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
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
Pp. xvi+322(last colophon), appendices; dark red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards ruled in blind, slightly soiled, small bruise to top edge of upper board near spine, fore-corners bumped, the spine slightly faded and a with a couple of tiny splits to extremities; uncut; text block slightly browned... 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 edition. 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
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
Pp. xii+212, 16 plates, text maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1999. First edition. Australian Army History Series. *Neville Reginald Howse was the first soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross while serving with an Australian unit. In an action of outstanding gallantry during the... More
Pp. 574(last blank), 12 plates, text maps (some full page), notes, biographical sketches, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; fore-corners of boards and head of spine bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled on reverse, edges a trifle creased, the back panel faintly marked; scattered foxing; William Kimber, London, 1977. First edition. *From... 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
Balladist and Bushveldt Carbineer. Pp. xii+228(last blank), frontispiece portrait, numerous text illustrations (several full and a couple double page), endpaper map, 2 double page genealogical charts, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips; name in ink at... More
Pp. 160, frontispiece map, text illustrations (some full page), select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Rigby, Adelaide, 1983. First edition. *The story behind the execution of Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock at Pretoria Gaol in 1902. 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; bottom edges of boards a trifle shelf worn; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1988... More
Parts 1-XVIII, complete. Parts consecutively paginated 1-144, with full page coloured portraits; impl 4to; green or red stiff printed paper wrappers, worn and soiled (some Parts more than others), edges faded or browned, stapled, supplier's stamp on the front 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
48 photographic views on stereo card of the South African War; each with stamp on reverse 'J. F. Ashwood, 52 Elizabeth Street, Sydney'; Underwood and Underwood, New York, 1900-1901. *Together with hand held stereoscope viewer. More
The correspondence of Ralph Verney, 1900-1916. Edited by David Verney. Pp. x+208(last blank), 16 plates, full page sketch map, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper;Leo Cooper, 1989. First edition. *Letters from the Boer War and the First World War. More
The diary of Colonel de Villeois-Mareuil from November 24, 1899, to April 4, 1900. Authorised translation from the Paris Liberteby Frederic Lees. With a preface by E. M. De Vogue. Pp. xx+352, endpaper advertisements (Methuen's Colonial Library); dark teal cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle rubbed, top fore-corners... More
His life and diaries. With a Preface by Marshal Foch. In two volumes. Pp. xiv+364+viii+390, both volumes with frontispiece portrait and 7 plates, one full page map in Volume I, index Volume II; med. 8vo; black & green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards a trifle warped, lightly... More