Broken Thread

A unique association copy of this Japanese edition of F. S. G. Piggott's military memoir, with his presentation inscription to his daughter Juliet Piggott. The author's presentation copy to his daughter, Juliet Piggott, with his inscription to the rear free endpaper dated 1951.A very scarce Japanese edition of this memoir from Francis Stewart Gilderoy Piggott, a British Army Officer who served as the British Military Attache in Tokyo and was the army's overseer of military intelligence in East Asia.Anglo-Japanese relations is a recurring topic through this book, an aspect of Piggott that was met with controversy among many his peers. Also discusses the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and World War II.Translated by S. Hasegawa.Piggott's daughter, Juliet, wrote a number of children's books inspired by much of her childhood spent in Japan, including 'Japanese Mythology' and 'The Story of Japan'.This edition is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and sixteen monochrome plates. In the original rough cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight fading to the spine and minor bumping to the extremities. Tissue-guarded ex libris bookplate of one Cliff Parfit to the rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Contemporary annotations inscribed to the title pages. Very Good Indeed.…