Pp. 326, frontispiece (coloured), text illustrations and maps, appendices, including chronology of the South African Wars, Victoria Cross winners, honour roll, bibliography; cr. 4to; brown cloth, spine lettered in white, lower edges of boards slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper; Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae, Victoria, 1999. Anglo Boer War Centenary 1999-2002..... More
Pp. xxvi+182(last blank), 12 plates, text plus endpaper maps, appendices, selected bibliography, index; demy 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners slightly bruised, lower edges slightly shelf worn; dust wrapper, edges lightly browned and worn; upper free endpaper lightly rubbed; Leo Cooper, London, 1975. First U. K. edition. Concise..... 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
Together with extracts from the diary of Lieutenant H. Frankland a prisoner of war at Pretoria. With portrait, maps and plans. Pp. xiv+410(last blank)+[6](advertisements, last blank)+32(publisher's catalogue), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, text maps & plans, plus large folding map at end printed in red, brown & black; bound by..... More
Pp. xiv+498+[2](advertisements)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated 10/99), 4 maps (3 folding, one of which is coloured), 4 plans (1 full page); pictorial fawn cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, red, and black, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, with a couple of tiny bruises, the spine slightly creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of..... More
Pp. xxxii+234, 24 plates, text maps and illustrations, reference notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt, lower edge lightly bumped; dust wrapper, lower edge slightly bruised; leaves quite browned and foxed; HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 1999. First edition. *The David Levine copy, with his book label on upper..... More
Personal Experiences ... On the Early Stages of the Boer War, 1899-1900. Pp. 48, 2 plates, appendices, publisher's permission/edition slip laid on verso of Prelude, and Appendix VI slip on final page; textured black cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a trifle sprung and faintly scuffed, the gilt slightly faded;..... More
Australian Involvement in the South African Conflict of 1899-1902. Pp. xii+236, 8 plates, full page map, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle flecked; dust wrapper, edges lightly and creased, with splits at head and tail of backstrip and top edge of..... More
A Victorian Legend. Pp. [x]+246, 24 plates, 3 maps (1 double page), bibliography, index; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip faded and a trifle soiled, the flaps slightly creased; endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Cassell, London, 1966. First..... More
Pp. [x]+82(last blank), text illustrations; small cr. 35o; black cloth, lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung, edges lightly rubbed, fore-corners faintly bruised, spine faded to brown; free endpapers slightly offset, a little light foxing; Yea Chronicle, Yea, Victoria, 1960. First edition, limited to 100 copies. *From the library..... More
The Siege and Relief of Ladysmith 1899-1900. Pp. xviii+398; frontispiece and 32 plates, text illustrations, 11 full page maps, bibliography, index; qr. red cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in brown, a trifle soiled, brown papered boards; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and silverfished, the backstrip lightly browned, faint sticker mark..... More
An illustrated bibliography of English language publications relating to the Boer War of 1899-1902. Pp. x+206(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, double page map, title page printed in red & black, bibliography; narrow med. 4to; dust wrapper; privately printed [for P. G. de Lotz military bookseller]..... More
Colour photography by Gerald Hoberman, Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society, London. Pp. lviii+240, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, appendices, bibliography, small demy 4to; dust wrapper; Constantia Classics Publications, Sandton, South Africa, 1982.Standard edition, being one of 1500 numbered copies. More
The Road to Omdurman. Pp. xxii+282(last blank), 24 plates, 6 full page text maps, double page family tree, appendices, references and notes, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Constable, London, 1998. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown..... More
The man behind the legend. Pp. viii+248(last blank), 16 plates, 6 text maps (4 full page), appendices, bibliography, index; med 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on flaps and reverse; free endpapers offset, some foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1985. First edition. *From the library of Sydney..... More
Pp. 126+[2](folding facsimile of the Oath of Allegiance, 1848, verso blank), frontispiece and 17 plates within pagination, the frontispiece and 2 plates printed by Emery Walker Ltd, with tissue guards, wood engraved tailpieces by G. W. Lennox Paterson, A.R.E., printed endpapers showing the colours of the regimental tie, title page..... More
Pp. 160, frontispiece map, text illustrations (some full page), select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; lower edges of boards shelf worn; dust wrapper, rubbed, edges a little worn, lightly split at head and foot of backstrip; ownership inscription on upper free endpaper; Rigby, Adelaide, 1983. First edition. *The story behind the..... More
Pp. [iv]+608(last blank, index; cr. 4to; green boards, lettered in gilt, edges lightly worn and rubbed, upper hinge slightly shaken; publisher's sticker on upper pastedown, lightly offset on upper free endpaper, lower edges of leaves lightly shelf worn; John Burridge, Perth, n.d.[1982]. Facsimile reprint. *First published by A. J. Mullett..... More
The defence forces of the Australian colonies 1836-1901. Pp. xviii+216(last blank), 7 coloured plates (one double page), black & white text illustrations and decorations, pictorial endpapers, tables, appendices, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; purple boards, spine lettered in gilt, bottom edges of boards a trifle shelf worn; dust wrapper; Allen &..... More
Being the observations of Mr. A. B. (Banjo) Paterson, Special War Correspondent in South Africa, November 1899 to July 1900, for The Argus, The Sydney Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald. Edited by R. W. F. Droogleever. Pp. viii+488, 8 plates, text illustrations and maps, some full page, references, glossary, sources..... More
A Source Book of Victoria's Dead in the South African War 1899-1902. Foreword by John E. Price. Title page illustrated by H.J. Storer. Pp. 120(last blank), illustrated title page, text illustrations and map, appendices including rolls and honours, glossary, sources, index of names; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; the..... More
Parts 1-XVIII, complete. Parts consecutively paginated 1-144, with full page coloured portraits; impl 4to; stiff green or red printed paper wrappers, worn and soiled (some Parts more than others), edges faded or browned, stapled, supplier's stamp on the upper wrapper of Parts V-IX, Parts XI-XVIII, Part I backstrip split, Part..... More
Major Charles Joseph Ross DSO. A definitive study of his life. Pp. xxiv+200, illustrated in colour and black & white (some full page), text maps, erratum slip loosely inserted at p. 130, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index; narrow cr. 4to; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; The Caps & Flints Press, Melbourne, 2002..... More
Pp. xviii+358, frontispiece portrait plus 26 plates, text illustrations, appendices, index; gilt lettered and decorated blue cloth, lightly marked and worn, cloth a trifle bubbled, fore-corners slightly bruised; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, endpapers offset, some foxing, mainly to outer leaves and edges; John Murray, London, 1919. Second..... More
Preface by C. E. Pereira, Note by Colonel C. P. Heywood (noting the author's untimely death). Pp. xii+394, 7 folding maps (some coloured); roy. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, silver, gilt & red insignia to upper board, fore-corners lightly bruised; uncut and partly unopened; bookseller's..... More