SIGNED Three Came Home by Agnes Newton Keith First Edition 1947

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press Book/ Little Brown & Company. 1947. VG/VG-. Stated First Edition. SIGNED by Agnes Newton Keith on the front endpaper. The book is tight with good tips. The spine ends are pushed and there is toning to the fore-edges. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Sketches by the author and Don Johnson. Pages lightly age toned. The dust jacket is unclipped ($3.00) with chipping to spine ends and corners, light soiling and creases to lower back (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 317 pages. 5¾ x 8¼ " tall.

"Three Came Home" is Agnes Newton Keith's 1947 memoir chronicling her family’s internment in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps in Borneo during World War II. She details their struggle for survival, separation from her husband, and the stark realities of captivity. A testament to human resilience amidst torture, starvation, and violence, all told with pathos and humor.