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UK,8vo HB+slipcase,1st edn thus.[Originally and first published, 1950 by George G. Harrap and Co.(London).The text of this edition follows that of the first edition.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - slipcase as issued.Bright,crisp,clean navy blue paper-covered card slipcase; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no rubbing, nicks or tears present.Bright,crisp,clean,publisher's original wrap-around pictorial dark blue+grey+silver gilt scenic illustrated/decorated cloth boards with bright,crisp,printed silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,a dark blue +silver striped headband and immaculate plain silver-flecked pale blue endpapers.Top edges+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - pp32/44 with small accidental creases to top corners.No other intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners and no thumbing to fore-edges - an unread copy? UK,8vo HB+s/case,9-214pp [paginated] includes an introduction by M.R.D. Foot,author's foreword,a prologue+epilogue by Iain Moncrieff, Pts 1-5,12pp contemporary b/w photographs and 2 (unpaginated) b/w regional maps intersperesed throughout the text and the book,an afterword by Patrick Leigh-Fermor and a brief glossary; plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w photographic frntis to verso,title page, separate contents+illus lists/tables,a dedication,unpaginated b/w maps, individual Pts separator pages and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. Set in Monotype Bembo at The Folio Society, printed on Buhl Wove paper at St. Edmundsbury Press,Bury St. Edmunds.Bound at Cambridge University Press in full cloth printed and blocked with a bold,striking design by David Rooney. An account of SOE operations in Crete during WWII,focusing on the audacious capture General Heinrich Kreipe,a plan masterminded and carried out by the author and Paddy Fermor. The book was originally completed in 1945 but not published for a further five years due to censorship concerns. Moss (1921-65) SOE agent,is best remembered for the capture,with Paddy Leigh-Fermor,of General Heinrich Kreipe on Crete and abduction of him to Egypt in April and May 1944.This is a classic account by one of the officers who took part in one of the great escapades of WWII.In 1943 W.(Billy) Stanley Moss and Patrick Leigh Fermor,both serving with Special Forces in the Middle East,decided on a plan to kidnap General Kreipe,Commander of the Sevastopol Division in Crete,and bring him back to Allied occupied Cairo.This is the story of their adventures,working with a fearsome band of partisans,as they daringly capture the General in an ambush and struggle to evade pursuing German troops in the mountainous Cretan landscape to reach their rendezvous for evacuation to safety.Their exploits are commemorated in the War Museum on Crete. The Folio Society's formula for success is publishing books with exceptional typography,illustrations,paper and bindings.The Society sources new introductions from literary experts to accompany classic texts and uses skilled designers and master printers to produce memorable fine books.Fiction and non-fiction titles are published.The Folio Society also prides itself on producing series of an author's works which regular publishers might not think economic - in several cases it is only possible to acquire forgotten books by major writers in Folio Society editions. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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.
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