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195332470Heinemann 1953. 8vo. Third Impression; original red cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Near fine copy of the sequel to 'Maquis' first published in 1946. 'A clear intense picture of life in occupied France as seen by an escaper' Foot. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION ESPECIALLY WITH THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser p.51; Foot p.400 recording the first edition. Heinemann, hardcover
194629959Heinemann 1946. 8vo. First Edition small neat signature on front paste-down; original red cloth gilt back red top brown endpapers a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with loss at tail of backstrip a little frayed at extremities and lightly age-soiled on predominantly white rear panel. Very nice copy of the sequel to 'Maquis'. 'A clear intense picture of life in occupied France as seen by an escaper' Foot. VERY SCARCE WITH THE DUSTWRAPPER IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.51; Foot p.400. Heinemann, hardcover
191313Dovecote Press 2006. 1904349463. 2nd limited edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth Fine dustwrapper Fine price clipped. Pp. 415 illus with b&w photos and maps no inscriptions. Dovecote Press, 2006. 1904349463 unknown
194649339Heinemann 1946. 8vo. Second Impression; original red cloth gilt back brown endpapers a remarkably bright crisp clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the later lightly age-soiled on predominanyl white rear panel. . A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED JUNE 1945 BY TWO FRENCH PARENTS AS A SOUVENIR OF THEIR TWO SONS' SERVICE WITH THE MAQUIS IN HAUTE-SAVOIE. Published in the same month as the first edition. EXTREMELY SCARCE WITH THE DUSTWRAPPER IN THIS CONDITION. 'A clear intense picture of life in Occupied France as seen first by an escaper and then by an SOE organiser' Foot. The book 'gives a matchless account of how to live hour by hour never knowing whether you will see the next through: De Gaulle told him the auhor in a private interview that this is the best account of life in the maquis though he could not say so in public' ODNB. Enser p.51; Foot p.400 recording the first edition. Heinemann, hardcover
