ONE MAN'S WAR

by Arneil, Stan

First Edition

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Book Description

Sydney, Australia: Alternative Publishing Co-Operative, 1980. [viii] + 288pp., b/white frontis plate. Illustrated throughout, a combination of candid and poignant halftone plates, art illustrations, diary script, facsimiles and tabulars. Book clean. Spine firm, nominally cocked. Gilt titles. Minor flecks on text-block edges, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with jagged closed tears. "One Man's War' is a diary-probably the only one extant-of the entire period of imprisonment from the Fall of Singapore [Changi], to and through the infamous Thai-Burma Railway camps, to the end of the war with the Japanese. Together with the George Aspinall 'P.O.W.' photographs throughout this diary, they were created and kept at great personal risk...With poignant, and immensely moving entries, it is noted that neither diary or photos were intended for publication, rather as keepsake records for their familes...Contents include: Prelims., 12 chapters, Aspinall photographs [background story], Tropical diseases, Glossary, Acknowledgements, Index of persons mentioned. "LEST WE FORGET". Book weight approx. 600g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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