Isbn: 9780340024065 - the colditz story (coronet books) (23 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. New Impression. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Zustand: Good. New Impression. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Zustand: Good. New Impression. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Zustand: Good. New Impression. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft Cover. First Thus. 2 mass market paperbacks;---Story (1962, later printing thus), 223 pages, three tears to front cover, otherwise very gently read, if at all, clean and unmarked other than traces of foxing, overall in Very Good + condition;---Latter (1962, later printing thus), 320 pages, spine creased and rolled, two store stamps inside front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked other than traces of foxing, Good condition. See also our listing for Aileen Clayton's very scarce The Enemy Is Listening [The Story of the RAF Y Service]. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Ah, Colditz (1972) by P. R. Reid , published by Coronet Books , ISBN: 0340024062 ? and presented here in Good condition , as sold by Crappy Old Books, which is reassuring because this is not a book that benefits from flimsiness. For those unfamiliar: Colditz was not a charming spa town where one popped in for mineral waters and a polite waltz. It was a German high-security prisoner-of-war castle during the Second World War ? the place where the Third Reich sent the ?difficult? officers. The escapers. The organisers. The men who looked at barbed wire and thought, ?Challenge accepted.? P. R. Reid was one of them. Which means this isn?t a glossy after-the-fact reconstruction filled with dramatic violins and slow-motion heroics. It?s the real thing ? dry, restrained, British-to-the-core understatement applied to situations involving tunnels, disguises, forged papers, and a castle full of men who regarded incarceration as an administrative inconvenience. This is wartime stoicism in paperback form. It is full of ingenuity, patience, and that specific Allied officer mindset that believed rules were binding ? unless they were German rules, in which case one must immediately attempt to circumvent them. The brilliance of Colditz as a story is not loud heroics. It?s persistence. It?s boredom weaponised. It?s men who decide that if you give them four walls and too much time, they will invent an entire underground university, a theatre, and a small but determined engineering department dedicated to leaving. And this 1972 Coronet edition? It has that excellent early-70s paperback energy: solid, readable, slightly serious-looking, probably once carried in a coat pocket on a train. The cover likely promises tension and fortitude. The pages promise resilience. The tone promises that the stiff upper lip was, in fact, structurally load-bearing. Now to condition. This copy is listed as Good , which in Crappy Old Books language means it has survived its own campaign. The spine is intact. The pages are sound. It may show signs of life ? minor creasing, gentle edge wear ? but nothing dramatic. It has not attempted escape from the shelf. It has behaved admirably. Which is fitting. Because Colditz as a book isn?t about dramatic explosions (though there are moments). It?s about patience, morale, ingenuity, and the quiet refusal to concede. A Good-condition copy feels appropriate: sturdy, dependable, not showy ? very much in character. Ideal for: Fans of real WWII memoirs rather than cinematic embellishment Collectors of 1970s Coronet war paperbacks Readers who enjoy stories of intelligence over brute force Anyone who secretly believes that if locked in a castle, they too would begin measuring the walls If you want the definitive inside account of the most famous POW camp in Europe ? written by a man who was actually there ? this is it. No myth-making necessary. The facts are sufficiently astonishing. A castle. A war. A group of officers who simply refused to sit still. Good condition. Strong spine. No surrender. Crappy Old Books proudly offers the escape story that never stopped trying.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Spine nad part of cover very faded. Pages tanned. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Fast Despatch by First Class Royal Mail.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 222 pages. cover worn, text tanned The Colditz Story (Coronet Books) Reid, P. R.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 278 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned.spine faded, bottom page stainedThe Colditz Story (Coronet Books) Reid, P. R.

Tapa Blanda. Zustand: Aceptable. ISBN: 9780340024065. Coronet Books. Reino Unido, 1972. 223 pp. 11x18 cms. Tapa:Blanda. Estado de conservación: Aceptable. Cubiertas deslucidas con marca de doblez en esquina inferior de cubierta principal. Firma anterior propietario en portada. Algunas palabras subrayadas en el texto. Arrugas en borde de lomo. Cortes y bordes de hojas amarillentos.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 278 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned.The Colditz Story (Coronet Books) Reid, P. R.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO60140032: 1972. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, 2ème plat abîmé, Dos abîmé, Mouillures. 222 pages. Dos insolé. Plats pliés. Annotations au dos du 1er plat (ex-libris). Tranche défraîchie. Texte lisible. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 222pp, some yellowing to pages. Some creasing to covers.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 222pp, some yellowing to pages. Some creasing to covers.