A history of an Australian Infantry Battalion in the Second World War. Pp. xx+336, frontispiece portrait plus 49 plates, 3 full page illustrations, 6 full page maps and 1 full page sketch printed in red & black, plus several black & white text maps, large folding coloured map tipped-in at..... More
A history of the 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945. Pp. xvi+464(last blank), 3 full page colour illustrations, pictorial title page printed in green & black, numerous text illustrations and maps, endpaper maps, appendices, including nominal roll with casualties, Honours and awards; cr. 4to; green cloth, lettered in gilt, gilt insignia..... More
The Story of the 2/27th Battalion. Pp. xvi+260(last blank), 1 double and 34 single page plates, 1 double and 1 single page coloured maps, plus folding map (Shaggy Ridge area) at end, 1 text illustration and 4 text maps, colour patch on title page, casualty lists, Honours and awards, nominal..... More
A history of the 2/3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion. Pp. xxviii+298, text illustrations, 12 text maps, facsimile letter as endpapers, appendices, including Honours and awards list, Honour roll, nominal roll, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly browned, lightly foxed on reverse; some light foxing, mainly to edges of leaves;..... More
A story of the 2/3 Aust. Inf. Battalion A.I.F. Pp. [xiv]+450, text illustrations and maps plus endpaper maps, battle honours with coloured illustration of the Battalion Colours, Honour roll, nominal roll; post 8vo; upper board slightly marked; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed; light vertical paper crease in upper pastedown..... More
A Social History of Britain 1945-51. Pp. viii+224(last blank), 48 plates, notes, index; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on reverse, edges a trifle rubbed; outer leaves faintly offset, a few of the plates slightly damp stained, scattered light foxing; British Broadcasting Corporation/Jonathan Cape, London, 1985. First edition. *From the library of..... More
Edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman. Pp. lii+764(last blank), 8 plates, endpaper facsimiles, notes, index; thick med. 8vo; dust wrapper; occasional pencilled marginal scoring; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2001. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. More
A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. Pp. 766, frontispiece portrait, 5 maps (4 full page), index; boards slightly faded and rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled, backstrip faded; inked gift inscription on upper..... More
Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. Pp. 576, frontispiece portrait, 4 text maps (3 full page), plus endpaper maps, index; fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, edges..... More
as Military Commander. Pp. viii+344, 16 plates, text maps, bibliography, index; top edges purple; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly worn and browned, backstrip a trifle sunned; Batsford, London, 1971. First edition. More
The Life of Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis. Pp. [ii]+xvi+346, 16 plates, text maps (2 full page), references, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; two-tone cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind; top edges red; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed, backstrip faded; Atheneum, New York, 1973. First..... More
Classic, Rare and Unseen Photographs from the Daily Mail. Pp. 224, profusely illustrated (many full page); square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Trans Atlantic Press, London, 2010. First edition. More
The experience of a single German town 1930-1935. Pp. xiv+346(last blank), text map, appendices including graphs, notes, index; two-tone cloth, upper fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; top edges black; fore-corners of boards bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, soiled, lower edge of back panel ink marked, edges worn with occasional tiny closed..... More
Volume 2: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Micronesia. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [viii] +274, printed double column, folding map at end; tall post 4to; tape backed printed card, slightly soiled; publisher's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; [Pacific Books, Broadbeach Waters..... More
Volume 4: Supplement to Volumes 1, 2 and 3. With an Introduction by General Douglas MacArthur, United States Army. Part I: The Netherlands and British East Indies and the Philippine Islands. Part II: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Micronesia. Part..... More
Untitled original etching by David Armfield, after an earlier Ambrose Dyson drawing of an army cook. 17.5 cm. x 13.5 cm.; numbered 2/6, and signed in pencil lquote Amb. Dyson p. D Armfield 1980' beneath the image; glazed and framed. *Dyson's drawing of an army cook was reproduced on the..... More
A fourth volume of war cartoons by Armstrong of "The Argus" [cover title]. Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white; demy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled, backstrip slightly split, with small chip at top edge of upper wrapper, lower wrapper browned and lightly creased near backstrip..... More
A third volume of war cartoons by Armstrong of "The Argus" Sept. 1940 to Sept. 1941 [cover title]. Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white; demy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled, upper wrapper slightly chipped at lower edge, top fore-corner slightly creased; leaves browned; The Argus..... More
War cartoons by Armstrong "The Argus" August 1 to December 2 1939 [cover title]. Pp. 48, illustrated in black & white; med. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, backstrip split and chipped, with some loss, edges of wrappers lightly worn and split, lower wrapper creased and soiled; top fore-corners of leaves..... More
Pp. xvi+288, frontispiece, text illustrations (many full page) and map, explanatory notes, glossary, index of persons mentioned; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Sun Books, Sydney, 1982. Second edition, reprinted. More
The Japanese Outbreak at Cowra. Translated from the Japanese and edited by Ray Cowan. Pp. [xii]+126(last blank), 4 plates; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed, edges a trifle worn; endpapers faintly offset, with small tape mark to upper free endpaper, a little pale foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1970. First Australian edition..... More
Auchinleck, Victor of Alamein. Pp. 272, 16 plates including maps, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, foxed; endpapers offset and a trifle foxed, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Granada, London, 1977. First edition. * From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper..... More
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Pp. [48], illustrated with photographs by George Silk, with brief text; small demy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled (staples rusted), name stamp on upper wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and creased, loose at lower staple, backstrip fold worn and slightly chipped; F. H. Johnston Publishing Company, Sydney, n.d.[c. 1943]. *From the..... More
A broken run of 478 issues, including the first and last (Volume 1, No. 1, November 19, 1942 and Volume 4, No. 230, June 30, 1946), most of the issues bound (not always in numerical order) in three volumes, plus over 50 loose issues (mostly from Volume 3, 1945). Regular..... More
Broadside calendar, headed 'With the Compliments of Guinea Gold' above a photographic view of 'Moresby Harbour in Peace Time'; demy 4to; lightly creased, inscribed in ink above title 'Good Luck Mum & Dad - Love Gordon; mounted, glazed and framed; [Port Moresby], 1944. *Guinea Gold was the official newspaper of..... More