Bell. Frank.: Undercover University. , Cambridge. Elisabeth Bell. 1990.

1st edn. Hardback in d/w. 175pp. Illustrated throughout in colour & b/w. Illustrated endpapers. Errata slip tipped-in to title page. Red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Gift inscription to title page SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Signed compliment slip laid-in. Otherwise FINE in FINE d/w. "This is the story of how a few determined young men defeated their captors by founding their own university in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp for British officers. Under Japanese regulations prisoners were forbidden to teach, to learn, to compile or possess notes on any subject whatever, or to meet in groups for discussion. The penalty for disobedience was imprisonment or death. And yet they established their classes in seven modern languages, history, public speaking, and a number of other subjects ranging from navigation to pig-farming." (Book ref. 3939)  £35.00

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