LEFFELAAR, HENDRIK L. [1929-1980], - Through a harsh Dawn. A boy grows up in a Japanese Prison Camp. [FIRST edition].

London, Barrie, 1963. 8°. Original publ. cloth. Red coloured sun on front cover and spine (symbol of the japanese flag), title on spine. Dustjacket. Hftitle. (ix), 246pp. captioned monochrojme illustrations on 7 plates (of which clandestinely taken in camps and at slave labour spots), statistical survey of dutch Priosoners in the Far East, excerpts from petitions submitted to the Japanese, Rules for Internees, Copy inscribed by author on verso of french title, dated Amsterdam 1963, signed Henk [= short for Hendrik].chronology, diary, double-page sketch-maps with legenda on endpapers, table of contents. First edition of this detailed autobiography about his growing-up as an elder boy as a prisoner in japanese concentrationcamps in Sumatra: Aek Pamienke, Unie Kampong, Pulu Brayan, Belawan Estate and the most notorious of them all Si Rengo-Rengo. It includes some clandestine taken photographs. Very good coply, WITH DUSTJACKET. Rare.

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