To mother from Gallipoli and beyond. Diaries and letters of Sapper Hubert Anthony. Edited by Doug and Margot Anthony. Foreword by General Peter Cosgrove. Pp. xiv+264, frontispiece, text illustrations, family tree, glossary, pictorial endpapers; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt, boards very slightly marked; dust wrapper; Allen &..... 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
[Text in French]. Pp. [ii](tipped-in Editor's note)+162(last blank), 4 maps; plain paper wrappers, spine titled by hand, edges a trifle rubbed; glassine wrapper, front panel titled by hand, edges browned, chipped and split; uncut; outer leaves and edges browned; Augustin Challamel, Paris, 1920. First edition. *Posthumously published. An account of..... 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, 1982. Second edition, reprinted. More
The Japanese Outbreak at Cowra. Translated from the Japanese and edited by Ray Cowan. Pp. [xii]+126(last blank), 4 plates; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed, edges a trifle worn; endpapers faintly offset, with small tape mark to upper free endpaper, a little pale foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1970. First Australian edition..... More
Its Causes and Issues. With an introduction by Frederick Wells Williams. Pp. xvi+383(last colophon), frontispiece folding map, 12 plates, index; demy 8vo; brown cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, spine lightly faded, fore-corners lightly bruised; uncut; endpapers quite foxed, leaves browned and foxed, pencilled annotations on lower endpaper;..... 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; outer leaves and edges foxed; His Majesty's Stationery Office/Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1953. First edition. History of the Second World..... More
MILITARY OPERATIONS: GALLIPOLI. Maps and sketches compiled by Major A. F. Becke. Four volumes (including 2 volumes of maps & appendices), totalling over 1,100 pages, with 36 plates, 52 maps (50 coloured, 15 folding), plus 10 loose folding coloured maps and a folding diagram in pockets at end of appendix..... More
The experiences of an Englishman with the United States Army. Pp. x+292(last blank)+[16](publisher's advertisements), frontispiece, tissue guard, 4 maps; cr. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, the boards lightly soiled, spine darkened, small bruise at centre of fore-edge of lower board; uncut; some foxing, mainly to..... 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 lightly faded, the spine cloth a trifle creased; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly soiled, lower edges shelf-soiled, name erased from head of upper free endpaper, with surface loss; Collins, London, 1990. First U.K. edition..... More
Auchinleck, Victor of Alamein. Pp. 272, 16 plates including maps, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red art. leather, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, foxed; endpapers offset and a trifle foxed, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Granada, London, 1977. First edition. * From the library of..... More
Includes two press clippings regarding the George Auchterlonie Collection Exhibition; 4 postcards; The Auchterlonie Collection Guide, a biographical paper and booklet about George Auchterlonie, edited by Alan Box. *Sergeant George Auchterlonie served with the 8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF and saw service in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine during WWI. He..... More
Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, 1914-1919. Pp. [viii]+286(last blank), 1 coloured and 64 black & white plates, roll of honours, honours and awards, 3 folding maps; demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered, ruled in black, with illustration in black on lower board, edges a trifle worn, spine..... 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
Including a visit to Manchurian Battlefields. Pp. xvi+332, frontispiece and 15 plates, 2 folding maps, index; med. 8vo; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & black, a little worn and a trifle soiled; bottom edges uncut; endpapers and edges of leaves browned and offset, bookseller's sticker on the lower..... More
The History of the 8th Battalion 1914-1918. Pp. viii+314, frontispiece, text illustrations and maps, pictorial endpapers, appendices including rolls and bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper; Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae, 1997. First edition. *Signed by the author on title page. More
Pp. 326, frontispiece (coloured), text illustrations and maps, appendices, including chronology of the South African Wars, Victoria Cross winners, honour roll, bibliography; cr. 4to; brown cloth, spine lettered in white, lower edges of boards slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper; Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae, Victoria, 1999. Anglo Boer War Centenary 1999-2002..... More
The 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade at Krithia, Gallipoli. Foreword by Major General R. R. Gordon. Pp. xiv+156, 16 plates, 3 full page sketch maps, appendices, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; R. J. & S. P. Austin, McCrae, Victoria, 1989. First edition. *Signed by..... More
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
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
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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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
