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St. Martin's Press, 1972-01-01. hardcover. Acceptable. 8x5x1.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear plastic sleeve. Not price clipped ($7.95). Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. Sharp corners. Photo illustrated. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. This is the story of two failed attempts to rescue one million Jews trapped in Hungary during the summer of 1944. The first focuses on a small-scale Jewish parachute mission, emanating out of Palestine. Only one in the group was a woman, 24-year-old Hannah Senesh. She was caught and executed by the Germans. The second attempt was by the Hungarian Rescue Committee, headed by Joel Brand and Rezso Kastner. They attempted to negotiate with Adolf Eichmann, who had indicated a willingness to spare the lives of a million Jews in exchange for 10,000 trucks. Bound in the original black boards.… Leer más

Michael Joseph, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. shelf and edge wear on both book and jacket. ownership inscription. some usage marks. binding remains intact. pages are clear and legible. good copy. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Michael Joseph, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine with an ink notation on the front pastedown, in a fine dustwrapper.

St. Martin's Press. Clipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1972.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. [2], 349, [5]p. 22 cm. Frontis and other Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear, tears, chips, damp staining, and soiling. Anthony Masters was renowned as an adult novelist, short story writer and biographer, but was best known for his fiction for young people. Many of his novels carry deep insights into social problems, which he experienced over four decades by helping the socially excluded. He ran soup kitchens for drug addicts and campaigned for the civic rights of gypsies and other ethnic minorities. Masters is also known for his eclectic range of non-fiction titles, ranging from the biographies of such diverse personalities as the British secret service chief immortalized by Ian Fleming in his James Bond books (The Man Who Was M: the Life of Maxwell Knight). Anthony Masters died in 2003. From Wikipedia: "Hannah Szenes (often anglicized as Hannah Senesh or Chana… Leer más

London: Michael Joseph, 1972. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. Uncorrected Proof. Near Fine condition. No owner's name or bookplate. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp. Photo illustrated. Appendices. Bibliography. This is the story of two failed attempts to rescue one million Jews trapped in Hungary during the summer of 1944. The first focuses on a small-scale Jewish parachute mission, emanating out of Palestine. Only one in the group was a woman, 24-year-old Hannah Senesh. She was caught and executed by the Germans. The second attempt was by the Hungarian Rescue Committee, headed by Joel Brand and Rezso Kastner. They attempted to negotiate with Adolf Eichmann, who had indicated a willingness to spare the lives of a million Jews in exchange for 10,000 trucks. Bound in the original brown printed wraps.. First Edition (Proof Copy). Softcover. Near Fine condition. 339pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972. 349p., appendices, bibliography, index, illustrations, original navy cloth with gilt spine titles, black dust-jacket, VG+/VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Michael Joseph,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 15 plates on 12; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The biography of Hannah Senesh and the destruction of Hungarian Jewry. Enser, p.216.