Private Prisoner; An Astonishing Story of Survival Under the Nazis by Robert Gayler - 1984

London, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984 Patrick Stephens Limited, London, UK. 1984. Hardcover. Stated First Published in 1984. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; trace bottom edge shelfwear. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped (8.95 BPS); light bumping to head, tail, and tips. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 184 pp 8vo. Captured by the Nazis in France in 1940, the author endured starvation, disease, and frostbite in a variety of POW camps in Poland and Germany for the remainder of the war. He describes the plight of the enlisted soldiers in captivity as compared to the officers, but whether in solitary confinement or on the run when he managed to escape, his determination to survive pervades the story. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.