Ill Met By Moonlight by W Stanley Moss
The Folio Society: London, 2001. Hardcover. No Edition Remark. 214 pages. Introduction by M. R. D. Foot, Prologue and Epilogue by Iain Moncreiffe.
Met By Moonlight is the true story of one of the most hazardous missions of the Second World War. W.Stanley Moss is a young British officer who, along with Major Patrick Leigh Fermor, sets out in Nazi-occupied Crete to kidnap General Kreipe, Commander of the Sevastopool Division, and narrowly escaping the German manhunt, bring him off the island - a vital prisoner for British intelligence. As an account of derring-do and wartime adventure, made into a classic film starring Dirk Bogarde, Ill Met By Moonlight is one of the most brilliantly written, exciting and compelling stories to come out of the Second World War.
Condition: Bright and clear pages. small marking on page 89 and light rubbing and corner bumping. Binding remains firm. No dust jacket, Folio edition without slipcase. Pictorial cloth in blue slipcase. Contains black and white illustrations.
The Folio Society: London, 2001. Hardcover. No Edition Remark. 214 pages. Introduction by M. R. D. Foot, Prologue and Epilogue by Iain Moncreiffe.
Met By Moonlight is the true story of one of the most hazardous missions of the Second World War. W.Stanley Moss is a young British officer who, along with Major Patrick Leigh Fermor, sets out in Nazi-occupied Crete to kidnap General Kreipe, Commander of the Sevastopool Division, and narrowly escaping the German manhunt, bring him off the island - a vital prisoner for British intelligence. As an account of derring-do and wartime adventure, made into a classic film starring Dirk Bogarde, Ill Met By Moonlight is one of the most brilliantly written, exciting and compelling stories to come out of the Second World War.
Condition: Bright and clear pages. small marking on page 89 and light rubbing and corner bumping. Binding remains firm. No dust jacket, Folio edition without slipcase. Pictorial cloth in blue slipcase. Contains black and white illustrations.
The Folio Society: London, 2001. Hardcover. No Edition Remark. 214 pages. Introduction by M. R. D. Foot, Prologue and Epilogue by Iain Moncreiffe.
Met By Moonlight is the true story of one of the most hazardous missions of the Second World War. W.Stanley Moss is a young British officer who, along with Major Patrick Leigh Fermor, sets out in Nazi-occupied Crete to kidnap General Kreipe, Commander of the Sevastopool Division, and narrowly escaping the German manhunt, bring him off the island - a vital prisoner for British intelligence. As an account of derring-do and wartime adventure, made into a classic film starring Dirk Bogarde, Ill Met By Moonlight is one of the most brilliantly written, exciting and compelling stories to come out of the Second World War.
Condition: Bright and clear pages. small marking on page 89 and light rubbing and corner bumping. Binding remains firm. No dust jacket, Folio edition without slipcase. Pictorial cloth in blue slipcase. Contains black and white illustrations.