fighting mad von calvert michael (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. With remainder mark. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Memoirs of one of Wingate's Chindits of the Far East campaign. Includes 18*b/w photographs. 224pp. Green cloth boards. Spine cloth a little sunned.

Zustand: Good. 1964. First Edition. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic plates to centre of book. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Zustand: Good. 1964. First Published. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Minor foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking, creasing and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.

Hard Back. First. Covers toned and with much wear on spine and covers Remaining strip from a library stamp page on ffep and some inscriptions and stamps With black and white images including one of Michael Calvert in centre pp 224. book.

1st edn., 224pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., map in text, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, Calvert obtained a place at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and went on to study mechanical science at Cambridge. By 1936 he was a Sapper Officer in the Royal Engineers. Within a few months he was in Hong Kong to bring the Hong Kong Royal Engineers up to strength, learning Cantonese and leaving in 1937 to go to Shanghai. Shanghai was an International Settlement with the Sino-Japanese war raging just outside. He was joined the Chinese forces as an observer and became one of the few British officers with first hand experience of the Japanese tenacity and fighting spirit. Sady his reports were probably filed unread but it stood him in good stead for the future. In 1938 on return to UK he was appointed Adjutant of the London Divisonal Engineeers as Captain. In November 1939 Calvert resigned his commission and joined the 5th Scots Guards to fight for the Finns. By the time he had completed skiing training the Finns had surrendered. He was allowed to resume his commission and joined the BEF in Norway in 1940, mainly protecting the withdrawal. Once home he underwent Commando training and was sent to Australia to set up a similar training base at Wilson's Promontory. In 1941 he was promoted Major and sent to Maymyo in Burma as chief instructor at the the Bush Warfare School. After the Japanese invasion he formed a force from his school set off behind the Japanese lines on the Irrawaddy to slow down the Japanese advance. On his return to Maymyo he found Orde Wingate at his desk and an immediate friendship sprung up. Wingate had been authorised to set up the first Chindit force and Calvert commanded a group in that 1st expedition. After that success Calvert was appointed Brigadier of 77 Brigade, one of several Brigades of the 2nd Chindit expedition. After resolving a clash with General Stillwell the Brigade was evacuated to India and Calvert returned to UK for medical treatment. In March 1945 was appointed to command of SAS Brigade in Europe, faint marks to cloht, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, light foxing to edges esp. to fore-edge, faint partial tanning to endpapers, dustwrapper:rubbed with very slight loss at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,