POW/Escape stories

Flying Colours: The Epic Story of Douglas Bader - Laddie Lucas *signed x 2*



0091464706 Hutchinson 1981 first edition frist printing

SIGNED by Douglas Bader AND Laddie Lucas with date 17/11/81 no dedications.
Light marks to unclipped dj otherwise fine.
Also includes free Sunday Telegraph DVD of 'Reach for the Sky' Bader's life story.

Price:£150.00

Club Route 30 Corps in Europe - R Gill & J Groves



Hannover, Germany 1946 1st edition. English text.

In rare unclipped jacket. Jacket rubbed with a bit of chipping and tape repairs but intact. small sticker on inside flap.
No inscriptions. Lovely clean pages with pull out maps.
Black boards with clear gilt to spine.

Price:£35.00

The Hovering Eagles - Andrew Milbourne *signed* (author of Lease of Life)



Robert Hale 1960 first edition
SIGNED (without dedication) . Dj unclipped but tatty and rubbed with some spilts.
Sellotape along bottom edge. Boards in good condition. Some foxing to page edges and endpapers.
No inscriptions , no bookplates, no stickers etc.

Price:£35.00

Lease of Life - Andrew Milbourne



Museum Press, London
No obvious date (circa 1952) First editon.
Boards a bit marked, clean inside, no inscriptions.
Jacket unclipped but has several areas of loss.

Price:£20.00

The Colditz Story - P.R. Reid - First edition



Very rare First edition First PRINTING

Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1952
Price clipped jacket is a bit rubbed to edges, has a few brown marks inside cover.
Small bit of foxing to endpapers else a decent copy free from inscriptions or bookplates.

Includes bookmark from the 4th edition of this book and contemporary photos of Colditz Castle 2007.

Price:£65.00

The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop - E.E. Dunlop



Publisher: Lennard Publishing 1987

Details: Autobiography of time in Java as a prisoner of war & Burma - Thailand Railway.

Format: Hardback

ISBN: 1852910216

Condition: Jacket a bit rubbed, small creases to edges and on back. Corners have small splits. Unclipped, stamp to back pastedown.

Price:£15.00

The Wooden Horse - Eric Williams 1st



Scarce first edition first printing
Collins London 1949.
Unclipped jacket has chips around edges and small pieces missing at spine ends.
Small name and date to first page.

Price:£50.00

Assisted Passage: Walking to Freedom Italy 1943 - Ian English



Privately published 1994
Signed without dedication ' With Pleasant Memories and best wishes Ian English'.
Near fine with just a bit of shelfwear. green boards, silver lettering, no jacket.

Price:£20.00

Barbed - Wire Doctor - Brigadier A. Crook



Pentland Press 1996 1858213835
First edition
Light edgewear else fine without inscriptions or bookplates etc.
Unclipped dj.

Price:£18.00

The Escaping Club - A.J. Evans



First edition 1921. Blue cloth which is very good for age with a bit of fading/rubbing & a few minor marks.
Spine ends a little soft, corners a bit worn.
Internally free from inscriptions etc but rough cut page edges are foxed and eps are discoloured.

Price:£35.00

Art in the Bag - Oflag 79



A collection of works by inmates of the Oflag 8F Prisoner Of war Camp, who during the war formed an Art Club.The book lists 14 Artists and examples of their work.
No dustjacket. Boards marked/grubby although cloth is not ripped or missing. Inside light foxing to endpapers, barely visible due to pattern, bit of discolouration to page edges.
No inscriptions or bookplates.

Price:£25.00

A Crowd is not Company - Robert Kee



Eyre & Spottiswood 1947 first edition.
Unclipped dustjacket with some chipping/nicks around edges and a minor tear.
No inscriptions or bookplates.

Price:£40.00