Pp. 248(last blank); pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Indra Publishing, Briar Hill, Victoria, 2005. First edition. *The authors interviewed over 40 people and sent questionnaires to 180 more about their experiences of the Japanese in World War II, and their current attitudes to the former enemy. With relevant newsclipping (book review) loosely inserted. 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
The Air Ministry account of the part played by Coastal Command in the Battle of the Seas 1939-1942. Pp. 144(including free endpapers), text illustrations; post. 4to; paper wrappers, worn, edges and fore-corners a little split and creased, fore-edges dog-eared, paper defect due to removal of roundel sticker on front panel;... More
A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke, K.G., O.M. Pp. 766, frontispiece portrait, 5 maps (4 full page), list of abbreviations used in footnotes, index; boards faintly scuffed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small... More
Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. Pp. 576, frontispiece portrait, 4 text maps (3 full page), endpaper maps, list of abbreviations used in footnotes, index; a couple of tiny bumps to top edges of boards; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed... 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 and 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 secret plan to invade Japan. Pp. [viii]+402, 16 plates, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards slightly worn; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; name and date in ink on upper free endpaper; minor production fault (tiny ink mark) to verso of half-title page, the pages browned; Headline... 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 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
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
Untitled original etching by David Armfield, after an earlier Ambrose Dyson drawing of an army cook. 17.5 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 cover... 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
. Pp. xvi+592, 24 plates, author's note, interviews, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; edges of boards faintly faded, the spine cloth a trifle creased; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly soiled, small surface graze (from name erasure) at head of upper free endpaper; Collins, London, 1990. First U.K. edition. *The... More
The Lonely Soldier. Pp. xii+288, 16 plates, text maps, pictorial endpapers, appendices, sources and bibliography, index; price-clipped dust wrapper, backstrip sunned, the reverse a little foxed; edges of leaves browned and lightly foxed; Buchan & Enright, London, 1981. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his... More
The story of the 39th Battalion 1941-1943. Pp. xviii+268(last blank), 12 plates, full page maps and plans, appendices, index; dust wrapper; date stamp (25 Mar 1988) on upper free endpaper; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. *The 39th Australian Infantry Battalion was formed in late 1941, and existed as... More
: With Australia in the Middle East. Pp. [xiv]+130(last blank), 48 plates (12 coloured, including frontispiece, 4 tinted), text illustrations (some full page), text plus endpaper maps; demy 4to; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in dark brown, lower edge of boards slightly bruised and marked; dust wrapper, a little worn... 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 the... More
Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces. Morotai, 9th September, 1945. Pictorial broadside, featuring 7 captioned photographic scenes (a long rectangular central scene surrounded by 6 smaller photographs of various personnel); 38.5 x 37 cm.; five horizontal fold creases, and several holes caused by silverfish (mainly small, some affecting images and text), slightly... More
An Essay on The Interpretations of National Socialism. Pp. xiv+258(last black), chronology, notes, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, a trifle browned; edges of leaves a little browned and foxed; Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1981. First edition in English. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book... More
Untitled original pen and ink drawing of a soldier crawling past barbed wire, signed 'Littlewood' lower left; 15.5 x 28 cm.; mounted, glazed and framed. *This illustration was reproduced in the Army Education Service magazine Salt(Vol. 5, No. 12, 15 Feb., 1943), where it was used at the head of... More
