• First edition of the 1940 issue of the The Straits Times Annual of Singapore, profusely illustrated and revealing life in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
  • First edition of the 1940 issue of the The Straits Times Annual of Singapore, profusely illustrated and revealing life in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
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[SINGAPORE].

The Straits Times Annual Singapore 1940.

The Straits Times Annual Singapore 1940.

Stock Code 123638

Singapore, Alfred Charles Simmons at the Straits Times Press, 1940.

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A profusely illustrated record of Singapore during the War with thirty two different articles on life in Singapore and Malaysia during the first year of the War including several on growing Malaysian nationalism and the desire for independence.

First and only edition of the 1940 issue; 4to (34.5 x 25 cm); profusely illustrated with adverts and illustrations, publisher's original pictorial textured wrappers, in remarkably good condition, a near-fine copy; 184 pp.

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