Of their own Choice [with] Duel of Wits [with] The Spirit in the Cage. THE SOE TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
by CHURCHILL Peter
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- Hardcover
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- first
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton,, [1952-3-4]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with plate and map; handsomely bound in (respectively) burgundy/navy/dark green full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, backs with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Captain Peter Churchill's famous trilogy recounts his training, his first mission to France, his three later missions, his friendship and service with Odette, their capture, his solitary confinement in Fresnes, and deportation to Sachsenhausen and Flossenburg before his final liberation as a 'prominenten' in Italy in 1945. ARGUABLY THE FINEST CONTINUOUS MEMOIR OF SERVICE WITH SOE IN WWII. Enser, pp.396, 396, 351 (respectively); Foot, p.456.
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- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21886
- Title
- Of their own Choice [with] Duel of Wits [with] The Spirit in the Cage. THE SOE TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
- Author
- CHURCHILL Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton,
- Date Published
- [1952-3-4]
- Keywords
- military, ww2, wwii, espionage, soe, special operations executive, churchill, peter churchill, odette, odette hallowes
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...