Detour. WOOD (Lieut. J.E.R.)

CAPT. ISIDORE SCHRIRE'S COPY

Detour: The Story of Oflag IVC.

Drawings by Lieut. J.F. Watton.

First edition. 4to. [255 x 190 x 20 mm]. [11]ff, 183, [8] pp. Bound in publisher's quarter red cloth backed on grey boards, the front cover and spine lettered in gilt. (Boards and spine soiled with some wear, extremities bumped and gilt slightly faded).

London: The Falcon Press, 1946

Text block slightly toned, otherwise clean. Overall a good copy.

Publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. Small ink signature: "I Schrire", to front flyleaf. Isidore Schrire is featured on plate 56 within this account of prisoners of war held in Colditz. Unfortunately his name was mistyped as T. Schrire, a mistake he easily rectified with a blue pen. A short biography accompanies his portrait: "A native South African of Jewish extraction, Doc. Schrire was doing research in England prior to the war. Too impatient to return to his native South Africa, he joined up with the UK forces and was bagged at Dunkirk. One of those people who perpetually fought the Germans from morning to night, he was ultimately dumped into our camp so that the Reich Medical Circles could enjoy peace and quiet".

Stock no. ebc9142