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Burma from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. by Scott, Sir J.G - 1924

by Scott, Sir J.G

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Burma from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.

by Scott, Sir J.G

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. xii, 372pp, index, bw ills, foldng map. Or green cloth lacking jacket. Small bookseller lable on rear pastedown, light even toning to page edges, spine title faded, minor bumps to top corners. Scarce title on Burmese history.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores AU (AU)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Near Very Good
  • Jacket Condition No Jacket
  • Edition First US Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1924
  • Keywords NOISBN Burma Burmah Myanmar Asia History Travel
  • Size 8vo

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Burma; From the Earliest Times to The Present Day

Burma; From the Earliest Times to The Present Day

by [BURMA] [SOUTH EAST ASIA] SCOTT, J.G. [Sir James George Scott]

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First American Edition. Octavo. 22.5cm. Publisher's bottle green cloth titled in gilt to spine. Lacking dustjacket. 372pp. Light wear to edges and spine ends, a little toning of the spine and dulling of the gilt. A very good, strong copy. Internally clean, fore-edge untrimmed, top edge a trifle dusty. Ink ownership of Ralph E. Flanders to front flyleaf, a US Senator for Vermont in the 1950's who took an anti-McArthy/HUAC stance on the grounds that it was distracting America from actual Communist threats by hunting down Hollywood actors. Scott began his career in South East Asia as a journalist, born in Fife in Scotland, but he swiftly rose to influence and is recognised today as having been profoundly instrumental in the imposition of British colonial rule over Burma. His love of the country, and appreciation of its culture are clear in his writing, as was his absolute conviction that British rule was the best thing for the region, but the eye of history is probably… Read More
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