Four Thousand Bowls of Rice A Prisoner of War Comes Home by Linda Goetz Holmes ISBN 13: 9781863735797

St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 1863735798 . Index, notes, photos. The author was an Australian engineer-soldier and Japanese prisoner of war during World War II. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 179 pages .

UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

St. Leonards: Allen. very nice copy; a vivid picture of Australians as POWs of the Japanese . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1993.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Unwin Hyman, 1994. Book. Very Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The publisher's review notice is laid in..

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1994. hard cover with dustjacket. VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear./Very Good. Illustrated with black and white photographs.

Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 6x1x9. Illustrated. Signed by the author. This work tells how one prisoner of war prepared himself, mentally and physically, for his journey home after three and a half years of brutal captivity in Java, Burma and Thailand during World War II. Staff Sergeant Cecil Dickson was a member of the 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion, which was forced to surrender to the Japanese in March 1942. His engineering unit bore the heaviest work in constructing the Burma-Thailand railway. The author draws on Dickson's letters home to his wife, and on research and interviews with many surviving Pioneers, to paint a dramatic picture of prisoner-of-war life under the Japanese. Readers can discover what it felt like to emerge abruptly from one day's starvation to the next day's air-drops, and from being in regimented captivity to being in charge of one's own time again. Dickson's writings also provide a glimpse of one man's… Read More

Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 1993. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 179 pages. Draws on the letters by Sergeant Cecil Dickson of the 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion and research with other surviving POWs combined with a series of photographs, taken secretly by other Australian POWs. This book looks at the lives of POW's in World War 2 and especially during the hiatus between the end of the war and the return home. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

AUSTRALIA: ALLEN & UNWIN. owner's name to title page. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1993.

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1993.. 1993. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 179pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, owner's name on fep. / Very good d/w. .

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Unwin Hyman, 1993 179 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

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Allen & Unwin, 1994. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Allen & Unwin, 1994. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Book in VG condition in VG dust-jacket, with some wear and rubbing. Illustrated. 179pp.

Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited (Australia), 1994-08. Hardcover. New. **Formerly owned by Sen. Bob Dole, inscribed by author** Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover and dust jacket. Ships daily.

St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1993. 8vo.pp.xiii+ 179.index illustrations ,bibliography. Near Fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket. How one Japanese POW prepared himself for his journey home after three and a half years of brutal captivity in Java,Burma and Thailand.Sargeant Cecil Dickson of the 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion who surrendered to the Japanse in 1942 and were forced to work constructing the Burma Thailand railway.

Unwin Hyman, 1994-08-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!