A Gallant Company: The Men of the Great Escape
by Jonathan F. Vance
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0935553479
- ISBN 13
- 9780935553475
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
USA: Pacifica Military History, 2000. Book. Illus. by Moody, Carol. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi, 329 pages. Index. Map. Black and white reproductions of photos. "On the night of March 24-25, 1944, seventy-nine Allied airmen clambered through a tunnel at Stalag Luft III in Eastern Germany in the final act of what history and Hollywood have dubbed The Great Escape... A tale of ingenuity, perseverance, and courage, and a testament to what ordinary men can achieve in extraordinary circumstances." - from dust jacket. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in mylar. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Slight lean to spine. A quality copy..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 553H1376
- Title
- A Gallant Company: The Men of the Great Escape
- Author
- Jonathan F. Vance
- Illustrator
- Moody, Carol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0935553479
- ISBN 13
- 9780935553475
- Publisher
- Pacifica Military History
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- A Gallant Company: The Men of the Great Escape Prisoners and Prisons German Stalag Luft III Escapes Poland Zagaa Great Britain Royal Air Force Biography Steve McQueen Movie
- Bookseller catalogs
- Covert Operations;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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