Mendelssohn

1944 · 64302422 — London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1944. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pages including index and an appendix listing contemporary personalities in Japan and Japanese-Occupied Asia. "The present study falls into two sections which are complementary. The first deals with machinery and methods and endeavours to give as full and detailed a survey as is possible of the various government organs directing and controlling political warfare the structure of the Japanese press the organisation of Japanese broadcasting the functioning of censorship and the extent to which education science literature the arts and the cinema are being employed for purposes of propaganda both in the Japanese homeland and in the wider area of the conquered empire. The second part deals. with the aims and policies of Japanese propaganda and attempts to give an outline of the way in which the machinery sketched in the first part is being operated." - from introduction. Prior owner's name and pencil erasure atop front endpaper else unmarked. Minor adhesive residue upon back endpaper possibly from bookplate or pocket removal. Evidence of small sticker removal at base of front board. No library markings per se. Above average wear and soiling to red cloth boards. Spine sunned but its gilt lettering remains legible. Bit of foxing to endpapers. Binding intact. Good working copy. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Hardcover