Trials in Burma
Rare and modern books
Collis, Maurice
Faber & Faber Limited,
1938
Trials in Burma
Rare and modern books
Collis, Maurice
Faber & Faber Limited,
1938
199.95 €
(Ladysmith,
Canada)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1938
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Collis, Maurice
- Publishers
- Faber & Faber Limited
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Keyword
- Trails in Burma Myanmar Biography Biography Asia
- Binding description
- H Hardcover
- State of preservation
- Fair
- Languages
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- First edition
- True
Description
294 pages. "The hero of the piece, so to speak, is that ideal which few of my readers will wish to disavow - the ideal which the old apologists for empire used to call 'the white man's burden' and which now is conceived as the deliberate transformation of conquests, formerly achieved for purposes of gain, into a commonwealth." - from Preface. Two prior owner names atop front free endpaper. Spine slant. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
