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HIGGINS**, JACK: : THE EAGLE HAS FLOWN

LONDON.CHAPMANS PUBLISHERS LTD.,1991.

ISBN 1955920123.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photographic/pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj with gilt+white capitalised lettering to front and to a black spine/ backstrip which has a slightly sunned/faded colour thumbnail detail from front cover, and author's b/w portrait photograph to rear panel respectively; and all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Both head+foot of spine/ backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,rear panel of dw/dj with minimal indents - a couple through to board beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish and no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine,would appear unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and clean plain white sets of endpapers.A handwritten ink small D to lower corner by foot of gutter's fold to rear pastedown - but no (assumed) damage noted,but book with a small lean.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,11- 268pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters; plus [unpaginated] 4pp blanks,half-title with list of author's previous works (14) to verso,title page,a dedication,a Preface,2 individual separator pages London - Belfast 1975 beofre chapter 1 and Belfast 1975 before chapter 16 respectively,and to the rear another 4pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age, and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading. 'The Eagle Has Landed.',published in 1975,was a publishing sensation and is regarded as one of the great war stories of its time.It introduced one of the great anti-heroes of modern fiction in Liam Devlin - a legend in his own time. 'The Eagle Has Flown.' reintroduces Liam Devlin,scholar,poet, gunman,soldier of the IRA. Colonel Kurt Steiner,the German paratroop officer gunned down during his abortive assassination attempt on Winston Churchill, has survived on the operating table and is held a secret prisoner in the Tower of London.Liam Devlin,on the run from Nazi Germany,languishes in Lisbon in the vain hope that he may obtain passage to America, when he is approached by General Walter Schellenberg of the SS with a startling challenge: to effect the escape of Kurt Steiner from the Tower of London and to return with him to Germany and thereby bring about the most startling coup of the entire war.But first Devlin must put his head in the noose again and return to Berlin to face again his most hated adversary,Heinrich Himmler. . . The sweep of the story takes Devlin from Berlin to the underworld of London's East End,a story peopled by unforgettable characters: Asa Vaughan,American fighter pilot trapped in the George Washington Legion of the SS,Brigadier Dougal Munro of British Intelligence,Jack and Eric Carver, the two most notorious gangsters in London's underworld.These and others populate a novel which millions have waited for.They will not be disappointed. 'The Eagle Has Flown.',like its predessor, is destined to become another publishing sensation. 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 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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