The Colditz Story
by P. R. Reid
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Pan Books, London, 1956. Reprint. Paperback. Fair. Paperback. 223 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books, London, 1956. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in fair condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing and mild soiling. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine has moderate lean and moderate reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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: they tried everything from tunnelling, to hiding in rubbish sacks, disguising themselves as German officers, and leaping acrobatically from the castle walls. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Inventory No: 22070254..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22070254
- Title
- The Colditz Story
- Author
- P. R. Reid
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Pan Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Military & Warfare; The Colditz Story
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military & Warfare;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....