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Jack Higgins – The Eagle Has Landed – First UK Edition 1975
£125.00
A first edition, first printing of The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins, published by Collins in 1975. This is a near fine copy inscribed and dated in black ink to verso of front free end paper, boards bound in the original publisher’s black cloth with silver titling to the spine, minor pushing to the spine tips, the pictorial end papers illustrated with the ‘General area of Hobs End and Studley Constable’, the top edge of text block with some browning and spotting. The near fine price clipped wrapper with fading to the spine and pushing to the spine tips, some scuffing to top left hand corner of front panel and chips to the lower edge, light general shelf wear to rear panel.
The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins is a thrilling World War II novel following a daring Nazi plot to kidnap British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. The story is driven by a complex cast of characters, including German paratroopers, British villagers and resistance fighters. With its blend of historical events and fictional intrigue, the novel captures the tension and bravery of wartime espionage, becoming a best-seller and a classic in the genre. It was quickly adapted into a British film of the same name, directed by John Sturges and released in 1976, starring Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Jenny Agutter and Robert Duvall.
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A first edition, first printing of The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins, published by Collins in 1975. This is a near fine copy inscribed and dated in black ink to verso of front free end paper, boards bound in the original publisher’s black cloth with silver titling to the spine, minor pushing to the spine tips, the pictorial end papers illustrated with the ‘General area of Hobs End and Studley Constable’, the top edge of text block with some browning and spotting. The near fine price clipped wrapper with fading to the spine and pushing to the spine tips, some scuffing to top left hand corner of front panel and chips to the lower edge, light general shelf wear to rear panel.
The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins is a thrilling World War II novel following a daring Nazi plot to kidnap British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. The story is driven by a complex cast of characters, including German paratroopers, British villagers and resistance fighters. With its blend of historical events and fictional intrigue, the novel captures the tension and bravery of wartime espionage, becoming a best-seller and a classic in the genre. It was quickly adapted into a British film of the same name, directed by John Sturges and released in 1976, starring Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Jenny Agutter and Robert Duvall.
