Buy this book on-line LEWIS**, DAMIEN: : JUDY - A DOG IN A MILLIONLONDON.QUERCUS EDITIONS LTD.,2014. ISBN 9781848665361.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with author’s capitalised,embossed,glossy,white-lettered name at front's lower edge,capitalised,embossed,gilt-lettered title and black-lettered strapline - The Heartwarming Story of WWII's Only Animal Prisoner of War - legend,to front of dw/dj. Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered but flat-printed gilt-lettered title and author name as the front's and publisher’s white-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/contemporary colour photograph of Judy with Frank Williams,whose fate would be tied inextricably with hers.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean with slight ageing/toning but no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate pale beige endpapers with thumbnail colour illustrations of Judy the dog,to lower edges of the endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,vii-xxivpp+1-359pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgements,Author's Note,a dedication, author's Preface,23 chapters and an Epilogue,8pp contemporary b/w illustration reproductions and b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp168/69,a short Bibliography,an Appendix: Original Documentation,5 Documents and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and an epigram page of 2 quotes. Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s 10 year-old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it’s brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of this age. Judy, a beautiful liver and white English pointer, and the only animal POW of WWII, truly was a dog in a million.In September 1942 she was given Japanese prisoner-of-war number '81A-Median'.Whether she was dragging men to safety from the wreckage of a torpedoed ship, scavenging food to help feed the starving inmates of a hellish Japanese POW camp,or by her presence alone bringing inspiration and hope to men living through the 20th century's darkest days,she was cherished and adored by the British, Australian, American and other Allied servicemen who fought to survive alongside her.
Viewed largely as human by those who shared her extraordinary life, Judy's uncanny ability to sense danger,matched with her quick-thinking and impossible daring,saved countless lives.She was a close companion to men who became like a family to her,sharing in both the tragedies and joys they faced.It was in recognition of the extraordinary friendship and protection she offered amidst the unforgiving and savage environment of a Japanese prison camp in Indonesia that she gained her formal status as a POW.Judy's unique combination of courage, kindness and fun repaid that honour a thousand times over and her incredible story is one of the most heartwarming and inspiring tales you will ever read.
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