George H Doran, New York and Chapman and Hall, London 1919, 1919. 8vo, pp xi, 274, single bound-in advertising leaf to rear, frontis & 11 further plates. Some light toning throughout and rear internal hinge starting but intact. In oatmeal cloth with laid-on white, black & red title label to spine. In the original clay-coloured DJ (in protective wraps) with the frontis illustration reproduced to the top cover, some light chipping to the front fold and the top of the spine. Identical to the Britiah first edition this is a scarce work in any condition, let alone with the original jacket. Alec Waugh, the brother of Evelyn, was held as a POW in the First World War and served with distinction with Tito's forces in Yugoslavia (as a member of the embryonic SAS) in the Second. Illustrations by Captain R.T.Roussel (P.O.W. Mainz).

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Bookseller: Voewood Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2423
Title: The Prisoners of Mainz
Author: Alec Waugh
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George H Doran, New York and Chapman and Hall, London 1919
Date Published: 1919

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Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.

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