The hotsell Story of Dr. Wassell by James Hilton, First Edition

The Story of Dr. Wassell by James Hilton, 1943 First hotsell Edition. Published by Little Brown & Co.

Hardcover. First edition, preceding the English. Has both the dust jacket and plastic sleeve over dust jacket. There is an inscription on the inside cover (see picture).

This story is based on Wassell's heroic stance against orders to not save the wounded during the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Basis for the Cecil B. DeMille-directed film starring Gary Cooper. (B-1)