The Escapers A Chronicle of Escape in Many Wars with 18 First-hand Accounts
by Williams, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London UK: Collins with Eyre & Spottiswoode. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket shows chips and short tears with a large chip fore corner and base of spine. Light wear to book with a sticker stain on FFEP ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21275
- Title
- The Escapers A Chronicle of Escape in Many Wars with 18 First-hand Accounts
- Author
- Williams, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins with Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London UK
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- escape, POW
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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- Good+
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- FFEP
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- First Edition
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