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Vali, Rose . BLACK NIGHTSHADE THE HUNGARIAN PRISON MEMOIRS OF ROSE VALI
NY 1965 1st Morrow. Narrated in English by T. de Kerpely. Author arrested by Hungarian Communists in 1951. Fine in VG DJ. (a12022)
$29.00 Nitti, Francesco Fausto . ESCAPE. THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A POLITICAL PRISONER WHO WAS RESCUED FROM LIPARI, THE FASCIST DEVIL'S ISLAND
NY 1930 1st Putnam. The personal narrative of a political prisoner who was rescued from Lipari, the Fascist Devil's Island. Hardcover. Octavo, 267pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a13672)
$29.00 Kalpaschnikoff, Andrew . A PRISONER OF TROTSKY'S (signed)
NY 1920 1st Doubleday. Foreword by David R. Francis. Hardcover. Octavo, 287pp., cloth. ***Signed by Kalpaschnikoff. Good, some wear, portion of rear panel of DJ tipped in front endpaper, light fraying of head of spine. (a25207)
$48.00 Holcroft, Thomas . THE LIFE OF BARON FREDERIC TRENCK CONTAINING HIS ADVENTURES ALSO HIS EXCESSIVE SUFFERINGS DURING TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT AT THE FORTRESS OF MAGDEBURG
Providence 1808 David Heaton. Translated from German to English by Holcroft. Sm.8vo., 108pp., wraps. Good, pages browned, some wear, lacking rear wrap. (a30802)
$74.00 Stirban, Marcel . LAGARE SI INCHISORI PE HARTA TARLI (1944-1964) CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND PRISONS ON THE COUNTRY'S MAPS (1944-1964)
1999. In Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Anul XLIV at pp. 125-142. In Rumanian, with a brief summary in English. Whole issue has several articles. Lg.8vo., 212pp., wraps. VG, light wear. (a44291b)
$45.00 (turkey) . FILE OF TORTURE DEATHS IN DETENTION PLACES OR PRISONS 12 SEPTEMBER 1980 - 12 SEPTEMBER 1995
Ankara 1996. In English. 8vo., 110pp., wraps. VG. (a45736)
$85.00Gibson, Walter M.. THE PRISON OF WELTEVREDEN; AND A GLANCE AT THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO
New York 1855 1st edition. J. C. Riker. Small octavo., 495pp., illustrated from original sketches, original pressed cloth cover hardcover with gilt lettering (lettering quite faded.) Fairly Good, cover faded and worn, spine ends worn down; binding secure; hinges not cracked in or out; owner signed along top margin of titlepage. (a61594)
$55.00 Richard, Rene de Stalag XVIIB . POEMES EPARS
3 Mars 1945 first edition. E. Baudelot & Cie. Poems written by French prisoner of war in WW2. Copy No. 711 of 1000. Small octavo, 67pp., illustrations par l'Auteur, index, original printed wraps. VG , text evenly lightly toned . no ownership marks. (a69015)
$195.00 Michnik, Adam . LETTERS FROM PRISON AND OTHER ESSAYS. ISBN 0-520-05371-0
Berkeley 1985 1st University of California. ISBN 0-520-05371-0. Translated by Maya Latynski, foreword by Czeslaw Milosz, introduction by Jonathan Schell. Octavo, 354pp., hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ, a few light spots. (a69401)
$24.00 Zellers, Larry . IN ENEMY HANDS A PRISONER IN NORTH KOREA
1991 1st University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1747-X. Hardcover. Octavo, 233pp., cloth. Near Fine, some rubbing on edges, in VG plus DJ. (a77345)
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