REID, P.R. The Colditz Story with The Latter Days. London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1952 and 1953].
Two volumes, 8vo. Original cloth with illustrated dust-wrappers (price-clipped), The Latter Days with map endpapers; pp. 278. [8, tables of dramatis personae); 288, [12, tables of dramatis personae], illustrations in the text; a near-fine set with ownership inscriptions to both volumes, dated 1953 to fly-leaves.
Fourth impression of the first volume, first of the second. Volume one flat-signed by the author on title-page. Probably the most famous true escape story in the English speaking world, written by one of the few to escape from Colditz, reaching neutral Switzerland in 1942. The second volume deals with th fate of the Escape Committee who remained at Colditz, including the French Tunnel and the Colditz Glider. - Each volume with loosely inserted advertisement slips for the title.
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