Happy Odyssey: the Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart

Jonathan Cape, 1950-07-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vintage Hardcover with DJ, Stated Third Impression. 1950. Jonathan Cape. London. 287 pages. Very Good, in a VG DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to maroon cloth boards with silver spine titles - corners sharp. Only flaw is a small bump to the top edge of the front board. Purple topstain. Moderate shelf/edge wear, rubbing, dust soiling and several closed tears to unclipped Dj - now in mylar. Previous owner signature in elaborate and fine script on FFEP. Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO ( 5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries. He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them. Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, "Frankly, I had enjoyed the war." They don't make men like this anymore. Foreword by Winston Churchill. A very respectable vintage copy in DJ. LOC SSS-05