The Goodly Seed

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. [good solid book, minor shelfwear to bottom edges, light soiling to top of text block, one-time owner's address stamp on front endpaper; jacket has been insect-nibbled along both flap-folds and a bit on the spine and front panel, but is otherwise intact (and now in new mylar to prevent further degradation)]. "This novel tells of four days in the communal life of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on and island near Singapore. Here are gathered together British, Americans, Dutch, Javanese, half-castes. Here are also the camp's Japanese overlords and their underlings, the Korean camp guards." The author spent three-and-a-half years in just such a camp during the war. .