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Issue Details: First known date: 1956... 1956 Piece of Cake
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Notes

  • Dedication: To my crew, bless 'em.
  • The first of the autobiographical titles by Taylor related to his experiences as a prisoner-of-war in Germany during the Second World War. Return Ticket was based on the author's first visit to Germany after his liberation as a prisoner-of-war He had started to write Down to Earth, the third and final volume, after a second visit to Germany in 1974, but this presumably has not been completed/published.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Peter Davies ,       1956 .
      Extent: 273p.
      Description: illus., port.
      Reprinted: 1956 3 reprints in 1956
      Note/s:
      • Foreword by Sir Arthur T. Harris, Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Odhams Press ,       1957 .
      Extent: 320p.
      Edition info: Complete and unabridged.
    • Maidstone, Kent,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       George Mann ,       1978 .
      Extent: 273p.
      ISBN: 0704100673
    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Corgi Books ,       1980 .
      Extent: 314p.
      ISBN: 0552115398 (pbk)
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Return Ticket Geoff Taylor , London : Peter Davies , 1972 Z266366 1972 single work autobiography war literature
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Works about this Work

A Best-Seller Eludes This Unlucky Novelist Pamela Ruskin , 1975 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 19 April 1975; (p. 18)
Exorcising a 20 Year Nightmare Ben Davie (interviewer), 1966 single work biography interview
— Appears in: The Sun , 14 July 1966; (p. 4)
A Best-Seller Eludes This Unlucky Novelist Pamela Ruskin , 1975 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 19 April 1975; (p. 18)
Exorcising a 20 Year Nightmare Ben Davie (interviewer), 1966 single work biography interview
— Appears in: The Sun , 14 July 1966; (p. 4)
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