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VAUX,NICK**: : MARCH TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC:42 COMMANDO R.M IN THE FALKLANDS WAR.[Author SIGNED/Association copy.]**

LONDON.BUCHAN & ENRIGHT,1986.

ISBN 0907675565.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author's own(?) SIGNED copy,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Ink,inscribed: "Nick Vaux CO 42 Cdo RM 1982" to top of ffe.No other owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Colour photographic upper wrap ('J' Company,42 Cdo,entering Port Stanley on day of the Argentine surrender) and colour,pictorial illustrated (detail from 42 Cdo,commissioned painting by Peter Archer of the battle for Mount Harriet.) rear wrap.Minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to dw/dj's edges - no nicks or tears present - minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Top+fore- edges clean,but aged/tanned as usual/ normal,contents bright,tight and clean. Unblemished,plain green paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate (apart from ffe inscrptn) plain white eps with no off- set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-261pp includes half-title+title pages, contents+ illustrations+maps lists,double-page b/w Falkland Islands map with Port Stanley inset and 4 other b/w maps,foreword by Max Hastings,a prologue,16 chapters,16pp b/w photographs,an epilogue,appendices(I-IV), and an index. On a spring day in 1982,the Commanding Officer of 42 Commando revived a Royal Marine tradition when he gave his now- famous order: 'To the South Atlantic - Quick March'.It proved to be the start of a series of dramatic episodes for the members of 'Four-Two',who played a major role in the war between Great Britain and Argentina for possession of the Falkland Islands.But what was the war actually like for the troops on the ground? This book is about such men, and their adventures among the bleak mountains of the Falklands.It is the first-hand account of a Royal Marine Commando at war,written by the man who led them.Here are the authentic details of danger,frustration,and fatigue,but also of courage,endurance,and the sardonic humour unique amongst British servicemen. Here too are positive observations on the Argentines,an enemy about whom,even now, so little has been written.It was 'M' Company 42 Commando that took part in the recapture of South Georgia and, later, Southern Thule.It was 'Four-Two' that held the Mount Challenger ridge,in frightful conditions and without relief,until the final British attacks around Port Stanley. And it was 'Four-Two' that took Mount Harriet by a daring,brilliantly successful night attack.These actions are vividly described,as is survival in the mountains, and patrolling across a remote wilderness where windchill and trenchfoot predominated.Nick Vaux's account reveals the triumphs and mistakes - as well as the luck - that make up the fortunes of war. The book is also peopled with an array of remarkable characters, from the Brigade Commander to the young marine,the volunteer crew of Canberra,the journalists who accompanied 'Four-Two',pilots, Gunners,members of the Special Forces, Army and Navy colleagues,prisoners,and a formidable lady confronted during a tense moment at Government House. . . . 'March to the South Atlantic' is a book about a Commando today, not a dry military history.It is a simple and honest narrative of one unit in the Falklands War,a story that has never been told in full before.It is that rarest of all military accounts,the testimony of a serving officer.Above all,it is an intimate look at marines in and out of action,earthy,humorous,and sometimes tragic. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,association copy.
"Nick Vaux CO 42 Cdo RM 1982"

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