The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by RAWICZ, Slavomir - 1997

New York: The Lyons Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 1558216340 . A first printing of this 1997 reprint edition of Slavomir Rawicz's gripping account of his escape, with several fellow prisoners, from a brutal Soviet work camp in northern Siberia in 1941. The escapees made their way south across Mongolia, the Gobi Desert and Tibet in their trek to eventual freedom in India. Mr. Rawicz was assisted by Ronald Downing in the writing of this book. Includes author's introduction and afterword. With a map of Asia showing the escapees' route. --- In textured black paper-covered boards with titling in yellow to spine; wrapped in dust jacket. --- An excellent copy: clean, bright and tightly bound but with slight soiling to front endpapers & edges of textblock. Bright, unclipped jacket in excellent shape and protected in clear removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xii, 242 pages .