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Little, Brown. 1953 1st ed.; fine condition, DJ good condition, minor wear at corners and edges, has previous owner's name on FEP, side of DJ spine is faded.

Boston: Little Brown, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 275 pages, frontis, three illustrations, map, map endpapers, 8vo, gray cloth.. Front endpaper slight soil, ink name, very good; dust jacket good, spine faded, short tears, edgewear with slight loss, priced flap sain. Author was imprisoned and escaped from a German prison camp during World War II, served with the French Resistence and served papers on the directors of the Krupp works. Serving the antiquarian and used book world since 1980.

Hodder & Stoughton,, 1953. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 3 full-page diagrams, and endpaper maps in blue; black cloth, gilt back, backstrip gilt mildly dulled else a near fine copy. Neave recounts his evasions and escapes following capture at Dunkirk. He was the first British prisoner to make a Home Run from Oflag IVc, Colditz. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.151.

Hodder & Stoughton,, 1953. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 3 full-page diagrams, and endpaper maps in blue; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'barbed-wire' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Neave recounts his evasions and escapes following capture at Dunkirk. He was the first British prisoner to make a Home Run from Oflag IVc, Colditz. Enser, p.151.