Author: ALLBURY, A.G.,
Title: Bamboo and Bushido. [First edition],
Description: London, Robert Hale, 1955. 8°. Original publ. cloth, title printed on spine. Hftitle (verso blank. 192pp. Captioned monochrome frontispice, (author's portrait), monochrome head-pieces after drawings by Douglas Relf, double-p. sketch-map on f.e.p. illustrating the Burma-Siam Railway. The personal story of a Gunner in the 18th Division, who did not escape, but who remained for 3 years in the hands of the japanese, first in the labour camps of Singapore, then on the Burma railway. Good copy. NO DUSTJACKET.(tail ends a bit worn due to shelving)

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