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
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, bookseller's..... 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
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 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
Lectures delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge. Pp. viii+208(last colophon)+[4](publisher's advertisements), index; f'cap. 8vo; pink cloth, spine and upper board lettered and decorated in black, lightly faded and marked; uncut; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper pastedown, ownership name on upper free endpaper, the endpapers offset and browned, leaves browned; Cambridge..... More
Pp. viii+146+[4](publisher's advertisements), frontispiece, text figures, bibliography, index; f'cap. 8vo; pink cloth, spine and upper board lettered and decorated in black, spine slightly faded, fore-corners slightly bruised; uncut; endpapers browned and lightly foxed, leaves browned; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1913. First edition. The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature. *From..... 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
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
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
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
The Australian Army Veterinary Corps 1909-1946. 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. *With relevant journal article loosely..... 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
