RETURN FROM THE RIVER KWAI. (#29007). by Blair, Joan and Clay, Jr - 1981

New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Book. Good +. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Good + hardcover in good - dustjcket. May be some rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to edges and corners of book. May be some rubbing, chipping and tears to edges, corners and spine of dustjacket. Overall a good reading copy. All hardcovers are shipped in protective Demco mylar..

New Haven: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Story of the prisoners-of-war who built the real bridge on the River Kwai and what happened to them after building the bridge. Tight copy with clean interior but slight spotting on fore edge. Light shelfwear to book. Dust jacket has light chipping and tearing. Nice copy.

New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1979. First Printing. Hardcover. 0671242784 . DJ has light wear. Remainder mark bottom edge. .

N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good. Near Fine Book of the Month Club Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.318 with index. Built at bayonet point by Allied prisioners of war this book is a true account of what happened to those prisioners afterwards. clean tight unread copy d/j shows slight rubbing down spine edge and slight edgewear.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. The movie of the Bridge on the River Kwai was mainly fictional. The horrifying story of what actually happened to the British and Austrialian POWS after the bridge was built was not at all fictional. This book details how 2,000 POWS were jammed into a single hold on each of two Japanese ships, bound for mines and factories. But both ships were sunk by American submarines. Only 159 of those several thousand survived. And this is their harrowing story, told by the survivors to the authors. Although 30 years old, this First Edition, with a "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing, is in New, unread condition, with a New, unclipped dust jacket. There is a publisher's remainder logo stamped on the bottom edge. The book is bound in gray boards with black spine cloth and die-stamped gilt spine titles. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 338 pages. It include endpaper maps in color. . First Edition. Hard… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Used; Good/Good. Foxing and browning; small rips to DJ. The novel and movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai" were partly based on a real bridge and real prisoners-of-war. This book tells the true story of the rescue of those prisoners.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. A true epic narrative of British and American POW's on the Kachidoki Maru when it was sunk by an American submarine and their struggle to survive. Jacket has light edgewear, 2 small closed tears on back. Boards have light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Near fine; dust jacket slightly chipped, sunned edge, very good. 8 vo. 338 pp. Source notes, interviews, index, b/w photo plates, map end papers, tan boards/black cloth. First printing..

Simon and Schuster, 1979. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Photos. Remainder marked.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. very good, good/good. 318, [2] pages. Illus., endpaper maps, source notes, index, DJ somewhat soiled and has tear. Return From the River Kwai tells the harrowing tale of about 2200 of those soldiers who were selected because they were healthier than the others to be sent to Japan for work in the factories there. While en route the ships they sailed on, the Kachidoki Maru and Rakuyo Maru, were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines who weren't aware that they carried human cargo. The men who survived spent as much as a week floating in the ocean before being rescued by those same submarines. This book tells the firsthand accounts of their experiences and the hardships they endured, from the terrible conditions in POW camps and the difficulties of staying afloat and sane in a vast ocean, to the joys of being rescued and returned to society. The Blairs have done a terrific job of putting together the individual accounts and historical… Read More