The Life and Times of Field-Marshall Allenby 1861-1936. Pp. xiv+280(last blank), 16 plates, 8 text maps, mostly full page, notes and sources, index; dust wrapper, foxed on reverse; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1993. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper... More about IMPERIAL WARRIOR
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 about IAN HAMILTON'S MARCH
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 about LONDON TO LADYSMITH VIA PRETORIA
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 about BOER WAR MEMORIES
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 about MAFEKING
A Biography of Brigadier-General Sir John Edmond Gough, V.C., K.C.B. Pp. xviiii+244, frontispiece portrait, 16 plates, 12 full page text maps, appendix (Johnnie Gough's Awards and Medals), notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse; some foxing, particularly to title page, and to edges of leaves; Tom..... More about JOHNNIE GOUGH, V.C
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 about THANK GOD WE KEPT THE FLAG FLYING
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 about BOER WAR TRIBUTE MEDALS
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 about NEVILLE HOWSE: Australia's First Victoria Cross Winner
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 about KITCHENER
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 about KITCHENER
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 about CLOSED FILE
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 about CELEBRITIES OF THE ARMY
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 about BORN TO FIGHT
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 about FIFTY YEARS IN THE ROYAL NAVY
Pp. xii+522+[2](publisher's advertisements), frontispiece, 4 full page coloured maps and 3 folding maps (1 coloured), text maps, many full page, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the spine lettering dull, cloth lightly marked and with small hole in upper board, edges worn, with some fraying, head... More about MEMORIES OF FORTY-EIGHT YEARS' SERVICE
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 about STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS OF THE BOER WAR
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 about THE JOYOUS PATRIOT
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 about WAR NOTES
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 about FIELD-MARSHAL SIR HENRY WILSON