A Leap in the Dark: A Welsh Airman's Adventures in Occupied Europe by James Arthur Davies ISBN 13: 9780850523140

Pen & Sword Books, 1997. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Leo Cooper, 1994. 170 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). B&w photographs, map. Jim Davies' story of being shot down over Holland in World War II, of evading capture with the help of the Dutch Resistance, only to be betrayed in the end by a double agent. Sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Poland, he later assumed that he would be liberated by the Russians at the end of the war, but the Germans took the prisoners with them as they retreated. "(A)n inspiring story of great courage and self-sacrifice in the face of appalling hardship and constant danger." Minor wrinkle at top/bottom of spine, approx. 4" x 1/2" uneven piece missing from margin of page 39/40 - manufacturing flaw - not affecting text. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor rubbing. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good. Illus. by Max Schindler, wraparound dust jacket art..

Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a near fine pictorial dust jacket which is now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve, inscribed to a previous owner and separately signed and dated by the author, b&w plates, 170pp.