UNEQUAL ALLIES.
Australian-American relations and the Pacific War. Pp. x+278, notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. More
Militaria
THE NAVAL CONFERENCE AND AFTER.
Pp. 48(last blank); cr. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, with flaps, over stiff card, stitched, the wrappers lightly browned and soiled; uncut and partly unopened; the outer leaves lightly offset; Faber & Faber, London, 1930. First edition. Criterion Miscellany No. 10. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his..... More
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1812 and the retreat from Moscow.
Pp. 270+[2](advertisements), frontispiece, 4 folding maps, text plans; cr. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the upper board with blind ruled border; t.e.g.; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with remains of [blank?] sticker over printed price near bottom fore-corner of front panel and..... More
MEMOIR OF THE SERVICES OF THE BENGAL ARTILLERY,
from the formation of the Corps to the present time, with some account of its internal organization. By the late Captain E. Buckle. Edited by J. W. Kaye. Pp. xvi+592, text illustrations and tables, [original?] dark brown coated endpapers, index; demy 8vo; rebound in qr. red leather which has been..... More
THE LAST KNIGHT.
A Biography of General Sir Phillip Bennett AC, KBE, DSO. Pp. vi+410(last blank), text illustrations and maps, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2011. First edition. More
GUILTY OR INNOCENT?
The Gordon Bennett Case. Pp. xviii+134, 16 plates, text maps, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip sunned; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1992. First edition. More
WRITERS IN ARMS.
The Literary Impact of the Spanish Civil War. Foreword by Salvador de Madariaga. Pp. xxx+346(last blank), full page text map, appendix (Chronology of the Spanish Civil War), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in red, lightly marked, edges and corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly browned..... More
THE BETRAYAL:
being a record of facts concerning naval policy and administration from the year 1902 to the present time. Pp. viii+216(last 7 publisher's advertisements), appendix, index; cr. 8vo; qr. navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards, lettered in navy, the boards marked, edges lightly worn, fore-corners bruised and slightly..... More
MR. CHURCHILL IN 1940.
Pp. 40(last blank), frontispiece portrait, title page decoration and small headpiece printed in green; qr. green cloth, patterned papered boards; acetate dust wrapper, printed in black on front flap; John Murray, London, n.d.[1964?]. First edition in book form. Woods p. 343. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with..... More
PLANNING A TRAGEDY.
The Americanization of the War in Vietnam. Pp. xvi+204(last blank), notes, bibliography , appendices, index; med. 8vo; qr. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, maize papered boards; dust wrapper, worn, edges browned and chipped with a few small closed tears and creased; ownership stamp on the upper free endpaper, top..... More
ON WAR OF TO-DAY.
Authorized translation by Karl von Donat. In two volumes. Volume I: Pp. xvi+306, text figures, 5 folding appendices, top fore-corner of several leaves slightly creased; Volume II: Pp. xii+462+[4](publisher's advertisements), text figures, 1 full page and 1 folding map, printed in black & red, index; each demy 8vo; red cloth..... More
THOSE GALLANT MEN.
On Trial in Vietnam. Pp. xiv(including upper free endpaper)+174(last blank), frontispiece, 2pp. text illustrations; dust wrapper; Presidio, Novato, 1984. *Documents several cases in which the author, as chief defense counsel for II Field Force in Vietnam (1968-69), represented soldiers in trouble for a range of offenses including murder and "fragging"..... More
THE ARCHITECT OF VICTORY.
The military career of Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Horton Berryman. Pp. xx+396(last blank), text illustrations including maps (some full page), glossary, notes, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges slightly worn; Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2011. First edition. The Australian Army History series. More
THE CONQUERORS.
Roosevelt, Truman and the destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945. Pp. xviii+382(last blank), 16 plates, general sources, notes, index; dust wrapper; an entertaining inscription on the upper free endpaper; Simon & Schuster, New York, 2007. Fourth impression. *Relevant news clippings loosely inserted. More
MAY-DAY.
Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 affair. Pp. xviii+494, 24 plates, coloured endpaper map, appendix, historical notes, general sources, notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, back panel lightly creased, edges slightly worn; free endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves foxed; Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1986. First edition. *From the..... More
EUROPEAN EMPIRES FROM CONQUEST TO COLLAPSE 1815-1960.
Pp. 286(last blank), notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, browned and lightly soiled, verso foxed; endpapers offset, some foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; Leicester University Press/Fontana Paperbacks, Leicester, 1982. First edition. Fontana History of European War and Society series. *From the library..... More
HONOUR AMONG MEN AND NATIONS: Transformations of an Idea.
The 1981 Joanne Goodman Lectures. Pp. xiv+114(last 5 blank/colophon); demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered in gilt, slightly browned; University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1982. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. More
GERMAN WAR AIMS.
Pp. 48; demy 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled, browned and lightly foxed, upper wrapper bearing the stamp 'With compliments of Orient Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.'; outer leaves foxed, edges and fore-corners of leaves and wrapper lightly bruised; Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1917. First edition. *The Ingleton copy, with the..... More
BATTLE LINES.
Pp. [viii]+310(last blank), 16 coloured and B&W plates, selected bibliography, illustrated endpapers; dust wrapper; fore-edge a trifle soiled; Random House, Sydney, 2004. First edition. *Australian artists at war. More
UNDERSTANDING THE WAR IN KOSOVO.
Pp. xviii+250, each chapter with notes and bibliography, glossary and index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown; Frank Cass, London, 2003. First edition. More
FALKLANDS, JUTLAND THE BIGHT.
With an introduction by Admiral Sir David Beatty. Pp. 156(last blank)+[4](publisher's advertisements), frontispiece, 3 plates and 2 folding plans; post 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and ruled in red & blind, the cloth quite browned and faded, edges lightly worn, fore-corners slightly bruised; uncut; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown..... More
THE DIRECTION OF WAR.
A study and illustration of strategy. Second edition. Pp. xii+352(last blank), 13 folding maps, text maps and figures, index; wide post 4to; brown cloth, lettered in gilt, ruled in blind, cloth slightly flecked, spine darkened and with a spot of fading at foot, the edges worn, fore-corners and edges bruised;..... More
LECTURES ON THE STRATEGY OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.
Pp. [vi]+124, 12 maps (1 folding) in pocket at end, appendices, note; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, boards lightly marked, edges worn, spine lightly darkened and with remains of label; upper hinge starting, lower hinge cracked, upper free endpaper offset and browned, date stamp..... More
LIEUTENANT BIRNBAUM.
A Soldier's Story. Growing up in Jewish America, liberating the D.P. Camps, and a new home in Jerusalem. Pp. 264, text illustrations including maps; med. 8vo; brown art. leather, lettered in silver; dust wrapper; Mesorah Publications, New York, 2000. First edition. *Author's inscription on the title-page. More
HURRICANE.
Pp. [viii]+156(printed double column, last blank), text illustrations, appendices, selective bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; boards a trifle canted, bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, U.K., 1986. First edition. *'The Hurricane helped to save Britain from invasion in..... More