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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Pathways to Adventure by Sandy Thomas. Publisher: Dryden Press, NZ, 2004. Good Softback, shelf/edge wear, creases to cover. Name to title page, pages very good. 385 pages, illustrated. Throughout his thirty-two-year military career Sandy Thomas led an extraordinary life, full of rich and varied personal experience, peril and high responsibility. Moreover, he is a natural writer, recording voluminous chronicles to keep his parents and relations in New Zealand informed of his adventures. Not only did Sandy Thomas join the Army and see the world but he wrote descriptively of the many exotic places where his posting took him.

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SIGNED, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 385pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Rubbing to edges of covers. No signatures. Remnants of priced sticker on rear cover. ; 385, [2] pages. Softcover. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 210 x 147mm. Includes autobiographical reminiscences of World War II. "A candid chronicle of soldiering in peace time, as well as in war, with a clear message - the vital importance of training. Brief periods of battle, sometimes exhilarating, always tragic, are interspersed with often hilarious escapades in fascinating places." - from a review by W. David McIntyre, quoted on the rear wrapper. Selected contents: Away to War: 1940-42; The Battles for North Africa: 1942-43; The Italian Campaign: 1943-44; Soldiering On: 1946-58; Sunset on an Empire - Aden: 1960-62; Higher Command: 1963-69; The Last Mikado: 1971.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pathways to Adventure by W. B. Sandy Thomas. SIGNED by AUTHOR W. B. 'Sandy' Thomas. Publisher: Dryden Press, 2004. Gift inscription by author to named previous owner. SCARCE SIGNED COPY. Very good softback, ghost of sticker on title page, minor marks. 387 pages, illustrated. Throughout his thirty-two-year military career Sandy Thomas led an extraordinary life, full of rich and varied personal experience, peril and high responsibility. Moreover, he is a natural writer, recording voluminous chronicles to keep his parents and relations in New Zealand informed of his adventures. Not only did Sandy Thomas join the Army and see the world but he wrote descriptively of the many exotic places where his posting took him. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.