Prittie, The Hon. T. C. F., MBE and Edwards, Captain W. Earle, MBE,

SOUTH TO FREEDOM : A Record of Escape (later renamed Escape to Freedom).

Hutchinson, London, 1949, reprint, 400pp, frontis and 6pp half tone photo ills., 6pp half tone and line drawings, 3 maps and 1 drawing in colour, 8 in text plans/diagrams, maps at feps, drawings by Major W. Clough-Taylor, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloure pictorial dustwrapper by Ley Kenyon, after the fall of Calais in 1940, the authors' account of the bewilderment and demoralisation of capture, experiences in various prisoner-of-war camps and their attempts to escape, before final liberation over 4 years later, sl. cocked, rubbed and a little buymped at extrems., edges dusty, tanned and with a few fox marks, front endpapers part cracked at hinge, light foxing to endpapers and ink name/date front free endpaper, dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed with loss and several tears, overall light soiling, repairs on reverse, good plus in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35713

Catalogue: WW2 - POW's and Escape

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Prouse, A. Robert,

TICKET TO HELL VIA DIEPPE - From a Prisoner's Wartime Log 1942-1945.

Webb and Bower, Exeter, 1982, 1st edn., 192pp, 8pp coloured ills., half tone ills. and facsimiles in text, pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured decorative head and tail bands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the author joined the Canadian Provost Corps in 1940 and was soon sent to England where he spent months in training, on manoeuvres and escorting visiting 'brass' in southern England. On requesting a transfer away from the boredom he was offered the choice of officer training or a special manoeuvre. Choosing the latter it turned out to be the raid on Dieppe where he was captured and spent three years in Stalag IXC, in the heart of Germany near Lepzig, where he kept a diary now expanded and illustrated from contemporary camp files, photographs, maps and other material looted after liberation, small crossed through ownership stamp on front pastedown, dustrapper: a little sunned at edges, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40990

Catalogue: WW2 - POW's and Escape

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Raven, Helene Jeanty,

WITHOUT FRONTIERS.

Hutchinson, London, 1960, 1st edn., 222pp, black cloth lettered in gilt and light blue at spine, col'd dustwrapper by Patricia Davey, after giving refuge to a British airman in 1943 Brussels the author and her husband were arrested by the Gestapo. Helene Jeanty feigned madness to try and save her husband who had been sentenced to death and spent the next two years in German prisons and asylums before release in March 1945. After her return to Brussels she joined the staff of the Judge Advocate-General's department of the War Office in London and returned to Germany where she was able to help establish the innocence of a number of suspected 'war criminals' that she had met whilst a prisoner. Her work in aiding post-war German refugees continued in 1947 with the World Council of Churches, work which later still she continued in her own right, faintly foxed at edges, dustwrapper lightly rubbed at tips, one short closed edge tear, lightly soiled, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 28805

Catalogue: WW2 - POW's and Escape

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Reed, Bill with Peeke, Mitch,

LOST SOULS OF THE RIVER KWAI.

Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2009, paperback, xx, 139pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, story of a young man who found himself along with thousands of his comrades in the nightmare of Japanese captivity, and unlike so many the author lived to tell the tale of the hardships and horrors. He had arrived at Singapore in January 1942 as a member of 85th Anti-Tank battery, RA and had come under fire even as the transport was docking. Singapore fell about one month later leading to three and a half years of captvity before being liberated, the book goes on to describe how the experiences of those years have affected his life since. fine,

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Book number: 41611

Catalogue: WW2 - POW's and Escape

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Reid, P. R., MBE, MC,

THE COLDITZ STORY.

Coronet, London, 1972, paperback, 223pp, photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, culminating the the author's own escape in 1942, light vertical crease in spine, light rubbing to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41855

Catalogue: WW2 - POW's and Escape

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Reid, P. R., MBE, MC,

THE COLDITZ STORY.

Coronet, London, 1972, paperback, 223pp, photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB at Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, culminating the the author's own escape in 1942, a little rubbed at extrems., spine sunned, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41856

Catalogue: WW2 - POW's and Escape

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Reid, P. R., MBE, MC,

THE COLDITZ STORY.

Coronet, London, 1972, paperback, 223pp, [i] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB at Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, culminating the the author's own escape in 1942, a little rubbed at extrems. with tiny chip tail of spine and light creasing to wrappers, lower cnrs. inclined to curl, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41857

Catalogue: WW2 - POW's and Escape

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Reid, P. R., MBE, MC,

THE COLDITZ STORY.

Coronet, London, 1974, 14th imp., paperback, 223pp, plan in text. [i] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB at Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, culminating the the author's own escape in 1942, sl. slant to spine, spine sunned and a little creased, lightly rubbed at extrems., some light creasing to wrappers and sl. curl lower cnrs., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 42019

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Reid, P. R., MBE, MC,

THE COLDITZ STORY.

Coronet, London, 1973, 11th imp., paperback, 223pp, double page plan in text, [i] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB at Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, culminating the the author's own escape in 1942, faint crease in spine, a little rubbed at extrems., faint creases to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 42020

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Reid, P. R., MBE, MC,

THE COLDITZ STORY.

Coronet, London, 1973, 16th imp., paperback, 223pp, double page plan in text, [i] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, TV tie-in with BBC and Universal production 'Colditz', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB at Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, culminating the the author's own escape in 1942, single crease in spine, rubbed at extrems., spine sunned, faint creases to wrappers, edges tanned, ink name half title, good plus,

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Book number: 42021

Catalogue: WW2 - POW's and Escape

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Reid, P. R., MBE, MC,

THE COLDITZ STORY.

Cassell, London, 2001, 1st in imprint, 223pp, double page plan in text, pictorial paper covered boards, the classic story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB at Colditz Castle in Saxony, where the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2 were imprisoned, of the many escape attempts made from the castle culminating the the author's own successful escape in 1942, edges tanned, no dustwrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 45478

Catalogue: WW2 - POW's and Escape

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Reid, P. R., M.B.E., M.C.,

THE COLDITZ STORY.

Pan Books, London, 1954, 4th imp., paperback, 223pp, plan in text, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by 'FVM', the story of the German POW camp Oflag IVB Colditz castle for the most persistant Allied officer escapers of WW2, culminating the the author's own escape in 1942, roll and slant to spine, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, cnrs. of several leaves turned, fair,

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Book number: 45665

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Reid, P. R., MBE, MC,

THE LATTER DAYS AT COLDITZ.

Pan Books, London, 1955, 1st in imprint, paperback, 320pp, double page plan of castle and single page of glider, #GP37, pictorial wrappers by 'Sax', continues the story started in The Colditz Story of the German POW high security camp for officer escapers at Colditz castle, from the time of the author's escape until the arrival of the Americans in 1945, roll and slant to wrinkled spine, a little rubbed at extrems., nick tail lower hinge, faint creasing to spine, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41858

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Reid, P. R., MBE, MC,

THE LATTER DAYS AT COLDITZ.

Hodder Paperbacks, London, 1969, paperback, 320pp, three plans in text, pictorial wrappers (unattrib), continues the story started in The Colditz Story of the German POW high security camp for officer escapers at Colditz castle, from the time of the author's escape until the arrival of the Americans in 1945, rub at tail of spine, light diag. crease lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41859

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Reid, P. R., MBE, MC,

THE LATTER DAYS AT COLDITZ.

Coronet, London, 1983, paperback, 320pp, 3 plans in text, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib), continues the story started in The Colditz Story of the German POW high security camp for officer escapers at Colditz castle, from the time of the author's escape until the arrival of the Americans in 1945, slight slant to spine, light creasing to spine and upper hinge, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41860

Catalogue: WW2 - POW's and Escape

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