LUNT, JAMES D. — Scarlet Lancer

New York, NY: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc, 1964. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. London,. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition, however there is some lightish bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and smallish chips along with some generalized rubbing. The reverse of the dust jacket has clear tape repairs from the former owner. " Lunt served with the 16th/5th Queen\'s Royal Lancers from 1949 to 1952 which included service in Egypt. He commanded an Arab armoured car regiment in Jordan from 1952 to 1955. Lunt later commanded his former regiment, the 16th/5th Queen\'s Royal Lancers, at Catterick, Yorkshire, at that time a training regiment. Lunt took over command of the Federal Regular Army in Aden in 1961 and remained in command to 1964. He served at the Ministry of Defence to 1966 when he was appointed defence adviser to the British High Commissioner of India. He was Chief of Staff of Contingency Planning at HQ SHAPE from 1969. Lunt\'s final military appointment was Vice-Adjutant General of the British Army from 1971 to 1973. He retired from the British Army in August 1973. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Good dust jacket .