London: Michael Joseph, 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair +. An account of the fall of Singapore to the Japanese. Although Owen is highly critical of The British mismanagement of the defence of Malaya, his narrative has a very British focussed perspective, hardly giving much thought to the Malayan citizens who were to bear the brunt of the occupation that followed. 206 pages with an index. Fair Hardback Reprint Weight: 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has suffered from an insect attack eating into the original cloth. The half title page and an end paper are heavily tanned. Otherwise The binding is tight and there is medium tanning throughout.

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Bookseller: The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
Bookseller's Inventory #: ML2384A
Title: The Fall of Singapore
Author: Frank Owen
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair +
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1960
Keywords: Malaysia - Malaya - World War II

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The Penang Bookshelf was set up in mid 2010 principally to introduce Malaysian residents to the variety of books there is available about the country both past and present. We only stock fiction and non-fiction related to Malaysia and the rest of Asia. Much of our current stock of over a thousand different titles is not available in Malaysia. Conversely much of our stock published in Malaysia is difficult to find outside the country. So if there\'s something Malaysia related that you\'re looking for, do please contact us and we\'ll do our best to help. At present details of most of our stock is not on line; we hope it will be eventually!

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Half Title: The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....