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Very good in very good dust jacket. 186 p. 19 cm. 1st edition 1945 with DJ. Binding strong, pages tight. No marks or writing. DJ shows normal wear for age
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Very Good in good jacket. First printing stated. Hardcover in black cloth stamped in red. 244 pp. Very good, printed on the usual wartime thinner stock paper. In edgeworn dust jacket. True story of United States Navy Commander Columbus Darwin ("Smitty") Smith. At the outgraek of World War II, Smith was piloting a river steamer in China and quietly keeping official and hush-hush notes on big-time pirates, smugglers, and foreign spies who were operating more and more boldly along the China coast. After America entered the war, he donned his uniform openly; he was captured by the Japanese, escaped, re-captured and confined to an "escale proof" prison in Shanghi. He escaped again. By this time, to his family and associates, he was "officially dead" but actually continued as an operative for the Navy.
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Good. Dust jacket lightly soiled, discolored with age. Rubbed and light chipping at edges, especially at the corners. Corners of boards bumped a bit. Pages lightly tanned. Text free from marks, highlighting and dogears. A solid pre-owned copy aging gracefully.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Random House, New York, NY 1945. First Edition. 1st Printing. 244 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy! Light general wear. Size: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8. Prisoner of the Japanese. Military History: WWII Military History: Naval 6037.
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Fair to good. 244, some weakness to boards, bookplate, some spotting on front board, some wear to board and spine edges. Commander C. D. Smith was the skipper of a Yangtze River steamer, Shanghai Harbor pilot, captain of the U.S.S. Wake, and the prisoner the Japanese could not hold.
