Road Rangoon, First Edition (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original hardcover in jacket, 283 pages, index, a few b + w photographs. Book is quite bright and solid. Minimal reference wear; previous store label on rear cover. Very good. d4.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, tight copy in mylar-protected dust jacket. 283pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; 3 preliminary leaves, 9-294 pages 21 cm ; OCLC 852138 ; orange-red cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: All souls -- Beside the Irrawaddy -- The necromancer -- The murder -- The astrologer -- Distict 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 ; Trials in Burma is a 1937 memoir by Maurice Collis, an English author and former district magistrate in the Indian Civil Service, detailing his experiences in late 1920s Burma. The book describes his disillusionment with the colonial justice system, as he realized he was expected to protect British interests rather than administer impartial justice, leading to his eventual resignation. It's a critical look at the British Empire's administration, written in a cool, detached style that highlights the conflict between personal integrity and colonial duty. ; The conflict between an official's duty to uphold justice and the reality of colonial administration, which often prioritized imperial interests. ; Collis's time as a magistrate in Rangoon (1929-1930). Maurice Collis (1889-1975) was born in Dublin, graduated from Oxford, and joined the Indian Civil Service in Burma in 1912. While serving in Rangoon, Maurice Collis fell into official disfavor for fraternizing with the Burmese and Chinese residents, and was posted to the obscure port of Mergui. After his retirement in 1936, he wrote at least twenty historical books. ; G. Book.

1st edition dust jacket As New 8vo. x + 283pp., b/w plates, maps, notes, bibliog., index, Book shows that many memoirs of the Western Front are not only literary masterpieces but are also of great value to historians.