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LEWIS**, DAMIEN: : SAS BAND OF BROTHERS: THE LAST STAND OF THE SAS AND THEIR HUNT FOR THE NAZI KILLERS

LONDON.QUERCUS EDITIONS LTD.,2020.

ISBN 9781787475236.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean matt,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with red+black lettering to front,spine and rear; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain maroon endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,xvii-xviiipp +1-397pp [paginated] includes 2pp author's note, 25 chapters+Epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w+sepia photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp110/11 and pp270/1 respectively, acknowledgements and a bibliography; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram,a contents list/table,and 3 b/w regional maps. 1944: an SAS patrol drops deep into occupied France,to wreak havoc and bloody mayhem.In a country crawling with the enemy,their mission is to prevent Hitler from rushing his Panzer divisions to the D-Day beaches and driving the Allies back into the sea. Led by Captain Patrick Garstin,a man supposedly invalided out of the military due to his war injuries,rarely has a wilder bunch of raiders been assembled. Dispatched on the personal orders of Colonel Blair Mayne DSO,this elite band included gritty former miner 'Ginger' Jones,John 'Rex' Wiehe,'banned' from frontline combat due to his war wounds,plus Serge 'Frenchy' Vaculik,whose journey to escape the enemy and join the SAS beggared belief. Having blown to pieces scores of prize targets, Garstin's patrol executed one of the most daring escapes of the war . . . only to fall victim to shocking betrayal.Captured,imprisoned and tortured terribly by the Gestapo,they faced execution in a dark French woodland on the orders of Hitler himself.But miraculously,two would escape,triggering one of the most-extraordinary Nazi-hunting operations ever . . . 1945: with WWII officially over one team embarked upon a shadow war all of their own. Armed with knowledge earned first-hand in the torture chambers of the Gestapo,the race was on to bring to justice the Nazi war criminals who had murdered their brothers in arms.In a deniable,deep-cover operation backed by Winston Churchill himself,the 'Secret Hunters' would expose Nazi Germany's darkest crimes,doggedly tracking down those they most sought. Breathtaking and exhaustively researched,'SAS Band of Brothers' is based upon a raft of new and unseen material provided by the families of those who were there.It reveals an epic of courage,maverick-spirited daring and bloody betrayal,plus the gripping quest for vengeance and justice that lasted through to 1948 and beyond. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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