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Auction #125 begins on 14 Aug 2025

Pape (Richard)

1.) BOLDNESS BE MY FRIEND (1953) - inscribed by author 2.) CAPE COLD TO CAPE HOT (1956)

Edition: First Editions

Reserve: $60

Approximately:

Estimate: $80

Bidding opens: 14 Aug 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Aug 16:30 GMT

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1.) BOLDNESS BE MY FRIEND

First edition published by Elek Book Limited, London, 1953.

Publisher's red hardcover binding with gilt titles on spine. Illustrated dust jacket.

308pp. Illustrated. Maps at rear.

Binding tight. Contents clean. Inscribed by the author on half-title page.

The author was shot down over Germany after a bombing raid during WWII. This is his account of his escape across Europe.

2.) CAPE COLD TO CAPE HOT. The Story of an Epic Drive - from Arctic North Cape to African South Cape - the first ever made by Man and Car.

First edition published by Odhams Press, London, [1956].

Publisher's cloth binding with illustrated dust jacket.

256pp. Numerous black and white photographs.

Binding sound. Jacket complete although with age-associated edge wear.



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