Colditz Story by Pat Reid (45 results)

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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Prisoners of War. Very slight shelf wear to edges of D/J. and corners. Price clipped. When Richard Coeur de Lion captured 15 enemy knights in 1198, he blinded all but one. The latter was spared an eye in order to lead his companions back to the French army, which was considered an act of clemancy at the time. By 1758 under the Elightemnet, the French thinker Vattel declared that once a man surrendered, his life was sacrosantct, and the treatment of prisoners at the hands of the French and English armies at this time was examplary. But in the 1940s the terrible stories filtering out of the German and Japanese camps suggested that the wheel had come full circle. Every age and every culture has had its prisoners of war and its own code of conduct toward them, and this fact makes this book a study of unique interest. Recounting the personal histories of POW from many times and cultures, it is provocative, anecdotal and often disquieting. The book is the fruit of much patient research and its fresh approach sheds new light on a shadowy area of military history. Illustrated. 192 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Colditz was the last stop for prisoners of war in the Second World War. It was to this impregnable fortress that the Germans sent all those prisoners who persisted in escaping from other camps, such as Stalag Luft III (of THE GREAT ESCAPE FAME). Once within the walls of Colditz, the Germans reasoned, escape was impossible. And yet during the four-year period when the castle was used as a prison over 300 men escaped, 31 of whom managed to complete the hazardous journey home through Germany. Prisoners from 10 different countries formed a truly international escape academy. Skeleton keys were made, German passes forged, maps drafted, and all manner of tools and machinery constructed out of whatever the prisoners had to hand. The ingenuity of the escape artists knew no bounds: the tried everything from tunnelling, to hiding in rubbish sacks, disguising themselves as German officers, and leaping acrobatically from the castle walls. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. First American Edition. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. DJ shelf worn with scuffs, scratches & tears. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. First American Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1952. A very good book without inscriptions (one blank sticker over previous owner's name to front endpaper) with some spotting to the endpapers. In a very good clipped wrapper with chipping to the spine tips. A very presentable copy and a title which is becoming scarce.

A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1952. A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1952. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good dust wrapper with a chip to the head of the spine. Unclipped. Some creasing and a little edge wear. Accompanied with a first edition, first printing of The Latter Days which has no inscriptions, in a near fine unclipped wrapper with some light chipping to the top of the spine. Both books come complete with the rare wrap-around bands advertising the film of 'The Colditz Story' (band on volume 1 has a small hole to spine panel). Rare pair, especially with the addition of the bands.

A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1952. A very good book without inscriptions. In a very good clipped wrapper with chipping to the spine tips and a closed tear to the front panel. Accompanied with a first edition, first printing of The Latter Days which has no inscriptions, in a very good unclipped wrapper with a slither of loss to the bottom of the spine and some light chipping to the top of the spine. Complete with the rare wrap-around band advertising the film of 'The Colditz Story'. Rare pair, especially with the second volume in band.