Daedalus Returned - by Baron von der Heydte

Limited 1,000 copy reprint (2001) of an extremely rare WWII memoir.

This one of the few memoirs ever written by a former German paratrooper. The Baron was in command of a battalion of paratroopers in Crete, being dropped at zero hour near Canea and seven days later received the surrender of the town.

This book is the full exciting account of preparation, landing and seven days of terrifying battle. This is an excellent read and the Baron has a flair with the pen. Captured in 1945 in the Ardennes the Baron was bitterly attacked for his anti-Hitler sentiments as a P.O.W., after the war he became a professor of law at the University of Wurzburg.

This book does have a small photo section, 8 photographs.
Bound in full cloth using an exact copy of the original dust jacket published originally in 1958.

*Synopsis copied from other editions.

    2001 Edition limited to 1000 copies. First Edition 1958. Both editions are very scarce.
    Hardcover. New book.
    Black cloth covered boards. Silver titling on spine.
    Dust Jacket, Almost New Condition. Some light marks on back cover at the bottom. Some very light scuff marks on cover. No shelf wear on edges.
    First Published in the United States by Aberdeen Bookstore, Littleton, USA, this edition limited to 1000 copies, 2001.
    First Published in Great Britain by Hutchinson and CO, LTD. 1958, a division of Random House Group, LTD, London. English translation copy right 1958.
    Not price clipped. Bookdealers sticker on bottom left hand corner of front fly leaf.
    Binding Condition: Fine to New.
    Overall Condition: Fine to New.
    Size: Octavo (8vo), 220 mm X 141 mm X 20 mm.
    186 text pages.
    ISBN-13: 0971385203

This book is really in a almost new condition, It looks like it hasnt been read, A real collectable treasure for your shelf.

An uncommon account of the Battle of Crete in 1941 by a German commander of a battalion of Paratroopers.

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