Foreword by Melbert B. Cary, jr. Pp. xiv+32+2(blank, colophon), title page vignette printed in blue & black; cloth backed gilt lettered brown papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; uncut; Press of the Woolly Whale, New York, 1932 [Foreword dated 1933]. *Issued in commemoration of Armistice Day, 1918, for private distribution..... More
Gravellote, Spicheren and Worth and the Bombarded Towns of Thionville, Metz, Bitche Strasburg etc. Pp. [iv]+120(last blank)+[4](advertisements), frontispiece, 5 plates, 1 text map; f'cap. 8vo; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, edges slightly worn; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers browned, ownership inscription..... More
Major John Geoffrey Appleyard. Being the Story of "Apple" of the Commandos and Special Air Service Regiment. Pp. [vi]+192(last blank), frontispiece and 16 plates; post 8vo; blue cloth, lettered in dark red, edges of boards worn, corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges worn and slightly browned, with chips and..... More
Major John Geoffrey Appleyard. Being the story of "Apple" of the Commandos and Special Service Regiment. Pp. viii+192(last blank), frontispiece and 15 plates, printed pastedowns; small demy 8vo; brown and light green printed papered boards, with the Special Air Service badge on upper board; Blandford Press, London, 2018. Fund raising..... More
An episode in the history of the British Empire; being a descriptive account of the scenes and events of that great drama and sketches of the principal actors in it. In four volumes; pp. viii+288; viii+288; viii+272; viii+272, 43 plates, index; roy. 8vo; half black calf, red leather gilt titling..... More
Untitled original etching by David Armfield, after an earlier Ambrose Dyson drawing of an army cook. 17.5 cm. x 13.5 cm.; numbered 2/6, and signed in pencil lquote Amb. Dyson p. D Armfield 1980' beneath the image; glazed and framed. *Dyson's drawing of an army cook was reproduced on the..... More
Pp. xvi+288, frontispiece, text illustrations (many full page) and map, explanatory notes, glossary, index of persons mentioned; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Sun Books, Sydney, 1983. Second edition, reprinted. *First published by Alternative Publishing Co-op in 1980. More
Pp. 160, coloured and black & white text and endpaper illustrations, glossary, index; med. 8vo; pictorial laminated boards; dust wrapper; Ebury Press, London, 2007. New abridged (illustrated) edition. 'An informative and compelling history of the most devastating conflict the world has ever seen' as told by those who were there..... More
The truth behind Bravo Two Zero. Pp. 234(last blank), 8 plates, notes, index; med. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, closed tear in backstrip tape repaired on reverse; Cassell & Co, London, 2002. First edition. *Michael Asher (ex 2 Para and SAS) retraces the steps of the..... More
The Truth Behind Bravo Two Zero. Pp. 160(last blank), 8 plates, notes, index; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges slightly worn; leaves browned; Century, London, 2002. *Michael Asher (ex 2 Para and SAS) retraces the steps of the ill-fated Bravo Two Zero SAS patrol in the first Gulf War..... More
The Siege and Capitulation. Pp. xiv+512, frontispiece portrait, tissue guard, 23 plates, 2 folding plans, 2 large folding coloured maps in pocket at end, appendix, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, cloth darkened at spine, lightly marked, edges slightly worn; uncut; hinges starting, book..... More
Pp. x+310(last blank), tables, appendices, index; med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, edges of boards slightly rubbed, with a couple of small bruises, spine faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges foxed; His Majesty's Stationery Office/Longmans, Green, and Co...... More
Memoir of Service of the 2/8 Australian Commando Squadron. Australia and the South-West Pacific 1942-1945. Pp. xvi+112, text illustrations and maps, appendices including rolls, bibliography, index; demy 4to; pictorial laminated boards; top edge of leaves foxed; Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, 1996. First edition. More
Pp. [vi]+250, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; maroon boards, lettered in gilt, tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, some faint browning to margins, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2002. First edition. More
Notes and sketches descriptive of the country contained in a personal narrative during the campaign of 1839 and 1840, up to the surrender of Dost Mahomed Khan. Pp. 428, frontispiece map, title page vignette, appendix; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, a trifle worn; The Naval & Military Press in association with..... More
Pp. xvi+592, 24 plates, author's note, interviews, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper, tiny closed tear bottom edge of front flap; edges of leaves a trifle browned; Collins, London, 1990. First U.K. edition. *The story of the West Point Military Academy's class of..... More
Auchinleck, Victor of Alamein. Pp. 272, 14 plates including maps (2 double page), select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red art. leather, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, verso slightly browned, backstrip sunned; edges of leaves a trifle foxed and browned; Granada, London, 1977. First edition. More
. Pp. [x]+482(last blank), notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in red, papered boards; dust wrapper; Henry Holt, New York, 1998. First edition. More
Pp. xiv+182, text illustrations and double page map, references, bibliography, glossary, index; f'cap 4to; fs22 pictorial French fold stiff paper wrappers; bfs24 St George Books, Perth, 1991. First edition. More
Pp. v+489(last blank), text and coloured endpaper illustrations including maps (some full page), appendices, military and veterinary glossaries, abbreviations, bibliography, endnotes, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2011. First edition. More
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 worn, occasional creases in the laminate; Historia Productions..... More
Pp. [x]+200(last blank), 4 colour plates, numerous text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers printed in navy, appendices, bibliography, index; demy 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners bruised, faded at foot of spine, lower edge of boards shelf worn; dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn, small chip in..... More
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
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
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
