The Death's Head Chess Club (signed first edition)
London: Atlantic Books, 2015. First UK edition. Hardcover. First TRUE (UK) edition. SIGNED AND DATED 6.3.15 BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Fine, fresh, like-new copy in equally fine, crisp dust jacket. Hardcover. 387 pp. SS Obersturmfuhrer Paul Meissner arrives in Auschwitz fresh from fighting on the Russian Front. After being badly wounded, he is fit only for administrative duty and his first and most pressing task is to improve flagging camp morale among the officers and the enlisted men. he sets up a chess club, which thrives as under-the-table bets are made on the results of the games. When Meissner learns from a chance remark that chess is also played by the prisoners, however, he becomes intrigued by the rumor of a Jewish watchmaker who is 'unbeatable'. Fine / fine. Item #E35471
ISBN: 9781782396451
Price: $22.95