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Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 338pp., Source Note, Interviews, Index. Illustrated with photographs and map endpapers. First edition, first printing. The true story of some 2,000 British and Australian prisoners of war, who after building the infamous bridge over the River Kwai, were transported back to Japan aboard two frieghters. Both ships were torpedoed and sunk by American submarines. This is the story of those who survived. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Minor wear and toning to jacket. Very good+ in a near very good dust-jacket.