VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THERE IS A PEN INSCRIPTION ON F.E.P. THIS BOOK IS THE MAGNIFICENT SEQUEL TO `NIGHT OF THE NEW MOON` IN WHICH THE AUTHOR DESCRIBED WITH SUCH COMPASSION HIS BRUTAL CAPTIVITY IN A JAPANESE PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP. ON THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE HE FOUND HIMSELF OVERNIGHT IN THE UNUSUAL POSITION OF HAVING TO KEEP PEACE IN JAVA THROUGH THE JAPANESE WHO HAD HELD HIM IN CAPTIVITY FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. `THE ADMIRAL`S BABY` TELLS VIVIDLY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS EXTRAORDINARY EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
QUARTO CREAM CLOTH. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY LOUIS RAEMAEKERS. TEXT IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1919. BROWN SILK TIES ARE DAMAGED BUT OTHERWISE A FINE COPY.
