Cook Colonel Mark (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Large octavo paperback. Very Good condition. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 6 x 9.5"; 238pp; blue cloth with gilt; dustwrapper; illustrated; new book, 'damaged' stamp to bottom edge; foreword by Martin Bell.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good/fine. First Edition. The first shell that fell on the elegant town of Lipik wrecked the roof of the town's orphanage. Within three months Lipik had been destroyed, the people killed or driven from their homes, and the orphans evacuated under fire to another part of Croatia. The author, sent out to command the British contingent of the UN Protection Force in Croatia, had no idea of ther emotional impact the scenes of devastation would have on him. Nor did he anticipate meeting and falling in love with the beautiful, troubled young doctor of Lipik, Marina Topic. When Marina was rushed into hospital and told she could die within months, her one wish was to see the ruined orphanage rebuilt ot its former glory. Colonel Cook made a promise to her and the children to rebuild their home. Sixteen months after making his promise, Colonel Cook watched the children return to a building which had become a symbol of hope. He resigned from the army in order to keep his promise and found himself agonizingly torn between his life in Croatia, and his understanding and loving wife and their sons in Britain. This book is a story of determination and achievement amidst despair and destruction. Illustrated. 238 pp. Slight crease to bottom edge of front of D/J.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 209pp, num bw ills, maps, pictorial endpapers. Or green cloth in jacket. Moderate edge wear to jacket. One hundred years of a regiment that has won an outstanding reputation as a fighting Regiment. Size: Oblong Folio.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Hamish Hamilton of London in 1994. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1st impression. See inside number sequence "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2." Book condition: Very Good. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Inside pages are in good order. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good. Price unclipped. See photograph. Dims: 240mm x 160mm x27mm. 256 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 238 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1994. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in good dust jacket. Slight spine lean. Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 11110698. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. Moving account of the author's experience with the UN in Croatia and his work for the children's home in Lipik. 238pp., ills., list of donors. Signed presentation copy in very good dw. 0.0. Signed by Author(s).

Hamish Hamilton, London. 1994. First edition. SIGNED by the author to the title page. Hardback with DW + Selfridges wraparound band. Illustrated. A lovely clean and fresh copy in very slightly worn wrapper.