ESCAPE & EVASION.
POW Breakouts in World War II. Pp. 192, 8 plates, text maps, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; pictorial laminated boards; dust wrapper; Rigel, London, 1997. First edition. More
POW Breakouts in World War II. Pp. 192, 8 plates, text maps, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; pictorial laminated boards; dust wrapper; Rigel, London, 1997. First edition. More
Pp. xii+244(last blank), select bibliography, index; demy 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly worn and browned, top edges water stained; Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1972. First edition. More
Being the 1914-1915 diary of the Battle of the Falklands & its aftermath by Surgeon T. B. Dixon R.N.V.R. of H.M.S. Kent. Foreword by Admiral Sir John Bush. Pp. x+96, 8 plates, endpaper map, appendices (including ship diagrams), bibliography, index; dust wrapper, small splits top edge and flap fold of..... More
Pp. viii+208, illustrated title page, coloured and black & white text illustrations. author's note, index; med. 4to; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; The Fairfax Library, Sydney, 1988. First edition. More
Pp. 336, 16 plates, appendices, notes, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in silver, top fore-corner of lower board and lower edges of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper; fore-edge of a few leaves slightly bruised; Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2012. First edition. * From the library of Sydney..... More
The Biography of LtCol Joseph Espie Dods DSO MC (AAMC). Pp. 232, frontispiece, text illustrations and maps, endpaper family trees, index; dust wrapper; SlouchHat Publications, McCrae, Vic., 2007. First edition. More
By the late Captain H. Taprell Dorling, D.S.O., R.N. ("Taffrail"). In association with the late L. F. Guill. This Edition revised under the Editorship of Francis K. Mason F.R.Hist.S., A.R.AS., R.A.F.(Retd.). Pp. 360(last blank), text illustrations, appendix, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, tape marks on the flaps, laminate a little creased..... More
Translated from the French by Jeffrey Mehlman. Pp. xii+628, 32 plates, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards lightly worn; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased; edges of leaves slightly soiled; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1987. First U.K. edition. *Originally published in France in 1983 as L'Affaire..... More
Pp. xvi+432(last colophon), text illustrations and maps (some full page), notes & sources, selected reading, index; small cr. 4to; faint damp stain to upper board near head of spine; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2009. Illustrated Gift Edition, first thus. *Biography of Sir Edward Dunlop..... More
Pp.[x]+710(last blank), 48 plates, text illustrations and maps, glossary, endnotes, select bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly soiled; The Viking Press, Melbourne, 1994. Third printing. *Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. More
Pp. xxiv+86(last blank), 2 maps (1 full page), appendix, endnotes, bibliography; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle scuffed and slightly sprung; inked annotation by Ray Hellier on verso of half-title page; Longueville Media, Sydney, 2004. First edition. Lowy Institute Paper 03. *'Focusing on the U.S. alliance, constitutional revision, the nuclear..... More
redige d'apres les lecons cliniques de M. le Baron Dupuytren et publie sous sa direction par Mm. les docteurs A. Paillard et Marx. [In two parts, text in French]. Pp. [iv]+xx+496, title page ornament; qr. red morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, lightly rubbed, edges worn..... More
Pp. xx+516(last blank), text and endpaper illustrations and maps, biographical notes, major office-bearers 1945-1965, endnotes, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip faded, edges worn and creased, lightly split with an occasional small closed tear and chips; Allen & Unwin/Australian War Memorial, Sydney, 1992..... More
Stories from the Front Line. Pp. 240, 16 plates, text maps, index; med. 8vo; upper board faintly marked; dust wrapper, backstrip a trifle faded; Arms and Armour Press, London, 1997. First U.K. edition. More
Pp. xxxviii+188, 2 full and 5 double page, plus endpaper maps, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, a little worn, browned and foxed; endpapers and edges of leaves browned and foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1988. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book..... More
Pp. 256, text illustrations (one double page), index; qr. cloth, pink papered boards, edges lightly browned; uncut; dust wrapper, a little worn, browned and foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers lightly offset, some foxing to outer leaves, edges of leaves quite foxed; Allen Lane, London..... More
Pp. 318(last blank), double page map, text illustrations (several full page), appendices, select bibliography, index; demy 8vo; qr. cloth, papered boards; dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn; Allen Lane, London, 1984. First U.K. edition. More
188 engraved leaves printed on rectos only, comprising the 167 plates (2 folding) listed in the table of contents, plus 5 plates not listed or numbered, 9 plates numbered in French, the pictorial title page (naval and land battle scenes), and 6 leaves of explanatory text for the first few..... More
Pp. 304, coloured and black & white text illustrations (some full and double page), appendix, index; cr. 4to; pictorial laminated boards; Random House Australia, Sydney, 2010. *'Illustrated by over 350 photographs and illustrations from publications of the time, the Australian War Diary will take you back to the past' [cover..... More
Pp. xxvi+1366, 1 double and 9 single page text maps, coloured pictorial endpapers, select bibliography, notes, chronology, index; med. 8vo; marron boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, top edges of leaves lightly foxed, bottom edges slightly shelf-soiled; Fourth Estate, London..... More
Pp. xviii+318; 4 plates, 3 maps, appendices; dust wrapper, backstrip a little sunned; small ownership stamp on upper free endpaper; Leo Cooper, London, 1972. *First published by Hutchinson, London, 1971. Recollections of a WWII POW of the Japanese. More
Chechnya material researched by Charles Blandy. Pp. [vi]+298, 16 plates, sources, index; black cloth boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1997. First edition. *'Full of first-hand accounts that bring the fear, intensity and raw courage of close-quarter combat to life' (wrapper blurb). More
Pp. xvi+320, frontispiece; post 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in black; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges a trifle creased and soiled, backstrip sunned, with bookseller's sticker; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on the upper pastedown, leaves browned, foxing, particularly to edges of leaves; Wm. Blackwood &..... More