MARSHALL (B): The White Rabbit. From the Story told to him by Wing-Commander F.E.E. Yeo-Thomas. IN FULL MOROCCO , Evans Brothers, [1952]

8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 11 plates on 8; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. 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. Enser, p.399; Foot, p.460. (Book ref. 19661)  £310.00

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