Fighting Mad by Michael Calvert (20 results)

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

Hardback. Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Hardback with dust jacket in good condition.

Condition: 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.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 208 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Calvert, Michael; World War, 1939-1945 ; Personal narratives, English; Soldiers Great Britain ; Biography; World War, 1939-1945 ; Personal narratives, British; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns; Guerrilla warfare; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Burma; World War 2 Army operations. 1 Kg.

Condition: 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.

Paperback. Condition: 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.

Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Previous owner's inscription. Physical description: 208 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, map; 25 cm. Subjects: Soldiers Great Britain; Biography. World War, 1939-1945; Personal narratives, British. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns. Calvert, Michael. Military history. 1 Kg.

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.

Condition: 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.

Condition: 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.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Good book. Some wear to cover edges and corners. Spine is cocked and has several creases. Stamp on inside cover. Pages are discolored.

Softcover. Condition: VG-. Some rubbing & edgewear; creases; some cornerwear; yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. 239 pages.

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,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 2nd Edition. 239 pps. Gilt titles: sp. Illust. w/ b/w maps & drawings. Privately rebound. Blue buckram bds. Original wrps. present. Age-toned interior leaves are clean and tight. WWII British war memoir of an officer who trained and led the British Chindit commandos who fought the Japanese in Burma during the Second World War.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN . Bookclub Edition. Hardback. Later Printing. Very Good condition book wit slight bowing to boards, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with over half of back interior flap clipped away, tears, chips, rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. No Signature.

Pp. 208, 8 plates, text map; med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; AirLife Publishing Ltd, London, 1996. Second edition, with final chapter revised. *First published by Jarrolds, London in 1964. The story of Mike Calvert. With copy of relevant news clipping loosely inserted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. nice copy; (commander of the Special Air Service Brigade).