MAXWELL, Sir George. The Civil Defence of Malaya. A Narrative of the Part taken in it by the civilian Population of the Country in the Japanese Invasion. Compiled by a Committee under the Chairmanship of Sir George Maxwell … From Information received from Persons who were in Malaya at the Time, and published under the Auspices of the Association of British Malaya. London: Hutchinson. [1944].
8vo. Original cloth with dust-wrappers (not price-clipped); pp. 128, map on the last page, folding map glued inside rear cover; wrappers with a little wear and marginal tears, internally very good, contemporary ownership inscription to front fly-leaf.
Scarce first edition, in the rarely preserved wrappers, produced in conformity with wartime economy standards. The resistance against the Japanese occupation pulled the multi-ethnic population of Malaysia closer together. A 'harrowing story' (blurb inside front flap).
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