No signatures. Heavy rubbing out to top margin of front free endpaper. Some bumping to ends of spine. Some spotting to page edges. Rubbing to ends of dust wrapper spine and to folds of dust wrapper. 3/4" tear at head of front spine joint of dust wrapper. 3/8" tear at head of rear spine joint of dust wrapper. 1/4" x 1/4" chip at head of dust wrapper spine. 3/8" tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. Series of small tears up to 1/8" at tail of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 179, [1], pages. Green boards. "This is a story of survival against terrible odds; an account of life as a Prisoner of War in Japanese hands which is all the more starkly shocking because it is told with a maturity of outlook that brings events into their true perspective." - from the dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo