Militaria
BOLD - STEADY FAITHFUL.
The history of the 6th Battalion, The Royal Melbourne Regiment, 1854-1993. Pp. x+322, coloured frontispiece plus numerous black & white text illustrations, errata slip tipped-in at front, appendices, index; med. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle scuffed; dust wrapper; 6th Battalion Association, Melbourne, 1993. First edition..... More
KAPOOKA NEWS ANNUAL 1945.
Pp. 32(unpaginated), text illustrations (one double page); f'cap 4to; pictorial coloured paper wrappers, stapled (one loose), worn, browned, creased, a trifle foxed, edges torn, creased and chipped; leaves browned and a little foxed, edges a trifle worn; Royal Australian Engineers, Kapooka, 1945. *The Kapooka News was first printed at the..... More
EQUAL TO THE TASK.
Volume 1: The Royal Australian Army Service Corps. Pp. xvi+512(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial upper endpapers, text maps plus 4 folding maps at end, appendices, glossary, references, bibliography, indices; small cr 4to; blue art. leather, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle..... More
THE GALLOPING GUNS OF RUPERTSWOOD AND WERRIBEE PARK.
A History of the Victorian Horse Artillery. Pp. [x]+200(last blank), 4 colour plates, numerous text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers printed in navy, appendices, bibliography, index; demy 4to; corners and bottom edge of boards rubbed; dust wrapper, front panel lightly scratched; Coonans Hill Press, Melbourne, 1986. First trade edition..... More
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WAR IN NEW GUINEA: official war photographs of the battle for Australia [cover title].
Pp. [48], illustrated with photographs by George Silk, with brief text; small demy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled (staples rusted), name stamp on upper wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and creased, loose at lower staple, backstrip fold worn and slightly chipped; F. H. Johnston Publishing Company, Sydney, n.d.[c. 1943]. *From the..... More
A.I.F. (Some where in France) IN COMMEMORATION 25th April, 1915: our pledge, "The last man, the last shilling". . . [cover title].
Programme for a concert given by the Australian troops in France, 8 pp., illustrated, tied with cord, the outer pages lightly soiled, lower fore-corners lightly creased; no publisher, no place, 1915. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on verso of upper wrapper. More
GUINEA GOLD.
A broken run of 478 issues, including the first and last (Volume 1, No. 1, November 19, 1942 and Volume 4, No. 230, June 30, 1946), most of the issues bound (not always in numerical order) in three volumes, plus over 50 loose issues (mostly from Volume 3, 1945). Regular..... More
GUINEA GOLD: CALENDAR FOR 1944.
Broadside calendar, headed 'With the Compliments of Guinea Gold' above a photographic view of 'Moresby Harbour in Peace Time'; demy 4to; lightly creased, inscribed in ink above title 'Good Luck Mum & Dad - Love Gordon; mounted, glazed and framed; [Port Moresby], 1944. *Guinea Gold was the official newspaper of..... More
TROOPING THE COLOUR.
Celebration at Duntroon of the birthday of Her Majesty The Queen, Saturday 16 June 1979. [cover title]. 8 page programme, coloured text illustration; demy 8vo; stiff paper wrappers, stapled, lightly browned and foxed; relevant news clipping loosely inserted; Australian Army, Canberra, 1979. More
AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCES IN THE EARLY DAYS.
[newspaper cuttings in scrapbook, titled and dated by hand in ink]. Seven pages of newscuttings from three issues of The Sydney Morning Herald (October 17, 24, and 31), 1959, comprising a series of articles by Colonel M. Austin (General Staff, Eastern Command Headquarters); small cr. 4to; qr. cloth, spine slightly..... More
FORMAL SURRENDER OF SECOND JAPANESE ARMY TO GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY,
Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces. Morotai, 9th September, 1945. Pictorial broadside, featuring 7 captioned photographic scenes (a long rectangular central scene surrounded by 6 smaller photographs of various personnel); 38.5 cm. x 37 cm.; five horizontal fold creases, and several holes caused by silverfish (mainly small, some affecting images and text)..... More
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4th AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY [cover title].
8 page card, 17.4 cm. x 12.7cm., illustrated in colour and black & white by H. H. Chappel, stabbed and tied (ribbon partly perished), outer card lightly foxed and marked, split along lower portion of backstrip fold, with coloured and black & white illustrations by H. H. Chappel, and text..... More
MEN OF THE NINTH.
A History of the Ninth Australian Field Ambulance 1916-1994. Pp. 224, frontispiece, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, appendices, index; wide med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae, Victoria, 2003. More
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A SHORT HISTORY OF 9 FIELD COMPANY R.A.E. [A.I.F.].
Pp. viii+160(last blank), text illustrations and maps, indices (names and general); demy 4to; laminated boards, a little scuffed and slightly creased on lower board; 9 Field Company R.A.E. [A.I.F.] Association, Loftus, NSW, 2006. First edition. More
OUR WAR NURSES.
The history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps 1902-1988. Pp. xvi+294, text illustrations including an occasional map, appendices, index; cr. 4to; laminated coloured pictorial boards, edges a trifle worn, fore-corners bruised, spine a little sunned; edges of leaves a trifle browned, ownership inscription on the upper free endpaper; Boolarong..... More
THE BATTLE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NEW SOUTH WALES REGIMENT.
Volume I: 1885-1918. Pp. xxiv+334(last blank), 32 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations and maps, appendix, notes, glossary, list of references, index; Volume II: 1939-1945. Pp. x+454, 32 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations and maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; both volumes demy 4to; dust wrappers;..... More
TO KOKODA AND BEYOND.
The Story of the 39th Battalion 1941-1943. Pp. xviii+268(last blank), 12 plates, full page maps and plans, appendices, index; dust wrapper; date stamp (25 Mar 1988) on upper free endpaper; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. *The 39th Australian Infantry Battalion was formed in late 1941, and existed as..... More
COUNTRY VICTORIA'S OWN.
150 Years of 8/7 RVR and its Predecessors. Foreword by Brigadier Douglas J. Ball, The Regimental Colonel, RVR. Pp. xx+352, text illustrations, appendices, index; roy 8vo; pictorial dust wrapper; Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, NSW, 2008. First edition. More
ROUGH INFANTRY.
Tales of World War II. Pp. x+206, text illustrations and full page maps; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Warrnambool Institute Press, [Warrnambool, Victoria], 1985. First edition. *The story of the men who fought in the 2nd/5th Battalion in World War Two. More
ALL THE KING'S ENEMIES.
A History of the 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion. Pp. 436(last blank), frontispiece, black & white text illustrations and maps, appendices including rolls, honours and awards, select bibliography, list of subscribers, photographic records, index; laminated pictorial boards; Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, NSW, 2010. *First published by the 2/5 Battalion Association..... More
GREEN FIELDS BEYOND.
A Biographical Honour Role of the Australian Light Horse 1939-1947, Australian Armoured Corps 1941-1947 & Royal Australian Armoured Corps Post 1947. Foreword by Major-General Sandy Pearson. Illustrations by Barry Marriott. Pp. 388, text illustrations, honour and other rolls, bibliography, name and unit indices; cr. 4to; pictorial laminated boards; The Royal..... More
ACTIVE SERVICE.
: With Australia in the Middle East. Pp. [xiv]+130(last blank), 48 plates (12 coloured, including frontispiece, 4 tinted), text illustrations (some full page), text plus endpaper maps; demy 4to; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown, lower edge of boards slightly bruised and marked; dust wrapper, a little worn..... More
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STANDING ORDERS FOR 1 CAMP HOSPITAL, YERONGA, QUEENSLAND 1966 [cover title].
Pp. [294], processed, printed on rectos only and perforated for loose leaf binding; post 4to; within a brown card binder with cloth spine, metal rings and string ties, lightly soiled and worn; text block slightly soiled and browned, with a few small edge chips or splits and a little light..... More
FORGING THE NATION.
Federation - the first 20 Years [cover title]. Foreword by Steve Gower (Director AWM). 8 page gate-fold leaflet, black & white and coloured illustrations; Australian War Memorial, Canberra, n.d.[2000]). *Explanatory leaflet for the Australian War Memorial's Travelling Exhibition, which examined the first two decades of the 20th century, depicting people..... More