The story of C. E. W. Bean. Pp. 400, coloured frontispiece portrait, 32 black & white plates, 8 text maps, index; med 8vo; beige boards, spine lettered and ruled in maroon; dust wrapper, slightly soiled on reverse; John Ferguson, Sydney, 1983. First edition. *Biography of Australia's official First World War..... More
A Biography of General Sir Phillip Bennett AC, KBE, DSO. Pp. vi+410(last blank), text illustrations and maps, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2011. First edition. 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, small portions of spine and upper board faded; dust wrapper, worn and browned, with large creased tear at lower edge of upper panel and with several..... More
Translated from the French by Xan Fielding. Pp. [iv]+214, endpaper maps; dermy 8vo; black cloth, lettered in green & gilt, slightly bruised at foot of spine; top edges red (slightly faded); price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly worn; The Vanguard Press, New York, 1966. First edition. *'The author of The Bridge..... More
Pp. vi+422, 32 coloured plates; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper; leaves browned; Macmillan, Sydney, 2013. First edition. *Inscribed by the author on the title page 'Who Dares Wins'. The autobiography of the first Australian Victoria Cross winner. More
Pp. xvi+296(last blank), frontispiece portrait, title page vignette, text illustrations select bibliography, notes, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, with small piece torn from top fore-corner of front panel, the back panel..... More
The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop. Pp.[x]+710(last blank), 48 plates, text illustrations and maps, glossary, endnotes, select bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly soiled; The Viking Press, Melbourne, 1994. Third printing. *Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. More
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..... More
My True-Life Exploits as a Special Forces Soldier. Pp. 432, 16 plates, text map, glossary, index; med. 8vo; qr. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, white papered boards; dust wrapper; tape marks on free endpapers; Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994. First edition. More
The first full edition of the Memoirs of General Reinhard Gehlen 1942-1971. Translated by David Irving. Pp. 382(last blank), 12 plates, appendix, glossary, biographical data, index; demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver, edges of boards slightly browned; dust wrapper, backstrip sunned; Collins, London, 1972. First U.K. edition. *First..... More
A biography of General Gordon. Pp. xii+196(last blank), 8 plates, 3 full page text maps, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle browned; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1985. First edition. More
Pp. 254, 8 plates, 2 maps, illustrated endpapers (publisher's advertisements), source notes, index; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; leaves lightly browned; Pen & Sword, London, 1997. *First published by Leo Cooper, London, 1993. A biography of Major-General Sir Colin Gubbins, the power behind the SOE in WWII. More
The story of Michel Hollard DSO, Croix de Guerre. Pp. ii+272, text illustrations (1 double page) and maps; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lightly scuffed, edges very slightly worn; leaves lightly; Little Hills Press, Bedford, U.K., 1989. *First published by Collins in 1960. More
The Biography of Lieutenant General Sir Ian Jacob GBC CB DL. Foreword by John Terraine. Pp. xxxiv++304, frontispiece portrait, 20 plates, text illustration, text and endpaper maps, endpaper family tree, chronology, glossary, notes, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves foxed; Brassey's (U.K.)..... More
The story of Anders Lassen and the men who fought with him. Foreword by William Langley. Pp. 254, 8 plates, 3 full page text maps, selected bibliography; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Pen & Sword, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 2016. *First published by New English Library..... More
The story of Anders Lassen and the men who fought with him. Pp. 254, 8 plates, occasional text maps, selected bibliography; demy 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt, upper fore-corner and top edge of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; leaves browned; New English Library, London, 1988. First..... More
Pp. 44, printed in sepia, numerous illustrations (some full page); pictorial glazed paper wrappers, lightly scuffed; State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Melbourne, 1961. First edition. *Brief biography of Monash, with some input from his son-in-law, Gershon Bennett. Originally published in the S.E.C. Magazine in December, 1950. More
The diary of Ralph Tanner, 2nd Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Pp. 160, 16 plates, text illustrations including maps (some full page)appendices, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves very slightly marked; The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2009. First..... More