The Escapers; A Chronicle of Escape in Many Wars with Eighteen Firsthand Accounts
Williams, Eric [Eric Williams, MC (13 July 1911 - 24 December 1983) was an English writer and former Second World War RAF pilot and prisoner of war (POW) who wrote several books dealing with his escapes from prisoner-of-war camps, most famously in his 1949 novel The Wooden Horse, made into a 1950 movie of the same name].
(Book #ID 58426)
Published by Collins (Publishers) and Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd., London First Cheap Edition Fourth Impression November 1953. London 1953.
First cheap edition hard back binding in publisher's original crimson cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains [x] 432 printed pages of text. Softened spine ends and rubs to the corners, age darkened closed page edges. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with 40 mm piece missing to the top of the spine, rubs to the fore edges, gutters and corners, not price clipped 10s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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