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Hardcover. Etat : Used - Acceptable. Etat de la jaquette : None. Lieut. J. F. Watton, Border Regt. (illustrateur). 1st Edition. With 64 plates. This book is a set of very human stories of Allied soldiers who were held at the famous Colditz prison camp along with, in many cases, drawings of the individuals themselves. Spine, binding and covers all fine though covers are very faded. Contents are clean throughout, with previous owner name on inside cover, and there is tanning on the endpapers. 183 pages.

1946. (24), 183, (8) pp. Original cloth. A bit discolored, corners strengthened with tape. Pictures on quest.

2 pages de remerciements non numérotées. 12 pages de préface non-numérotées. 64 planches hors-texte. 183 pages. (26x19 Cm). Plein-cartonnage noir. Dos lisse. Couverture imprimée-Charnière fendue. Coins et coiffes émoussés. Plats frottés. Dernier cahier déboîté. Planches hors-texte en couleurs et en noir. Papier bruni en tranches.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. OFLAG IVC, the "Sounderlager" or Special Camp was the German idea of an escape proof camp for captured officers during World War II. There were more guards than prisoners. It has been compared to Alcatraz. Book is a collection of narratives by officers who spent time in the prison. Richly illustrated with drawings, maps. Numerous colour plates. 64 Illustratve plates in total. Green coverboards with some splotches and streaks. BInding is loose but secure with one-inch of webbing exposed at front hinge. Some fraying of cloth on coverboards at bottom corners. No written inscriptions or tears on pages. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 183 pp.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good -. No Jacket. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. London: Falcon Press, 1946. 183 pages. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Cover has a glass ring mark on the lower right edge and is lightly soiled. Edges lightly scuffed. A very good copy of these memoirs from many soldiers who were in the OFLAG concentration camp during World War II. With 64 plates done by J. F. Watton, mostly pastel portraits, many in colour. Not Stated, Presumed First Edition. Grey & Red Cloth Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Watton, J. F. 7.25 x 10. Military History.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Watton, Lieut. J F (illustrateur). Colditz. The cover has itself been smoothly covered with a stick-on clear plastic coating. Striking coloured portraits in chalk by J F Watton are interspersed amongst the stories of the many prisoners of all nationalities who were incarcerated in this miserable prison and from which so many men gallantly, ridiulously, bravely and every other 'ly' you can think of, made their constant attempts to escape.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Watton, Lieut. J.F. (illustrateur). Fly-leaf is missing. Cover edges are worn to boards. OFLAG was a Nazi prison for officers.

1st edition original boards Very Good lge. octavo 183pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, 'Compilation of stories of and by the prisoners of Oflag IVC, the "escapers prison". Oflag IVC, the Sonderlager, or special camp, was the German idea of an escape proof camp for captured officers. Otherwise known as Colditz'. Boards worn, especially at spine o/w VG clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. A hardcover in royal blue cloth boards. Signed an inscribed by author Wood at the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is included, though damaged and folded, tucked inside the front cover. With 183 pages, illustrations in black and white, a few photographs, a few portraits in color. Some wear to covers, bumps at edges and spine ends. A few stains to the front board.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Very Good lge. octavo 183pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, 'Compilation of stories of and by the prisoners of Oflag IVC, the "escapers prison". Oflag IVC, the Sonderlager, or special camp, was the German idea of an escape proof camp for captured officers. Otherwise known as Colditz'. Boards bumped at chipped at corners & foot of spine o/w VG clean, tight copy in a rather tatty dust jacket.

1st edition orig. cloth Nice Copy lge. octavo 183pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, 'Compilation of stories of and by the prisoners of Oflag IVC, the "escapers prison". Oflag IVC, the Sonderlager, or special camp, was the German idea of an escape proof camp for captured officers. Otherwise known as Colditz'. Boards bumped at chipped at corners & foot of spine o/w VG clean, tight copy in a rather tatty dust jacket.

Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Good. Sutcliffe, Norman; Goss, G.W.; gale, W.G.; Sindall, A.W.; Moorsom, F.G.; tresilian, S.; Wood, Stanley L.; Brock, R.H.; Carruthers, G.P.; Saunderson, E.J.; Prater, Ernest; Cleaver, Reginald (illustrateur). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: America's Murder Gangs Unmasked - A striking revelation of the forces at work behind the "murder-gangs," or organized criminal syndicates, of New York, Chicago, and other large American cities; My Menagerie - Photo-illustrated article about D. Maule and his odd experiences with his collection of animals, acquired in the wilds of Rhodesia; "Square-Pegs" - Part III of a story which should be studied by everyone considering settling in Canada - in this case a London family purchases a prairie farm; The Crowing Cock - How two Buddhist priests unmasked a cunning thief by a clever piece of 'divination'; on the outskirts of Colombo, Ceylon; Room Forty-Nine - A dangerous experience for an Englishman in Mexico; "Kruger's" Day Out - A bold, bad baboon is unfastened by mischievous troopers in South Africa; Hunting the "Moonshiners" - Interesting stories from the officers tasked with suppressing the flow of illegal liquor in the Prohibition-era United States - with photos; Photo of communal bakery in Brittany; "Tiger" - After 11 years in Malaya William Hodge saw his first live tiger; Two Girls on the Frontier - Part I - Two city-bred sisters take up homesteading in South Dakota - with photos; Nik's Homecoming - Life and death in a remote Albanian village last August is described, with photos, by Lieut-Colonel P.T. Etherton; Mart Dayton's Grizzly - It took him a year but he finally took revenge on the bear that killed his young partner in the remote MacGregor country in British Columbia; The Bridge-Builders - Two men knowing nothing of the business take on a contract to build a bridge across an obscure river in the wilds of Africa; Fire-Walkers of Mauritius - A Photo-illustrated account of an extraordinary ceremony; In Quest of Gold - Part II - Two young Americans in search of buried treasure are forced to turn around by the dreaded Yaqui Indians. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this fascinating vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Very Good. Hossack, J.W.; Webb, Arch; Brock, R.H.; Vedder, S.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; Prater, E.; Holloway, W.H.; Brock, H.M.; Soper, G. (illustrateur). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Hypnotist Detective - Dr. Leopold Thoma of Vienna is a new kind of detective; Knocking at the Cannibals Door - a very dramatic story of the "white man's burden" near the Kunimaipa River in British New Guinea; My Misadventures in Finistere - an amusing account of a holiday sojourn on a little island off the northern coast of Brittany; Through the East by Air - Part III - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; The Tiger Calls - an account of what befell two Indian teaplanters; Our Little Outing - An exciting story from a P. Burns and Co. beef camp southeast of Olds, Alberta; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part III - the remarkable story of a man who conducted the most mysterious one-man robberies to ever occur in America; The Ship That Disappeared - The perilous adventure of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamer "Canadian Importer"; The "Human Leopards" - A Terrible secret society in Sierra Leone, West Africa; The Blue Spot Theory - a funny story about checking for birthmarks on Burmese babies; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part I - Oscar Olsson's aim was to shoot big game with a film camera; My Fishing Trip - a British Officer's touch and go experience in Sopor, a village in Kashmir; and more. 86 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

First edition; 4to (260 x 190 mm, 10 x 7 1/2 in); half-title signed by seven former Colditz prisoners of war, numerous colour and black & white portraits and illustrations; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering, boards slightly bowed, small chip to long side of upper one, otherwise a very good and internally fine. Signed by seven former Colditz prisoners of war:- Kenneth Lockwood, Jimmy Yule, Hugh Bruce, Tommy Catlow, Peter Allan, Walter Morison and Jack Best, co-designer of the famous Colditz glider. 'It is well know that the discipline in Oflag IVC, the Escapers' camp, was harsher than in any other British Prisoners of War Camp in Germany.' Foreword by Field Marshal The Lord Chetwode.