About this title: Published to coincide with a 6-part dramatized production on BBC Radio, this book tells the story one of the most ingenious and daring escapes of World War II. By concealing the entrance to a tunnel beneath a vaulting horse, three British officers were able to escape from a German prison camp.
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Description: Good. B000P8NZAY Hardcover BOOK CLUB EDITION with moderate shelf-wear, fading, tears, chipping, bumps, and creasing on dust jacket, edges, corners, and spine. The dust jacket may have significant tears or pieces missing. Binding is tight and square. Inside pages are free from underlining, note taking, and/or highlighting but there may be a signature, name plate or inscription from the previous owner. There may be a few pages with the corners folded over. Book is in stock and ready to ship from ... read more
Edition: Abridged ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 1965
Description: LEY kENYON. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. HARDCOVER, 224p., ill., 17 cm. Abridged ed. originally published (B52-3290) 1952. Biography & Autobiography; Escapes; General; Germany; Great Britain; History; Military; Personal Memoirs; Personal narratives, British; Poland; Prisoners and prisons, German; World War II; World War, 1939-1945. NF-W. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1949
Description: Poor. No Jacket. Ex-library with typical marks, heavy wear and soiling to boards; soiling to page edges. Reading copy only. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction Inventory No: 060124. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, N. Y.
Date Published: 1949
Description: Good. No Jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. WW II------X-Library with normal flaws. The hard cover has light wear. Owners library plate on the front fly page. Clippings on the front and back inside boards...Outer edges of the pages has rubber stamp.................We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780553134056ISBN:0553134051
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. It took months of sweat and determination to break out, and even then, they still hadn't escaped. Stalag-Luft III was escape-proof-heavily guarded to hold Germany's most prized captives: Allied airmen. Yet three men with incredible ingenuity and endurance did the impossible, they broke loose. But their greatest escape was still to come. Edge wear. Crease at spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Abelard-Schuman, New York and London
Date Published: 1958
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. The cover has rubs. The pages are free of underlining and highlighting. The pages have occasional stray marks and small discolorations. The book appears to be recased. Standard library markings. 256 p. read more
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