John Morris, "Traveller from Tokyo" (London, The Book Club, 1945). Hardcover (deep pink-red cloth boards with black printing to spine), 152pp, measuring approximately 13.2 x 19.1 x 1.5cm (5.2 x 7.5 x 0.6in); the "Book Production War Economy Standard" symbol appears at the front of the volume, the pages being of reasonable quality wartime paper. In this fascinating book, originally published in 1943, the author describes his experiences of life as a British expatriate in Japan between October 1938 and July 1942 (both before and after Japan's entry into the Second World War - exceptionally, he was allowed to remain at liberty after that event owing to his special circumstances and connections), with accounts of various aspects of Japanese culture, customs and laws. No dustjacket; the cover is discoloured and marked with slight fading to the spine together with age wear including bumping to edges and corners; the front endpaper is creased, whilst the pages are discoloured with occasional marks, slight bumping to corners, occasional indentations to page edges and the odd corner crease.
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