Night Drop at Ede de Windsor, John - 1982

Toronto, Collins, 1982, hardcover, 191 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner bumps, a few tiny spots to text block edge. Dustjacket, edge nicks, rubs, short closed edge tears, creases, in new Brodart sleeve. The true story of Len Mulholland, arrested in 1940 by the German Army for organizing Dutch resistance units into fighting forces, he escaped inside Germany where he worked as a railway freight man by day and a saboteur by night. ISBN 9780002168953

Tight, clean, and unmarked-" Here is a true story of adventure that reads like fiction. When the Nazi war machine rolled across the Netherlands in 1940 Len Mulholland was a young student at the Merchant Navy College in Amsterdam, and it didn't take long for him and his friends to become involved in the Dutch Resistance. As an apprentice seaman, Len undertook to act as a courier carrying messages for London out of occupied Holland to Neutral Sweden. Eventually wanting to take a more active part in the war, he escaped to England to join the Dutch army. In London, he turned down an invitation from Queen Wilhelmina to be her Aide-de-camp and instead volunteered for service in the field. A short time later as a fully-trained intelligence officer, Mulholland parachuted back into Holland with orders to reorganize the resistance units into fighting forces. Arrested once, he escaped. Picked up a second time, he was sent to Germany where, after escaping again, he tricked the authorities into giving him a work… Leer más

Ontario Canada: Collins, 1982. Book. G+, Wear, Lacks FFEP, Foxing. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author(s). First Canadian Edition. Biography of Len Mulholland's war-time experiences. Jacket design by Linda Pellowe. Inscribed on the half-title "To Mollie & Hal, Thank you for a lovely evening. Sincerely, Doreen and [signed] John Windsor". Expanded condition report/scan on request..