Foreword by Lord Mountbatten (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. RE ISSUE. A nice, clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped lightly worn jacket. Some fading to endpapers.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. "Magnificently illustrated with full colour plates and over 200 black and white photographs". Covers are clean but worn and a little creased. Pages are clean and crisp. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0330244183. ISBN/EAN: 9780330244183. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 65620104019. All our books are sent by tracked mail. …

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (military campaigns, amphibious operations) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good/VG. no marks or names-clean covers and text-2 photo sections-Maps-blue boards with red lettering and decorationDj slightly chipped-spine sunned-front and back colors sharp-layed in is a copy of BOMC News letter promoting the book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket, 155 pages, plus black-and-white illustrations, maps; ink signature, book otherwise clean and unmarked; DJ is intact but chipped along all edges, now in new mylar protector.

Hard Cover/Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good(-). Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good/Very Good(-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book contains 155 pages with center section of b&w photographs. DJ ihas some wear along the edges. Inside clean and tight! Side edge of pages has a small dirt mark. An astonishing, absolutely absorbing account of the accomplishments of those picked men from the Royal Navy, the British Army, and the Royal Air Force, who work with the U.S. Rangers and others of the United Nations in what is known officially as Combined Operations - or, more popularly, the Commandos.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Book Club Edition. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an ink stamped previous owner's name and address on the title page. The dustjacket has edge wear, nicking and several small edge tears. "The Commandos, also known as the British Commandos, were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, for a force that could carry out raids against German-occupied Europe. Initially drawn from within the British Army from soldiers who volunteered for the Special Service Brigade, the Commandos' ranks would eventually be filled by members of all branches of the British Armed Forces and a number of foreign volunteers from German-occupied countries. By the end of the war 25,000 men had passed through the Commando course at Achnacarry. This total includes not only the British volunteers, but volunteers from Greece, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and the United States Army Rangers, which were modelled on the Commandos." (from Wikipedia).…

Pictorial Card. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. Arrow Edition 1980. Contents Near Fine (NEAR NEW).POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES & FULLY INSURED. (UK ONLY) .please e-mail for further details. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". 115 Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). Not Inscribed or Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. At Words Matter Booksellers we provide at least 3 photos of all our items in lieu of detailed, but ultimately subjective, text descriptions. These include front, side and back photos and the copyright page. We will also provide high level text information for the standard, measurable book 'dimensions' as well as any exceptions or specific items that cannot be referenced in a photo. If you have questions about any of our listings, we will be happy to answer them or provide additional information and photos. Note also that our inventory is online only. Titles are not available in a public setting. Since receipt of all items, titles were only handled 1 time for digital photographs and a condition review by this bookseller. They have been stored in a temperature and humidity-controlled home/office library and will only be handled by the bookseller to mail to the buyer (or to provide additional information or photos for the buyer). Words Matter Booksellers donates 10% of profits to The Milwaukee Center for Children and Youth (MCCY). The Milwaukee Center for Children and Youth (MCCY) was founded to address gaps in services for kids who have been abused or neglected. Through personalized services, advocacy and education--including efforts to increase literacy--the organization works to inspire multi-generational change in children and families. MCCY is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation (EIN #45-3068553).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover/Gd. condition/155 pages - The official story of the Commandos. (K1258HR2). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Blue cloth, with red decorations, board, Very Good +. Book firm in binding, 155 pages, b&w historic photographs and illustrations. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 155 pages.

Revised fifth edition (as stated upon copyright page; originally published 1931). xiv, 175 pages. Hardcover: H 25.25cm x L 18.75cm. Dust jacket soiled with some foxing/toning; chipping and tears at spine ends with lesser wear at other edges; front flap's bottom corner clipped. Dark green cloth with vibrant gilt stamped lettering to spine and front board. Muted orange top edge; foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge. Some foxing to several initial and rear leaves but interior pages remain mostly clean. Binding is firm. Classic title regarding the sport of polo by one of its most renown aficionados.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated first edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear, chipping and rubbing to top and bottom of fab orange 'Rising Sun' jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, folds slightly rubbed, not price clipped (£3.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 160pp, lavishly illustrated. 'And the Dawn Came Up Like Thunder' is the experience of an ordinary soldier captured by the Japanese at Singapore in February 1942. Artist Leo Rawlings' (1918-90), story is told in his own pictures and his own words, a world that is uncompromising, vivid and raw. He pulls no punches. For the first time the cruelty inflicted on the prisoners of war by their own officers is depicted as well as shocking images of POW life. As the Japanese began their last offensive in northern Burma and into India further south the building of the Burma-Thailand railway was nearing completion. More men would die in this last push as they were forced into even greater labours to lay the track. The Japanese urgently wanted the railway in order to support their invasion army. Suffering from a huge open 'jungle sore' that had eaten two inches into his left foot, Leo Rawlings had been transferred into a convalescent camp. Men in this camp were spared the hard labour but very little else of the horrors of the 'Death Railway'. In addition to injuries everyone was suffering from malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies, easily treatable conditions that left untended, caused terrible diseases like Beri Beri, often leading to death. Rawlings was doing his best to record it all. An artist before the war, he risked his life to make what sketches he could of the conditions men lived under. Rawlings came to the notice of Lt. Gen. Sir Louis Heath who commissioned him to keep an accurate record of his experiences and those of his fellow POWs. Rawlings had no paints, paper or brushes so was forced to use plant and clay pigments, scavenged paper and his own hair in the execution of his works. During captivity he stored works in an old stove pipe buried beneath his bed, as their discovery would have been fatal. After the war he worked for the 'Victor' and 'Hornet' boy's comics. Jacket and illustrations by the author (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original jade paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, navy to the upper edges. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xv] 271 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs to the centre, maps to the end papers. Damp stain to the bottom corners. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with duplicate damp stain to the bottom corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 241896061 ESPIONAGE (Clandestine).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Hardcover in dust jacket. Blue boards with red illustration, sharp and clean. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket sharp and bright, nicks and chips to edges. Book firm in binding, 155 pages, age toning to endpapers, b&w photographs and illustrations. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Book Club Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 155 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2nd impression, , original green cloth, corners faded, , pp152.