"This is an unpretentious book, but it brings out with unusual clearness the dilemma that faces every official in an empire like our own." George Orwell TRIALS IN BURMA recounts Maurice Collis' experiences as a district magistrate in Rangoon in the late 1920s. The book recounts his gradual realisation that far from administering an impartial system of justice, he is expected to protect British interests. Wriiten in a cool dispassionate style, Collis describes how - be choosing integrity over career, he eventually loses ...
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"This is an unpretentious book, but it brings out with unusual clearness the dilemma that faces every official in an empire like our own." George Orwell TRIALS IN BURMA recounts Maurice Collis' experiences as a district magistrate in Rangoon in the late 1920s. The book recounts his gradual realisation that far from administering an impartial system of justice, he is expected to protect British interests. Wriiten in a cool dispassionate style, Collis describes how - be choosing integrity over career, he eventually loses his job. "A brilliant, direct and extraordinarily vivid account of this troubled period...a masterly survey of the Burmese scene." Daily Mail
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Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $7.70, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
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Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $19.46, very good condition, Sold by Halcyon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1945 by Penguin Books.
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Very good. Penguin Books 1945, first thus. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Eusty staples to binding. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $29.12, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $34.38, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1953 by Faber and Faber.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket. 1953 reissue, tightly bound in light red cloth with gilt lettering to slightly faded spine; light wear to edges and corners; top front corner lightly bumped. Dust jacket price-clipped with wear, tear and losses to edges and corners, especially of spine; spine yellowed; faint discolouration to other panels. otherwise, a clean, tidy copy with bright pages.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $56.16, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $57.03, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $208.95, fair condition, Sold by RareNonFiction rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 1938 by Faber & Faber Limited.
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Fair. 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.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Trails in Burma Myanmar Biography.
