Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War: Prisoners of War & By W. Wynne Mason.

Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War: Prisoners of War 
By W. Wynne Mason.
SCARCE.

Publisher : War History Branch Department of Internal Affairs, 1954, first edition.

Hardback with jacket. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine, blind-stamped crest on front board.
Boards have a little rubbing to edges with slight compression to spine ends, pages have foxing to first and last few pages plus margins/edges, some creasing to first paste-down, otherwise very good with no inscriptions.
Jacket is chipped, rubbed, and marked with some tears and loss
546 pages, illustrated, maps, illustrations, b&w photos. Fold out maps very good.

Official record of the history of New Zealand POWs in the Second World War from capture, through transport, and treatment as well as describing the ingenuity of the prisoners with respect to escape as well as daily existence. The text examines many aspects of life as a prisoner including the horrors of being held by the war criminals of Japan.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. 

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