PRISONERS OF WAR: From Gallipoli to Korea.
Pp. [viii]+600(last blank), text illustrations, glossary, further reading list, index; cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1992. First edition. *Signed by the author on half-title page. More
Prisoners-of-War & Escapes
THE LONGEST TUNNEL.
The true story of the Great Escape. Pp. x+290(last blank), 16 plates, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, rubbed, edges a trifle worn; ownership inscription on the upper free endpaper; Guild Publishing, London, 1990. More
WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?
Pp. 254, text illustrations, full page map, index; med. 8vo; dark grey boards, spine lettered in git; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block faintly browned, top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Short Books, [London], 2009. Second printing. *'In November 1942, two nights..... More
BEHIND THE WIRE.
The Clinical War Diary of Major Burnett Clarke AAMC. Compiled in Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp 1944-1945. Pp. xxx+104(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 full page illustrations (2 in colour), head & tail pieces and marginal decorations, index; pictorial laminated boards; Amphion Press, Brisbane, 1989. First edition. *Major Burnett Clarke served as..... More
BARBED WIRE AND BAMBOO: Australian POWs in Europe, North Africa, Singapore, Thailand and Japan.
Pp. xxiv+160(last blank), 2 full page illustrations, maps; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, 9 cm. closed split in front panel; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1992. First edition. More
THE ALBERT COATES STORY.
The Will that Found the Way. Pp. xviii+190, 16 plates, full page map, glossary, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, rubbed and edges a trifle worn and split; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1977. First edition. *Sir Albert Coates served with the first AIF at the Gallipoli landing and was one of the last..... More
CRUEL BRITANNIA.
Britannia waives the rules. Pp. xii+124(last blank), text illustrations and maps; printed glazed papered boards; dust wrapper;the authors, Sydney, n.d. *A different view of the Malayan Campaign and the defence of Singapore. More
OF LOVE AND WAR: The letters and diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis and his family 1939-1945.
Pp. 280, chapter head-pieces, illustrations (including 14 full page), 4 maps (3 full page), index; small cr. 4to; tan boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1982. First edition. *Adrian Curlewis was the son of Australian children's writer Ethel Turner. He enlisted in..... More
PRISONERS OF THE JAPANESE. POWs of World War II in the Pacific.
Pp. ii+462, text illustrations, double page map, sources, notes, index; med. 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, verso slightly browned; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves foxed and lightly browned; Simon & Schuster, London, 2006. First U.K. edition. *First published in..... More
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
MEDICOS AND MEMORIES.
Further recollections of the 2/10th Field Regiment R.A.A. Pp. xviii+130(last blank), text illustrations, 2 full page maps, rolls, appendices, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; 2/10th Field Regiment Association, Birkdale, Qld, 2010. *First published in 2000. An extension of the history of the 2/10th Field Regiment; addresses the medical issues experienced..... More
THE DODGER: The Extraordinary Story of Churchill's Cousin and the Great Escape.
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; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, fore-edge of a few leaves slightly bruised; Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh..... More
WEARY: King of the River.
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
WEARY: The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop.
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
BANZAI, YOU BASTARDS.
Pp. 264+104(unpaginated appendices), 30 plates, 4 text illustrations and map; demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in red; dust wrapper; portion of leaves browned near top edge; Corporate Communications, Wanchai, Hong Kong, 1991. First edition. *Jack Edward's presentation inscription in English and Chinese, dated 37/4/91, on title page. More
IT HAPPENED TO US - MARK II.
Foreword by Les Carlyon. Pp. xiv+290, pictorial title page, text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, full page map; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; C A and D J Finkemeyer, Melbourne, 1998. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 6 Nov 06) on..... More
IT HAPPENED TO US - MARK III: The Japanese invasion of the Pacific 1941-1945.
Foreword by Patrick Carlyon. Pp. vi+206, pictorial endpapers; demy 8vo; dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Colin E Finkemeyer, Melbourne, 2003. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 6 Nov 06) on the upper free endpaper verso. Third volume of anecdotes about the experiences of..... More
THE EMPEROR'S GUEST 1942-1945.
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
HELLFIRE: The Story of Australia, Japan and the Prisoners of War.
Pp. [xii]+560(last blank), 16 plates, 7 text maps (1 double page), endnotes, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper; Macmillan, Sydney, 2005. First edition. More
P.O.W.
Pp. 240, 16 plates, select bibliography, index; lower fore-corners of boards bumped; dust wrapper, a little worn, edges a trifle split, short closed tear from bottom edge of front panel; outer leaves foxed; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1981. First edition. *Studies prisoners-of-war from the days of the One Hundred..... More
DIE LIKE THE CARP! The story of the greatest prison escape ever . . .
Edited by Carl Harrison-Ford. Pp. 240, 16 plates, endpaper plans, index; red boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, verso lightly browned; leaves lightly browned; Cassell Australia, Sydney, 1979. Third printing. *With a loosely inserted relevant news cutting. 'In the early morning of 5 August 1944, outside the little Australian..... More
THE ESCAPE FROM SINGAPORE.
Pp. 246, 12 plates, 4 full page maps, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dark blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; William Kimber, London, 1987. First edition. *The story of the attempt by a small secret unit to organise an evacuation of troops from..... More
ESCAPE FROM THE SWASTIKA.
Pp. 120, black & white and coloured text illustrations including maps (some full and double page), illustrated endpapers; cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Marshall Cavendish, London, 1975. First edition. More
THE BURMA-THAILAND RAILWAY OF DEATH.
Pp. [viii]+295, text illustrations, bibliography, appendices; roy. 8vo; lower edges of boards slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, lightly soiled; Graphic Books, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. More