Escape Fever

Geoffrey Harding

Published by John Hamilton

About this Item

Escape Fever by Geoffrey Harding Sketches By T V Deacon Good hardback - no jacket. Publisher: John Hamilton. No date but, first edition 1932 Blue cloth boards - titles in gilt, foxed, corners bumped, edges rubbed. Other marks. Foxing to closed page edges and slight spotting through book. 224 pages, sketches and b&w photos. There are 2 pull-out plans attached: Strohen Camp (very good condition) Escape route (creased). The author served in the trenches for 18 months with the 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment. Transferring to the RFC he joined 25 squadron as an observer in F.E. 2b s during the final phase of the Battle of Arras in April 1917. Subsequently shot down and captured by the Germans on May 1 1917 during a bombing raid. The book meticulously describes his plans and subsequent successful escape.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1468621895835

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Escape Fever
• Publisher: John Hamilton
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military Biography
  • World War One