They Have Their Exits by Airey Neave, First Edition (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: G-. 1st Edition. The book smells musty. The pages are clean and tight. There is a b/w frontis photo of the author. The endpapers are a map of the WWII battles in England and Europe. The covers are tight and have some light scuffing, mostly on the edges. The dust jacket is lightly scuffed and has some corner wear.

8Vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st. 275pp. Gray boards, red lettering on spine, unclipped jacket. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate+ overall book shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge and cornerrubbing, light foxing and blush on textblock edges, considerable jacketwear, jacket edgewear and small edge tears, chipping, sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Near fine hardcover in worn (good) dust jacket. Hardcover has minimal wear. No marks or names inside. The dust jacket has general light wear and is now in plastic cover. Book.

Condition: Fine. 1953 1st ed.; fine condition, DJ good condition, minor wear at corners and edges, has previous owner's name on FEP, side of DJ spine is faded.

First Edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 192p. : iIlus. ; 21cm. Subjects: World War, (1939-1945) -- Prisoners and prisons, German. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 192p. : iIlus. ; 21cm. Subjects: World War, (1939-1945) -- Prisoners and prisons, German. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Classic account of a British Officer captured in 1940 and his many attempts to escape, until his transfer to Colditz Castle from which he made a successfu escape. 179pp., ills., near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Signature plate with 12 signatures in ink of Officers held at Colditz (Oflag IVc) in World War Two. Only on of 20 such plates signed, this is number 9. The list is also printed on a certificate od authenticity signed by Vector Fine Art. Signatures include Kenneth Lockwood, Corran Purdon, Michael Alexander, Joseph Tucki, Lord Hareword, Earl Haig etc. Full list available.

8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 3 full-page diagrams, and endpaper maps in blue; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'barbed-wire' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Neave recounts his evasions and escapes following capture at Dunkirk. He was the first British prisoner to make a Home Run from Oflag IVc, Colditz. Enser, p.151.