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Faber and Faber, Published 1953. Hardcover, 239 pp.; 22 cm; new (uniform) edition, first published 1938.
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In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, mild shelf wear with some color loss along edges; spine slightly cocked; binding tight. Interior toned, with foxing to endpapers and to the text-block edges; first and last several leaves more heavily spotted, otherwise unmarked. Small bookseller's price sticker to top corner of front free endpaper. Decorative dust jacket printed with a red Burmese chinthe (lion) and floral repeat pattern on a green ground; several small chips and short tears (1/2 inch or less), light edge creasing, moderate shelf wear with some spotting and soiling; bottom corner of the front flap clipped, though the 15s net printed price is retained alongside the clip. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.An account of the author's years as a magistrate in Rangoon, centering on the politically sensitive cases (a contested murder trial, charges of torture and sedition, the Rangoon riots) that set colonial justice against imperial authority. First published in 1938; this 1953 uniform edition adds a new introduction surveying Burma from 1938 to the end of 1952. Includes index.Contents: All Souls; Beside the Irrawaddy; The Necromancer; The Murder; The Astrologer; District Magistrate; The Chinese; The Princess; Sir John Arrives; Lost at Sea; Rangoon Society; The Servant; Sir Charles Prosecutes; The Trial; The Charge of Torture; Sedition; The Arrest of the Mayor; The Mayor Arrives; The Trial Opens; The Riot; The Dinner Party; I Make up My Mind; Sen Gupta Smiles; The Uproar; Sen Gupta's Farewell; The Earthquake; The Massacre; The Colloquy on the Road; The Refugees; After the Massacre; The Mutiny; The Inquiry; Sir Charles Goes on Leave; The Lieutenant of the Camerons; The Sentence of Imprisonment; The Ball; The Appeal; The Executive Intervenes; The Rebellion; Settlement; Note on Subsequent Events; Index.