SOUTH WEST SECRET AGENTS - TRUE STORIES OF THE WEST COUNTRY AT WAR. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK,12mo wraps,p/back Original,author SIGNED,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format,in the country of its origina,and sometimes,even worldwide.] FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten black ink inscrptn: 'To Simon, with love, Laura Quigley' to half-title.Bright,crisp,matt,sharp-cornered,faux distressed look to a 3-colour block (red+b/w) illustrated front card cover with red+white lettering,a b/w lettered red+black spine/ backstrip with NO reading creases to same,rear card cover with white-lettered precis and note about the author; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread, other than my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,p/back Original.author SIGNED,1st edn,8- 190pp includes an In Memoriam,17 chapters, interspersed with contemporary b/w photographs,a Timeline of WW2,Notes and further acknowledgements,A list of the Agents,references and an Index; plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED+dedicated half-title,title page,contents list with blank verso,and to the rear,a b/w photographic illustrated publisher's advertisement for other wartime titles as last page. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's nature, i.e. an ephemeral paperback item,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. True tales of Second World War spies from across the West Country have been collected together for the very first time in this fascinating book.From the rescue operations as the exodus from France began to the secret guerrilla army in Devon and Cornwall, this book will amaze and intrigue with the incredible stories of Jasper Lawn of Patrol boat N51,the Helford Flotilla and the first escape routes for POWs,agents and crashed airmen. 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.