The untold story of Australia and the invasion of Russia 1918-19. Pp. xviii+286(last blank), text illustrations and maps (a couple full page), appendices, notes, bibliography, index; pictorial stiff paper wrapper, edges lightly creased and rubbed; top fore-corner of first few leaves a trifle creased; Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2010. First..... More
Collected Essays. Pp. 272(last blank), frontispiece, 14 maps and diagrams, text illustrations, bibliography; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, foxed on reverse; edges of leaves foxed; Greenhill Books, London/Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, 1994. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. More
Pp. xx+280(last blank), 19 plates (1 double page), text maps, pictorial endpapers, sources, index; bottom edge of boards lightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. *'The original volunteers for the second Australian Imperial Force, the..... More
Pp. x+414+[2]+24(publisher's advertisements); demy 8vo; rebound in red buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; binder's stamp at foot of upper pastedown, ownership name and date on half-title page, short closed tear in fore-edge margin of one leaf, scattered foxing throughout, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1874. First edition. *From..... More
Pp. xii+280, frontispiece portrait, appendices, notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly marked, edges worn and slightly split, foxed on reverse; endpapers offset, upper pastedown lightly ink marked, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1987. First edition. *From the library of military historian and author, Colonel H...... More
Foreword by Brigadier J. McCabe. Pp. 246, text illustrations including maps; demy 8vo.; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; privately printed, Melbourne, 1995. First edition. *Signed by the author on the half-title page. A Salvation Army man's experiences in WWII. More
Excerpts from "Into Battle", "Unrelenting Struggle", "End of the Beginning" [cover title]. Pp. [16]; narrow demy 16mo; pictorial stiff green paper wrappers, stapled, lightly browned, lower fore-corner of lower wrapper slightly creased; gift inscription ('Xmas 1943') on verso of upper wrapper; Cassell and Company Ltd., London, Toronto, Melbourne, and Sydney..... More
Together with extracts from the diary of Lieutenant H. Frankland a prisoner of war at Pretoria. With portrait, maps and plans. Pp. xiv+410(last blank)+[6](advertisements, last blank)+32(publisher's catalogue), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, text maps & plans, plus large folding map at end printed in red, brown & black; bound by..... More
Pp. xiv+498+[2](advertisements)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated 10/99), 4 maps (3 folding, one of which is coloured), 4 plans (1 full page); pictorial fawn cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, red, and black, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of tiny bruises, the spine slightly creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of..... More
A Pictorial Memorial of the Great Patriot And Extracts from His Immortal Speeches. Pp. 32, pictorial title page (Queen Elizabeth and Sir Winston Churchill), text illustrations; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a little worn; Pitkin Pictorials Ltd, London, n.d.[c.196-]. More
Seven volumes, bound as six, complete, comprising: Into Battle. Pp. viii+314(last blank), frontispiece portrait; 1941. Cohen A142.1.c ; The Unrelenting Struggle. Pp. x+350(last blank), frontispiece portrait, 4 plates; 1942. Cohen A172.1.a; The End of the Beginning. Pp. xiv+258, frontispiece portrait, 4 plates; 1943. Cohen A183.1.a; Onwards to Victory. Pp. x+278..... More
Three volumes in seven, totalling over 5000 pages, with 17 maps (3 double page) in Volume 3, Part II, and index to each volume; uniform red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, edges lightly rubbed and occasionally flecked, a couple of corners bruised; top edges red; dust wrappers (both Parts of..... More
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Pp. 36[including wrappers], full page illustrations of Sir Winston Churchill in various poses and places, some with other war leaders; printed stiff brown paper wrappers, a little worn; top fore-corners of leaves a trifle creased; Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d.[c.194-]. More
Volume III, 1914-1916. Pp. xxxviii+988, frontispiece portrait, plus 32 plates, text maps (some full and 2 double page), facsimile letters, title page printed in red & black, indices; med. 8vo; top edges red (faded); dust wrapper, edges chipped and split, the backstrip faded; corners of a couple of leaves lightly..... More
Volume II, Young Statesman 1901-1914. Pp. xxx+776(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 32 plates, 2 full page maps, facsimiles, title page printed in red & black, short biographies of the principal characters, index; med. 8vo; top fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper..... More
Volume I, Youth 1874-1900. Pp. xxxvi+608, frontispiece portrait, plus 32 plates, text illustrations, maps (2 full page), 3 folding genealogical tables, title page printed in red & black, short biographies of the principal characters, index; med. 8vo; top edges red; upper board very slightly marked; dust wrapper, soiled, edges quite..... More
Man of Destiny. Pp. 64, illustrated; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges slightly worn, lower fore-corner of upper wrapper creased; errata label on recto of lower wrapper; Newnes, London, n.d.[c.196-]. More
Pp. xii+306, 8 plates, endpaper maps, chronology, decorations and awards, index; dust wrapper, edges a little worn and browned, some foxing on flaps and reverse; endpapers offset, edges of leaves browned and foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1985. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his bookplate..... More
The story of the War Widows' Guild of Australia, 1945-85. Foreword by Sir Ninian Stephen. Pp. xii+288, 36 plates, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pictorial textured papered boards, corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, the front flap vertically creased; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1986. First edition. More
The Diary of the Reverend Andrew Clark 1914-1919. Edited with an Introduction by James Munson. Foreword by Asa Briggs. Pp. xxiv+304, 12 plates, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1985..... More
The Clinical War Diary of Major Burnett Clarke AAMC. Compiled in Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp 1944-1945. Pp. xxx+104(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 full page illustrations (2 in colour), head & tail pieces and marginal decorations, index; pictorial laminated boards, tail of spine and top fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised;..... More
The Japanese break-out at Cowra, 1944. Pp. viii+130, text illustrations; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; edges of leaves faintly discoloured; Random House, Sydney, 1994. New edition. *Republished to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Cowra break-out. Originally published in 1965, under the title Break-Out. More
Australian POWs in Europe, North Africa, Singapore, Thailand and Japan. Pp. xxiv+160(last blank), 2 full page illustrations, 4 maps; dust wrapper; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1992. First edition. More
Pp. x+254, text illustrations (many full page), notes, bibliographies, index; dust wrapper, worn, creased and a little browned, small closed tear in bottom edge of the front panel, slightly foxed on the reverse; endpapers lightly offset and foxed, edges of leaves slightly browned and foxed; Oxford University Press, London, 1966..... More
The Will that Found the Way. Pp. xviii+190, 16 plates, full page map, glossary, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; edges of leaves foxed; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. *Sir Albert Coates served with the first AIF at the Gallipoli landing and was one of the last to leave in the..... More