Marshall (B): The White Rabbit. From the Story told to him by Wing-Commander F.E.E. Yeo-Thomas. , Evans Brothers, [1952]8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and plates; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped d/w, the latter mildly age-marked and with one or two nicks at edges. The first edition is scarce in this condition. The harrowing yet uplifting story of SOE agent Wing-Commander Forest Yeo-Thomas, code-named 'White Rabbit'. Parachuted into occupied France in early 1944 he was captured, arrested, and many times tortured to the point of death. After several attempts at escape he reached safety (astonishingly, from Buchenwald) in 1945 to serve as a witness at Nuremberg. Yeo-Thomas was awarded the George Cross and the French Legion d'Honneur. 'A gruesome sketch of Yeo-Thomas's career in SOE, prepared with the agent's help' (Foot). The first edition is now very scarce, especially in the d/w. Enser, p.399 (Book ref. 19493) £86.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Island Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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