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LEWIS**, DAMIEN: : SAS GREAT ESCAPES: SEVEN INCREDIBLE ESCAPES MADE BY SECOND WORLD WAR HEROES

LONDON.QUERCUS,2021.

ISBN 9781787475281.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.[Complete number line 10 - 3 descending.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,repeated monochrome illustration to panels and spine with embossed glossy red+black letters and other glossy white letters to front,spine/backstrip with flat printed glossy white+red letters,rear panel with critics' black+red lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without any blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine - unread apart from my own collation.Ink printing in production process has a couple of random splashes to pp314/5 and lower edge to reverse of blank immediately after the last page of the index.Publisher's bright, crisp,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and clean plain dark grey sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xiipp+1-332pp [paginated] includes author's note,a Preface,7 chapters with 7 escapes,8pp contemporary sepia,b/w photographs (the majority) and colour photogrraphs in 1 block,between pp116/7,acknowledgements, chapter's sources,a bibliography,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram (Henry David Thoreau), contents list/table,and to the rear,2pp blank after the index,author's charity work note/info (- for Blind Veterans) and further 4pp blanks as last pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. 'SAS Great Escapes' tells of the seven most dramatic and daring escapes of WW2 executed by the world's most famous fighting force - the SAS.Ranging from the very first missions until the end of the war,these tales include some key household names,along with the untold and undiscovered stories. 'SAS Great Escapes' includes gripping accounts of superhuman endurance,of breath-taking bluff and nerve,of the use of audacious disguise and the wreaking of total bloody mayhem,as our seven dare all to win all.In crossing the sun-blasted wastes of the Sahara on foot hounded by enemy,in cutting the wire of an 'escape-proof' POW camp and cycling away,in busting themselves out of the depths of a Gestapo torture chamber,and more,each story is a nail-biting,rollercoaster ride. These elite warriors have to use all of their skill,training,guile and ruthlessness to slip the enemy's clutches, and Damien Lewis reveals them at their very best and at their most vulnerable.He also shows how the SAS evolved as a unit throughout WW2,becoming the world's premier escape and evasion force and working hand-in-glove with M19,Britain's top-secret 'escape factory.' Exhaustively researched,'SAS Great Escapes.' is based upon contemporaneous diaries,mission reports,debriefings,letters and testimonies provided by the families of those who were there.These stories of almost unbelievable derring-do reveal the most desperate of times, when men were hunted and trapped,and forced to fight their way out of certain capture.Around every corner lurked the possibility of torture and death.In that spirit,'SAS Great Escapes.' reveals an epic of breathtaking daring and the triumph of the individual's will to survive. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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