First edition, first impression hardback 1955 book in a good condition for its age, the book does not have its dust jacket, but has green cloth boards that are somewhat grubby and show signs of colour fading, the spine has gilt text that are also faded but is tight and secure. All the pages and photographs are clean and crisp no marks or markings ( see pics ) this is much sort after book that will interest first edition collectors, and biography lovers as well as those with an interest in the second world war and medical personal. This book will enhance any collection. Sold and posted in the UK "All of you doctors are the same - a crowd of Job's comforters and bloody dead-beats." So spoke the legless Wing-Commander Bader at Colditz when Ion Ferguson, the author of this book, advised him against playing stool-ball with the other officer prisoners. But Dr.Ferguson was in fact no "dead-beat" as this stirring account bf his experiences during World War II amply demonstrates. On the other