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KENNEALLY, JOHN PATRICK: : KENNEALLY VC. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.HUDDERSFIELD.KENWOOD,1991.

ISBN 0951823701.

UK,slim 8vo s/back original,SIGNED,1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten,black ink dedication+signature: 'To Andrew,John Kenneally VC.' to title page,no dw/dj, s/back original - no other published format.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, subject b/w portrait illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears,no reading creases to spine/backstrip either,present.Top edge slightly aged - as usual/normal - bottom edges some light grubbing; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy.UK,slim 8vo wraps, paperback original,1st edn,2-204pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters,8pp ontemporary b/w photographs between pp124/ 5,plus [unpaginated] SIGNED title page and contents list/table. John Patrick Kenneally,born to an unmarried eighteen-year-old girl and the distinguished son of a wealthy Jewish family.Thrown out by her family his mother kept them both in modest comfort by working first as a Dance Hall Hostess and later as a high class prostitute.Called up at the outbreak of war but turned down for active service he deserted,took on the identity of an Irish building worker and joined the Irish Guards as John Patrick Kenneally.In the bloody battle before the fall of Tunis, Kenneally won the supreme award for gallantry,attacking single-handedly,a massed body of the enemy,repeating this exploit the following day and fighting on though badly wounded.Kenneally rejoined his regiment in time for the Anzio landings,was wounded again and in one instance 'took out' a German sniper in a man to man action.Posted to the Army of Occupation in Europe he enjoyed the wild,hard drinking, womanising life of post war Germany.Not ready for civilian life he re-enlisted in the Parachute Regiment.Returned to the Middle East and during the violent troubles in Palestine lead the resistance of an ill-armed village against superior Arab forces. Now a fit and surprisingly youthful-looking 70-year-old (then 1991) with a successful post war career behind him,he writes with the flair of an accomplished journalist. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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. ** 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,slim 8vo s/b original,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Andrew,John Kenneally VC.'

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