The Stragglers by Kahn Jr., E. J - 1972

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Printing. Hardcover. Private bookplate on endpaper. DJ is in a mylar protector. .

NY: Random, 1962. 1st printing of 1st US edition. Slight darkening on front end paper otherwise fine trade hard cover book/ dust jacket spine darkening & very small chip missing otherwise very good+ dust jacket.

Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011-10-15. Paperback. Good.

Random House. 1st ed.; fine condition, DJ good condition, minor wear at corners and edges; has promotional letter about book sent to previous owner.

New York: Random House, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. Near fine/near fine. An uncannily bright, fresh and tight first edition of this account of Japanese soldiers -- "modern Robinson Crusoes" -- who hid out long after World War Two's end.

New York: Ace Books, [1972]., 1972. First edition. First paperback edition. Story of Japanese soldiers who hid out for sixteen years on tiny Guam, refusing to believe WW II was over. Fellow countrymen referred to them as zanryusha, "stragglers." Some groups managed to keep their military character, others turned to thievery and murder. A little-known epilogue to WW II. Fine in pic. wrappers.

New York: Random House, 1962. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good in good dust jacket. Price clipped. DJ has some wear and soiling, edge tears and chips.. viii, [2], 176, [1] p. 21 cm. This work describes the Japanese in the Pacific Theater who refused to surrender and spent years hold-out, until finally, they came in or were captured. Stragglers continued to come out of the jungle for nearly another two decades after this work was published. This work was based on first-hand interviews as well as original research. The author was a Harvard graduate who was associated with The New Yorker for decades and was a prolific author.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.