VINTAGE 1957 Book - The Great Escape - Paul Brickhill - Paperback Penguin

'The Great Escape' by Paul Brickhill

Paperback published by Penguin Books in 1957.

BLURB

""A tense, thrilling, fabulous tale." ― Philadelphia Inquirer They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. 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 developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. 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. Made into the classic 1963 war film of the same name starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough." - Goodreads

CONDITION

Good condition. 

There is a small tear to the top and bottom of the spin to the front cover, the bottom being 5cm in length along the fold.

The inside cover has some pen writing. but minimal.

All pages are intact and clean for the age.

Comes with that intoxicating old book smell.