Instone Gordon (25 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 256 pages. May require extra postage. Canada Post does not give tracking numbers on books to the U.S. under 1 kilogram (2 lbs). Size: Mass Market Paperback. Used.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Pan printing. Light creases to the spine. A few dog-eared pages. A little wear to the edges. Tanning to the side of the pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. As Issued. 2nd Printing April 1943 - 15,000. Introduction by General Sir Frederick Pile. 256pp. . Content clean, bright and sound. Paper lightly tanned. B/W Photos (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Wear and Tear Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. H/B 256 pages, condition is very good, No DJ. Red boards with gilt lettering to the spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1956 first edition in Great Pan books number GP42. A British soldier's story of his three escapes in France and 900-mile journey on foot. In very good clean condition with no writing, marks or tears and all pages tight in binding, normal taning to page edges. Covers clean and unscuffed.…

Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. READ more about : moonlight, Chapelle d'Armentieres, Belgian frontier, Battery Commander,Arras, billets, farm cart, Fieseler Storch, and scribbled instructions. In May of 1940 the author was a gunner in the Royal Artillery. These 256 military biography pages tell the tale of a year long escape journey (not always successful) that took him from Calais to Gibraltar. One b/w map and small section of b/w photographs at center. Wine coloured spine with white lettering. Cover image shows the author hiding in the loft of a barn. Beautifuly clean , square and bright - given the vintage. Name of p/o verso front cover. Minimal wear. Collectible !! QUote (p. 58) : " I found some young carrots and turnips growing in a field and pulling up a handful of them, sat down in a sheltered corner to eat and to think. I could not go on like this. I must have iome ._._._. . ". B/W Photographs (illustrator).…

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Red cloth titled in gilt on spine, b&w map illstns. Very tidy, just a small name and store stamp in front. Dust jacket is unclipped and unfaded, wear/slight loss at spine ends and corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hb In Dw 256pp , 11 Maps and Illustrations. Story of a British Gunner's 3 Escapes from the Germans and his 900 mile journey to Gibraltar Boots label to bottom of cloth board o/w a Vg/Vg Copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Second Paperback Edition. Second Pan edition from 1965. The first Pan paperback edition was published in 1956. This was a revised version of the book which was originally published by Burke in 1953. Light reading creasing to the spine which also has a little chipping at the top and bottom. There is some browning to the back cover and a little brown spotting to the insides of the covers. Browning to the page edges with some spotting. There is slight spotting to the first and last pages and the pages are browned but generally otherwise unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.…

Condition: Good+ Hardback. A soldier's story of surviving 11 months on the run in France during World War 2.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. front endpaper removed, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: well used Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 256 pp. : illus. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 ; Personal narratives, English. 1 Kg. …

pp. 256, b/w plates, prev. owner's inscr., or. bds., good in torn d.j. lacking pieces at head & tail of spine The personal experiences of a British gunner's three dramatic escapes from the Nazis and his 900 mile journey on foot.

1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 256 pp. : illus. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 ; Personal narratives, English. 1 Kg. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 1971, 3rd printing. Tight, firm copy. Cover has some rubbing to extremities with light discolouration/creasing & faded spine. The lightly tanned pages are free of any inscription/annotations, although a few have waterstains to edge & the very occasional creases. Not for the collector but perfectly readable copy. We endeavour to send orders as quickly as possible & in most cases are sent by first available post 6 days a week. (1,3-160/1).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A very clean, tight copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 2nd Printing. 256 pages, b/w picture sections. An ageing but firm book.

8vo., Third Impression, with plates, maps and plans; red cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A WWII POW classic, first published in the previous year. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.353.

The Elmfield Press, Morley. 1974. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 257 pages. B&w photograph plates; maps, plans and papers. Signed inscription from author ("To Pat & David, My best friends, With best wishes") to title-page. Clean and sound.

3rd imp. dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 256pp., b/w plates, maps & plans, Author was captured at Dunkirk and made three remarkable escapes.

1st ed. thus dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 257pp., b/w plates, maps, plans, Author was captured at Dunkirk and made three remarkable escapes.