W E R Piddington (12 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing octavo hardback.264 pp.Illustrated + maps Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (some nibbles from top edge) No inscriptions.

blue hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very good cond. mint cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. small spot on spine at top. a few edge spots. old bookplate with name erased on front fyleaf, otherwise contents free of markings. price clipped dustwrapper in vg cond. rubbed at the corners, soiled on the rear. nice vintage copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings. first edition. first printing (NAP). 264p. b&w map. glossy b&w photos & illustrations. world history. biography. autobiography. memoirs. soviet union. english history. history of germany. iron curtain. cold war. ~ On Sunday, 9th July, 1950, William Piddington walked out of the Selsdon Park Hotel, Sanderstead, Surrey, and mysteriously vanished from human ken until his name hit the newspaper headlines four years later to the day, when, at a dramatic little ceremony he was handed over by the Russians to British foreign office representatives. During those four years, he was a prisoner of the Soviet Union, sentenced to a term of 25 years in a Corrective Labour Camp up in the Arctic Circle. His crim~illegal entry into the Russian Zone of Germany. He now gives for the first time the full account of his incredible experiences. Beginning with his first brush with the Russians on the east bank of the Elbe, he goes on to describe his successful trek to East Berlin across Soviet~held territory undertaken to meet his German girlfriend; his second and disastrous attempt to reach the old German capital; his brutal treatment in the 'Screaming Prison' of Lichtenburg; his nightmare journey into the twilight world of Siberia; his unceasing sabotage activities in the mining camp at Vorkuta; and shortly after the death of Stalin, his unaccountable transfer to Moscow and his subsequent return to this country. As the narrative unfolds, the reader is compelled to share Mr. Piddington's unequivocal attitude towards a regime in which millions of innocent citizens are condemned by their inhuman rulers to perpetual slavery. His verbatim reports of lunatic interrogations, the mockery of his own trial, the unholy travesty of justice generally~all the evidence, corroborated throughout by the harrowing testimony of his fellow~prisoners of all nationalities leads him to the inevitable conclusion that the house that Stalin built is a madhouse where maniacs rule. The impact of Piddington's story as told in RUSSIAN FRENZY, with one man pitting his strength, his cunning and his courage against the whole fearful apparatus of oppression, intimidation and torture, is truly devastating. The occasional pathetic interludes of friendship with a few courageous but hysterical men and women tend only to heighten the dramatic obsessions of his lonely fight. The book is beautifully written with a sensitivity and passionate sincerity which lifts it to the level of an outstandingly great book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. jacket is worn, torn and creased. edge wear on boards. foxing and markings. some sticker residue. binding is intact. fair copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. A reading copy. Tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

; Viking Press; softcover; pocket size; ills. in b&w; 254 pp.Spine creased. Name on first page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Previous owner signature. Price clipped. First edition; 1955. Clothbound in blue with the title in gold gilt to the spine. Text is clean and bright. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine very slightly faded, some spotting to page fore edges and endpapers, corners and folds rubbed, not price clipped (16s), no inscriptions, errata slip pasted to title page, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age.264pp. The story of despatch rider, author and spy William Piddington (1925-c.70) also known as 'Mad Ginger, and his four years' confinement in a Russian Labour Camp within the Arctic Circle, his crime - an attempt to enter the Russian Zone in Germany. Released in 1954 as part of a prisoner exchange, aged 28yr old, he became a motorcycle stuntman. Jacket by LNB (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. ISBN Hardback. Good condition book, with some brownspotting and dustsoiling to top edge of book, some browning to edges of interior pages and inside cover hinges, minor rubs to cover corners, in a Good Condition dustjacket with minor chips, small closed tears, rubs and creases to edges, some browning and dustsoiling to jacket edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Price clipped on front jacket flap.…

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Nice copy small octavo 254pp., b/w pls., .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard Cover 16 b&w photos and maps, pp264. Condition Dj Very Good small nicks and bumps to top and bottom edges, rear cover has a few small marks and ripples to the paper, clipped. Book and pager block Near Fine. Documents the author's experiences as a prisoner behind the Iron Curtain 1950-54. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Viking Press Paperback Edition / First Print. Complete and Unabridged. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issue. 254pp. B/w map to rear. Not library copy, no inscriptions, some wear to cover and spine edges. (45/2).

1st edition orig. cloth Nice copy octavo 254pp., b/w plates, map, No jacket but a nice crisp, tight, square copy.