Return From the River Kwai

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,… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0684866641 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 1/4 inch open tear at top of front gutter. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block. Light foxing on side/top edge of text block. ; 6.9 X 4.9 X 0.5 inches; 192 pages .

Simon & Schuster Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0671242784 . Grey hardboards with black cloth spine covering, gilt titles to the spine. A tightly bound copy with an unmarked text, light spine end wear. Maps to the endpaper (attack & rescue). The DJ is clipped, a small tear to the front cover… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. c1979. 1/4 Cloth. 0671242784 . Near Fine condition that is mildly worn from the shelf in a price-clipped alike dust-jacket with similar wear; BlairThe story of Lieutenant Colonel John "Johnny" Welsh and the Burma-Thailand Railway tells the dramatic and sometimes unbelievable tale of one… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1979 Simon & Schuster, New York. 1979. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; trace scuffing and splash stains on text block edges; lightly browned tops of boards. DJ: VG: closed tear on bottom of front cover; chipping to top and bottom of spine cover; browning to top and… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster, 1979. reprint.. hardcover. very good with very good dust jacket. 8vo. plates.. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.

New York, Simon And Schuster, (1979).. First U.S. Edition; 8vo; pp. 318; endpaper maps, 24 pages of plates; source notes, interviews, index; original cloth, dustjacket price clipped, page edges flecked, a good 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. .

New York: Simon and Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket; Return From The River Kwai tells the story of two prisoners of war, British army captain John W. Dernley and Australian sergeant Colin G. MacLaren, who are forced to build… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge. .

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]. 8vo. 338 pp. Numerous photo illust., maps on endpapers. Half-blk cloth over gray boards, gilt lettrng (stmp on lwr fore-edge), w/ d.j. VG/NF copy. First edition of this stirring saga of the true account of the bridge built by the forced labor of more than 2000 Australian and British POWs, who were later… Read more about this item

Canada: Ballantine Books, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 308 pgs. "A true story of the Allied prisoners of war who emerged from the grueling task of building the River-Kwai railway and were jammed into the tiny holds of two ships bound for Japan. Suddenly both craft were sunk by American submarines. Thus began a… Read more about this item

New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Hardcover . VG / VG . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

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

Canada: Ballantine Books, 1981. Book. FN+, Near New. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 308 pgs. "A true story of the Allied prisoners of war who emerged from the grueling task of building the River-Kwai railway and were jammed into the tiny holds of two ships bound for Japan. Suddenly both craft were sunk by American submarines. Thus began… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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..

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.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item