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WOODWARD, ADMIRAL SANDY with ROBINSON, PATRICK: : ONE HUNDRED DAYS: THE MEMOIRS OF THE FALKLANDS BATTLE GROUP COMMANDER.[Co-author - Woodward,SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,1992.

ISBN 0002157233.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj.SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1-9.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn but co-author's neat,black ink handwritten dedication,signature+date: 'for Ken Southwell Sandy Woodward 20/2/92.' to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, subject's colour+b/w photographic portrait illustrated front+rear panels of dw/dj respectively,with gilt+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A couple of minor,small indents - but without any piercing - to both front+ rear panels of dw/dj in the vicinity of boards' gutters' edges - but without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED,1st edn,xii-xixpp+2-360pp [paginated] includes foreword by Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher,co-author's preface,18 chapters and an epilogue,12pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 4pp and 8pp apiece,between pp80/1 and pp200/1 respectively,Sandy Woodward's own b/w chapter headpiece drawings,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page, separate contents and illustrations lists/ tables,Woodward's last signal (4 July 1982),2 double-page b/w maps (Falklands and Exclusion zone).Also included,laid in loosely; 2 admission ticket slips for Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward's Literary Lunch,held in Plymouth Pavilions on 20/2/92,12:30pm (sponsored by the Evening Herald - a local newspaper),plus the Menu Card from the Lunch and a further 2 related newspaper cuttings - both from the Evening Herald.One,dated 24/02/92,pertains to MoD censorship of an SAS operation written about in Woodward's book 'One Hundred Days',the other handwritten date 29/02/92, alludes to Captain Nick Barker (captain of HMS Endurance) repeatedly warning MoD about Argentina's plans before it's actual invasion,and again repeated after the victory and also to the Franks Inquiry - describing ignoring it as a whitewash and Whitehall farce. On 2 April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands.The British response was swift,some said foolhardy.The mission of the Battle Group under the command of Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward presented a challenge that seemed all but insurmountable,and it was to require men of the highest calibre,professionalism and fortitude to carry it off.It also required exceptional leadership. On that day Admiral Woodward was on Fleet exercises in the Mediterranean; a tentative desire for action expressed in his diary was ironically fulfilled as he was thrown into an experience he could never have wished for,would never repeat,and certainly will not forget.From leaving Gibraltar to his return to Brize Norton,one hundred days elapsed - and,on the way,it had been a very close call. At times reflective and personal,at other times revealing the steely logic of a supreme military tactician,these engrossing memoirs take us south through the vast, lonely waters of the Atlantic as hopes for peace faded and strategies of war evolved, then became reality,victory and aftermath. They tell of the repulse of the Argentinian navy and the defeat of their air forces; of the sinking of the Belgrano and of the daring amphibious landing at Carlos Water, eight thousand miles from home.'One Hundred Days' is unique as a dramatic portrayal of the world of modern naval warfare,where equipment is of astonishing sophistication but the margins for human courage and error are as wide as in the days of Nelson; and it is unique,too,in its revelations of the mind of the commander involved in planning one of this century's most audacious ripostes to an unwelcome invader. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj.SIGNED,1st edn.
'for Ken Southwell Sandy Woodward 20/2/92.'

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