The Cooler King; The True Story of William Ash; Spitfire Pilot, P.O.W. and WWII's Greatest Escaper
by Patrick Bishop
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1468312731
- ISBN 13
- 9781468312737
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Overlook Press, 2015 The Overlook Press, New York. 2015. Hardcover. First Printing by Line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New but with slight bumping of the head from shipping. DJ Condition: New; slight bumping to covers at head and tail. Green boards with tan overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. 305 pp 8vo. Ash was shot down over France in 1942, captured by German forces, and placed in a Nazi prison camp. He spent the rest of the war defying the Nazis and striving to escape from every POW camp in which they incarcerated him. A story of resistance and resilience in the face of impossible odds. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004867
- Title
- The Cooler King; The True Story of William Ash; Spitfire Pilot, P.O.W. and WWII's Greatest Escaper
- Author
- Patrick Bishop
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1468312731
- ISBN 13
- 9781468312737
- Publisher
- The Overlook Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- British Spitfire Pilot, 411 Squadron, Digby, Army Air Corps, Prisoner of War, POW, World War II, Nazi Germany, Prisoner of the Nazis, Nazi Prison Camp, Escape from Prison Camps, oflag XX1B Prison Camp, RAF, Stalag Luft III, Gestapo, World War II in Europe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prisoner of War; Biographies;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.