B29859

Shelfmark

Oc.5.19

Title

Escapers all :, being the personal narratives of fifteen escapers from war-time prison camps 1914-1918 /, with an introduction by J.R. Ackerley, fifteen portraits of the authors and three maps and plans.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, The Bodley Head,, [1932]

Physical description

302 p., [4] leaves of plates :, map, plan, ports. ;, 19 cm.

Formatted contents note

Contents: Introduction : The grim game of escape / J.R. Ackerley -- 1. Trapped in Belgium / Harry Beaumont -- 2. Beginners / H.A. Cartwright -- 3. Tunneling to freedom / Hugh Durnford - 4. Exploits of the Escaping Club / A.J. Evans - 5. Inveterate escapers / Duncan Grinnell-Milne - 6. A winter's tale / J.L. Hardy - 7. Fugitives - 11. An unconducted tour of England / Heinz H.E. Justus - 12. Outwitting the Turk / E.H. Keeling - 13. Hide-and-seek in Eastern seas / Hellmut von Mücke - 14. Through the camp sewer / Ernest Pearce - 15. Escaping from England / Gunther Plüschow - 16. Rendezvous with a submarine / Hermann Tholens - 17. Hazards of escape / Lawrence A. Wingfield.

Provenance

Presented to Eton College by Eugen Millington-Drake in 1938.

Binding

Dark blue leather quarter binding with gilt lettering on spine, marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands; bound by Best & Co.

Copy-specific note

Typed note tipped into title page : "no signature available for this volume".

Subject

World War, 1914-1918, Prisoners and prisons, Personal narratives

Subject

Escapes

Added entry--name

Millington-Drake, Eugen, donor.

Added entry--name

Harrison, Michael Charles Cooper, Through the bathroom floor., 1932.

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Harrison, Michael Charles Cooper, What a skeleton key will do., 1932.

Added entry--name

Hardy, J. L, Fugitives in Germany., 1932.

Added entry--name

Hardy, J. L, Winter's tale., 1932.

Added entry--name

Grinnell-Milne, Duncan William, Inveterate escapers., 1932.

Added entry--name

Evans, A. J, (Alfred John), Exploits of the Escaping Club., 1932.

Added entry--name

Durnford, H. G, (Hugh George), Tunneling to freedom., 1932.

Added entry--name

Cartwright, H. A, Beginners., 1932.

Added entry--name

Beaumont, Harry, Trapped in Belgium., 1932.

Added entry--name

Ackerley, J. R, (Joe Randolph), The grim game of escape., 1932.

Added entry--name

Best & Co, binder.

Added entry--name

bodley head, publisher.

Added entry--place

England, London.

001B29859

003LIBRARY CODE

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24510$aEscapers all :$bbeing the personal narratives of fifteen escapers from war-time prison camps 1914-1918 /$cwith an introduction by J.R. Ackerley, fifteen portraits of the authors and three maps and plans.

260##$aLondon :$bThe Bodley Head,$c[1932]

300##$a302 p., [4] leaves of plates :$bmap, plan, ports. ;$c19 cm.

5050#$aIntroduction : The grim game of escape / J.R. Ackerley -- 1. Trapped in Belgium / Harry Beaumont -- 2. Beginners / H.A. Cartwright -- 3. Tunneling to freedom / Hugh Durnford - 4. Exploits of the Escaping Club / A.J. Evans - 5. Inveterate escapers / Duncan Grinnell-Milne - 6. A winter's tale / J.L. Hardy - 7. Fugitives - 11. An unconducted tour of England / Heinz H.E. Justus - 12. Outwitting the Turk / E.H. Keeling - 13. Hide-and-seek in Eastern seas / Hellmut von Mücke - 14. Through the camp sewer / Ernest Pearce - 15. Escaping from England / Gunther Plüschow - 16. Rendezvous with a submarine / Hermann Tholens - 17. Hazards of escape / Lawrence A. Wingfield.

561##$aPresented to Eton College by Eugen Millington-Drake in 1938.

563##$aDark blue leather quarter binding with gilt lettering on spine, marbled paper covered boards, five raised bands; bound by Best & Co.

590##$aTyped note tipped into title page : "no signature available for this volume".

650#0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xPrisoners and prisons$xPersonal narratives

650#0$aEscapes

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7001#$aDurnford, H. G$q(Hugh George)$f1932.$tTunneling to freedom.

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7001#$aBeaumont, Harry$f1932.$tTrapped in Belgium.

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7102#$aBest & Co$ebinder.

7102#$aBodley Head$epublisher.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.