| 1. | 2/17 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WHAT WE HAVE WE HOLD. A History of the 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945. Australian Military History Publications. Loftus, NSW. 1998. Revised Edition [first published 1990]; 498, nominal roll, honours and awards, index; e/p maps, colour frontis, 3 colour plates, 21 maps, b/w text photos; illustrated laminated hardcase hardcover; mint condition (new). Scarce, out-of-print. Unit history of the 2/17 Infantry Battalion, the first unit to defeat the Germans at the Easter battle of Tobruk, includes: Middle East, Siege of Tobruk, El Alamein, Palestine, Syria, New Guinea, Milne Bay, Lae, Finschhafen and Brunei. |
$44. |
| 2. | AERTS, Theo; Editor. THE MARTYRS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 333 Missionary Lives Lost During World War II. University of Papua New Guinea Press. Port Moresby. 1994. First Edition; 276, bibliog., index; colour frontis photo, 74 b/w photos, 11 illustrations; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Very scarce. Few countries can provide a set of articles of World War II equivalent to those from Papua New Guinea presented in this book. The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea encompasses the war experiences on the mission field of hundreds of PNG people who were Anglicans, Evangelical Church of Manus, Lutherans, Roman Catholic, United Church, Salvation Army, Seventh-day Adventist, and indirectly the Kwato Church. |
$55. |
| 3. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Eighteen 18. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1982. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$16. |
| 4. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Forty-one 41. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1989. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$14. |
| 5. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Nineteen 19. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1982. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$16. |
| 6. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Seventeen 17. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1981. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$16. |
| 7. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Six 6 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1974. 316, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. After Volume 6 the hardbound volumes of this series were issued under the Title of Air International see additional titles under this name. |
$49. |
| 8. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Sixteen 16. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1981. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$16. |
| 9. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Thirty-five 35. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1988. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$14. |
| 10. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Thirty-seven 37. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1988. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$14. |
| 11. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Thirty-six 36. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1988. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$14. |
| 12. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Thirty-three 33. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1987. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$14. |
| 13. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Three 3 [1972]. 320, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Rare. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. After Volume 6 the hardbound volumes of this series were issued under the Title of Air International see additional titles under this name. |
$49. |
| 14. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty 20. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1982. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$16. |
| 15. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-eight 28. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1985. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 16. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-five 25. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1984. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 17. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-four 24. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1984. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 18. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-one 21. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1982. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 19. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-seven 27. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1985. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 20. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-seven 27. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1985. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 21. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-six 26. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1984. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 22. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Two 2 Doubleday. Garden City, NY. 1972. 331, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Rare. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. After Volume 6 the hardbound volumes of this series were issued under the Title of Air International see additional titles under this name. |
$49. |
| 23. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Eleven 11 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1976. 312, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$49. |
| 24. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Fourteen 14 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1978. 312, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 25. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Nineteen 19 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1980. 304, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 26. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Seven 7 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1974. 308, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$49. |
| 27. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Seventeen 17 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1979. 308, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 28. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Sixteen 16 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1979. 308, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 29. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Ten 10 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1976. 312, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$49. |
| 30. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Thirteen 13 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1977. 314, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 31. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Thirty 30 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1986. 312, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 32. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Thirty One 31 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1986. 326, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 33. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Thirty Three 33 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1987. 312, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 34. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Thirty Two 32 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1987. 332, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 35. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twelve 12 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1977. 308, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 36. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twenty 20 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1981. 310, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 37. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twenty Eight 28 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1985. 334, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 38. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twenty Nine 29 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1985. 316, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 39. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twenty Seven 27 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1984. 322, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 40. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twenty Six 26 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1984. 314, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 41. | ALBINSKI, Henry. THE AUSTRALIAN AMERICAN SECURITY RELATIONSHIP. A Regional and International Perspective. University of Queensland Press. St. Lucia. 1982. x, 257, index; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. The main thrust of the study is an analysis of the causes and implications of changes in the Australian-American security relationship during the post-Vietnam period. |
$21. |
| 42. | ALBRIGHT, Harry. PEARL HARBOR. Japan's Fatal Blunder, the True Story behind Japan's Attack on December 7, 1941. Hippocrene Books. New York. 1991. 378; cardcover; mint. The author was present in the Central Pacific on that crucial morning, as a member of the intelligence headquarters of the Hawaiian Department of the United States Army. |
$25. |
| 43. | ALLEN, Louis. BURMA THE LONGEST WAR 1941-45. Dent. London. 1984. First Edition. xvii, 696, bibliog., index; 43 illusts., 37 maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; (e/p scruffed where owner's name was rubbed out) o/wise very good condition. Scarce. The longest campaign in World War Two was fought in Burma. It was, arguably, the most ferocious and the most varied. It comprised jungle as well as desert warfare; the longest retreat in the history of the British Army; the greatest defeat suffered on land by the Japanese Army. The Campaign had its fair share of forceful personalities - the cantankerous US General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, the brilliant British military genius, Orde Wingate, the colourful Japanese Generals, Mutaguchi and Miyazaki, the fiery Bengali revolutionary, Subhas Chandra Bose, the young Burmese rebel general, Aung San and the two pillars of British high command, Field Marshall Slim and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten; presented from both sides, the author had access to both public and private archives in Tokyo and London, as well as gathering material from private soldiers as well as generals, the definitive account of the War in Burma. Much sought after. |
$49. |
| 44. | ALLEN, Louis. BURMA THE LONGEST WAR 1941-45. Dent. London. 1984. First Edition. xvii, 696, bibliog., index; 43 illusts., 37 maps; hardcover in fine dust jacket; very good plus condition. Very scarce military history, much sought after. The longest campaign of World War Two, presented from both the British and Japanese sides, the author had access to both public and private archives in London and Tokyo, as well as gathering material from private soldiers to generals, the definitive account of the War in Burma. |
$59. |
| 45. | ALLIED GEOGRAPHICAL SECTION, Southwest Pacific Area. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AND ADJACENT AREAS. Four Volumes - Volume 1: The Netherlands and British East Indies and the Philippine Islands (including Dutch New Guinea. pp. (viii), 318; Folding map; Volume 2: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Micronesia. pp. (viii), 274; Folding map; Volume 3: Malaya, Thailand, Indo China, the China Coast and the Japanese Empire. pp. (viii), 256; folding map; Volume 4: (Supplement to Volumes 1, 2 and 3). Part 1: The Netherlands and British East Indies and the Philippine Islands. Part 2: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, The British Solomon Islands, The New Hebrides and Micronesia. Part 3: Malaya, Thailand, Indo-China, The China Coast and the Japanese Empire; pp. ix, 230; folding map; [all 4 volumes AUD $ 120] Pacific Books. Broadbeach Waters, Queensland, Australia. 1990. Facsimile of volumes 1, 2 and 3. First edition of volume 4, first published in 1945 as a typescript and never formally published previously). hardcovers all 4 volumes; mint condition. Now out-of-print. These volumes were originally produced for military purposes in 1944-1945, contain an extensive coverage of the literature of the region which will still, fifty years later, be of great value to researchers, dealers and collectors of Pacificana and literature of South East Asia. Inclusive price for all 4 Volumes. |
$120. |
| 46. | ALLISTON, John. DESTROYER MAN. Greenhouse Publications. Melbourne. 1985. First Edition; 188, index; 6 maps, 15 b/w photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Scarce. An engrossing autobiography by Commander Alliston, an account of naval warfare which includes the camaraderie of shipboard living, the old-fashioned virtues of duty, courage and the time-honoured crafts of seamanship. He took command of his first ship, HMS Decoy, in June 1941 and was later awarded a DSO for his work, as Commander of HMAS Warramunga in the Philippines campaign. |
$18. |
| 47. | AUSTIN, Greg and Alexey D. Muraviev. RED STAR EAST. The Armed Forces of Russia in Asia. Allen & Unwin. St Leonards, NSW. 2000. First Edition; 402, index; maps; cardcover; mint condition.Examines the impact of restructuring of the armed forces of the USSR on Russia's eastern frontiers, the book surveys Russia's far eastern nuclear, ground, air and naval forces. |
$39. |
| 48. | AUSTRALIA COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS. THE NOMINAL ROLL OF VIETNAM VETERANS. Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra. 1997 Revised edition; xiv, 186; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Very scarce, limited print run. This nominal roll of Vietnam veterans is a reprint of the June 1996 first edition which updates individual details and the listing of all Australian Defence Force entries in one alphabetical list rather than three service lists. This Roll includes all members of the Australian Defence Force [the Australian Regular Army, Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force] who landed in Vietnam or entered Vietnamese waters during the period between 23 May 1962 and 1 July 1973. It does not include ships that visited Vietnam prior to Australia's formal involvement in the Vietnam War or RAAF personnel who were involved with evacuation flights in 1975. Included in the roll are members of the Citizen Military Forces as well as those who were seconded to armed services of the republic of Vietnam, the United States and other allied services. Members of philanthropic organizations are included with the service entries. Civilians listed included merchant seaman who sailed on ships chartered by the Government for transport to Vietnam, members of civilian medical and surgical teams, members of the Australian Forces Overseas Fund and official entertainers and war correspondents who saw service in Vietnam. Added to this edition are Foreign Affairs personnel and Qantas aircrew who flew troops to Vietnam. |
$39. |
| 49. | AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE JOURNAL. No.141. March/April 2000. Journal of the Australian Profession of Arms. Australian Defence Force Journal. Canberra. 2000. 64; b/w and colour illustrations; cardcover; (one page incorrectly cut) o/wise fine condition. Includes: measurement of stress in Australian Defence Personnel, Indonesian Islamic Fundamentalism and Aceh in the 20th century, the rise and fall of the Imperial Japanese airforce. |
$15. |
| 50. | AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES NOTES ON MAP READING. (Provisional). Australian Military Forces. 1950. Restricted; 50; map, line drawings; hardcover (rebound retaining original card on the front cover); A5 format; (old tape repairs, damp mark in upper right-hand corner, hole through two pages with some loss of text) a readers copy. Unique. |
$35. |
| 51. | AUSTRALIAN REGULAR ARMY. THE CORPS LISTS OF OFFICERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGULAR ARMY AND THE REGULAR ARMY SUPPLEMENT 1979. (Compiled from Information Available as at 30 September 1979). Department of Defence. Canberra. 1979. 212, plus 32 index pages; cardcover (slight shelf wear); o/wise near fine condition. Very Scarce. |
$33. |
| 52. | BABBAGE, Ross, Edited by. THE SOVIETS IN THE PACIFIC IN THE 1990s. Brassey's Australia. Rushcutters Bay, Sydney. 1989. xiv, 143, index; pictorial laminated hardcover; mint condition. Papers by seven contributors - Dr Ross Babbage, Dr Leszek Buszynski, Deek da Cunha, David Hegarty, Malcolm Mackintosh, Dr Robert Miller and Professor TH Rigby - with expertise in Soviet affairs. Collated by the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies Australian National University. |
$29. |
| 53. | BAKER, Clive and Greg Knight, Researched by. MILNE BAY 1942. New Guinea Campaigns Series. Australian Military History Publications. Loftus, NSW. [first published 1991], 2000 Fourth Edition; ix, 496, index; fully illustrated with photos and maps; laminated hardcover; mint condition. Japan's first military defeat on land, possession of Milne Bay was essential to MacArthur's strategic plan for a northwards advance, an A.I.F. Brigade - veterans of the Tobruk siege - and a Militia Brigade, fought side by side and shared in the victory, as did two outstanding R.A.A.F. Fighter squadrons, numbers 75 and 76. |
$59. |
| 54. | BAKER, Mark. NAM. The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There. William Morrow. New York. 1981. xv, 269; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; fine condition. A view of the war and the boys who fought it that you will not find anywhere else. |
$12. |
| 55. | BALL, Reg A. TORRES STRAIT FORCE 1942 to 1945. The defence of Cape York-Torres Strait and Merauke in Dutch New Guinea. Australian Military History Publications. Loftus, NSW. 1996. First Edition; xv, 301, bibliog., unit index, names index, general index; 178 illusts. and maps; Pictorial hardcover, laminated boards; A4 format; mint condition. Includes: early defences from 1939, the 1943 Moultrie plan for defending Merauke, the Torres Strait Islands and Cape York, guarding sea and air routes from Cairns to Moresby and Darwin, clashes with the Japanese in Dutch New Guinea, extracts from several army war diaries, RAAF Operational Record Books, and the over 600 Thursday Islanders who signed-up to defend their homeland, several Dutch Units and American Units. |
$44. |
| 56. | BALLARD, Robert D. and Rick Archbold. RETURN TO MIDWAY. The quest to find the Yorktown and the other lost ships from the greatest battle of the Pacific War. Hodder/Madison Press. Sydney. 1999. First Australian Edition; 199, bibliog, index; e/p illustrations, fully illustrated with historical b/w photos, contemporary colour photos, paintings; hardcover in mint dust jacket; large format; mint condition. Fifty-six years after the decisive Battle of Midway noted underwater explorer Robert Ballard embarked on a search for the lost ships that had sunk in that historic battle, accompanying him were a group of Japanese and American veterans who had once faced each other as enemies, their memories of the conflict act as a counterpoint to the story of the high-tech hunt for the sunken battlefield. |
$29. |
| 57. | BALLARD, Robert D., with Rick Archbold. THE LOST SHIPS OF GUADALCANAL. Warner Books. New York. 1993. United States Edition; 227, appendix, bibliog., index; 400 illustrations, over 200 in colour, one full-page foldout. hardcover, with gilt title embossed on front cover and on spine, in mint pictorial dust jacket; mint condition [new]. Scarce. From August to November of 1942, the tropical waters off the small island of Guadalcanal were the scene of some of the fiercest sea battles of World War II, a haunting return to one of the greatest naval battlefields of the Pacific War, includes: the battle of Savo Island, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Western Pacific, unforgettable images of an epic conflict in a gripping, full-colour book containing dozens of never-before published photographs, period paintings by war artists, plus a host of specially created colour maps, charts and diagrams. |
$29. |
| 58. | BARBER, Jack. THE WAR, THE WHORES AND THE AFRIKA KORPS. cardcover; mint condition. Jack Barber was at Tobruk with the Australian 2/17th Battalion, he describes the period of the siege as a great place for making friends but a hell of a place for losing them. |
$21. |
| 59. | BATCHELOR, John. LAND POWER. A Modern Illustrated Military History. Exeter Books. New York. 1975. 352; 620 illustrations with more than half in colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; fine condition.This authoritative text tells the story of the development of land fighting techniques and weaponry during World Was I and II. |
$24. |
| 60. | BATESON, Charles. THE WAR WITH JAPAN. A Concise History. Michigan State University Press. 1968. 417, index; b/w photos, 11 maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; very good condition. For the first time in a single volume the four years of bitter fighting against the Japanese following their surprise attack on Pearl Harbour, includes the contributions of the United States, Australia and Great Britain to the final defeat of Japan. |
$25. |
| 61. | BEKKER, C.D. SWASTIKA AT SEA. The Struggle and Destruction of the German Navy 1939-1945. William Kimber. London. [1953]. 207; map, 45 b/w photos; hardcover in chipped dust jacket; (page edges spotted, spine ends sunned) o/wise good condition.Dramatic detailed account obtained from eye-witness, this is the first overall account of the struggle and destruction of the German navy during World War II as seen from German eyes. |
$18. |
| 62. | BENNETT, John. FIGHTER NIGHTS 456 Squadron RAAF. Banner Books. 1995. First Edition; 214, nominal roll; 105 photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Unit history of the 456 Squadron RAAF. This is the story of the only Australian night fighter squadron. The members of 456 had come to help Britain like their fathers in 1914-18. they fought a war on the leading edge of technology, the likes of which were not experienced by their colleagues in the Pacific War. Covers the history of the development of aerial interception. |
$49. |
| 63. | BENSON, Sir Irving. THE MAN WITH THE DONKEY. John Simpson Kirkpatrick the Good Samaritan of Gallipoli. Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1965. 95. 10 illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; (d/j sunned with some marks on the back, foxing in the prelims) o/wise good condition. An account of a World War I war hero of Gallipoli, the full story of the man behind the legend, a young Scottish boy who joined the Australian Army in Perth. |
$12. |
| 64. | BERG, Ensign Charles L., PH3 Jason L. Carter, and JO3 Chad S. Mckimson, composed by. USS TARAWA, EAGLE OF THE SEA: WESTPAC '92. USS Tarawa. c1992. 159, pictures of all crew members; colour and b/w photos, map on back endpaper; pictorial gilt embossed hardcover with gilt title embossed on front cover and spine; fine condition. Very scarce. Combining the functions of four amphibious ships, USS TARAWA carries helicopters, Harrier jets, landing craft, tanks, jeeps, cargo and troops giving her almost a single-handed capability to conduct landing-force operations. This is a pictorial record of the crew of the USS TARAWA on their six month tour of duty in 1992 from San Diego to the Arabian Sea and return. Includes four colour pictures of Audrey Hepburn who visited the ship on September 21, 1992, just four months before she passed away. |
$45. |
| 65. | BILNEY, Keith. 14/32 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION A.I.F. 1940-1945 Australia New Guinea New Britain. Melbourne. First Edition; xi, 206 b/w photographs, locality maps, campaign sketches, fold out map; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Very scarce military unit history formed in Victoria. Contains a nominal roll, an honour roll and a list of decorations and awards. |
$65. |
| 66. | BIRTLES, Philip. MOSQUITO. A Pictorial History of the DH98. Jane's Publishing. London. 1980. 192; fully illustrated with b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; near fine condition. Very Scarce. One of the most versatile and deadly aircraft of World War II, de Havilland's Mosquito, the author includes many revealing episodes form the construction of the prototype and has interviewed personalities involved in the design, production and operation of the aircraft, includes photographs not previously published. |
$48. |
| 67. | BLOOMFIELD, David. RABAUL DIARY. Escaping Capture in New Britain 1942. Australian Military History Publications. Loftus, NSW. 2000. cardcover; mint condition. The author was a member of an anti-aircraft battery that was sent to the ill-fated garrison at Rabaul. |
$24. |
| 68. | BRYANT, Arthur. THE TURN OF THE TIDE. A History of the War Years Based on the Diaries of Field-Marshall Lord Alanbrooke. Doubleday, Garden City, NY. 1957. xiii, 624, bibliog, index; frontis plate, 5 maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; (cover spine sunned with stain on front board) o/wise good condition. World War II, eminent historian Arthur Bryant has woven extensive excerpts from Field-Marshal Lord Alanbrooke into his text together with comments on the diaries made by Lord Alanbrooke after the war. |
$29. |
| 69. | BUCKLEY, K. & K. Klugman. THE AUSTRALIAN PRESENCE IN THE PACIFIC. Burns Philp 1914-1946. Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1983. First Edition; 392, appendices, index; 34 illustrations, e/p maps, 4 text maps; hardcover in very good dust jacket; very good condition [ 3 sets of library notations on publishers page]Very scarce. The second volume of the centenary history of the company, relates the story of how within three months of the beginning of the first World War James Burns was carving up the map of the South Pacific, this richly varied story makes a major contribution to Australian business history, written with unrestricted access to company records, but with academic independence. Ken Buckley was associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Sydney and Kris Klugman a graduate of Macquarie University with a MA in Community Studies. |
$28. |
| 70. | BUICK, Bob with Gary McKay ALL GUTS AND NO GLORY. The Story of a Long Tan Warrior. Allen & Unwin. St Leonards, NSW. 2000. First Edition; xx, 251, index; illustrated with b/w photographs and maps; cardcover; mint condition. Platoon Sergeant Bob Buick, decorated with the Military Medal for bravery for his actions during the Battle of Lon Tan tells in vivid and enthralling detail the story of his tour of Vietnam. |
$29. |
| 71. | BULOW, Kerry, compiled by. FOREIGN AWARDS TO AUSTRALIA FROM WORLD WAR ONE TO THE KOREAN WAR. Victoria. 2000. First Edition limited to 100 copies; 121. numerous b/w photos, certificates and medals; illustrated cardcover; mint condition. Very scarce. Signed by author, contains all foreign awards compiled from the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, includes full name, rank at time of award, Commonwealth Gazette date and page number, with a section listing the remaining World War One veterans who were awarded the Legion of Honour, Chevalier from the French government in 1898/99. |
$65. |
| 72. | BURCHETT, Wilfred G. PACIFIC TREASURE ISLAND NEW CALEDONIA. Voyage Through its Land and Wealth. The Story of its People and Past. F.W. Cheshire Pty Ltd. Melbourne. 1942. Second Edition; 230, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 27 illusts., text map; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; (owner's name stamp on title page, spine sunned) good condition. When this second edition was published New Caledonia was recognized to be the cornerstone of Pacific defences in the Pacific War, both Australia and the United States were for the first time represented in the capital and American troops served as New Caledonia's defences. |
$28. |
| 73. | BURCHETT, Wilfred G. PACIFIC TREASURE ISLAND NEW CALEDONIA. Voyage Through its Land and Wealth. The Story of its People and Past. F.W. Cheshire Pty Ltd. Melbourne. 1942. Second Edition; 230, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 27 illusts., text map; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; good condition. When this second edition was published New Caledonia was recognized to be the cornerstone of Pacific defences in the Pacific War, both Australia and the United States were for the first time represented in the capital and American troops served as New Caledonia's defences. |
$28. |
| 74. | BURGESS, Pat. WARCO. Australian Reporters at War. William Heinemann. Richmond, VIC. 1986. First Edition; 254, index; 61 b/w photos; hardcover in d/j; fine condition. Pat Burgess, himself a distinguished War Correspondent takes a look at how Australian reporters came to their pre-eminence, quoting extensively from their reports often filed in the heat of battle. |
$18. |
| 75. | BURSTALL, Terry. A SOLDIER RETURNS : A Long Tan Veteran Discovers the Other Side of Vietnam. University of Queensland. St Lucia, QLD. 1990. xiii, 215, bibliog, index; 55 b/w illusts., maps; cardcover; (browning on inside of cover, owner's name blocked out with marking pen) o/wise good condition. A veteran makes four return trips to Vietnam, Terry Burstall compares official war records with first-hand accounts from retired Vietnamese officers, villagers and a former prisoner of war and challenges Australia's view of the Battle of Long Tan which the Vietnamese look upon as an important victory. |
$13. |
| 76. | BURSTALL, Terry. THE SOLDIERS' STORY. The Battle at Xa Long Tan Vietnam, 18 August 1966. University of Queensland. St Lucia, QLD. 1986. xxvi, 188, appendices, nominal roll of recipients of the United States Presidential Citation, index; 34 b/w illusts., 9 figures; pictorial cardcover; (cover and first few pages are slightly buckled from old water damage) o/wise very good condition. A comprehensive account of the battle written by the author who was there as a soldier in the Vietnam war. A textbook nightmare in the history of jungle warfare. Well researched. |
$16. |
| 77. | BUTLER, David. THE FALL OF SAIGON [Vietnam] Scenes from the Sudden End of a Long War. Simon and Schuster. New York. 1985. 510, index; e/p maps, b/w photos; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; fine condition. Scarce. Weaves together the lives of more than thirty persons caught in the crisis of the fall of Saigon, from the U.S. ambassador to men, women and children both American and Vietnamese trapped before the onrushing juggernaut, draws on original sources as well as the author's own first hand notes and impressions made in Saigon where the author was a journalist. |
$29. |
| 78. | BUTLIN, S.J. WAR ECONOMY 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939-1945. Series 4 (Civil) Vol. III. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1955. First Edition; xvii, 516, index; 6 maps and diagrams, 22 illusts.; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; near fine condition. Very scarce. This was a crucial period of economic development for Australia. The book traces the preparatory work which was achieved in the first 2 years of war and which was to prove supremely important in meeting the dire Japanese threat in the Pacific. |
$23. |
| 79. | BUTLIN, S.J. WAR ECONOMY 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939-1945. Series 4 (Civil) Vol. III. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1955. First Edition; xvii, 516, index; 6 maps and diagrams, 22 illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket; near fine condition. Very scarce. This was a crucial period of economic development for Australia. The book traces the preparatory work which was achieved in the first 2 years of war and which was to prove supremely important in meeting the dire Japanese threat in the Pacific. |
$24. |
| 80. | BUTLIN, S.J. WAR ECONOMY 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939-1945. Series 4 (Civil) Vol. III. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1955. First Edition; xvii, 516, index; 6 maps and diagrams, 22 illusts.; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; owner's book stamp on bottom page foredges o/wise good condition. Very scarce. This was a crucial period of economic development for Australia. The book traces the preparatory work which was achieved in the first 2 years of war and which was to prove supremely important in meeting the dire Japanese threat in the Pacific. |
$19. |
| 81. | BUTLIN, S.J. WAR ECONOMY 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939-1945. Series 4 (Civil) Vol. III. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1955. First Edition; xvii, 516, index; 6 maps and diagrams, 22 illusts.; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; owner's name blocked out in marking pen on front endpaper, cloth frayed, o/wise good condition. Very scarce. This was a crucial period of economic development for Australia. The book traces the preparatory work which was achieved in the first 2 years of war and which was to prove supremely important in meeting the dire Japanese threat in the Pacific. |
$18. |
| 82. | BUTLIN, S.J. & Schedvin, C.B. WAR ECONOMY 1942-1945. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1977. First Edition; xvii, 817, index; 11 maps and diagrams, 39 illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series 4 (Civil) Volume IV. Very Scarce. Includes the introduction of the National Economic Plan and many measures taken to restrict and control private activities, the tensions involved in the change from the Anglo-Australian economic connection to the Australian-American one, the difficult process of reducing the scale of war commitment and plan post-war reconstruction at home and abroad. |
$37. |
| 83. | BUTLIN, S.J. & Schedvin, C.B. WAR ECONOMY 1942-1945. Australia in the War of 1939-1945. Series 4 (Civil) Vol. IV. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1977. First Edition; xvii, 817, index; 11 maps and diagrams, 39 illusts.; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; near fine condition. Very Scarce. Very scarce. Includes the introduction of the National Economic Plan and many measures taken to restrict and control private activities, the tensions involved in the change from the Anglo-Australian economic connection to the Australian-American one, the difficult process of reducing the scale of war commitment and plan post-war reconstruction at home and abroad. |
$34. |
| 84. | CAFFREY, Kate. OUT IN THE MIDDAY SUN. SINGAPORE 1941-1945. Andre Deutsch. London. 1974. First British Edition; 312, index; 9 maps, 15 illusts.; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; (new endpapers, some foxing, white-out on library markings on title page, second library stamp on page 183, crease on spine) o/wise good condition. Scarce. Examines the events leading to the fall of Singapore, the fate of the prisoners of war, considering such questions as their accommodation, employment, conditions of daily life, linguistic development, discipline and morale, includes the 22nd and 27th Australian Brigades, Yong Peng survivors interviewed. |
$19. |
| 85. | THE CAMPAIGN IN GREECE AND CRETE. The Army at War. Issued for the War Office by the Ministry of Information. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London. 1942. 64; maps; cardcover [protected]; A5 format; (cover rubbed, foxing on first land last page) o/wise good condition. World War II, covers all the military operations between the arrival of the Imperial Expeditionary Force and the evacuation of Crete, a tribute to the fighting qualities of the Imperial and Greek armies. |
$16. |
| 86. | CAMPBELL, Arthur. THE SIEGE. A Story from Kohima. Allen & Unwin. London. 1956. Third Impression. xi, 211; e/p maps, 4 text maps, 5 illustrations; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket protected. (foxing on title pages, the number 90 in large letters on small title page) o/wise good condition. The March 1944 16 day siege of the Royal West Kent Regiment and the Township of Kohima in the Indian campaign. |
$22. |
| 87. | CANNON, M. Hamlin. UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC LEYTE: THE RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES. Historical Division Department of the Army. Washington. 1954; xvi, 420, index; 23 maps, 70 b/w illustrations; hardcover; (no d/j, Pacific Ocean National Geographic Society pocket map missing, minor insect damage to cover cloth) o/wise good condition. The spotlight is on the front-line fighting, however, the reader will find in this volume a faithful description of all arms and services performing their missions, not exclusively an infantry story, includes naval support and land-based air power. |
$28. |
| 88. | CHARLES, H. Robert. LAST MAN OUT. Surviving the Burma Railroad. Crowood Press. Marlborough, Wiltshire, U.K. 1989. 1st U.K. Edition; 209, appendices, index; 29 photos, map; hardcover in fine dust jacket; fine condition. Includes an account of Dr Henri Hekking, a medical doctor with the Dutch Colonial Army who, at great personal risk, saved the lives of hundreds of prisoners including the author. |
$24. |
| 89. | CHOW, S.R. WINNING THE PEACE IN THE PACIFIC. A Chinese View of Far Eastern Postwar Plans and Requirements for a Stable Security System in the Pacific Area. The Macmillan Company in cooperation with the International Secretariat Institute of Pacific Relations. New York. 1944. First Edition; xi, 98, index; hardcover in chipped dust jacket [protected]. (two uncut pages one shortcut margin) o/wise good condition. Scarce. |
$22. |
| 90. | CHURCHILL, Winston S. and the editors of Life. THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Golden Press. New York. 1960. Special Edition for Young Readers. 384, index; fully illustrated with paintings, photos, maps, many in colour; hardcover in dust jacket protected; large format; d/j chipped and repaired o/wise very good condition.Originally published in two volumes, has now been skillfully condensed for young readers in this spectacularly illustrated book, Churchill gives one of the best accounts of World War II ever written. |
$17. |
| 91. | CLARKE, Thurston. PEARL HARBOR GHOSTS. A Journey to Hawaii Then and Now. William Morrow & Co. New York. 1991. First Edition; 411, notes, bibliog., index; endpaper maps, 31 photos; hardcover reproduction dust jacket with protective covering; fine condition. Clarke sifts the evidence for blame for the attack and how that blame has been reconciled, then and now, by the Japanese Americans who were interned and by the American nation. |
$17. |
| 92. | CLAUSEN, Walter B. BLOOD FOR THE EMPEROR. A Narrative History of the Human Side of the War in the Pacific. Appleton-Century Co. New York. 1943. First Edition; xii, 341, index; e/p maps, 19 b/w photos; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket [protected]; (spine sunned and frayed, two stamps on e/p, Army Library sticker on small title page, two small library stamps) o/wise good condition. Eye-witness accounts of the war in the Pacific told by officers and men of the Army, Navy, Marines and the Air Forces and by Associated Press correspondents, includes: Coral Sea Battle, Midway, Solomons, Guadalcanal, Wake Island, submarines, Santa Cruz, Japanese grand strategy. |
$25. |
| 93. | CLEARY, Jon. THE CLIMATE OF COURAGE. [An Australian World War II Novel]. Collins. London. 1954. Second Impression; 320; hardcover in pictorial dust jacket [protected]; owner's name and address on the front endpaper otherwise good condition. A war novel which tells the story of ordinary fighting men in heroic terms; of Middle East veterans returned to a Sydney changed by war, of the multiple threads of their home lives in war-time Australia, and of the sufferings which they had the qualities to surmount on the bitter battlefields of New Guinea. |
$14. |
| 94. | CLISBY, Mark. GUILTY OR INNOCENT? The Gordon Bennett Case. Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1992. Second impression. 134, bibliog., index; 3 maps, 21 b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. The author is a barrister and a qualified Captain in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps., he examines General Gordon Bennett's controversial escape from Singapore in 1942 and sets out the case for and against Bennett. |
$19. |
| 95. | COGGINS, Jack, Written and illustrated by. THE CAMPAIGN FOR GUADALCANAL. A Battle that Made History. Doubleday & Co. New York. 1972. 208, index; with over 250 maps, diagrams, and detailed illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket [small chips and repaired]; very good condition. Fought on land, in the air, and on the seas, the pivotal struggle for control of the South Pacific, a graphic re-creation of the most bitterly contested battles of the Pacific War, one of the best illustrated military history books on the Guadalcanal campaign excellent line drawings of Japanese and American equipment and ordnance. |
$45. |
| 96. | COLLIER, Basil. THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST 1941-1945: A Military History. William Morrow & Co. New York. 1969. First Edition; xiii, 530, appendices, bibliog., index; 50 maps, e/p maps, 18 tables; hardcover in (repaired) dust jacket; very good condition. Each conflict on land, sea and in the air is recreated and related to each major campaign and in turn each campaign is shown in the perspective of the grand strategy of the Western Allies and the Japanese, including 16 maps of the New Guinea/Solomons theatre. |
$27. |
| 97. | COLLIER, Richard. 1940 THE WORLD IN FLAMES. Hamish Hamilton. London. 1979. 258, index; 33 b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; (stamp on page edges) o/wise very good condition. An immensely readable account of that horrifying year of World War II, includes often overlooked material. |
$19. |
| 98. | COOK, Graeme. SILENT MARAUDERS. British Submarines in the Two World Wars. Hart-Davis, MacGibbon. London. 1976. First Edition; 159, bibliog; hardcover in dust jacket; (new endpapers, library stamps, page repair with tape, sporadic foxing) a readers copy. The deeds of many unsung heroes are recorded together with the most colourful and valiant commanders of the British Submarines in World Wars I and II. |
$19. |
| 99. | COOKE, John. WORKING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1931-1946. Lara Publications. Upper Mt Gravatt, Brisbane. 1983. First Edition; viii, 360; 71 photos, 15 text maps, e/p maps; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition, signed by the author. Very scarce. Includes, Morobe Goldfields, Recruiting, Guinea Airways and MV Gnair, New Guinea Volunteer Rifle Unit and War, 2nd Australian Water Transport Group and ANGAU (Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit) 1942-46, many rare photos not published elsewhere especially of 1930's Guinea Airways aircraft, signed by the author. Out of print. |
$24. |
| 100. | THE CORPS LISTS OF OFFICERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN REGULAR ARMY AND THE REGULAR ARMY SUPPLEMENT. (Compiled from Information Available as at 30 April 1976). Department of Defence. Canberra. 1976. 216, plus 33 index pages; cardcover; fine condition. Very Scarce. |
$34. |
| 101. | COSTELLO, John. THE PACIFIC WAR Grand Strategy. Pan Books. London. 1985. Revised Edition; xvii, 634; illustrations, maps; cardcover; fine condition. Out-of-print. "It provides the most comprehensive and accurate background to the complexity of events, including diplomatic manoeuvres, leading to the inferno of Pearl Harbor...Outstandingly massive and precise research which goes beyond any other publication hitherto produced in a book available to the public." |
$19. |
| 102. | COTTON, Squadron Leader M.C. 'Bush', DFC, OAM. HURRICANES OVER BURMA [17 Fighter Squadron RAF] Including the Memoirs of Wing Commander 'Bunny' Stone, DFC. Crawford. 1995. First Edition; vii, 357, appendices, index; map, b/w photos, 33 line drawings; hardcover in mint dust jacket (protected); mint condition (new). Scarce out-of-print. Hurricanes Over Burma is two books. The first part by Australian pilot 'Bush' cotton, recounts two years and nine months that he spent in the Burma-India theatre, eventually commanding No 17 Fighter Squadron RAF Part two is by Squadron Leader Bunny Stone and his personal account of his three-year tour with the RAF in the Far East including the first Burma Campaign. |
$33. |
| 103. | CRAIG, William. THE FALL OF JAPAN. Dial Press. New York. 1967. xiv, 368, bibliog., index; 47 photos, e/p maps, text map; hardcover, with gilt title on spine, in dust jacket [protected]; near fine condition (owner's book plate on e/p). Very Scarce. The tumultuous events of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific, when Japan had to choose between surrender and total annihilation. |
$18. |
| 104. | CROIZAT, Victor J. ACROSS THE REEF. The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War. Blandford. London. 1989. 256, appendices, bibliog., index; fully illustrated with battle maps and photos; hardcover in fine dust jacket; fine condition. Includes the use of amphibious vehicles in the Battles of Midway, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, The Marshalls, Marianas, Palaus and Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, European theatre, Korea, Indochina and Vietnam, and concludes with an assessment of their current status 50 years after they first came to the attention of the US Marine Corps. |
$22. |
| 105. | CROIZAT, Victor J. ACROSS THE REEF. The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War. Blandford. London. 1989. 256, appendices, bibliog., index; fully illustrated with battle maps and photos; hardcover in fine dust jacket; minor tear to d/j, o/wise near fine condition. Includes the use of amphibious vehicles in the Battles of Midway, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, The Marshalls, Marianas, Palaus and Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, European theatre, Korea, Indochina and Vietnam, and concludes with an assessment of their current status 50 years after they first came to the attention of the US Marine Corps. |
$21. |
| 106. | DAY, David. MENZIES & CHURCHILL AT WAR. A Controversial New Account of the 1941 Struggle for Power. Angus & Robertson North Ryde, NSW. 1986. xii, 271, index; b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; fine condition. Historian David Day outlines the positions of Churchill and Menzies on the preservation of the Empire in World War II and of Menzies determined attempt to wrestle the British prime ministership from Churchill's grasp. |
$19. |
| 107. | de TASSIGNY, Marshal de Lattre. Translated by Malcolm Barnes. THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH FIRST ARMY. With a Preface by General Eisenhower. Allen and Unwin. London. 1952. First English Language Edition; 532, index; 34 illustrations, 17 maps; hardcover in repaired dust jacket [protected]; (tape stain on title page) o/wise good condition. The often neglected campaign which began a few weeks after the invasion of Normandy, the bulk of the French land forces took part in landings in the South of France, a book that will fascinate students of military strategy. |
$54. |
| 108. | DEFENCE 2000 OUR FUTURE DEFENCE FORCE. Commonwealth of Australia. 2000. xviii, 122; illustrated in colour; cardcover; mint condition.Australian defence white paper which represents the most comprehensive reappraisal of Australian defence capability for decades, announces major increases, over a long time scale, in defence spending with a definite program for capability development through the Defence Capability Plan. |
$29. |
| 109. | DEFENDING AUSTRALIA. Defence White Paper 1994. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. 1994. 167; map, colour photos; cardcover; very good condition.Very Scarce. Includes: the foundations of defence policy, Australia's changing strategic outlook, capabilities for the defence of Australia, international defence interests, national defence support, funding our defence effort. |
$19. |
| 110. | DELGADO, James P. GHOST FLEET. The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll. University of Hawaii. Honolulu. 1996. x, 204, index; fully illustrated in b/w and col.; cardcover; fine condition. In July 1946 a fleet of 242 ships was assembled at Bikini Atoll for Operation Crossroads that was designed to assess the atomic bomb's effect on warships, four decades later a team of underwater archaeologists returned to Bikini to evaluate the ships as historic and archaeological sites, Delgado was a member of that team and weaves a compelling tale of the events of 1946. |
$29. |
| 111. | DENNIS, Geoffrey, editor. THE WAR OF 1939. Volume VII A History Dealing with Every Phase of the War on Land, Sea and in the Air, Including the Events which Led Up to the Outbreak of Hostilities. Caxton Publishing. London. [c. 1944]. vi, 294; map, 16 full page plates; hardcover; a couple of marks on back cover, corners bumped, o/wise very good condition.Includes: the war on land, naval operations, the war in the air, diplomatic war, India at war, British agriculture in the war. Volume VII only. |
$16. |
| 112. | DENNIS, Peter and Jeffrey Grey. EMERGENCY AND CONFRONTATION. Australian Military Operations in Malaya and Borneo 1950-1966. Allen & Unwin in Association with the Australian War Memorial. St Leonards, NSW. 1996. First Edition; xvi, 381; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Out-of-print, extremely scarce. The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975, Volume 5 (of 7 volumes). Emergency and Confrontation is the first sustained and scholarly of Australia's involvement in the Malaysian Emergency, waged against the armed forces of the Malayan Communist Party between 1948 and 1960, and in Confrontation, an undeclared war initiated by Indonesia to destabilize the emergent Federation of Malaysia and fought largely along the common border in the northern part of Borneo between 1962 and 1966. |
$64. |
| 113. | DEVANEY, John. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR Something of a Hero. G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 1979. First Edition; 191, index; 14 photos; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. In this biography the author shows MacArthur as viewed by intimate friends and bitter enemies. |
$30. |
| 114. | DEXTER, David. THE NEW GUINEA OFFENSIVES. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series 1 (Army) Volume VI. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1961. First Edition; xx, 851, index; 68 illusts., 13 maps, 98 sketch maps and diagrams; hardcover in (full colour reproduction) dust jacket (near fine condition, protected); very good condition. Very scarce and much sought after. Describes how the Australian Army together with American Naval and Air Forces drove the Japanese out of most of Mainland Australian New Guinea in 1943 and early 1944. It also includes the concurrent operations of the American Army and amphibious forces in the Pacific. |
$49. |
| 115. | DORAN, James and Nigel deLee, Consultants. THE CHINESE WAR MACHINE. Salamander Books. London. 1979; 184, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour, maps; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; large format; near fine condition. The People's Liberation Army, the world's largest military force with over four million regulars with the world's second largest navy, with commentary by a team of international experts. |
$24. |
| 116. | DORNEY, Sean. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. People, Politics and History Since 1975. ABC Books Sydney. August 2000. Fully revised edition 335, index; map; pictorial cardcover; mint condition (new). Sean Dorney, former long-serving ABC correspondent in Papua New Guinea, has produced a fully updated and revised edition of his earlier (1990, 1993) fascinating portrait of Australia's former territory and now its nearest neighbour, with a brief overview of its history until independence (1975) and then looking in detail at recent developments; considered one of the best informed overviews of PNG. The [Melbourne] Age newspaper reports "This is the best book on Papua New Guinea to appear since independence" Brisbane based Sean Dorney is Radio Australia's South Pacific correspondent." |
$29. |
| 117. | DORNEY, Sean. THE SANDLINE AFFAIR : POLITICS AND MERCANARIES AND THE BOUBAINVILLE CRISIS. ABC. Sydney. 1998. First Edition; 352; 4 maps stiffened cardcover: mint condition (new). In March 1997, Papua New Guinea faced its worst postwar crisis since independence (1975) when elements of the PNG Defence Force revolted against national government plans to use foreign mercanaries to end the 10 year old civil war on Bougainville and reopen the island's rich copper mine. The hiring of the mercenaries (mainly African), and their capture and expulsion by troops loyal to Brigadier-General Jerry Singirok, threw PNG into extraordinary turmoil and led to the undoing of the Chan government. The Sandline Affair is an authoritative and demystifying examination of one of the most troubled events in the Western Pacific's history. Out-of-print. |
$29. |
| 118. | DOWNS, Dr. Ian O.B.E. THE NEW GUINEA VOLUNTEER RIFLES NGVR 1939-1943, A HISTORY. Including Nominal Roll. Pacific Press. Broadbeach Waters, Queensland. 1999. First Edition; 359, index, endpaper maps, bibliography, nominal rolls, maps; 2 colour plates, over 150 b/w illustrations and maps; hardcover in mint dust jacket; Mint Military unit history - new recently released. This is the story of the courageous civilian volunteers of a volunteer unit of the Australian Military Forces established in 1939 in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea, whose members comprised various nationalities, mainly Australian but including ethnic Chinese (Australian Protected Persons), and a smattering of British, New Zealanders, Germans, etc. Many of these men would have been barred from the Australian Regular Army due to nationality requirements, physical disability and age limitations. After the fall of Rabaul on 23 January 1942, the NGVR was the only organised unit on the north east New Guinea mainland until the arrival of Kanga force in May 1942 to contain the advance of the Japanese Forces from the coastal areas of Lae, Salamaua and Madang into the interior of New Guinea. For the first time, the full story of the NGVR is told. Includes a thoroughly researched Nominal Roll and a chapter on the CAAD, the Chinese Auxiliary Ambulance Unit. NGVR members participated in the US Forces led Brewer Force that recaptured the Admiralty Islands in March 1944. As a consequence, the NGVR were awarded the US Distinguished Unit Citation - the only Militia Battalion in the Australian Army ever to receive such an award. |
$60. |
| 119. | DOWNS, Ian. THE AUSTRALIAN TRUSTEESHIP PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1945-75. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. 1980. First Edition; 587, bibliog., index; 43 illusts., 7 text maps, pocket map; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition - new copy in original carton (signed by the author). Very Scarce. Australian policy in Papua New Guinea from 1945 to 1975 derived from full acceptance of the principles of Trusteeship and a course of action that led the people out of tribal disunity and a multiplicity of mutually unintelligible languages to nationhood. The best researched historical record of the 30 years of Australian Administration of PNG between 1945 and 1975, an important research source. |
$34. |
| 120. | DOWNS, Ian. THE AUSTRALIAN TRUSTEESHIP PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1945-75. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. 1980. First Edition; 587, bibliog., index; 43 illusts., 7 text maps, pocket map; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition - new copy in original mailing carton. Very Scarce. Australian policy in Papua New Guinea from 1945 to 1975 derived from full acceptance of the principles of trusteeship and a course of action that led the people out of tribal disunity and a multiplicity of mutually unintelligible languages to nationhood. The best researched historical record of the 30 years of Australian Administration of PNG between 1945 and 1975, an important research source. |
$29. |
| 121. | DOYLE, Arthur Conan. THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS 1917. Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1919. First Edition; xi, 307, index; 13 maps and plans; hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, covers show signs of wear, some spots on spine; occasional light foxing spots o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. World War I chronicle dealing with the events of 1917. This volume takes in Arras, Messines, Third Ypres and culminates in the Battle of Cambrai. |
$43. |
| 122. | DRENDEL, Lou. AIRCRAFT OF THE VIETNAM WAR. A Pictorial Review. Aero Publishers. 1980. 64; fully illustrated in b/w, one double spread colour plate; hardcover (corners bumped); large format; very good condition. Short essay followed by photos with detailed captions. |
$19. |
| 123. | DUPUY, Colonel R. Ernest. THE COMPACT HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. Hawthorn Books. New York. 1961, New and Revised Edition; 318, bibliog, index; line drawings; hardcover in repaired dust jacket; good condition.A compact history of the U.S. Army from the tatered units of the Revolution to the far-flung forces of today. |
$14, |
| 124. | DUPUY, R. Ernest and Trevor N. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MILITARY HISTORY FROM 3500 B.C. TO THE PRESENT. Macdonald and Jane's. London. 1977. Revised Edition; xv, 1464, indices; illustrations, 116 maps; hardcover in dust jacket, boxed in sleeve; very good condition.Survey of the world's military history from the beginning of recorded time to the present, includes narration of wars and combat operations in general, also includes the concurrent growth of the military art itself, its tactics, strategy and weapons. |
$29. |
| 125. | DURRANT, Lawrence. THE SEAWATCHERS. The Story of Australia's Coast Radio Service. Angus & Robertson. North Ryde, Sydney. 1986. First Edition; xii, 248, appendices, index; text fully illustrated with b/w photos, map; hardcover in fine dust jacket; fine condition. Very Scarce. The Coast Radio Service (CRS) is Australia's oldest radio-communication organization. Established shortly before the First World War, the CRS harnessed an infant wireless technology to provide communications with ships at sea right around the Australian coastline. The Seawatchers, the first published history of the CRS and the related Island Radio Service, tells of the work of the radio pioneers around the turn of the century, and traces the development of radio communications in Australia to the 1980s - from the days of spark transmission and Morse Code to the modern era of computers and satellite links. Includes previously untold stories about many real-life stories and disasters - the New Guinea gold rush, the 1942 bombing of Darwin, wartime escapes from the advancing Japanese in the Pacific Islands, conditions in Papua New Guinea during the war - as well as tales of life in remote South Pacific outposts. |
$29. |
| 126. | EASTON, Robert and Jane. LOVE AND WAR. Pearl Harbor Through V-J Day. University of Oklahoma Press. Norman. 1991. First Edition; viii, 397, index; 36 illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. World War II letters and later reflections. |
$30. |
| 127. | EATHER, Capt. Charles (Chic). WE FLEW IN BURMA. A Story of Flying in Burma, with Cathay Pacific Airways and Union of Burma Myanma Airways. Chingchic. Surfers Paradise, Queensland. 1993. First Edition; x, 244; profusely illustrated with b/w photographs of aircraft and personalities; pictorial cardcover in dust jacket; mint condition (signed by the author).Very scarce, privately printed. Reminiscences of Capt. Charles (chic) Eather, an Australian civil pilot, now retired to the Gold Coast Australia, He was one of the Union of Burma Airways star pilots who came to love Burma and the Burmese, and that love explains why he decided to write this most intriguing and evocative book. Some excellent photographs of DC3's. "More than just a story of the growth of Cathay Pacific....it is also an account of the growth of civil aviation in Southeast Asia and the development of modern Hong Kong " |
$39. |
| 128. | EATHER, Steve. GET THE BLOODY JOB DONE. The Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight-Vietnam and the US 135th Assault Helicopter Company 1967-1971. Allen & Unwin. St Leonards, NSW. 1998. First Edition; xxv, 166, index; b/w text photos, diagrams; pictorial cardcover; mint condition.The story of a small group of Australian aviator sailors who served with distinction, they were the hardest-fought Australian aviation unit to serve in the Vietnam war and suffered a much higher casualty rate than the RAAF or Australian Army aviation units. The 135th Assault Helicopter Company's badge was designed by unit personnel and comprised the extended eagle wings to represent United States Army Aviation and the anchor to signify its Royal Australian Navy component. The Olympic laurel represents unity and the striving for perfection. As the only joint American-Australian Assault Helicopter company in Vietnam, the 135th was officially designated and Experimental Military Unit - EMU for short. The words "Get the bloody job done' were quoted in a congratulatory signal sent by the American commander of ground troops after an action near Chi Lang and subsequently were adopted as the 135th's motto |
$39. |
| 129. | EBURY, Sue. WEARY : The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop. Viking. Ringwood, VIC. 1994. First Edition; 709, bibliog., index; 8 maps & line drawings, 96 b/w photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket (protected); fine condition. Biography of the Australian war hero who spent more than three years as a prisoner of war in Java and on the notorious Burma-Thailand 'Death Railway', his gift of organizing vast hospital camps, his determination to get the men home and his frank diaries of captivity make him a war-time legend, in later life he dedicated himself to caring for former prisoners-of-war and was a pioneering cancer surgeon. |
$29. |
| 130. | EDEN, Allan W. ISLANDS OF DESPAIR. Being an Account of a Survey Expedition to the Sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand. Andrew Melrose. London. 1955. First Edition; xi, 212, index; with 37 photographs, 2 maps, e/p maps; hardcover (spine sunned); o/wise very good condition. A personal account on the Auckland Islands, sub-Antarctic islands south of New Zealand, the author headed a survey party that was sent to the islands when it became apparent that they might be of strategic importance at the start of World War II, the members of the party were quickly enlisted into the New Zealand Army, includes Macquarie Island. |
$35. |
| 131. | EDGERTON. Robert B. WARRIORS OF THE RISING SUN. A History of the Japanese Military. W.W. Norton & Company. New York. 1997. First Edition; 384, index; b/w photos; hardcover with colour illustrated dust jacket in protected covering; mint condition.Chronicles the Japanese military's transformation from honourable 'knights of Bushido' into men who massacred thousands during the Pacific War. |
$29. |
| 132. | EDWARDS, Peter. A NATION AT WAR. Australian Politics, Society and Diplomacy During the Vietnam War 1965-1975. The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts 1948-1975 Volume 6 (of 7 volumes). Allen & Unwin in Association with the Australian War Memorial. St Leonards, NSW. 1997. First Edition; xx, 460, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 102 b/w illusts.; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition [new]. Out-of-print. The story of how the initial support in Australia for the Vietnam commitment was eroded until a majority of the population came to think that it was mistaken, if not immoral, traces the growth of the protest movement against the war and conscription. |
$74. |
| 133. | EDWARDS, Peter with Gregory Pemberton. CRISES AND COMMITMENTS. The Politics and Diplomacy of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1965. Allen & Unwin in Association with the Australian War Memorial. North Sydney. 1992. First Edition; xix, 515, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 8 text maps, illustrated in b/w with photos and political cartoons; hardcover in fine dust jacket (protected); fine condition. Very scarce, out-of-print, much sought after volume. Covers the domestic and international politics of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asia, through the Malayan Emergency up until the commitment of the first battalion of Australian combat troops to the Vietnam War, written with unrestricted access to all relevant Australian Government records with uncensored publication. |
$85. |
| 134. | ELIOT, George Fielding. THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH. A Study of the Problems of American National Defence. Reynal & Hitchcock. New York. 1939. ix, 370, appendices, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 3 text maps; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition (inscription on fly page). Written by Major Eliot three years before Pearl Harbour, this account of America's state of military preparedness gives a revealing background for scholars of World War II. |
$35. |
| 135. | ELLIS, Chris, Peter Chamberlain and John Batchelor. GERMAN TANKS 1939-45 Purnell's History of the World Wars Special. Phoebus. Great Britain. 1975. 64; fully illustrated in b/w and colour with photos, paintings and technical drawings; cardcover; large format; cover rubbed, o/wise good condition.Peter Chamberlain and Chris Ellis are widely recognized as leading experts in the weapon and fighting vehicle field, John Batchelor is one of the most outstanding artists in this field. |
$16. |
| 136. | ELLIS, John. ONE DAY IN A VERY LONG WAR. Wednesday 25th October 1944. Jonathan Cape. London. 1998. First Edition; 593, index; e/p maps, 17 b/w photos, text maps; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. The day the naval battle of Leyte Gulf was fought and decided, the war continued unabated on both the Eastern and Western Fronts, the Manhattan Project was well underway, through a series of pictures the author gives an overview of the whole war experience in World War II. |
$27. |
| 137. | ENGLISH, Michael. THE RIFLEMEN The Unit History of 3 RAR [The Third Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment] in Vietnam 1971. Australian Military History Publications. Loftus, NSW. 1999. First Edition; 182, index; fully illustrated with photos and maps; illustrated hardcover; mint condition. The author served in South Vietnam in the last years of Australia's military commitment and when operations were winding down within Phuoc Tuy Province, the Viet Cong in the area were reduced to low levels of activity due to Australian control, the 3 RAR was operating with reduced numbers with some sections down by 50%. |
$34. |
| 138. | ERSKINE, James Elphinstone, Commodore. NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON TO THE SOUTH-EAST COAST OF NEW GUINEA October to December 1884 Robert Brown. Bathurst, NSW. 1984. Facsimile Edition of 1000 copies, each copy numbered and boxed. 82; 31 tipped in coloured plates, 34 full page duotone plates, gatefolds, map; hand bound in good quality simulated blue leather embossed in gilt and presented in a like slip-case. 42 cm wide by 34 cm deep; mint condition. Very Scarce. This facsimile edition was produced to commemorate the centenary of the establishment of the British Protectorate over Papua (south east New Guinea), contains a narrative of the voyage by the Australian Squadron as it traveled along the Papuan coast to raise the British flag at various native settlements. The plates depict scenes of the traditional way of life of the Papuan people 100 years ago. Printed on quality 187 gsm stock, a beautifully produced book. |
$225. |
| 139. | ETHERTON, P.T. (Lieut. Colonel) and H. Hessell Tiltman. THE PACIFIC A FORECAST. Little, Brown and Company. Boston. 1928. First Edition; xii, 261, index; 19 b/w illustrations; hardcover; (spine discoloured, small library stamp and library perforations) o/wise good condition. Scarce. A survey of the Pacific area and issues making for the forthcoming war in the Pacific. |
$38. |
| 140. | FALL, Bernard B., Editor. HO CHI MINH ON REVOLUTION. Selected Writings 1920-66. The New American Library. New York. 1968 [first published 1967]. Third Printing; xvii, 349; cardcover; A5 format; (cover soiled and bruised, browning of margins) o/wise good condition. These selections cover forty-six years of contemporary history, includes: speeches, essays, poems, public messages, interviews and letters. |
$12. |
| 141. | FEIFER, George. TENNOZAN : THE Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb. Ticknor & Fields. New York. 1992. xvii, 622, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 55 illusts., text map; hardcover in fine dust jacket (protected); fine condition. Scarce. A stunning account of the battle of Okinawa, the last major campaign of World War II, based on more than ten years of research and interviews, the death toll mounted to 23 thousand Americans and 91 thousand Japanese, provides the context for understanding the President's decision to drop the atom bomb on Japan. |
$38. |
| 142. | FIELD, Laurie. THE FORGOTTEN WAR. Australia and the Boer War. Melbourne University Press. Carlton, VIC. 1995 [first published 1979]. First Cardcover Edition; xii, 236, index; cardcover; mint condition.Sixteen thousand men went from Australia to the Boer War in South Africa between 1899 and 1902, more than 500 of them died, they became the precursors of the Anzac Legend. |
$23. |
| 143. | FIRKINS, Peter. THE AUSTRALIANS IN NINE WARS. Waikato to Long Tan. Rigby. Adelaide. 1971. First Edition; 448, index; 9 col. plates, 79 b/w photos, 27 text maps; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition. For the first time all the Australian Army campaigns have been brought together into a single volume, with the strategic background to each campaign and its principal battles, includes Gallipoli Greece, Crete, Malaysia, Tobruk, Syria, the New Guinea battles of Milne Bay, the Kokoda Trail, Huon Peninsula, Bougainville. |
$55. |
| 144. | FIRKINS, Peter. STRIKE AND RETURN. The Unit History of 460 RAAF Heavy Bomber Squadron. [first published 1964]. Reprint. hardcover; mint condition. Details the World War II exploits of a famous Australian squadron flying out of Britain, the author served with the squadron and later became an author and historian. |
$34. |
| 145. | FISHER, Fedora Gould, Editor. WE TOO, WERE THERE. Stories Recalled by the Nursing Sisters of World War II, 1939-45. Returned Sisters Sub-Branch R&SLA Queensland. Brisbane. 1995. 118; b/w illustrations; cardcover; (inscription on the back of the dedication page and a few neat corrections to text) o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. Privately Published. Essays by Queensland Nursing Sisters on the part they played in the war. |
$39. |
| 146. | FLEMING, H.M. WAR SHIPS OF WORLD WAR I. Combined Volume. Ian Allan Ltd. London. 352; fully illustrated with b/w photos; hardcover in chipped dust jacket; A5 format; (several pages with mirror reverses of other pages from the press) o/wise good condition. A collation of the individual series of Warships of World War I into a single volume with additional information, a profusely illustrated guide to the major naval vessels of the period. |
$49; |
| 147. | FOWLER, William. JEEP GOES TO WAR. Parkgate Books. London. 1994. First Edition; 112, index; over 100 b/w and colour photos; pictorial hardcover in pictorial dust jacket [mint condition]; mint condition. This beautifully illustrated and authoritative book tells the remarkable story of this unique machine and its achievements in modern warfare. |
$29. |
| 148. | FRAME, Tom. PACIFIC PARTNERS. A History of Australian-American Naval Relations. Hodder & Stoughton. Sydney. 1992. First Edition; xiii, 200, bibliog., index; 10 maps, 2 figures, 41 photos; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. The author was the convenor of the first Australian Naval History Seminar in 1989, he looks at the historical context of Australian-American contact in the late eighteenth, the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries before examining the shared experiences of World War II and thereafter. |
$24. |
| 149. | FRAME, Tom. WHERE FATE CALLS : The HMAS Voyager Tragedy. Hodder & Stoughton. Sydney. 1992. First Edition; xxix, 447, bibliog.; 23 photos, 32 technical drawings; hardcover in dust jacket (mint condition, property); mint condition. Much sought after first edition. The author did his doctoral thesis on HMAS Voyager and as a serving naval officer wrote this account with full access to official naval and Royal Commission records into the tragic slicing of the Australian destroyer HMAS Voyager in two by the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne with the loss of 82 men. Australia's worst peacetime disaster. |
$34. |
| 150. | FRANCILLON, Rene J. VIETNAM. The War in the Air. Arch Cape Press. New York. 1987. First U.S. Edition; 255, index; 280 colour and 120 b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; fine condition. Chronicles the history of this bloody conflict from the perspective of the aircraft involved from the first French aerial involvement to the final evacuation of Saigon, with descriptions of the tactics, developments, and actions that make this the most fascinating period of military aviation. |
$25. |
| 151. | FROST, Alan. CONVICTS & EMPIRE. A Naval Question 1776-1811. Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1980. First Edition; xvi, 240, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 2 text maps, 4 b/w portraits; hardcover (gilt titles) in fine dust jacket; fine condition. Very Scarce. The author shows how William Pitt himself made the disposal of the convicts "a Naval question" and introduces a new and convincing account of the true circumstances of the founding of Australia. Australia was colonized not only to get rid of surplus convicts, but also to revive the British economy ravaged by the War of Independence of the American colonies and to be used as a base to refit damaged warships. |
$18. |
| 152. | FULLER, Richard. SHOKAN. Hirohito's Samurai. Arms and Armour Press. London. 1992. 319, bibliog., index; 29 pages of photos, battle maps; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. Biographical details, providing information on more than 1,000 General Officers and Flag Officers of the Japanese Armies in the Pacific War . |
$45. |
| 153. | GAMMAGE, Bill. THE BROKEN YEARS AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN THE GREAT WAR. Penguin Melbourne 1975 (reprint of 1974 first edition) xviii, 301, appendices, selected bibliog., name index; b/w illusts., pictorial cardcover; mint condition.The author, using the diaries and letters of one thousand front-line soldiers of the First Australian Imperial Force, reconstructs the motives and expectations of those Australian men who volunteered to serve in World War I and the experiences they encountered; a horrifying yet moving portrayal of men at war, based on their own accounts. |
$25. |
| 154. | GANDER. Terry J. THE BROWNING M2 HEAVY MACHINE GUN. Classic Weapons Series. Parkgate Books. London. 1999. 64. profusely illustrated with historical b/w photographs and data sheets. hardcover in mint dust jacket (protected). mint condition (new). Scarce. This monograph examines the antecedents, production history, developments and ammunition of the M2 for which 50, 000 were produced for World War 1, 2 million for World War 2 and extensively used in the Vietnam War. |
$29. |
| 155. | GAYN, Mark J. THE FIGHT FOR THE PACIFIC. Bodley Head. London. 1941. First UK Edition; xii, 378, index; e/p maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; (inscription on small title page) o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. The down-to-date story of the Far Eastern struggle as it comes ever closer to American shores. A revealing volume covering the danger-spots, the issues and the men in the then developing Pacific War as seen by a special correspondent for the Washington Post. |
$39. |
| 156. | GAYN, Mark J. THE FIGHT FOR THE PACIFIC. William Morrow. New York. 1941. First US Edition; xii, 378, index; e/p maps; hardcover in dust jacket (very good condition, protected); very good condition. Very Scarce. The down-to-date story of the Far Eastern struggle as it comes ever closer to American shores. A revealing volume covering the danger-spots, the issues and the men in the then developing Pacific War as seen by a special correspondent for the Washington Post. |
$29. |
| 157. | GILL, G. Hermon. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1939-1942 Volume I. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series 2 (NAVY). Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1957. First Edition; xvii, 686, index; 82 illusts., 49 maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; (owner's name partially rubbed out on title page, three minor page repairs, repaired page cut through the middle in the binding process) o/wise very good condition, clean and complete inside.Very scarce first edition. Tells the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars and then records the part played by the ships and men on every ocean particularly the eastern Mediterranean and the Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until early 1942. |
$39. |
| 158. | GIRDNER, Audrie and Anne Loftis. THE GREAT BETRAYAL. The Evacuation of the Japanese-Americans During World War II. Macmillan. London. 1970. Second Printing. x, 562, appendices, index; 26 illusts., e/p maps; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. Scarce. The account of 110,000 West Coast American Japanese who were interned during World War II. |
$45. |
| 159. | GLYDE, Keith. DISTINGUISHING COLOUR PATCHES OF THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES 1915-1951. A Reference Guide. K. Glyde. Claremont, Tasmania. 1999. First Edition. 254, 68 pages of 1681 colour patches; 8 illustrations; hardcover in mint dust jacket (protected); mint condition (new). Much sought after by militaria collectors. This book is the first privately published consolidated reference to distinguishing colour patches worn by units of the Australian Army between 1915 and 1951. It forms a guide to over 1,500 different colour patches known to exist in collections, or to which reference is made in official archival records. |
$58. |
| 160. | GOEBEL, Julius. With a preface and an introduction by J.C.J. Metford. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE FALKLAND ISLANDS: A STUDY IN LEGAL AND DIPLOMATIC HISTORY. Yale University Press. New Haven. 1982 [first published 1927]. xxx, 482, index; map; cardcover; fine condition. Based on manuscript sources in France, Spain and Britain, the book traces the history of the various attempts to colonize the islands, it discusses the legal implications of the various transfers of sovereignty, the only serious detailed book ever published on the subject in English, essential reading to understand the Falklands War. |
$30. |
| 161. | GOODMAN, Rupert. A HOSPITAL AT WAR. The 2/4 Australian General Hospital 1940-1945. Boolarong Publications. Brisbane. 1983. First Edition; xvi, 208, roll of honour, index; 64 b/w illusts.; hardcover - hardcase laminated pictorial cover; mint condition. Very Scarce. Military unit history, Australian Army Medical Corps, 2/4 AGH. Chapters include: the anatomy of an army hospital, chasing the war, Tobruk, Jerusalem and Ceylon, Redbank (Queensland), Borneo. Out-of-print, very scarce. |
$24. |
| 162. | GORDON, Harry. DIE LIKE THE CARP! The Story of the Greatest Prison Escape Ever. Cassell. Stanmore, Sydney. 1978. 240, index; e/p diagrams, 26 photos; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition. An account of the World War II breakout of an Australian POW prison by 334 Japanese prisoners, 231 of them were killed based upon studies of documents and interviews with Australians and Japanese who were there. |
$15. |
| 163. | GORDON, Harry. DIE LIKE THE CARP! The Story of the Greatest Prison Escape Ever. Cassell. Stanmore, Sydney. December 1978 reprint of October 1978 first edition; 240, index; e/p diagrams, 26 photos; hardcover in fine dust jacket; fine condition (owner's name on small title page]. An account of the World War II breakout of an Australian POW prisoner of war camp at Cowra New South Wales by 334 Japanese prisoners, 231 of them were killed based upon studies of documents and interviews with Australians and Japanese who were there. |
$17. |
| 164. | GORDON, Harry. DIE LIKE THE CARP! The Story of the Greatest Prison Escape Ever. Cassell. Stanmore, Sydney. 1978. 240, index; e/p diagrams, 26 photos; hardcover in slightly faded dust jacket; good condition [ library stamp and library numbers on title page]. An account of the World War II breakout of an Australian POW [prisoner of war] camp at Cowra, New South Wales, by 334 Japanese prisoners, 231 of them were killed; based upon studies of documents and interviews with Australians and Japanese who were there. |
$12. |
| 165. | GRANTER, Major N.E.W. YESTERDAY AND TODAY : THE HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGIMENT. An Illustrated History of the Pacific Islands regiment from its formation on 19th June 1940 until the Present Day [1970]. Pacific Islands Regiment. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 1970. First Edition; 60. profusely illustrated with b/w photographs; illustrated stiffened cardcover; very good condition. Extremely rare. Unit history of the following units of the Pacific Islands Regiment - Papuan Infantry Battalion (PIB) 1940-46; New Guinea Infantry Battalion (NGIB) 1944-46; HQ, Pacific Islands Regiment (HQ PIR) 1944-46; Pacific Islands Regiment (PIR) 1951-; Papua and New Guinea Training Depot (PNG Trg Depot) 1964-; 1st Battalion, Pacific Islands Regiment (1 PIR) 1965- and 2nd Battalion, Pacific Islands Regiment (2 PIR) 1965-. Much sought after by mliitary unit history collectors.. |
$72. |
| 166. | GRAY, Anne. A. HENRY FULLWOOD WAR PAINTINGS. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1983. 96; fully illustrated with plates in b/w and colour, most full page; hardcover in dust jacket; landscape format; fine condition. The first in a series on art by major artists held in the Australian War Memorial, Fullwood was one of a number of artists working in Sydney in the last two decades of the nineteenth century who contributed to the development of an Australian vision, no monograph on him has been published previously. |
$21. |
| 167. | GREEN, William and Gordon Swanborough. FLYING COLOURS. Featuring over 1300 military aircraft markings and colour schemes. Lansdowne Press. Sydney. 1981. 208; well illustrated colour photographs and drawings; hardcover in dust jacket; near fine condition. Very scarce edition. Featuring over 100 different types of aircraft and their many variants, Flying Colours is a fascinating survey of aircraft markings throughout more than 80 years of aerial warfare. Over 1300 extensively researched and superbly illustrated drawings depict a vast range of colour schemes, camouflage markings and heraldic emblems and insignias, with detailed descriptions of each aircraft including the identification of squadron, unit, theatre and, in some instances, even the pilot's name. |
$29. |
| 168. | GREEN, William and Gordon Swanborough. FLYING COLOURS. Featuring over 1300 military aircraft markings and colour schemes. Salamander Books. London 1997. 208 well illustrated photographs and drawings; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Featuring over 100 different types of aircraft and their many variants, Flying Colours is a fascinating survey of aircraft markings throughout more than 80 years of aerial warfare. Over 1300 extensively researched and superbly illustrated drawings depict a vast range of colour schemes, camouflage markings and heraldic emblems and insignias, with detailed descriptions of each aircraft including the identification of squadron, unit, theatre and, in some instances, even the pilot's name. |
$28. |
| 169. | GREENFIELD. Kent Roberts [General Editor]. UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. Pictorial Record The War Against Japan. Office of the Chief of Military History Department of the Army. Washington, D.C. 1952. iii, 471, index; numerous b/w photos; hardcover gilt emblem, gilt spine text, chaffed top and bottom spine, in protective covering; aged book edges o/wise very good condition.The photographs have been especially selected to show important terrain features, types of equipment and weapons, living and weather conditions, military operations and matters of human interest. |
$25. |
| 170. | GREVILLE, Howard. PRISON CAMP SPIES. Intelligence Gathering Behind the Wire. Australian Military History Publications. Loftus, NSW. 1998 First Edition; cardcover. mint condition. The author was captured in Greece with many Aussies and Kiwis, after a long journey they reached Stalag XVIIA in Austria where the prisoners gathered intelligence info and had it sent to MI9 via a secret message system, POW life in this camp was not all hell. Signed by author. |
$23. |
| 171. | GREY, Jeffrey. UP TOP. The Royal Australian Navy and Southeast Asian Conflicts 1955-1972. The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975 Volume 7 (of 7 volumes). Allen & Unwin in association with the Australian War Memorial. St. Leonards, NSW. 1998. First Edition; xx, 380, appendices, bibliog., index; 23 maps and diagrams |