I Was a Stranger

New York, NY: Berkley Books, 1990. Very rare book. General Sir John Hackett, the author of The Third World War, now tells his most gripping story--the personal memoir of his daring escape from the Nazis. Arnhem, 1944: A death trap for Allied troops overwhelmed by German forces. Severely wounded, Hackett is left behind when is decimated brigade retreats. So begins… Read more about this item

London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1977 A World War II memoir. Flyleaf removed. Otherwise a clean, tightly bound copy. 219 pages.

First edition, second impression. Publishers brown cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight with light pushing to spine ends and light bumping to front corners. Front free endpaper removed. Content clean and bright with no markings. Jacket not clipped £4.95 net with light edgewear, 2cm split to top of fold to front flap, small splits to folds, spine… Read more about this item

London: Sphere Books Limited. Very Good-. 1979. Paperback. 0722141815 . 252 pp. Light edgewear, corners rubbed. Spine lightly creased. Hackett's personal account of his experiences in the aftermath of the Battle of Arnhem. Criticall wounded, he was spirited away from a German controlled hospital and hidden by a Dutch famiy who nursed him back to health. After… Read more about this item

Random House Uk Ltd, 1999. Paperback. New. 223 pages. 5.50x8.50x0.75 inches.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1977 Book and dust jacket are in good condition. Traces of use / name, written with ballpoint on the fist endpaper / the dust jacket is price clipped / spine discoloured by the sun. 219 pages. 2nd edition / impression - October 1977. Map of Holland (part /middle). English text / engelstalig.. 2de / 2nd. cardboard… Read more about this item