Edwards Earle Captain (5 results)

Condition: Good. 1955. Reprinted. 400 pages. Pictorial jacket over dark cloth. Black and white photographs and line illustrations by Major W. Clough-Taylor and Major-General Victor Fortune. Colour maps. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate staining and tanning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Reprint. A name , address & stamp on first blank page no other writing or tears .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. PRITTIE, The Hon. T. C. F., and EDWARDS, Captain W. Earle. Escape to Freedom. London: Hutchinson, 1954. Fourth Impression. Near Fine in Very Good Original Dustwrapper. An exceptionally clean and attractive copy of this remarkable first-hand account of wartime captivity and escape, recounting the authors' eight extraordinary escapes from German prisoner-of-war camps during the Second World War. Prittie and Edwards describe the ingenuity, determination and resourcefulness required to evade German guards, overcome the difficulties of confinement and attempt to reach freedom through enemy-controlled territory. The narrative provides a fascinating picture of life in German prisoner-of-war camps, escape preparations, deception and the dangers faced by escaping prisoners. A lively and historically interesting contribution to the literature of Second World War escape and evasion, enthusiastically reviewed by the contemporary British press. The book is in near fine condition, with a firm, tight binding, clean boards and beautifully clean pages and illustrations throughout. Retains its striking original illustrated dustwrapper, featuring a German sentry and escaping prisoners against a snowy landscape, with artwork signed E. K. Kenyon. The dustwrapper is in very good condition, with some light spotting, rubbing and small nicks, particularly to the edges, corners and spine extremities, but remains attractive and well preserved. The original dustwrapper is now housed in an easily removable clear acetate archival cover. A particularly pleasing copy of this engaging wartime escape memoir. The photographs form part of the description. Stock Code: 004249.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Foreword by Major-General Sir Victor Fortune. 400 pages. An enthralling record of escapes from German prisoner of war camps throughout five years of war. With 28 illustrations and maps. Also contains "the best and most human" accounts of life in prisoner of war camps in World War II that have "yet been published." Apart from some stains to fore-edges of pages, not affecting the text, the book has survived relatively well, but the dust-jacket is worn and has a portion of the spine missing. Major W.Clough-Taylor (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Publisher Hutchinson, London 1946. First edition. 1st ed. Good condition. In black boards with gilt lettering. Corners bumped, wear to ends of spine. Pages tanned. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings or inscriptions.