Hide and Seek. The Story of a War-Time Agent. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
by FIELDING Xan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Secker & Warburg,, 1954. 8vo., First Edition, with 15 plates on 8 and endpaper maps in red; handsomely bound in full burgundy 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, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. ARGUABLY THE SCARCEST OF ALL THE SOE PERSONAL MEMOIRS. Fielding (1918-1991) was one of the first SOE agents (with Paddy Leigh Fermor and Dick Barnes) to be landed in Crete where he spent two years or so in a precarious game of hide and seek with the occupying Germans. Arrested in France later in the war, he was saved from execution by the Polish SOE agent Krystyna Skarbek. In post-war years a close friend of Lawrence Durrell, Fielding developed a career as writer and translator, achieving acclaim for his translation of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'. SCARCE. Enser, p.192.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29965
- Title
- Hide and Seek. The Story of a War-Time Agent. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
- Author
- FIELDING Xan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg,
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- military, ww2, wwii, crete, soe, special operations executive, espionage, fielding, xan fielding
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...