The jacket has the correct price of 10s6d to the front flap. (First edition) Owner's name and date to corner of end paper, no other markings, some light foxing spots to leading edge of pages, small spots of tape reside to cover pastedowns where the previous owner had a plastic DJ protected taped to cover, otherwise Very Good in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in bright blue on the spine. For this reason, the book is a much more accurate account than the film. The book (and film) are a 'firsthand account of the mass escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from German POW camp Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now ?aga?, Poland), in the Nazi Germany province of Lower Silesia film depicts a heavily fictionalized version of the escape, with numerous compromises for its commercial appeal, such as focusing more on American involvement in the escape' - Wikipedia. Basis for the 1963 film, THE GREAT ESCAPE starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough and featuring James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Karl-Otto Alberty, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton and Angus Lennie. With 7 drawings/maps by Ley Kenyon and 16 b/w photographs. Fourth impression, March 1951 (same month as the 1st edition). Bookplate on the front free endpaper indicating the book was awarded to a student 'for excellent work' at Foyle College, Londonderry. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. The inspiration for the movie of the same name starring Steve McQueen, 'The Great Escape' chronicles the largest Allied escape attempt-using their bare hands and crude homemade tools to dig their way out-from a German POW camp during World War II.

Made into the classic movie starring Steve McQueen.

It demanded the concentrated devotion and vigilance of more than six hundred men-every one of them, every minute, every hour, every day and night for more than a year. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp.

The great escape by paul brickhill