Seventy Thousand To One told by Lt. Gordon Manuel Opotiki previous owners short note on

previous owners short note on title page (see photographs)

The Manual Arts Press

gift inscription on title page

'A picturesque account of the ancient and storied hostelries of our own country'

and in doing so changed the history of the world forever

Seventy Thousand To One told by Lt. Gordon Manuel Opotiki previous owners short note onSeventy Thousand To One as told by Lt. Gordon Manuel to Quentin Reynolds Cassell and Company, 1947, hardcover, cloth boards Fair Condition, previous owners gift inscription on flyleaf, weakened spine, slightly cocked, reading copy only The story of Lieutenant Gordon Manual, who during World War II was shot down over New Britain, and with no weapons, found himself faced with a Japanese contingent of 70,000 men. This is the story of how he survived, and