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BRICKHILL, LT. Paul (1916-1991). The Great Escape. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, [1950].
8vo. Illustrated with photographs. Original two-tone cloth, spine stamped in green and silver (light rubbing, board edges a bit toned, text a bit toned); original price-clipped dust jacket (spine sunned and chipped, panels edgeworn, chipped, with several tears, some soiling to panels).
FIRST EDITION of this account of the mass escape from the German P.O.W. camp, Stalag Luft III. This book is the basis of the 1963 film starring Steve McQueen and James Garner, and directed by John Sturges.