Farewell Campo 12. de Hargest, Brigadier James - 1945

Michael Joseph, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. First Edition Thus. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London: Mermaid Books (Michael Joseph), 1954. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New Zealad: Michael Joseph/Whitcombe & Tombs, 1946. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Author recounts his service in World War II and his escape from Campo Concentramento 12, a prisoner of war camp. Stated First New Zealand edition. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Frontis is a black and white photo of the author. Endpaper at front is a map. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. Some tears/chips around edges of jacket. Pages have yellowed around edges. Spine of jacket is sunned. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 207 pp

Michael Joseph Ltd, 1945. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1945. First Published. 184 pages. Black dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Mermaid Books (Michael Joseph), 1954 A clean, complete and tightly bound book. Spine chipped. Covers marked. Size: 5 " x 8 "

Christchurch: Michael Joseph, 1946. 1st edition. Very Good. 8vo.. dust jacket 207pp., frontis., plan, ep maps, Author recounts his service in WW2 and his escape from Campo Concentramento 12, a prisoner of war camp. Paper toning & hinges rather tender o/w a very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1945. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. CO of 5th New Zealand Brigade, captured at Sidi Aziz, N. Africa, 1941, escaped, arrived UK 1943, killed in Normandy, 1944 after writing this book. A very good copy, light shelf wear, leaves slightly yellowed, illegible signature on half-title page, without dust jacket. (184p., frontispiece, diagram, map end paper.)

Whitcombe and Tombs, 1946 first New Zealand issue blue cloth, pages age browned, 207pp + frontis, pencil name and address to endpaper, dust jacket unclipped but has some heavy chipping or splits to corners and spine ends, NZ POW in Italy after capture by Rommel, and his escape attempts etc, Brigadier Hargest was captured at Sidi Aziz and escaped from a German POW camp near Florence, being the highest ranked British officer to escape in either World War (he also served at Gallipoli, Egypt and France in the First War) He travelled via Switzerland and occupied France back to Britain, and was killed in action in 1944. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.