WORLD WAR II - SOE AND THE RESISTANCE A group of 10 personal or biographical accounts of the wartime exploits of Resistance and SOE heroes, male and female, the majority inscribed, comprising: (i) YEO-THOMAS (F. F. E., 'Tommy') The White Rabbit by Bruce Marshall from the story told to him by Wing Commander F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To Vera Bush with love', housed in solander box, Evans Brothers, 1952 R.A.F. Wing Commander and SOE agent, known by the Gestapo as 'The White Rabbit'. One of the most highly decorated agents in the Second World War and one of the inspirations for the character James Bond. (ii) TICKELL (JERRARD) Odette. The Story of a British Agent, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED on title-page 'With the best wishes of the author Jerrard Tickell' and signed beneath by Odette and Peter Churchill, dust-jacket (chipped with slight loss at head of spine and corners), Chapman & Hall, 1949 Odette Hallowes (formerly Churchill) was the first woman to be awarded the George Cross, and was also awarded the Légion d'honneur by France. (iii-v) CHURCHILL (PETER) Duel of Wits, 1953; The Spirit in the Cage, 2 copies, one SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and with a Christmas Card SIGNED BY ODETTE (his then wife, the dedicatee) loosely inserted, 1954, all 3 with dust-jackets (2 variants for 'The Spirit in the Cage'), Hodder & Stoughton (vi) RIGBY (FRANCOISE) In Defiance, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'To Barbara Waller, with all best wishes, Francoise Rigby White. Harpenden 12 September '73', dust-jacket, Elek Books, 1960 Françoise Labouverie (later Rigby) was a resistance hero who ran a Brussels intelligence hub, survived imprisonment, and escaped from 'Le Train Phantom' in 1944. After the war, she founded a charity helping thousands of refugees. (vii) MARTELLI (GEORGE) Agent Extraordinary. The Story of Michel Hollard, INSCRIBED BY HOLLARD 'A Miss HANDCOCK. Citoyenne d'un grand pays sous lequel la France ne serait plus la France. En temoignage de sincère sympathie et de respectueuse amitié. Michel Hollard', Collins, 1960 'The man who literally saved London', a leader of the French resistance whose intelligence network sabotaged the Nazi V1 rocket campaign. (viii) NEAVE (AIREY) Little Cyclone, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, dust-jacket, Hodder and Stoughton, 1954 Andrée Eugénie Adrienne de Jongh was a member of the Belgian Resistance who organised and led the Comet Line (Le Réseau Comète) to assist Allied soldiers and airmen to escape from Nazi-occupied Belgium. (ix) BRADDON (RUSSELL) Nancy Wake. The Story of a Very Brave Woman, FIRST EDITION, dust-jacket, Cassell, 1956 Known as 'The White Mouse'. 'Parachuted into the Auvergne with a million francs in her handbag and instructions to organise all the Maquis in the area, she soon virtually commanded more than 7,000 men. No sector in the whole of France gave the Nazis more trouble... she lived to receive the George Medal, three Croix de Guerre and the coveted Resistance Medal...' (dust-jacket). (x) WHEATLEY (DENNIS) Stranger than Fiction, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED on title-page 'For Howard and Marion. Most affectionately! From their old friend Dennis', dust-jacket, Hutchinson, 1959 (10) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing