JOURNEY TO A WAR
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan buckram; 8vo. 301 pp. The authors were commissioned by RH and Faber to write a travel book of the Far East. They spent from January to July 1938 in China (Hong Kong - Shanghai) during the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. A long essay with considerable poetry including a sonnet sequence. With endpaper maps, and photograph insert. Spine darkened, else very good, black topstain unfaded; lacking the dust jacket. Very good. Item #15737
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