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
Pp. [viii]+216, 8 plates, genealogical table, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, foxed on reverse and flaps; foxing to endpapers and top edges of leaves; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1986. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. *..... More
From Napoleon to Saddam Hussein. Pp. x+240, 16 plates full and double page text maps, notes, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. More
Pp. xiv+330, chronology of publications on the military history of the First World War, sources, index; demy 8vo; dust wrapper, quite foxed; pencilled annotations on verso of lower free endpaper and some occasional marginal scoring, some foxing, mainly outer leaves and edges, heavier on endpapers; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1991. First..... More
From antiquity to the present. Pp. xiv+154(last blank)+112 pages of plates, index; small roy. 8vo; dust wrapper, foxed on reverse; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Leo Cooper, London, 1991. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. More
Pp. 320(last blank), 8 plates, sources, index; top edges red; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse; endpapers offset and browned; ownership name on upper free endpaper, some foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1967. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his..... More
The battle for the spoils and secrets of Nazi Germany. Pp. xiv+336, 12 plates, notes bibliography, index; dust wrapper, edges a little worn and creased, foxed on the reverse; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, endpapers offset and foxed, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Michael Joseph, London, 1987..... More
Pp. 112, numerous text illustrations (several full page); med. 8vo; boards a trifle soiled edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, worn and slightly soiled, edges rubbed and creased, with several closed tears and a few small chips; the free endpapers slightly soiled; Arco Publishers, New York, 1967. First edition. *From the..... More
Introduction by Fox Butterfield. Pp. 512, 16 coloured plates, numerous black & white text illustrations; index; pictorial paper wrappers, a trifle worn; Bison Books, New York, 1986. First paperback edition. More
A history of each Victorian military unit which has served overseas from 1860 to 1945. The Maori War Militia; The South African War Contingents; The Naval Contingent to China; The Naval & Military Expeditionary Force; The First Australian Imperial Force and The Infantry Battalions of The Second Australian Imperial Force..... More
Pp. 354(last blank), bibliography, index; demy 8vo; lower fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, soiled, edges lightly browned and worn, with short closed tears from bottom edge into back panel and back flap, backstrip faded; top edges of leaves foxed; Collins, London, 1973. First edition. *From the..... More