The biography of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey. Pp. [xiv]+258(last blank), 12 plates, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; grey cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, a few tiny bruises to bottom edges of boards; dust wrapper, worn and quite torn, with several long closed tears tape-marked and some of the (yellowed)..... More
A sketch of the leading types of sporting and military small arms, with over 150 illustrations of guns and rifles. Pp. [ii]+xiv+160(last blank), frontispiece and text illustrations (several full page), appendix, index; narrow cr. 4to; corners of boards lightly bumped; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split;..... More
Pp. 230; price-clipped dust wrapper; laminate slightly creased; faint sticker mark on upper free endpaper; Thames & Hudson, London, 1972. First edition. *The memoir of a WWII conscientious objector. More
Politics and American Culture during World War II. Pp. xii+372, notes, index; dust wrapper, a little browned, edges worn; edges of leaves foxed; Harcourt Brace Jonanovich, New York, 1976. Second printing. More
Pp. viii+104(last blank), illustrated title page, text illustrations, text and upper endpaper maps, lower endpapers illustrated and with instructions for the use of the stereoviewer contained in a small envelope tipped in on the lower pastedown, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; pictorial laminated boards; the author, Adelaide, 1987. First edition. *From..... More
from Sedan to the End of The War. Campaign 1870-1871. From the journals of the head-quarters staff. Translated by E. M. Jones. With map and appendix. Pp. xii+290+[2](blank)+24(publisher's catalogue), large folding map as frontispiece, with some heavy tape repairs on verso of two folds, appendix; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered..... More
Pp. [viii]+348(last blank)+32 pp. publisher's catalogue, frontispiece and 1 plate, 3 full page text maps, appendices; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, boards lightly browned and marked, fore-corners slightly bruised; uncut; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, publisher's 'With compliments' stamp on half-title..... More
The Reminiscences of James Bodell, 1831-92. Edited by Keith Sinclair. Pp. 216, 12 plates; dust wrapper, foxed on flaps and reverse; endpapers offset, some foxing, mainly to endpapers and edges of leaves; The Bodley Head, London, 1982. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria..... More
(Valecti Garde Domini Regis). The oldest permanent body guard of the sovereigns of England, 1485 to 1904. Pp. xvi+344(last colophon), coloured frontispiece, tissue guard, 64 plates (3 coloured), with tissue guards, appendices, list of subscribers, index; demy 4to; dark red cloth, lettered in gilt, spine and lower board faded, fore-corners..... More
Pp. xiv+314, coloured frontispiece, 11 plates (1 coloured), 2 text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt insignia to spine and upper board; dust wrapper, worn and browned, long split along front backstrip fold; ownership name on title page, some foxing; John Murray, London, 1937. First..... More
Translated from the German by Colonel Lumley Graham. Pp. xx+184+24(publisher's advertisements), errata slip tipped in; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & black, the boards lightly browned; uncut; upper hinge starting slightly, some scattered light foxing, binder's sticker at foot of lower pastedown; Henry S. King &..... More
Women in the Australian Army. Pp. viii+184(last blank), 16 plates, appendices, chronology, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2001. First edition. *'The WRAAC was formed in 1951 as an autonomous corps and, later, integrated into the Australian Regular Army..... More
Pp. xx+440(last blank), 16 plates, 2 text maps, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. brown linen, spine lettered in red, brown papered boards; dust wrapper; lightly scuffed; outer leaves and edges foxed; John Murray, London, 1989. First U.K. edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with..... More
Pp. xxvi+438, 8 coloured and 16 black & white plates, double page map and family trees, bibliography, sources, index; thick med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, head of spine slightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly bruised; leaves browned, fore-edges marked; HarperCollins, London, n.d.[1999]. First edition. *From the library..... More
Collected and arranged by Count de la Chapelle. Pp. viii+268+32(publisher's catalogue), 1 plate, 16 facsimiles (7 folding); demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, the boards lightly browned and marked, edges lightly worn, with fore-corners slightly frayed; uncut, top edges black; hinge tender at several points..... More
Edited by Somerset de Chair. In two volumes: I: Corsica to Marengo; II: Waterloo Campaign. Pp. 422+[2](colophon, blank)+80(last colophon), frontispiece portraits, title page vignettes, full page collotype facsimile, endpaper maps; tall impl. 8vo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in dark green and maroon morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt with..... More
Translated into English for the first time by Somerset de Chair. Pp. 38+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece portrait; demy l6mo; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full vellum, spine lettered in gilt, boards blocked in gilt with an overall honeycomb pattern surrounding a central bee emblem, the boards slightly sprung; a.e.g.; The..... More
Napoleon and the first world war 1792-1815. Pp. 374(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (some full page), 10 maps (2 double and 1 full page), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, foxed on reverse; endpapers and edges of leaves foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1989. First edition. *From the library of Sydney..... More
Illustriert von Horaz Vernet. [Text in German] Pp. [vi](half-title page, frontispiece and illustrated title page)+904, illustrated throughout by Horaz Vernet; roy. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards ruled and decorated in blind, edges worn, short split in lower joint towards top edge; ownership name stamp on..... More
Pp. xxxii+350, 15 plates (one double page, 6 coloured in full or part), 3 maps (one full, two double page), notes, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle sprung, with 2 small bruises to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper; Weidenfeld &..... More
Pp. [viii]+216, 8 plates, genealogical table, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, foxed on reverse and flaps; foxing to endpapers and top edges of leaves; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1986. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. *..... More
From Napoleon to Saddam Hussein. Pp. x+240, 16 plates full and double page text maps, notes, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. More
Translated from the French by C. F. Atkinson. Pp. 256(last blank), a few sketch figures, 21 folded tinted maps in pocket at end (the pocket detached), appendices; demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards faded and lightly browned, edges lightly worn, fore-corners slightly bruised; bookseller's sticker..... More
Black Sea official correspondence. Pp. [viii]+486, 2 maps and plans (folding), index; med. 8vo; qr. navy and white buckram, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt, soiled, fore-corners slightly bruised; uncut and mostly unopened; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, leaves lightly browned and foxed; Navy Records Society..... More
Baltic official correspondence. Pp. [viii]+414+6, index; med. 8vo; qr. navy and white buckram, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt, soiled, fore-corners slightly bruised; uncut and mostly unopened; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, leaves lightly browned; Navy Records Society, London, 1944. bfs22 Publications of the Navy Records..... More