xvii 131 pages, illustrated. 4th impression. The jacket is foxed and chipped at the edges, with a short closed tear at the head; there is an ownership label with the name covered with black texta on the front end paper; the body ofthe book is in excellent condition, clean, unmarked and solid. Full title: While History Passed : ; The Story of the Australian Nurses who were Prisoners of the Japanese for Three and a Half Years.