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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 By My Own Authority
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  • Epigraph: People who continued fighting found out after a while that the fight itself, the personal contest, was more important than the life they were fighting for. Death is the sign of defeat in a struggle for survival. Albert Camus.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Kenthurst, Baulkham Hills area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Kangaroo Press , 1985 .
      Extent: 223p.
      Description: illus., maps, ports.
      Note/s:
      • The revised edition of 1989 notes there was a Readers Digest condensed edition of the first edition in 1987.
      ISBN: 0864170106
    • St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,: University of Queensland Press , 1989 .
      Alternative title: Portait of a Young Forger : Marian Pretzel's memoir of his adventures and survival in wartime Europe
      Extent: 343 p., [6] p. of plates : illus., ports.p.
      Reprinted: 1993
      ISBN: 070222233X
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Arrow Books ,       1990 .
      Alternative title: Portait of a Young Forger : Marian Pretzel's memoir of his adventures and survival in wartime Europe
      Extent: 343p, [8]p of platesp.
      Description: ill., facsims, maps, ports
      ISBN: 0099774801 (pbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Knightsbridge ,       1990 .
      Alternative title: Portait of a Young Forger : Marian Pretzel's memoir of his adventures and survival in wartime Europe
      Extent: 343 p., [8] p. of platesp.
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by Simon Wiesenthal.
      ISBN: 1877961604
    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2002 .
      Alternative title: Outwitting Hitler : an incredible true story of triumph over the Third Reich
      Extent: [viii], 343 p., [8] p. of platesp.
      Description: ill., facsims., maps
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by Simon Wiesenthal.
      ISBN: 174051159X
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Pop In With the Poppets for a Bit of Poppins Elizabeth Swanson , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 12-13 May 1990; (p. 7)
Pop In With the Poppets for a Bit of Poppins Elizabeth Swanson , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 12-13 May 1990; (p. 7)
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