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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's..... More
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
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
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
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
being the reflections and reminiscences of Otto Prince von Bismarck written and dictated by himself after his retirement from office. lang2057 Translated from the German under the supervision of A.J. Butler. With two portraits and a facsimile of handwriting. In two volumes. Pp. xxii+408 & xxii+360+[8](publisher's catalogue), two frontispiece portraits..... More
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
An Australian Trooper in Palestine. Pp. 304(last blank), frontispiece plus 7 plates, folding map at end; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the cloth soiled and lightly marked, edges lightly worn, fore-corners bruised; uncut; front flap of dust wrapper (lightly silverfished) laid on upper pastedown, 'overseas edition' stamp..... 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; 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
A military history of the battle for the Eureka Stockade 3 December 1854. Pp. xviii+242, coloured and black & white text illustrations including maps, appendices, select bibliography, index; broad med 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Australian Military History Publications, Sydney, 2009. First edition. 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; dust wrapper; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1980. First edition. *The author served as Blamey's aide-de-camp for the whole of the Second World War. 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 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
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