ZICH, ARTHUR - World War II: The Rising Sun

Alexandria, VA, Time Life Books. 1978, Second Printing, Revised. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, A profusely illustrated book which chronicles the rise of Imperialist Japan. Divided into chapters and what he terms "Picture Essays, it opens with one of the latter titled A Doomed Way Of Life (pages 6 to 18) depicting all the "glory" of the last vestiges of the imperialist British, French and Dutch dominance in the Far East, including one shot of "a diminutive native bearer .. toting a hefty French official (piggy-back style) along the bed of a jungle stream .." Color and B&W photographs, no marks, very clean, light shelfwear, 208pp. Ships in heavy cardboard for ultimate protection, no bubble mailers!. Very Good.