Collins, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Barry Glynn Â– Cover Art. End page maps. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, By Barry Glynn, with dark red and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A mixture of historical truth and writer's licence, this is the story of group of German paratroopers dropped into England to abduct Winston Churchill from the country house that he was due to spend the weekend in 1943. Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing of the other book edges. Cocking of the spine and there is age toning of the text block edges and pages. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. There is a 2 inch tear to the lower right-hand corner of the rear panel. Rubbing and marking of the dustwrapper with quite noticeable handling marks to the rear panel stop foxing to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 352 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Barry Glynn Â– Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. ISBN: 0002212080. ISBN/EAN: 9780002212083. Inventory No: 0289914. . 9780002212083

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The Eagle Has Landed is a book by Jack Higgins set during World War II. It first published in 1975. It was made into a film of the same name in 1976 starring Michael Caine. The plot has some similarities with that of Went the Day Well?, a film made during World War II itself. The book is still in print, being reissued in New York by Berkley Books in 2000 with ISBN 0-425-17718-1.

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0289914
Title: The Eagle Has Landed
Author: Higgins, Jack
Illustrator: Barry Glynn Â– Cover Art
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0002212080
ISBN 13: 9780002212083
Publisher: Collins
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: BZDB2 World War II, Secret Service, kidnapped, Liam Devlin Barry Glynn Â– Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0002212080 EAN: 9780002212083 Higgins, Jack The Eagle Has Landed

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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