Paul Brickhill - THE GREAT ESCAPE - First UK Edition

Published in London by Faber & Faber, 1951.

First Edition, First Printing, Hardcover in Dustjacket.

Original, salmon-pink coloured boards with black titles to the backstrip. pp.263, illus.

An attractive, square, tight copy. Entirely free from previous owner names, library markings etc. No discernible foxing or spotting to the leaves or edges. One oversized page (a production fault, p. 252) is folded over at the top corner.

This is a very nice, clean copy.

The dustjacket is not price-clipped, however, there are sizable chips to the corners and spine ends (please see image). Now protected. The text to the rear panel is complete - a Good condition dj even with the partial loss.

A long way from Fine but this title is now a scarce one in the first edition.