The Cretan Runner. His Story of the German Occupation by Psychoundakis, George - 2010

The Folio Society. Beautiful hardcover in fine condition. Slipcase very lightly rubbed. . Fine. Hardcover. 2009.

London: The Folio Society, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. London, The Folio Society, 2009 (first thus). Octavo, xlvi, 221 pages with 6 illustrations plus numerous pages of plates, and endpaper maps. Colour-pictorial cloth; extremities very slightly rubbed; top corner tip of one leave slightly creased; an excellent copy in the fine slipcase. Translated from the Greek, and with an introduction, by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Annotated by Fermor and Xan Fielding.

London: The Folio Society, 2009. Hardcover. London, The Folio Society, 2009 [first thus]. Octavo, xlvi, 221 pages with 6 illustrations plus numerous pages of plates, and endpaper maps. Colour-pictorial cloth very slightly rubbed; a near-fine copy in the near-fine slipcase. Translated from the Greek, and with an introduction, by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Annotated by Fermor and Xan Fielding.

The Folio Society, 2010. Hbk, 221pp, illustr photos, no dj as issued, fine gilt and decorated cloth, a new and unread copy in fine slipcase, as new

London: The Folio Society, 2009. Translated from the Greek with an Introduction, by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Annotated by Fermor and Xan Fielding. 8vo. pp.xxxv + 221 with 6 illustrations and numerous pages of plates, endpaper maps. Original decorated pictorial cloth hardcover in slipcase. Very Good copy. George Psychoundakis was a twenty-one-year-old shepherd from the village of Asi Gonia when the battle of Crete began.The German parachutists soon outnumbered the British troops who were forced first to retreat, then to evacuate, before Crete fell to the Germans. So began the Cretan Resistance and the young shepherd's career as a wartime runner. In this unique account of the Resistance,

London, The Folio Society, 1998. Reprint. 221 pages. Very good to near fine pictorial hard covers in a very good slipcase. Contents fine. Frontis of the author and numerous other black and white ills. Map of Western Crete on pastedowns. A very good publication of this war time classic.

London : John Murray, 1955. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A first edition of this historical work by George Psychoundakis. With photographs. Translation and Introduction by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Annotated by the translator and Xan Fielding. In a green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Spine is sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good