Secret Agent of Japan 1938 First Edition
Spine of Secret Agent of Japan, First Edition, October 1938
Today we have a stated first edition of Secret Agent of Japan by Amleto Vespa and published by Little, Brown and Company in 1938 and copyrighted by the A. L. Burt Company, also 1938. This is a Stated First Edition… Printed October 1938.
The frontispiece is a photo of Mr. Vespa standing in front of a Japanese building, dated 1927. The introduction is by H. J. Timperley, who was chosen by Mr. Vespa to help with this book because Mr. Timperley already had gone through some “issues” with the Japanese and won, so Mr. Vespa thought his experience would be invaluable in getting this book published.
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From his introduction comes this:
“This is the most powerful indictment I have ever read, of a class, a whole people, in fact of ‘the whole system of organised injustice by which few govern many, hundreds of millions work in darkness to support a few thousands in ease, group imposes on group, and the greater part of the human race has to live in filth and starvation to maintain artificial means of profit.’”
“In 1932, however, the Japanese had become masters of Manchuria, and, withit, masters of Mr. Vespa’s own fate. They held him to ransom by the simple method of threatening the safety of his family if he refused to serve them. Thus Mr. Vespa became the unwilling tool of the Japanese Secret Service, and that is what makes this book of prime importance to the world to-day. No one has ever been and vertainly no one is ever likely again to be in such a privileged position under the Japanese. What he says deserves our attention and he himself deserves our gratitude for the courage he has shown in publishing his amazing experiences.”
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Front Cover of First Edition of Secret Agent of Japan by Amleto Vespa
As you may have already guessed, this is a book about Amleto Vespa’s life as he was forced into service in the Japanese Secret Service when the Japanese took over Manchuria during the effort to take over that part of the world between the two World Wars.
With fourteen (14) action filled chapters spread over 301 pages, this account is a Must Read for any serious Japanese, Chinese, Manchurian, or Far East Historian.
There are 14 Black and White Illustrations included within these pages, and all are in excellent condition.
The book itself is in pretty good condition with some discoloration to the cover, but very little, if any, to the pages.
The front cover has the standard bumping on the corners and a small crease near the top, outside corner. The spine is badly discolored and shows wear and bumping and the back cover is discolored also. Inside the back cover is a stain, but I don’t see it on any of the pages.
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