A study of the American-Japanese Naval Problem. Pp. x+334, 4 folding maps and 1 folding chart at end, appendices; demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, which is dulled, boards lightly soiled, lower fore-corner of upper board bumped; uncut; endpapers browned, lower hinge cracked; some light foxing, mainly to... More
Pp. 188, black & white and coloured text illustrations, index; demy 4to; pictorial laminated boards; dust wrapper, occasional small closed tears along edges; Golden Press, Sydney, n.d.[c.1988]. *Armed and unarmed combat skills from the official training manuals of the world's elite military corps (wrapper blurb). More
The Old Contemptibles 12 August-19 November 1914. Pp. 288, 12 plates, 7 text maps, appendix (The British Expeditionary Force 1914), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, edges lightly browned; some foxing, mainly to endpapers and edges of leaves; Andre Deutsch, London, 1980. First edition. *From the... More
A tribute to the Belgian king and people from representative men and women throughout the world. Introduction by Hall Caine. Pp. 188, black & white frontispiece portrait, plus 24 plates (17 coloured, all but one hand-tipped), black & white text illustrations, music scores; demy 4to; cream cloth, lettered & decorated... More
British Policy on German Reparations 1941-1949. Pp. x+250(last blank), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; boards lightly soiled, creased bump in lower edge of lower board; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, foxed on reverse; endpapers offset, some foxing, mainly to outer leaves and edges; Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1986. First edition. *From the... More
Western intervention in Vietnam, 1847-1968. Pp. xii+250, reference notes, index; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and slightly split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly browned, top edges a trifle soiled; Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1969. *Relevant news clippings loosely inserted. First edition. More
Causes and Courses of the Second Wold War. Pp. xvi+960(last blank), 64 plates, numerous text plus endpaper maps, chronological skeleton, bibliographies, index; thick med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed; edges of leaves lightly browned and foxed, lower edges slightly shelf-soiled; Allen Lane The Penguin Press, London, 1972. First edition... More
Pp. xxiv+452, selected bibliography; med. 8vo; corners of boards lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly worn; a little light foxing; Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1971. First edition. More
A Marine Company Commander in Vietnam June 1967-January 1968. Pp. xx+296(last blank), 16 plates, 4 full page maps, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; quarter red cloth, over green papered boards, upper board embossed in blind and lower board in silver, spine lettered in silver, cloth on upper board a trifle soiled;... More
Australian Corvettes and the British Pacific Fleet 1944 - 45. Pp. viii+204, text illustrations and maps, appendices, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, worn and a trifle soiled; edges of leaves slightly foxed; inked marginalia and underscoring on pages 8-9; Naval Historical Society of Australia, Garden Island, Sydney, 1995. *Signed by... More
Pp. xii+348, 12 plates, endpaper map, statistical appendix, index; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges rubbed and split, with a short closed tear from top edge of front panel at backstrip fold; outer leaves faintly offset, edges of leaves a.... More
Translated from the German by J. Maxwell Brownjohn. Pp. xvi+704(last blank), 23 plates (one double page), occasional text illustrations and maps, notes, glossary, bibliography, index; fore-corners of boards bruised, bottom edges lightly shelf-worn; dust wrapper, rubbed, edges a little worn and creased; endpapers lightly offset, edges of leaves foxed; Secker... More
Pp. xii+164, 34 black & white and 13 coloured plates, appendices including rolls, annotations, index, units and formations; art. leather boards; dust wrapper, worn; The Cape Town Highlanders Historic Committee, Cape Town, 1986. First edition. *With loosely inserted Errata slip. More
Vietnam and the American Conscience. Pp. x+180(last blank), notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Beacon Press, Boston, 1982. First edition. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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