borrie john (17 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0135902827.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. A very clean copy. This can be sent by Letter rate mail and postage will be reduced when we process the book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. A very clean copy. This can be sent by Letter rate mail and postage will be reduced when we process the book.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Disarmament as humanitarian action: from perspective to practice This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Corner clipped from front flap. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Zustand: Wie neu. 100 Seiten Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 270 30,5 x 22,2 x 0,6 cm, Taschenbuch.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Despite Captivity. A Doctor's Life as Prisoner of War. by John Borrie. Publisher: Kimber, 1975, First Edition. SCARCE. Very good hardcover and jacket. Binding firm, slight lean to spine. no inscriptions, light foxing to end-papers. Pages very good, minor marks. Price-clipped jacket is faded on back cover, light shelf-wear. 240 pages, maps, b&w photo plates. John Borrie was captured in Greece in 1941 and remained in German hands until his release in 1945. This is his record, as a dedicated doctor maintaining hospitals in the camps in which he worked, of everyday life in German prison camps. He recounts his fights to obtain essential medical equipment and supplies from the German camp authorities. He shows the humane instinct often put into practice by by some German authorities, and depicts equally vividly the brutality of others. The book is a tribute to the courage, endurance and singular fortitude of men of the fighting forces in privation, fear, sickness and pain. It is a tribute also to the honour and devotion of the medical profession, showing how doctors and surgeons performed complex operations under impossible conditions, and how brilliant improvisation compensated for the lack of amenities. This is a riveting and unusual account of imprisoned life. "Prof Borrie was a former lecturer of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Otago. He founded the postgraduate course for surgical specialists in basic medical sciences in 1957, and carried out pioneering research on lung cancer and transplantation. In 1926, his family moved to Dunedin, In 1932, he was head prefect at McGlashan and graduated proxime accessit. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Despite Captivity. A Doctor's Life as Prisoner of War. by John Borrie. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Publisher: Whitcoulls, 1975, First New Zealand Edition. VERY SCARCE SIGNED COPY. Very good hardcover and jacket. Brown cloth boards, slight compression to spine ends, owner's stamp to ffep, binding firm. Large crease to both title pages otherwise pages very good, minor marks, light foxing to edges. Jacket has some fading, marks and chipping with two repaired tears. 240 pages, maps, b&w photo plates. John Borrie was captured in Greece in 1941 and remained in German hands until his release in 1945. This is his record, as a dedicated doctor maintaining hospitals in the camps in which he worked, of everyday life in German prison camps. He recounts his fights to obtain essential medical equipment and supplies from the German camp authorities. He shows the humane instinct often put into practice by by some German authorities, and depicts equally vividly the brutality of others. The book is a tribute to the courage, endurance and singular fortitude of men of the fighting forces in privation, fear, sickness and pain. It is a tribute also to the honour and devotion of the medical profession, showing how doctors and surgeons performed complex operations under impossible conditions, and how brilliant improvisation compensated for the lack of amenities. This is a riveting and unusual account of imprisoned life. "Prof Borrie was a former lecturer of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Otago. He founded the postgraduate course for surgical specialists in basic medical sciences in 1957, and carried out pioneering research on lung cancer and transplantation. In 1926, his family moved to Dunedin, In 1932, he was head prefect at McGlashan and graduated proxime accessit. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition. White-out over previous owner's name on front endpaper. A 60mm tear at head of dust-jacket spine, with adhesive tape stains on reverse side. A 25mm tear at tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 240 pages + 8 illustrations on 4 plates leaves. 3 full page maps. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 235mm x 154mm. "John Borrie was captured in Greece in 1941 and remained in German hands until his release in 1945. This is his record, as a dedicated doctor maintaining hospitals in the camps in which he worked, of everyday life in German prison camps. He recounts his fights to obtain essential medical equipment and supplies from the German authorities. He shows the humane instinct often put into practice by some German camp authorities, and depicts equally vividly the brutality of others." - from dust-jacket blurb.

Paperback. Zustand: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 488 pp, cover slightly rubbed, spine lightly creased Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover; 8vo; 240 pages. Brown cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. Brown cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. Rubbed edges. Bright and clean interior. In an illustrated jacket, sunned spine, bumped edges. VG/VG-. Book.

Zustand: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Zustand: very good. New York : Apple-Century-Crofts,1958. Orig. cloth binding. xii,340 pp. Index. Condition : very good copy. Keywords : ,

Zustand: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: leggermente logorata Condizioni dell'interno: Ottime.