The Faramus Story: Being the Experiences of Anthony Charles Faramus
by Anthony Charles Faramus; Frank Owen (presented by); Eddie Chapman (foreword by)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Kanab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Allan Wingate, London, 1954 An excellent hardcover copy of the first edition (no date, but 1954 per WorldCat), with dustcover: book and dustcover very good plus. Green paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 7 1/2 x 5 1/8, 178 pp. Modest spine slant; previous owner's name written neatly in ink, front free endpaper (date 24th February 1954); offsetting to endpapers; otherwise, pages clean and binding strong. Dustcover with moderate edgewear, including two 5/16 inch chips at the lower spine end; not price-clipped; in a mylar jacket. "Anthony Charles Faramus (27 July 1920 August 1990) was an actor, author and hairdresser. He was born in Saint Peter, Jersey and died in Surrey. The autobiographical accounts of his survival of Fort de Romainville, Buchenwald and the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex were published as The Faramus Story in 1954 and Journey into Darkness in 1990. Two books about Agent Zigzag, the double agent Eddie Chapman, also document aspects of Faramus's 'ruse' to join the Nazis as a collaborator and a spy, his imprisonment in Jersey, Paris and the concentration camps." (K086). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Boojum and Snark Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4563
- Title
- The Faramus Story: Being the Experiences of Anthony Charles Faramus
- Author
- Anthony Charles Faramus; Frank Owen (presented by); Eddie Chapman (foreword by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Allan Wingate, London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR II, NAZIS, JERSEY, PRISONERS WAR, BUCHENWALD, MAUTHAUSEN, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, FORT DE ROMAINVILLE, JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS
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