A history of his administrations 1868-1874. Pp. xx+368, frontispiece portrait, tissue guard, index; demy 8vo; green cloth, lettered in gilt, lightly rubbed, fore-corners slightly bruised; upper hinge starting, free endpapers offset, browned and brittle, with tape marks, some occasional heavy foxing, small piece torn from fore-corner of one leaf, some... More about LORD CARDWELL AT THE WAR OFFICE
Pp. 306(last blank), glossary; med. 8vo; qr. cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards; dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; William Morrow, New York, 1987. First edition. More about THE OFFERING
An illustrated history of Australia 1919-1939. Pp. 142, numerous text illustrations, index; demy 4to; small spot to upper board, corners a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; tiny surface chip to bottom edge of upper pastedown; Cassell, 1980. First edition. More about BETWEEN THE WARS
British and German Radical Movements in the First World War. Pp. 286(last blank), notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, edges a little browned and the reverse a trifle foxed; edges of leaves a trifle browned and foxed; Batsford Academic and Educational Ltd, London, 1982. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David... More about WAR AGAINST WAR
Introduction by Field Marshall Lord Carver. Pp. viii+218(last blank); dust wrapper; Bellew Publishing, London, 1990. First edition. *A collection of military stories told by eighteen contributors. More about GREAT SOLDIERS' TALES
A new look at the Libyan campaign 1940-1942. Pp. 160, 24 plates, 7 maps, appendix, notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly foxed; free endpapers lightly offset, upper free endpaper slightly marked, light foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; B. T. Batsford/The Imperial War Museum, London, 1986.First edition. *From the... More about DILEMMAS IN THE DESERT WAR
A Foot Soldier's Story. Pp. xxvi+198(last blank), pictorial double page title page, 12 plates included within the pagination, text maps, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, reverse a little foxed; Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 2002. First edition. More about WITH THE 41st DIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
A Play in Three Acts. With music by Stephen McNeff and illustrations by Yvonne Gilbert. Introduction by Richard Williams. Pp. 118, frontispiece, text illustrations (some full page), printed music; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, bookseller's sticker a t foot of front flap; Kestrel Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1981. First edition. *'Translation and... More about THE BALLAD OF AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
Reflections, Hopes and Anxieties at the Closing of the Great War, 1918. Pp. xxx+412, 40 plates, text illustrations, text maps, bibliography, notes on contributors, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, foxed on reverse; endpapers and edges of leaves lightly foxed; Leo Cooper, London, 1998. First edition. *From the library of Sydney... More about AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR
Pp. x+332, select bibliography, index; dust wrapper with faint mottled fading, slightly foxed on reverse; a little light foxing; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1987. Second printing. The Ford Lectures. *'Studies the use made by the British Government of its envoy, immured inside the Vatican from 1940 to 1944, and what... More about BRITAIN AND THE VATICAN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
The untold story of Australia and the invasion of Russia 1918-19. Pp. xviii+286(last blank), text illustrations and maps (a couple full page), appendices, notes, bibliography, index; pictorial stiff paper wrapper, edges lightly creased and rubbed; top fore-corner of first few leaves a trifle creased; Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2010. First... More about ANZACS IN ARKHANGEL
Editor in Chief John Whiteclay Chambers II. Editors: Fred Anderson, Lynn Eden, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Ronald H. Spector. Consulting editor: G. Kurt Piehler. Pp. xxxiv+916, the text printed in double and index in triple column, 5 pages of maps, 4 pages of U.S. armed forces insignia, index; thick med. 8vo;... More about THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY
Pp. 318(last blank), 16 plates, full page diagrams, tables, references, sources, bibliography, appendices, index; med. 8vo; fore-corners of boards bruised; top edges purple; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip slightly faded; faint vertical crease to title page Batsford, London, 1976. First edition. *'Explains how the regimental officer and... More about THE ART OF WARFARE IN THE AGE OF MARLBOROUGH
In two volumes. Volume 1: Western Europe; Volume 2: Central and Eastern Europe. Pp. xviii+202(last blank)+xvi+196(last blank), each with glossary of military terms, campaign chronology, plus combined list of contributors, index; roy. 12mo; lower corners of Volume 1 slightly bruised, cloth of lower board Volume 2 lightly bubbled; dust wrappers... More about A TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE
Collected Essays. Pp. 272(last blank), frontispiece, 14 maps and diagrams, text illustrations, bibliography; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, foxed on reverse; edges of leaves foxed; Greenhill Books, London/Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, 1994. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. More about ON THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Pp. lxiv+560, 26 full page portraits, 26 diagrams of battles and sieges, appendices, select general bibliography, indices; super roy. 8vo; dust wrapper, foxed and lightly browned; occasional light foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1987. First U.K. edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine... More about NAPOLEON'S MARSHALS
Pp. 104, 2+62 folding plates; super roy. 4to; pictorial cloth; dust wrapper, edges light worn, with several splits from top edge; Adlard Coles Limited, London, 1972. Second impression. *Bicentennial edition (1971), being a facsimile of Architectura Navalis Mercatoria, first published in Stockholm in 1768, with selected extracts of the 19th... More about ARCHITECTURA NAVALIS MERCATORIA
Pp. xx+280(last blank), 19 plates (1 double page), text maps, pictorial endpapers, sources, index; bottom edge of boards lightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. *'The original volunteers for the second Australian Imperial Force, the... More about THE THIRTY-NINERS
Pp. x+414+[2]+24(publisher's advertisements); demy 8vo; rebound in red buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; binder's stamp at foot of upper pastedown, ownership name and date on half-title page, short closed tear in fore-edge margin of one leaf, scattered foxing throughout, Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1874. First edition. *From... More about ESSAYS IN MODERN MILITARY BIOGRAPHY
The operations in the Low Countries. Pp. [xii]+372, 5 full page text maps, notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse; occasional light foxing; Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1991. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. More about THE NINE YEARS' WAR AND THE BRITISH ARMY 1688-1697:
Foreword by Brigadier J. McCabe. Pp. 246, text illustrations including maps; demy 8vo.; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; privately printed, Melbourne, 1995. First edition. *Signed by the author on the half-title page. A Salvation Army man's experiences in WWII. More about DIGGERS' MATE
The quest for insight in the correspondence of Major Sir Desmond Morton and the author. Pp. 224(last blank), index; med. 8vo; boards a trifle canted and faintly soiled, with tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board and top fore-corner of lower board; dust wrapper, edges rubbed, backstrip creased; edges... More about CHURCHILL AND MORTON
Together with extracts from the diary of Lieutenant H. Frankland a prisoner of war at Pretoria. With portrait, maps and plans. Pp. xiv+410(last blank)+[6](advertisements, last blank)+32(publisher's catalogue), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, text maps & plans, plus large folding map at end printed in red, brown & black; bound by..... More about IAN HAMILTON'S MARCH
Pp. xiv+498+[2](advertisements)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated 10/99), 4 maps (3 folding, one of which is coloured), 4 plans (1 full page); pictorial fawn cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, red, and black, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of tiny bruises, the spine slightly creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of... More about LONDON TO LADYSMITH VIA PRETORIA
Seven volumes, bound as six, complete, comprising: Into Battle. Pp. viii+314(last blank), frontispiece portrait; 1941. Cohen A142.1.c ; The Unrelenting Struggle. Pp. x+350(last blank), frontispiece portrait, 4 plates; 1942. Cohen A172.1.a; The End of the Beginning. Pp. xiv+258, frontispiece portrait, 4 plates; 1943. Cohen A183.1.a; Onwards to Victory. Pp. x+278... More about WAR SPEECHES