition. 253pp, [3], bound in original stiff paper covers, with binding tight, NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Light creasing to covers, small edge tear where front cover meets the spine. The true story of a foreign correspondents thirty-three months as a prisoner of the enemy in Korea.

Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1953. 224 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. Boards are bowed. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges.

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1953. pp. (6) - 224, b/w plates, prev. owner's inscr., or. bds., good in torn d.j. The author, a British newspaper correspondent, was imprisoned in Korea for nearly three years.

Hamish Hamilton London 1953. Burgundy cloth with gilt to spine, 224pp illus, VG+(sl browning to ep's, sl foxing to ep's & fore edges) d/w VG+(V sl internal foxing, v sl sunned spine, v sl wear & tears to extremities)

Hmaish Hamilton London 1953. Second impression 224pp illust., ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) very good (spine head and foot lightly bumped, discolouration to free endpapers) in good d/w (lightly rubbed, edgewear, sl sunned spine w. scuffed head and foot, sl chipped corners)

New York: Norton, 1953. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. Stated First Edition. FINE BOOK, WITHOUT WRITING OR NAMES, IN A NEAR-FINE, PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET WITH MINOR RUBBING.

W.W. Norton & Co, 2053. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardbound without dust jacket, 1953, stated first edition. Front free endpaper removed. Top edge dusted, wear at tips of spine. Pages unmarked, moderate usage wear/aging.

New York: W.W.Norton, 1953 Book. Near Fiine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. Biographical account of his experiences as a prisoner in Korea, where he was subjected to brainwashing and torture. 253p. (The author was from a prominent family in Greece, a journalist and politician who was later appointed to the Canadian Senate) Spine slightly scuffed, else fine.

London, United Kingdom: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Fourth Impression [stated]. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Cover has some wear and soiling. Nice inscription signed by the author on fep. Ephemera taped inside front cover. Some fep discoloration. Name of previous owner on fep. Some foxing noted.. 224p. Illustrations., 23 cm. Philippe Deane Gigantes BA MA PhD (August 16, 1923 December 9, 2004) was a veteran of the Second World War, journalist, war correspondent, POW of the Korean War, author, television commentator, Greek minister of culture, and Canadian senator. Gigantes served in the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. After the war, he became a journalist, working for the London Observer, in Greece, North Africa, and South Asia, from 1946 to 1961. Whilst covering the Korean War he was taken prisoner, and spent 33 months in a North Korean prison camp. During this time he was interned with George Blake. After his release he wrote the book I was a Captive in Korea and… Read More

Both inside hinges strengthened; some foxing. 8pp b&w photog plates. A foreign correspondent's thirty-three months as a prisoner of the enemy in Korea. A true story of endurance and courage in the face of barbarism. He died Dec 2004.