A memoir of combat and valor from Korea to Vietnam. Pp. xiv+320(last blank), 8 plates, glossary, index; med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corners bumped; dust wrapper; Ballantine Books, New York, 2002. First edition. More
Pp. x+276, text maps, notes, select bibliography, index; pictorial laminated boards; Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1994. First edition. More
Pp. xiv+272(last blank), chapter notes, selective bibliography; med. 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, lower board slightly marked; dust wrapper, lightly browned; edges of leaves lightly foxed; John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1987. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label..... More
Pp. 98, black & white and coloured text illustrations; cr. 4to; dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker on the upper pastedown; Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, NSW, 2008. First edition. *A guide to the usage in the modern Australian Army (wrapper blurb). More
Volume 1 1953-1955. Pp. [vi]+230, 34 plates within pagination (2 double page), title page vignette and one text figure, appendices, lists of recent publications, index of names and places; edges of boards lightly flecked and rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges worn and split, with a couple of closed tears;..... More
Pp. xvi+570(last blank), folding coloured map as frontispiece, 10 plates, 9 folding maps (7 in colour), 3 graphs, appendices, index; med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners bruised; light foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Belfast, 1956. First edition. *From the library of Sydney..... More
Foreword by Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Edmund Herring. Pp. xiv+162, 8 plates, endpaper maps, appendices, index; demy 8vo; cream papered boards, spine lettered in white, inside lower edge of lower board slightly chipped; dust wrapper, back panel slightly worn; edges of leaves a trifle browned; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1980. First edition..... More
The biography of Field-Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey. Pp. [xiv]+258(last blank), 12 plates, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; grey cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, a few tiny bruises to bottom edges of boards; dust wrapper, worn and quite torn, with several long closed tears tape-marked and some of the (yellowed)..... More
A biography of Field Marshall Sir Thomas Blamey, GBS, KCB, CMG, ED. Foreword by Sir Robert Menzies. Pp. xviii+416(last colophon), frontispiece portrait, plus 24 plates, appendix, select bibliography, index; narrow cr. 4to; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, small indentation in bottom edges; dust wrapper, worn and a little soiled..... More
The Commander-in-Chief. Pp. xviii+686, text illustrations and maps, notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a little scuffed; small ink marks on fore-edges of leaves; Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, 1998. First edition. Army Military History Series. * Signed by the author on the..... More
A sketch of the leading types of sporting and military small arms, with over 150 illustrations of guns and rifles. Pp. [ii]+xiv+160(last blank), frontispiece and text illustrations (several full page), appendix, index; narrow cr. 4to; corners of boards lightly bumped; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split;..... More
Korea 1952-1953. Memoir of an Australian infantryman. Pp. vi(contents leaf tipped in on p. vi)+240, text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges lightly worn; top fore-corner of one leaf creased; former owner's acquisition note on title page; the author, no place, n.d.[200-]. First edition. *Signed by the author on title..... More
The First and Eighth Armies in North Africa. Pp. 304(last blank), 24 plates, 13 full page and 2 double page maps, appendices, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, small sticker mark on front flap, lightly foxed, mainly on reverse; some foxing, mainly to outer leaves and edges; William Kimber, London, 1977..... More
Pp. 230; price-clipped dust wrapper; laminate slightly creased; faint sticker mark on upper free endpaper; Thames & Hudson, London, 1972. First edition. *The memoir of a WWII conscientious objector. More
Politics and American Culture during World War II. Pp. xii+372, notes, index; dust wrapper, a little browned, edges worn; edges of leaves foxed; Harcourt Brace Jonanovich, New York, 1976. Second printing. More
The Reminiscences of James Bodell, 1831-92. Edited by Keith Sinclair. Pp. 216, 12 plates; dust wrapper, foxed on flaps and reverse; endpapers offset, some foxing, mainly to endpapers and edges of leaves; The Bodley Head, London, 1982. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria..... More
(Valecti Garde Domini Regis). The oldest permanent body guard of the sovereigns of England, 1485 to 1904. Pp. xvi+344(last colophon), coloured frontispiece, tissue guard, 64 plates (3 coloured), with tissue guards, appendices, list of subscribers, index; demy 4to; dark red cloth, lettered in gilt, spine and lower board faded, fore-corners..... More
Pp. xiv+314, coloured frontispiece, 11 plates (1 coloured), 2 text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt insignia to spine and upper board; dust wrapper, worn and browned, long split along front backstrip fold; ownership name on title page, some foxing; John Murray, London, 1937. First..... More
48 photographic views on stereo card of the South African War; each with stamp on reverse 'J. F. Ashwood, 52 Elizabeth Street, Sydney'; contained in bottom half only of original box; Underwood and Underwood, New York, 1900-1901. *Together with hand held stereoscope viewer. More
Women in the Australian Army. Pp. viii+184(last blank), 16 plates, appendices, chronology, notes, bibliography, index; lower edges of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2001. First edition. *Inscribed by the author on upper free endpaper. 'The WRAAC was formed in 1951..... More
Translated from the French by Lieutenant-General Sir George C. D'Aguilar. With a new Introduction and Commentary by David G. Chandler. Pp. 254(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations, appendices, further reading; post 8vo; blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, verso foxed; endpapers quite foxed, some foxing to edges..... More
Pp. 224, black & white frontispiece, 1 double and 14 full page colour plates, text illustrations and maps, facsimile endpapers (The Times newspaper), appendices, index; cr. 4to; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse; some light foxing to outer leaves and edges; George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1978. First edition..... More
Edited by Somerset De Chair. With a special preface by M. Gerard Hubert. Pp. liv+606, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, plus 2 plates, 4 maps (2 folding), appendices (including a folding table), index; handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full navy morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt compartments between raised..... More
Napoleon and the first world war 1792-1815. Pp. 374(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (some full page), 10 maps (2 double and 1 full page), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, foxed on reverse; endpapers and edges of leaves foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1989. First edition. *From the library of Sydney..... More
The final betrayal. Pp. 352, 32 plates, 11 text maps, mostly full page, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; upper endpapers slightly marked; Arms and Armour Press, London, 1994. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. More