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Australian Military History

127951
AUSTIN, RON.: Bold - Steady Faithful. The History Of The 6th Battalion, The Royal Melbourne Regiment, 1854 - 1993.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. x, 322; colour frontispiece, numerous photographs throughout, bibliography, acknowledgements, list of subscribers, index, bound in original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, name on front endpaper, good copy.
Melbourne; 6th Battalion Association; 1993. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128045
BARRETT, JOHN.: Falling In. Australians And 'Boy Conscription' 1911-1915.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 320; 54 b/w illustrations, appendix, short bibliography, endnotes, index, browned original illustrated paperback, pages a little browned, adhesion mark on half title page, good copy.
Sydney; Hale & Iremonger; 1979. Click here to Order

AUD$26

128040
BEAUMONT, JOAN.: Broken Nation. Australians in the Great War.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xxviii, 628; illustrated endpapers, b/w illustrations throughout, list of illustrations, list of tables and figures, list of maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 2013. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128033
BLESZYNSKI, NICK.: Shoot Straight, You Bastards! The Truth behind the killing of 'Breaker' Morant.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xliii, 386, 8 pages of b/w photographic plates, epilogue, historical sources, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
Sydney; Random House; 2002. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128344
BURKE, DI; SMALL, MARY.: Seek! An illustrated and pictorial tribute to Australia's tracker dogs in the Vietnam War. Illustrations by John Dicandia.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. 48; illustration on title page, profusely illustrated in colour throughout, glossary, photo credits, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, very good copy.
Aspley, Qld.; ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee; 2009. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128099
DENNIS, PETER; GREY, JEFFREY; MORRIS, EWAN; PRIOR, ROBIN; CONNOR, JOHN.: The Oxford Companion To Australian Military History.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xxii, 692; text illustrated with numerous maps and photographs, list of maps, list of tables, abbreviations, appendices, index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket chipped on edges, good copy.
South Melbourne; Oxford University Press; 1995. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128073
EWER, PETER.: Forgotten ANZACs. The Campaign in Greece, 1941.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. vi, 419; maps, 16 pages of b/w plates, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket worn and marked, good copy.
Melbourne; Scribe; 2008. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128338
FENTON, MORRIE.: The History and Stories of 46 Radar Cape Don. A RAAF Radar Station on Cobourg Peninsula - now the Gurig National Park.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 68; frontispiece sketch, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Lockleys, SA; Morrie Fenton; 1997. Click here to Order

AUD$45

128022
FINLAYSON, DAVID A; CECIL, MICHAEL K.: Pioneers Of Australian Armour In the Great War.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 376; numerous b/w photograph illustrations, maps, diagrams; 12 appendicies, abbreviations, endnotes, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, a fine copy.
New Port, NSW; Big Sky Publishing; 2015.
The book tells the only Australian mechanised units of the Great War. The 1st Australian Armoured Car Section, later the 1st Australian Light Car Patrol, and the Special Tank Section were among the trailblazers of mechanisation and represented the cutting edge of technology on the Great War battlefield. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128054
GRIFFITHS-MARSH, ROLAND.: The Sixpenny Soldier.
Reprint; Cr. 8vo; pp. 386; 8 pages of b/w plates, 7 maps, epilogue, glossary, bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, good copy.
North Ryde; Angus & Robertson; 1990. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128097
GUNN, MRS AENEAS.: "My Boys" - A Book Of Remembrance.
Limited Edition of 1000 Copies; Demy 8vo; pp. 221; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, bound in original purple cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, dustjacket, inscription on front endpaper, very good copy.
Monbulk; Monbulk RSL; 2000.
The authors aim was to record the service details of every volunteer from Monbulk who served their country in the Anglo-Boer War, the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War. Click here to Order

AUD$50

127981
HARVEY, LEN.: Letters From The Veldt. An Account of The Involvement of Volunteers From Queensland At The War In South Africa (Boer War) 1899-1902.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; viii, 174; illustrated title page, numerous b/w illustrations, glossary, end notes, bibliography, index; stiff illustrated wrapper; a fine copy.
Coombabah, Qld.; L.L. Harvey; 1994. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128098
HORNER, D. M.: High Command. Australia And Allied Strategy 1939-1945.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xxiv, 556; 24 photographs, maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket, a very good copy.
Sydney; George Allen & Unwin; 1982. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128000
JEPPESEN, J. C.: Constant Care. The Royal Australian Navy Health Services 1915-2002.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xiv, 336; honour roll, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs and drawings, appendices, index of units and ships, general index, index of names, bound in original illustrated slick boards, a fine copy.
Loftus, NSW; Australian Military History Publications; 2002. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128086
KELLY, DARRYL.: Just Soldiers. Stories Of Ordinary Australians Doing Extraordinary Things In Time Of War.
First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 276; numerous b/w illustrations throughout, a guide to trench warfare, Australian WW1 hospitals, maps, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, inscription on title page, signed by the author, very good copy.
Aspley; ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) Incorporated; 2004. Click here to Order

AUD$45

128024
KURING, IAN.: Redcoats To Cams A History Of Australian Infantry 1788 to 2001.
First Edition; Thick Cr. 4to; pp. xiv, 557, [14]; illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs and maps, 24 pages of coloured plates, battle honours, VC winners, badges, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, minor marks to bottom of page edges otherwise a fine copy.
Canberra; Army History Unit Department of Defence; 2004. Click here to Order

AUD$170

127984
McAULAY, LEX.: Blood And Iron. The Battle for Kokoda 1942.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 432; 16 pages of plates, 7 maps, appendices, acknowledgements and sources, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, minor bumping to edges, otherwise a very good copy.
Milsons Point, NSW; Hutchinson Australia; 1991. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128175
McAULAY, LEX.: Contact. Australians in Vietnam.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. (vi), 147; profusely illustrated in b/w throughout, appendices; original papered boards, minor chipping to rubbed dustjacket; otherwise, a very good copy.
Milsons Point, NSW; Hutchinson Australia; 1989. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128014
McCARTHY, JOHN.: Australia and Imperial Defence 1918-39. A Study In Air And Sea Power.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. x, 227; 17 illustrations, notes to text, notes to sources, select bibliography, index, bound in original purple cloth, title lettered in white and red on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
St. Lucia; University of Queensland Press; 1976. Click here to Order

AUD$40

128062
MCCASKILL, TREVOR.: One Great Hour: David Willis and the Boer War.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. xii, 68; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, several maps, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, inscription on title page, very good copy.
Beecroft, NSW; The Author; 2000. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128229
MAIN, JIM; ALLEN, DAVID.: Fallen. The Ultimate Heroes. Footballers who never returned from war.
First Edition; Med. 4to; x, 358; illustrated endpapers, numerous b/w illustrations, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and upper board, dustjacket, very good copy.
Melbourne; Crown Content; 2002.
Forward by Ron Barassi. Click here to Order

AUD$30

127985
PAULL, RAYMOND.: Retreat from Kokoda.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xviii, 320; endpaper map, frontispiece, 25 pages of plates (30 illuststrations. 18 full-page), index, bound in original green cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, dustjacket chipped on edges, good copy.
Melbourne; Heinemann; 1958. Click here to Order

AUD$50

128085
PEEK, IAN DENYS.: One Fourteenth of an Elephant: A Memoir of Life and Death on the Burma-Thailand Railway.
First Edition; Thick Med. 8vo; pp. xviii, 522; 2 pages of maps, text illustrated with 8 pages of b/w. photographs, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy.
London; Doubleday; 2004. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128153
PRENDERGAST, JIM.: R. A. A. F. Bairnsdale. The Story Of A Wartime Airfield. With a foreword by Air-Marshal C. D. Candy.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 49; numerous b/w. illustrations, bound in original stiff stapled illustrated wrapper, fine copy.
Bairnsdale; The Author; 1982. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128074
PRICE, JOHN E.: They Proved To All The Earth. Listing Of All Those Victorians Who Gave Their Lives Through Service To The British Empire During The Anglo Boer War 1899-1902.
Limited Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. 119; numerous illustrations throughout, appendices, abbreviations, sources, glossary, index of names, original illustrated stiff wrapper, some previous owner's notes on back free endpaper, very good copy.
Printed in Morwell by Gippsland Printers, n.d.
Limited edition of 1000 copies signed and inscribed by author. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128066
SMITH, NEIL C; SIMPSON, CAMERON V.: The Featherbed Soldiers: The New South Wales Lancers in the Boer War 1899 - 1902.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. vi, 135; text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, drawaings and maps, nominal roll, bibliography, index, 3 maps in pocket at rear, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, signed by author, small stain on front wrapper, good copy.
Brighton, Vic.; Mostly Unsung Military History; 2001. Click here to Order

AUD$30

128353
THOMASON, WILLIAM E.: March To Ranau: Australian Servicemen at Sandakan, Borneo 1943-1945.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. (vi), 54; numerous b/w illustrations throughout, 1 map; bound in original stiff illustrated wrapper, a fine copy.
Victoria; Bendigo Militaria Museum; 1989.
Signed by the author on the title page. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128138
VINCENT, DAVID.: Catalina Chronicle. A History of RAAF Operations.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 128; map endpapers, numerous b/w illustrations, bibliography, appendix, bound in original slick illustrated boards, some browning to a couple of pages, otherwise a good copy of the scarce first limited edition.
Adelaide; David Vincent; 1978.
Edition limited to 1000 signed and numbered copies this being copy number 353. Click here to Order

AUD$140

127973
VINCENT, PHOEBE.: My Darling Mick The Life Of Granville Ryrie. 1865-1937.
First Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. x, 254; numerous b/w illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy.
Canberra; National Library of Australia; 1997. Click here to Order

AUD$35