"This is an unpretentious book, but it brings out with unusual clearness the dilemma that faces every official in an empire like our own." George Orwell TRIALS IN BURMA recounts Maurice Collis' experiences as a district magistrate in Rangoon in the late 1920s. The book recounts his gradual realisation that far from administering an impartial system of justice, he is expected to protect British interests. Wriiten in a cool dispassionate style, Collis describes how - be choosing integrity over career, he eventually loses ...
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"This is an unpretentious book, but it brings out with unusual clearness the dilemma that faces every official in an empire like our own." George Orwell TRIALS IN BURMA recounts Maurice Collis' experiences as a district magistrate in Rangoon in the late 1920s. The book recounts his gradual realisation that far from administering an impartial system of justice, he is expected to protect British interests. Wriiten in a cool dispassionate style, Collis describes how - be choosing integrity over career, he eventually loses his job. "A brilliant, direct and extraordinarily vivid account of this troubled period...a masterly survey of the Burmese scene." Daily Mail
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Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $36.25, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1953 by Faber and Faber.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket. 1953 reissue, tightly bound in light red cloth with gilt lettering to slightly faded spine; light wear to edges and corners; top front corner lightly bumped. Dust jacket price-clipped with wear, tear and losses to edges and corners, especially of spine; spine yellowed; faint discolouration to other panels. otherwise, a clean, tidy copy with bright pages.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $48.75, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1945 by Faber and Faber.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. New edition, 1945. Owner's name on front free endpaper. Small stain on spine cloth. Otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped; browned on spine; light edge wear.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $22.00, very good condition, Sold by Friends Walnut Creek Library rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Walnut Creek, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Faber & Faber.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $22.00, good condition, Sold by 4 The World Resource Dist. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1938 by Faber and Faber Ltd..
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $55.00, good condition, Sold by Epilonian Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manhattan Beach, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1953 by Faber and Faber Ltd.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 22 cm; Faber and Faber, Published 1953. Hardcover, 239 pp.; 22 cm; new (uniform) edition, first published 1938. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, mild shelf wear with some color loss along edges; spine slightly cocked; binding tight. Interior toned, with foxing to endpapers and to the text-block edges; first and last several leaves more heavily spotted, otherwise unmarked. Small bookseller's price sticker to top corner of front free endpaper. Decorative dust jacket printed with a red Burmese chinthe (lion) and floral repeat pattern on a green ground; several small chips and short tears (1/2 inch or less), light edge creasing, moderate shelf wear with some spotting and soiling; bottom corner of the front flap clipped, though the 15s net printed price is retained alongside the clip. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. An account of the author's years as a magistrate in Rangoon, centering on the politically sensitive cases (a contested murder trial, charges of torture and sedition, the Rangoon riots) that set colonial justice against imperial authority. First published in 1938; this 1953 uniform edition adds a new introduction surveying Burma from 1938 to the end of 1952. Includes index. Contents: All Souls; Beside the Irrawaddy; The Necromancer; The Murder; The Astrologer; District 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.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $208.95, fair condition, Sold by RareNonFiction rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 1938 by Faber & Faber Limited.
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Fair. 294 pages. "The hero of the piece, so to speak, is that ideal which few of my readers will wish to disavow-the ideal which the old apologists for empire used to call 'the white man's burden' and which now is conceived as the deliberate transformation of conquests, formerly achieved for purposes of gain, into a commonwealth."-from Preface. Two prior owner names atop front free endpaper. Spine slant. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy reading copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Trails in Burma Myanmar Biography.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $46.16, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
Add this copy of Trials in Burma to cart. $47.09, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Faber and Faber.
