Compiled and Edited by Michael Brander. Pp. xiv+160, text illustrations, bibliography; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, the backstrip lightly faded and with a tiny closed tear near the editor's name; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Leo Cooper, London, 1989. First edition. *Selection of military diaries by officers and private..... More
Pp. viii+486+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 5 plates, text illustrations, 5 plans (two folding, printed in red & black, the others full page), 40 pages of plans of British and Foreign Ships, full page diagram, numerous tables, appendix, index; med. 8vo; dark blue cloth, spine lettered and..... More
The Masson-Schellenberg Connection and Swiss Intelligence in World War II. Translated from the German by Karl Vonlanthan with additional translations for the 2004 edition by Frances Stirnemann-Lewis. Pp. xxii+522, 32 plates, occasional text illustrations and map, notes, available source material, bibliography, glossary, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in..... More
Pp. xiv+244, text illustrations and map, glossary, index; roy. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers with clear plastic protective sheets, within brown cloth binding, lettered in black, black textured paper endpapers; the author, Donald, Vic., 1999. First edition, 'copy 6'. *An account, by a local author, of the 'endurance, discipline and..... More
Rescuing the doomed ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor. Pp. xii+258, occasional text maps, notes and sources, index; dust wrapper, water mark on reverse, edges a little worn, flaps slightly creased; bookseller's stamp on upper pastedown, small inscription (25) on lower free endpaper; John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1994. More
The Covert War in Korea. Pp. xii+260, 16 plates, 2 text maps, notes and sources, index; med.8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in orange; dust wrapper; John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996. First edition. *An interesting book outlining the deception, espionage and psychological aspects of the Korean War. More
Pp. 400, coloured and black & white text illustrations, index; cr. 4to; pictorial laminated boards; Hinkler Books, Heatherton, Vic., 2008. First edition. *'A year-by-year account of conflict from 1854 to the present day' [wrapper blurb]. More
Pp. 168(last blank), 32 plates, full page text maps, appendices, index of ships; med. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in silver; price-clipped dust wrapper; Ian Allan Ltd, London, 1973. First edition. More
Code-breaking in Bletchley Park. Pp. xxii+202, 8 coloured and 16 black & white plates, text illustration of Bletchley Park layout, glossary, selective chronology, further reading, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Frontline Books, London, 2011. First edition. *The author was a code breaker at Bletchley..... More
Pp. viii+144(last blank), text illustrations; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Hesperian Press, Carlisle, W.A., 2001. First edition. *The story of HMS Scout and her companion destroyer, the last ships to leave Hong Kong on 8 December 1941 after the Japanese air raid and the author's later efforts to rebuild..... More
Double sided coloured cloth, approx. 68 x 62 cm, scale 1:1,000,000, Sheet Bushire North H- 39 and Tehran N.I - 39 on the reverse; legend across the lower borders; folded; War Office, London, 1951. Fourth edition. *First published in 1942. Fascinating in their detail, maps of this type were issued..... More
1944. Facsimile of the 1944 Handbook published by The War Office. Pp. [ii]+ii+46+4(Amendments)+[18](Parts list), text illustrations; med 8vo; stiff paper wrappers; Military Library Research Service Ltd, London, n.d.[c.2007]. More
Foreword by General Peter Cosgrove. Pp. [viii]+312, illustrated throughout in colour, sepia, and black & white, maps (some full page), appendix, notes, select bibliography, index; post 4to; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Viking, Melbourne, 2005. First edition. *Illustrated with over 200 photographs and artworks from collections in..... More
80 Photographs mainly from the National Maritime Museum depicting British and North American Naval, Merchant and Special Purpose vessels of the period of transition from sail to steam. Selected, Introduced and Described by Rear Admiral P. W. Brock, CB DSO, a Trustee, and Basil Greenhill CMG, the Director of the..... More
from the diaries and letters of Captain H. C. R. Brocklebank, C.B.E., Royal Navy. Edited by Joan Brocklebank. Pp. [viii]+vi+58(last blank), frontispiece, 12 plates, 1 map; post 4to; cloth backed printed stiff paper wrappers; edges of leaves lightly browned; privately printed, Affpuddle, Dorset, 1974. More
With an introduction by Major-General Sir J. Gellibrand, K.C.G., D.S.O. Pp. xvi+370+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece, 13 plates, District enlistments, Tasmania's Muster Roll, Tasmanians enlisted in other states; med. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine and portions of boards lightly faded, edges lightly worn, lower fore-corners slightly bruised;..... More
Pp. [iv]+xlviii+410(last blank)+[8](publications of the Navy Records Society, last blank), abbreviations, appendices, index; demy 8vo; navy boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards slightly marked, lower fore-corners bruised; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, leaves lightly browned, some light foxingfs22 ; Navy Records Society, [London], 1974[1976]. Publications..... More
The Peninsular War reminiscences of General Sir Thomas Brotherton, CB. Pp. 84, text illustrations; small demy 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly browned, foxed on reverse; upper endpapers lightly offset; The Regimental Association 14th/20th King's Hussars, Chippenham, Wilts., 1986. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label..... More
Pp. 272, illustrated throughout, index; cr. 4to; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly worn; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, occasional light foxing; J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1978. First edition. More
With a Preface by Henry Cabot Lodge. Pp. xvi+284, 16 plates, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, the back panel slightly soiled; small damp spot to top edge of a few leaves; Cassell , London, 1965. First U.K. edition. More
The Journal of John Browning. Edited by Oleta Stewart Toliver. Pp. xvi+332(last blank), frontispiece, text illustrations, map, notes, index; spine slightly canted; dust wrapper; edges of leaves foxed; University of North Texas Press, Denton, Texas, 1994. First edition. War and South West Series Number 3. More
Pp. vi+258(last blank), 16 plates, 14 full pages maps, appendices including 4 full pages illustrations, abbreviations, endnotes, index; med. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper; leaves a little browned; HarperCollinsPublishers, Sydney, 2019. First edition. *An account of the 100 days between August and November 1918 when Australian..... More
Saint Cloud et Garches pendant La Guerre de 1870- 71. Journal redige a l'aide des notes receuilles. [Text in French]. Pp. 120(last blank), frontispiece, folding map at end; f'cap. 8vo; printed orange paper wrappers, stitched, lightly worn and with small split at foot of backstrip; glassine wrapper; uncut; ownership name..... More
and presided over by The Right Hon. Viscount Bryce. Committee on Alleged German Outrages. Pp. 48; med. 8vo; later half navy morocco, lettered and ruled in gilt, navy cloth boards; marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate (Geoffrey Ronald Codrington) on upper pastedown, the free endpapers offset, light bleeding of cloth colour at..... More
The American Occupation of Britain 1942-1945. Pp. xiv+192(last blank), frontispiece, text illustrations, index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle sprung, corners faintly rubbed; Phillimore & Co, Chichester, West Sussex, 2006. First edition. More
