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| 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, 12 tables, fully illustrated with b/w photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Out-of-print. The first detailed account of the experiences of the RAN in southeast Asian Conflicts, particularly its role in the Far East Strategic Reserve, the Malayan emergency, Confrontation with Indonesia and the Vietnam War, an invaluable contribution to Australian naval history, written with full access to archival sources in Australia, Britain and the United States, with well reproduced photographs. |
$65. |
| 172. | GRIFFITH, Thomas E. Jr. MacARTHUR'S AIRMAN. General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific. University Press of Kansas. Kansas, U.S.A. 1998. First Edition; xiv, 338, index, bibliography; 3 area maps; hardcover illustrated in protective covering; mint condition.Very scarce, excellent and fascinating operational history that raises Kenney to the front rank among American commanders in the Pacific War. |
$39. |
| 173. | GROVE, Eric. WORLD WAR II TANKS. Excalibur Books. New York. 1976. 143; fully illustrated with b/w photos and colour drawings; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; d/j curled at top and bottom, o/wise good condition.Looks at over 70 armored fighting vehicles which saw action in World War II, from little-know Polish tanks to the famous names which changed the face of warfare. |
$15. |
| 174. | GUNSTON, Bill. THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE WORLD'S ROCKETS & MISSILES. Leisure Books. London. 1979. 264, index; fully illustrated with photos and schematic illustrations mainly in colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; bonus liftout missing, o/wise near fine condition.A comprehensive technical directory and history of the military guided missile systems of the 10th century. |
$39. |
| 175. | GURTOV, Melvin. THE FIRST VIETNAM CRISIS: CHINESE COMMUNIST STRATEGY AND UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT, 1953-1954. Columbia University Press. New York. 1967. First Edition; xvii, 228, notes, bibliog., index; hardcover, with title embossed on spine, in pictorial [slight shelf-worn, chipped] dust jacket; near fine condition. A scholarly study of the crisis in Vietnam of 1953-54, based on documentary materials, including the papers of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and on interviews with many of the men directly involved. It will be invaluable for those who want to understand how and why the United States first became involved in Vietnam and the extent of the commitments made at the time. |
$29. |
| 176. | HACHIYA, Michihiko. HIROSHIMA DIARY. The Journal of a Japanese Physician. Translated and Edited by Warner Wells. Gollancz. London. 1955. Third Impression; 256; hardcover in repaired dust jacket [protected]; (page edges spotted, d/j soiled) o/wise good condition. The first English language eye-witness account of the atom-bombing of Hiroshima and the weeks that followed, the author was Director of Hiroshima Communications Hospital. |
$17. |
| 177. | HALL, Timothy. NEW GUINEA 1942-44. Methuen. Sydney. 1981. First Edition; 224, bibliog., index; 47 photos, e/p maps; hardcover in dust jacket; (owner's name and inscription on small title page) o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. when the Japanese landed at Rabaul, the capital of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea located on the island of New Britain, on Friday 23 January 1942, it was the start of the one of the fiercest campaigns of the Pacific War. On that day with only a handful of poorly trained troops led by inexperienced officers, with a civil administration torn with incompetence and jealousies, Australia faced its most serious threat yet. It was to be a campaign with all the ingredients of great drama. On the famous Kokoda Trail men died in their hundreds as the Japanese advanced on Port Moresby. Sought after by Militaria collectors and New Guinea specialists. |
$29. |
| 178. | HALL, Timothy. NEW GUINEA 1942-44. Methuen. Sydney. 1981. First Edition; 224, bibliog., index; 47 photos, e/p maps; hardcover in very nice dust jacket; very good condition. Very Scarce. when the Japanese landed at Rabaul, the capital of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea located on the island of New Britain, on Friday 23 January 1942, it was the start of the one of the fiercest campaigns of the Pacific War. On that day with only a handful of poorly trained troops led by inexperienced officers, with a civil administration torn with incompetence and jealousies, Australia faced its most serious threat yet. It was to be a campaign with all the ingredients of great drama. On the famous Kokoda Trail men died in their hundreds as the Japanese advanced on Port Moresby. Sought after by Militaria collectors and New Guinea specialists. Author's inscription " Here's another piece of instant history from the word factory. Every word the truth - I think - but I suppose the Victorian RSL will be rolling out the kamikazi phones again! Wonder why nobody seems to believe the truth - perhaps Australians just don't want it! hold your breath for Hall on the Fall of Singapore which is next off the presses...Kindest regards always, Tim. |
$30. |
| 179. | HALL, Timothy. NEW GUINEA 1942-44. Methuen. Sydney. 1981. First Edition; 224, bibliog., index; 47 photos, e/p maps; hardcover in dust jacket; (signed by the author with inscription on back of small title page) o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. when the Japanese landed at Rabaul, the capital of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea located on the island of New Britain, on Friday 23 January 1942, it was the start of the one of the fiercest campaigns of the Pacific War. On that day with only a handful of poorly trained troops led by inexperienced officers, with a civil administration torn with incompetence and jealousies, Australia faced its most serious threat yet. It was to be a campaign with all the ingredients of great drama. On the famous Kokoda Trail men died in their hundreds as the Japanese advanced on Port Moresby. Sought after by Militaria collectors and New Guinea specialists. |
$28. |
| 180. | HAMER, David. BOMBERS VERSUS BATTLESHIPS. The Struggle between Ships and Aircraft for the Control of the Surface of the Sea. Allen & Unwin. St Leonards, NSW. 1998. First Edition; xv, 399, bibliography, index; illustrated with b/w photographs and maps; cardcover; mint condition. Describes the struggle from its origins in the First World War to the debates of the interwar years, the great battles of the Second World War and the development of missiles for attack and defence in the post-war years, twenty key battles are described in vivid detail bringing out the flaws and mistakes on each side. |
$37. |
| 181. | HAPGOOD, David and David Richardson. MONTE CASSINO. Angus & Robertson. North Ryde, NSW. 1984. 269, index; b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; new front endpaper o/wise very good condition.The great untold story of World War II, a full account of one of the war's most controversial events, the Allied destruction of Europe's most illustrious abbey. |
$14. |
| 182. | HARDER, Christopher. THE GUNS OF LAUTOKA. (The Defence of Kahan). The Truth in Fiji: Stranger than Fiction. New Zealand lawyer jailed by Rabuka. Sunshine Press NZ Ltd. Auckland. 1988. First Edition; 249; 2 maps; cardcover; fine condition. A personal account by the author, an Auckland Criminal Lawyer, who became involved in the bizarre Fijian case of eight Rotuman Chiefs who swore allegiance to the Queen and were then charged by the Rabuka regime with sedition, which leads to involvement in the defence of people accused over a container of illegal Soviet-made arms. |
$12. |
| 183. | HARDIE, Dr. Robert. THE BURMA-SIAM RAILWAY. The Secret Diary of Dr Robert Hardie 1942-45. Quadrant. London. 1984. 178, 4 pages of maps, + pp. 10 biographical index; endpaper maps, frontis photo, numerous text illustrations; pictorial colour cardcover; mint condition. Over 61,000 allied prisoners of war were forced by the Japanese to build the notorious Burma-Siam Railway. Dr Robert Hardie spent three years as a prisoner of war and kept a diary conveying the hardships, monotony and humiliations of life in the squalid camps which marked the course of the 'Railway of Death'. |
$16. |
| 184. | HARDIE, Martin & Arthur K. Sabin, selected and edited by. WAR POSTERS. Issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919. A. & C. Black Ltd. London. 1920. First Edition; xvi, 46, index, 76 pages of illustrations; 80 posters illustrated, many full-page and some in colour; hardcover, (rebound using original illustrated cloth printed in two colours, new endpapers retaining 2 original owner's book plates); very good condition (some foxing on some text pages, plates clean). Bookplate of William A Crowle on front endpaper. Rare. Includes posters by area, Great Britain, France, Germany-Austria-Hungary, United States, Other Countries, captions translated to English on facing captions page, a short essay on the development of poster art in each of the areas. |
$180. |
| 185. | HARRIES, Meirion and Susie. SOLDIERS OF THE SUN. The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army 1868-1945. Heinemann. London. 1991. First British Edition; viii, 472, index; 19 illusts.; hardcover in fine dust jacket; fine condition. Scarce. Traces the origins of the Imperial Army back to its samurai roots, tells the story of the rise and fall of this extraordinary military force, includes command structure, strategies, weaponry, training, brutality, deterioration of the officer corps, the first full history of the Imperial Japanese Army to be published in the West. Out of Print. |
$29. |
| 186. | HART, Dr S. and Dr R. GERMAN TANKS OF WORLD WAR II. Brown Books. London. 1999. 176, bibliog, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour with photos and drawings; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; mint condition.A detailed reference directory which includes all the main German tracked armoured fighting vehicles that fought in World War II. |
$21. |
| 187. | HASTINGS, Max and Simon Jenkins. THE BATTLE FOR THE FALKLANDS. Michael Joseph. London. March 1983. Second Impression; 384, honours list, index; e/p maps, 6 text maps, b/w photos; hardcover in near fine dust jacket [protected]; near fine condition. Hastings provides vivid eyewitness accounts while Jenkins traces every political and diplomatic twist of the crisis from the invasion to the ceasefire. |
$19. |
| 188. | HASTINGS, Max and Simon Jenkins. THE BATTLE FOR THE FALKLANDS. Michael Joseph. London. March 1983. Second Impression; 384, honours list, index; e/p maps, 6 text maps, b/w photos; hardcover in very good dust jacket [protected]; very good condition. Hastings provides vivid eyewitness accounts while Jenkins traces every political and diplomatic twist of the crisis from the invasion to the ceasefire. |
$16. |
| 189. | HASTINGS, Max and Simon Jenkins. THE BATTLE FOR THE FALKLANDS. Book Club Associates. London. Reprinted 1983. 384, honours list, index; e/p maps, 6 text maps, b/w photos; hardcover in near fine dust jacket [protected]; near fine condition. Hastings provides vivid eyewitness accounts while Jenkins traces every political and diplomatic twist of the crisis from the invasion to the ceasefire. |
$15. |
| 190. | HAWKEY, K.J. TWENTY FIRST LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT. RMIHEARS. Wagga Wagga, NSW. 1987. 39 plus 9 pages of plates; b/w illustrations; cardcover; A4 format; near fine condition. Rare. Typescript reproduced on a duplicating machine, unit history of the Illawarra Light Horse, originally written in 1943, additional history has been written by the Author's son who served with the 1st/21st Light Horse Regiment as Troop Leader of the Parramatta Troop. |
$29. |
| 191. | HEITMAN, Helmoed-Romer. SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MACHINE. Presidio. Novato, California. 1985. 192, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w & col., many double page spreads; hardcover in mint dust jacket; large format; mint condition. Very scarce. Many of the photos have not been previously published, includes the two World Wars, Korea and the campaigns in South West Africa and various operations in Angola, printed on heavy paper with good photo reproduction. |
$22. |
| 192. | HERINGTON, John. AIR WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY 1939-1943. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series 3, (AIR), Volume III. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1954. First Edition; xviii, 731, index; 95 illusts., 35 maps, 2 diagrams, 1 graph; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; (a few spots of foxing in the prelims) o/wise very good condition. Very scarce. Describes the part played by increasing numbers of Australians in the first four years of the air war in Europe and the Middle East, the integration of Dominion contingents within a vast Commonwealth air force produced a variety of problems, political, administrative and psychological, a frank and authoritative exposition of these problems. |
$39. |
| 193. | HERINGTON, John. AIR WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY 1939-1943. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series 3, (AIR), Volume III. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1954. First Edition; xviii, 731, index; 95 illusts., 35 maps, 2 diagrams, 1 graph; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; (owner's name on endpaper) o/wise very good condition. Very scarce. Describes the part played by increasing numbers of Australians in the first four years of the air war in Europe and the Middle East, the integration of Dominion contingents within a vast Commonwealth air force produced a variety of problems, political, administrative and psychological, a frank and authoritative exposition of these problems. |
$37. |
| 194. | HOGG, Ian V. ISRAELI WAR MACHINE. Quarto Publishing Limited. London. 1983. First Issue; 192, index; coloured full page e/p numerous colour and b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacet with protective covering; fine condition.This book examines the men, machines and the tactics of war and military armaments in Israeli. |
$13.50 |
| 195. | HOGG, Ian V. JANE'S MILITARY REVIEW. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1985. First Edition; 176; numerous b/w photos; laminated pictorial cardcover; fine condition.Jane's Military Review fourth annual issue with articles by a variety of military experts upon a diversity of subjects with picture features on new equipment and recent major NATO exercise in Germany and interesting chapters covering the Grenada Campaign, sniping rifles. Cuban revolution, chemical warfare, strategic role of Soviet Airborne troops and anti-tank combat along with other matters of interest. |
$23. |
| 196. | HOGG, Ian V. and John Batchelor. THE COMPLETE HANDGUN 1300 TO THE PRESENT. Gallery Books. New York. 1979. 128, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; fine condition.Ian Hogg, a highly qualified and popular author and expert in the field of small arms and artillery writes the history of the handgun accompanied by fine illustrations of the weapons in colour. |
$17. |
| 197. | HOGG, Ivan V. THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF AMMUNITION. Military and Civil Ammunition from the Beginnings to the Present Day. New Burlington Books. London. 1985. 64; fully illustrated with historical and original illustrations in duotone and colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; very good condition. Beautifully illustrated, the author was an instructor teaching ammunition and explosives at the Royal School of Artillery. |
$14. |
| 198. | HOLLAND, Jack. HOPE AGAINST HISTORY. The Ulster Conflict. Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1999. xiv, 354, index; b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; mint condition. Belfast-born author Jack Holland knows the story from the inside, he has spoken with IRA and INLA gunmen, political activists, leaders of loyalist assassination squads, undercover police and SAS members, a well round account of the problems which are too often seen through sectarian political views. |
$19. |
| 199. | HOLMAN, Dennis. NOONE OF THE ULU. With a Foreword by Field-Marshall Sir Gerald Templer. Heinemann. London. 1958. Second Impression; xviii, 253; b/w photos, endpaper maps; hardcover in dust jacket; d/j repaired o/wise good condition.Malaya, at the height of the emergency, General Templer summoned Richard Noone, brother of missing anthropologist Pat Noone to woo the deep-jungle aborigines away from the Communist guerrillas, it provided him with the chance to also investigate his missing brother, an exciting real-life narrative. |
$10. |
| 200. | HONAN, William H. VISIONS OF INFAMY. The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans that Led to Pearl Harbor. St Martin's Press. New York. 1991. First Edition; xvi, 346, bibliog, index; 6 maps, 30 b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; fine condition. In a series of brilliant books and articles written during the twenties and thirties Bywater prophetically outlined naval strategies that would read like a blueprint for the Pacific Theatre during World War II, a rising captain named Yamamoto adopted Bywater's ideas as his own, Bywater met only once with Yamamoto, the book looks at the prospect that the death of Bywater may have been ordered by Yamamoto, a major biography. |
$15. |
| 201. | HORNER, David. SAS PHANTOMS OF THE JUNGLE A History of the Australian Special Air Service Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1991. cardcover edition; xvi, 527, bibliog., nominal roll, index; 5 maps, b/w text photos; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Very scarce, out-of-print. The first detailed account of Australia's elite regular special forces soldiers based on actual patrol reports supplemented with many interviews with former members, it tells the fascinating story of the formation of the SAS and includes its hitherto secret role in Borneo during confrontation with Indonesia, and its operations in Vietnam. It was with good reason the Viet Cong came to call them 'Ma Rung' - phantoms of the jungle. After Vietnam, the SAS formed a crack counter-terrorist force ready to defend Australia's security. |
$39. |
| 202. | HORNER, D.M. CRISIS OF COMMAND : Australian Generalship and the Japanese Threat, 1941-1943. Australian National University Press. Canberra. 1978. First Australian Edition; xiii, 394, bibliog., index; 11 maps, 18 plates; hardcover in dust jacket (near fine condition protected); fine condition. Scarce. Considers conflict between American and Australian command in the Papua New Guinea campaigns, includes Port Moresby, Owen Stanley Range, The capture of Buna, Sanananda front, Blamey at Wanigela, Milne Bay. |
$24. |
| 203. | HORTON, D.C. FIRE OVER THE ISLANDS. The Coast Watchers of the Solomons. Leo Cooper. London. 1975. First UK Edition xiv, 256, index; e/p maps, 44 illusts., 11 text maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket (fine condition, protected); near fine condition. Very Scarce. The Coast Watchers saved Guadalcanal, and Guadalcanal saved the Pacific. This was the stated opinion of USN Admiral Halsey. The author's personal experience in the Solomons adds to the remarkable stories he has to tell of the guerrilla activities used by the allies. Very scarce. |
$39. |
| 204. | HORTON, D.C. FIRE OVER THE ISLANDS. The Coast Watchers of the Solomons. Leo Cooper. London. 1975. First UK Edition xiv, 256, index; e/p maps, 44 illusts., 11 text maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket (fine condition, protected); very good condition. Very Scarce. The Coast Watchers saved Guadalcanal, and Guadalcanal saved the Pacific. This was the stated opinion of USN Admiral Halsey. The author's personal experience in the Solomons adds to the remarkable stories he has to tell of the guerrilla activities used by the allies. Very scarce. |
$38. |
| 205. | HORTON, D.C. RING OF FIRE. Australian Guerrilla Operations Against the Japanese in World War II. Macmillan. South Melbourne. 1983. First Edition; x, 164, appendices, index; 29 photos, 6 maps; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Very Scarce. The story of the magnificent series of operations by which the 2/2nd and 2/4th Independent Companies of 700 Australians held down over 30,000 Japanese of their 48th and 5th crack divisions on Timor for months. Includes the revolt on Borneo, the raid on Singapore harbour by the Krait. Out of print. |
$19. |
| 206. | HOYT, Edwin P. JAPAN'S WAR. The Great Pacific Conflict 1853-1952. Guild Publishing. London. 1987. Book Club Edition; x, 514, bibliog., index; map, 59 b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; very good condition. Hoyt penetrates the top echelons of Japanese government as he vividly reconstructs the inner machinations of militarists hell bent on Japanese domination of Eastern Asia and the Pacific Basin, drawing upon a number of previously unpublished Japanese documents, archives and war records, a major revisionist history of Japanese militarism and the Pacific War. |
$16. |
| 207. | HOYT, Edwin P. McCAMPBELL'S HEROES. The Story of the U.S. Navy's Most Celebrated Carrier Fighters of the Pacific War. Van Nostrand Reinhold. New York. 1983. xv, 234, index; b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]. (d/j soiled, owner's name blocked out with marking pen on e/p) o/wise good condition. This stirring history tells why air Group Fifteen was one of the most highly decorated air groups of the war, includes: Marcus and Wake Islands, Marianas, Iwo Jima, Formosa, Okinawa, Philippines and Leyte Gulf. |
$17. |
| 208. | HOYT, Edwin P. PACIFIC DESTINY. The Story of America in the Western Sea from the Early 1800s to the 1980s. W.W. Norton & Company. New York. 1981. First Edition; ix, 323, index; maps; hardcover in dust jacket; near fine condition. Delving into military and foreign-policy history as far back as the days of the clippers and whalers, the author brings to life the story of the impact of the Pacific on America and of America on the Pacific World. |
$16. |
| 209. | HOYT, Edwin P. STORM OVER THE GILBERTS War in the Central Pacific 1943. Van Nostrand Reinhold. New York. 1978. First Edition; 175, index; 16 illustrations, map; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Scarce. In the Spring of 1943, the Americans were still beginners in the science of amphibious warfare, at Guadalcanal they had been lucky. If the Central Pacific was to be taken on, the Allies needed major forces to establish air and sea control and enough men and equipment put ashore to knock out Japanese defenses. On November 27, a week after the landings, The Gilberts were secure, but the toll had been heavy indeed; more than 1000 Americans dead and 2000 wounded. |
$20. |
| 210. | HUGHES, Mathew and Chris Mann. INSIDE HITLER'S GERMANY. Life Under The Third Reich. Brown Partworks Ltd. London. 2000. First Edition; 224, glossary, index; numerous b/w photos; pictorial laminated hardcover with dust jacket in protective covering; mint condition.Just published. Much of the material covered is chilling, but it is also revealing and bears a striking resemblance to events in the twentieth century in various states around the world. |
$29. |
| 211. | HUMMERSTON, David, supervising editor; historical research by Bruce Farrington. A SMALL WAR, CORVETTES: THE 39 THROUGH FREMANTLE. West Australian Newspapers. Perth, Western Australia. c. 1991. First Edition; 95; profusely illustrated with b/w photographs of named corvettes, their crews and corvettes in war zones; pictorial softcover; oblong; mint conditionVery scarce. The "Mighty Midgets" - the Royal Australian Navy's World War II corvette fleet - still generate respect and affection among those that sailed them. Corvettes were cramped, uncomfortable and rolled atrociously. Now some 60 years later with new technology, their performance and armaments seem archaic. Their role in Australia's sea war was vital and the men who sailed on them formed bonds with each other that are as strong today as when they first manned them. Sixty corvettes rolled off Australia's wartime slipways. four went to the Indian Navy. The Port of Fremantle in Western Australia saw 39 of the remaining 56. Corvettes featured include the HMAS Fremantle, Junee, Mildura, Parkes, Benalla, ships of the 22nd Minesweeping Flotilla ( HMAS Ipswich, Tamworth, Wollongong, Cairns, Cessnock, Gawler and Geraldton ), Launceston, Bunbury, Wagga, Wallaroo, Dubbo, Ararat, Horsham, Burnie, Townsville, Katoomba, Broome, Glenelg, Deloraine, Lithgow, etc. |
$29. |
| 212. | HURLEY, F. HURLEY AT WAR. The Photography and Diaries of Frank Hurley in Two World Wars. The Fairfax Library. Sydney. 1986. First Edition; 160; fully illustrated with Hurley's photos in b/w & colour; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Very scarce. Splendidly reproduced black and white photos in duotone with early colour photography of World War I, the work of this noted Australian photographer provides an illuminating record of one man's experiences in two world wars. |
$33. |
| 213. | IKE, Nobutaka. JAPAN'S DECISION FOR WAR. Records of the 1941 Policy Conference. Stanford University Press. Stanford, CA. 1967. First Edition; xxx, 306, appendices, bibliog, index; hardcover; ex library markings, repairs to front and back hinges, hardcover rebound incorporating elements of original spine title o/w a complete readers copy.Translation of Liaison and Imperial Conference documents analyzed by means of the General Enquirer a method of automated content analysis extensively used by the Studies in International Conflict and Integration in the Institute of Political Studies at Stanford University. |
$27. |
| 214. | INGLIS, K.S. THE REHEARSAL. Australians at War in the Sudan 1885. Rigby. Adelaide. 1985. First Edition; 176, index; e/p illusts., text fully illustrated with engravings, historical paintings and photos in duotone and col.; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Scarce. In 1885 a contingent of more than seven hundred Australian soldiers steamed out of Sydney to join a British expeditionary force in the Sudan. This was the first military force ever dispatched by Australian self-governing colonies (prior to the 1901 Federation) to an Imperial war. Opponents formed Australia's first anti-war movement. The author is a professor of history at the Australian National University. |
$24. |
| 215. | INGLIS, K.S. THE REHEARSAL. Australians at War in the Sudan 1885. Rigby. Adelaide. 1985. First Edition; 176, index; e/p illusts., text fully illustrated with engravings, historical paintings and photos in duotone and col.; hardcover in mint dust jacket with protective covering; front e/p has slight foxing o/wise very good condition. Scarce. In 1885 a contingent of more than seven hundred Australian soldiers steamed out of Sydney to join a British expeditionary force in the Sudan. This was the first military force ever dispatched by Australian self-governing colonies (prior to the 1901 Federation) to an Imperial war. Opponents formed Australia's first anti-war movement. The author is a professor of history at the Australian National University. |
$20. |
| 216. | JABLONSKI, Edward. AIRWAR. An Illustrated History of Air Power in the Second World War. Doubleday. Garden City, NY. 1979. 259, index; 800 b/w photographs; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; large format; (d/j bruised, few spots on cloth) o/wise near fine condition. The four volume Airwar series presented in a single volume, Terror from the Sky, Tragic Victories, Outraged Skies, Wings of Fire, a wide sweeping history of aerial warfare from 1939-45. |
$65. |
| 217. | JACKSON, C. O. Badham. PROUD STORY. The Official History of the Australian Comforts Fund. Johnston Publishing. Sydney. 1949. xxxii, 336, appendices; frontis in col., 45 b/w plates; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition. The history of a Commonwealth-wide voluntary organization accredited with the duty of caring for all fit and well members of the Australian Forces During the Second World War 1939-45, includes New Guinea, Torres Strait, Pt Moresby, Kokoda Trail, Milne Bay, Buna, Lae, Finschhafen, Aitape, Solomons, Borneo, Malaya, India, Ceylon, the British Pacific Fleet, etc. |
$25. |
| 218. | JACKSON, Donald. TOROKINA. A Wartime Memoir 1941-1945. Iowa State University Press. Ames. 1989. First Edition; xiii, 140, index; map, 19 illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. In this autobiographical account, historian Donald Jackson, traces his experiences as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy stationed in the Southwest Pacific from the time of Pearl Harbor to the defeat of Japan, the day-to-day happenings shared by the vast number of veterans who were in support positions during World War II. |
$39. |
| 219. | JAY, Alwyn. ENDURANCE : A History of RAAF Aircrew Participation in Liberator Operations of RAF Coastal Command 1941-1945. Banner Books. 1996. First Edition. 224; 86 photos, diagrams, cockpit illustrations; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Out-of-Print. History of Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] aircrew on Royal Air Force [RAF] liberators in the Battle of the Atlantic 1941-45, every attack on a U-boat involving RAAF crew members, list of every known RAAF aircrew on these squadrons, personal and official photos. |
$39. |
| 220. | JERRAM, Michael F. TIGER MOTH. Super Profile. Haynes Publishing. Yeovil, Somerset. 1984. First Edition; 56; fully illustrated in b/w and col.; hardcase laminated cover; corner of front cover chipped o/wise good condition. Very scarce. Includes: Development, the Tiger Moth in Wartime, Overseas Production, Australia, New Zealand, Thruxton Jackaroo, Specifications. Hastily conceived and put together piecemeal from parts of other aircraft, the prototype de Havilland Tiger Moth was developed into one of the world's finest and best-known training aeroplanes. More than 8000 were built and hundreds of thousands of British and Commonwealth pilots were trained on them during World War 2. Much sought after by aviation collectors. |
$16. |
| 221. | JERRAM, Michael F. TIGER MOTH. Super Profile. Haynes Publishing. Yeovil, Somerset. 1984. First Edition; 56; fully illustrated in b/w and col.; hardcase laminated cover; mint condition. Very scarce. Includes: Development, the Tiger Moth in Wartime, Overseas Production, Australia, New Zealand, Thruxton Jackaroo, Specifications. Hastily conceived and put together piecemeal from parts of other aircraft, the prototype de Havilland Tiger Moth was developed into one of the world's finest and best-known training aeroplanes. More than 8000 were built and hundreds of thousands of British and Commonwealth pilots were trained on them during World War 2. Much sought after by aviation collectors. |
$26. |
| 222. | JI, You. THE ARMED FORCES OF CHINA. The Armed Forces of Asia Series. Allen & Unwin. St Leonards, NSW. 1999. First Edition; xxiii, 288, index; figures and maps; cardcover; mint condition.The first integrated analysis of the far-reaching transition of the People's Liberation Army, Dr You Ji is a graduate of Beijing University and the Australian National University and teaches political science at the University of New South Wales. |
$34. |
| 223. | JOHNSON, D.H. VOLUNTEERS AT HEART. The Queensland Defence Forces 1860-1901. University of Queensland Press. St Lucia, QLD. 1975. First Edition; 248 illustrations. hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. Scarce. 'Volunteers at Heart' entertainingly traces the development of the Queensland defence forces from the inception of the colony until federation. |
$29. |
| 224. | JOHNSON, James B. LAND OWNERSHIP IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. An Outline History. James B. Johnson Senior Land Commissioner Mariana Islands District Division of Land Management Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Saipan, Marianas islands. 1969. First Edition; 67; 2 maps, b/w photos, document facsimiles; pictorial cardcover; very good condition. Very scarce. An academic paper produced for the South Pacific Commission and submitted to a Symposium at Suva, covers: Spanish, German, Japanese, and American Administrations of the Northern Mariana Islands. |
$44. |
| 225. | JOHNSTON, George. WAR DIARY 1942. Collins. Australia. 1984. First Edition; xi, 163; map, facsimile of page from the diary, 12 illustrations by official war artists; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. Diary of Australian author George Johnston who was Australia's first official war correspondent, deals almost exclusively with the fighting in New Guinea, the diary's existence was only discovered in 1979. |
$25. |
| 226. | JOHNSTON, George H. AUSTRALIA AT WAR. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1942. xvi, 265; 36 b/w photos; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; (foxing in the prelims) o/wise good condition. Very Scarce. A complete and clear idea of Australia's total war effort in World War II, from enlistment of the raw recruit to the trained Aussie blooded on the field of battle, includes: Egypt, Libya, Greece, Crete, Syria and Malaya, tales of endurance and courage. |
$29. |
| 227. | JOHNSTON, George H. AUSTRALIA AT WAR. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1942. xvi, 265; 36 b/w photos; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; (sunned spine) o/wise good condition. Very Scarce. A complete and clear idea of Australia's total war effort in World War II, from enlistment of the raw recruit to the trained Aussie blooded on the field of battle, includes: Egypt, Libya, Greece, Crete, Syria and Malaya, tales of endurance and courage. |
$28. |
| 228. | JONES, Timothy. MILNE BAY RADAR. The Unit History of 37 Radar Station. hardcover; mint condition. In mid 1942 a small group of RAAF men were sent to New Guinea with radar equipment, they established a secret station and their rudimentary set picked up the approach of enemy aircraft and sent the defenders RAAF fighters into the air to await their foe, the Japanese never found the radar station. |
$29. |
| 229. | JONES, Wing Commander Ira ['Taffy'], DSO., MC., DFC., MM. TIGER SQUADRON. The Story of 74 Squadron RAF, in two World Wars. Allen. London. 1954. First Edition 295, index, appendix 1 (World War 1 British Aces), appendix 2 (Fighter Command Pilots with more than twelve confirmed victories up to June 30, 1941), also Tiger Squadron Pilots; frontis portrait, 20 b/w illusts.; hardcover [reproduction dust jacket in protective covering]; inscription on endpaper, foxing to endpapers, numerous pages and outer book edges o/wise good condition. RAF unit history. The history of 74 Squadron, one of greatest fighter squadrons of all time, which is virtually also a history of aerial combat in both world wars. Wing Commander Jones was posted to the Royal Flying Corps Tiger squadron in March 1918 and maintained close association with it through the hottest fighting of two World Wars during which time he kept a diary on which this narrative is based. Scarce unit history. |
$39. |
| 230. | KANASA, Biama-Ura. A RESEARCH GUIDE TO WORLD WAR II. Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit and the Natives [of Papua and New Guinea]. UPNG Press. Port Moresby. 1997. viii, 55; 1 b/w photo; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. A useful research guide to files on the Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit [ANGAU] and natives that appears in the Australian National guide to Archival Materials [ANGAM2] data base at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, includes: Section One, ANGAU, general, administration, organization, reports, Section Two, Natives, customs, treatment by Japanese, races, rewards, labour, shipping, general language, treatment by allies. |
$20. |
| 231. | KARIG, Commander Walter USNR & Kelley, Lieutenant Welbourn USNR. BATTLE REPORT. Pearl Harbor to Coral Sea. Farrar & Rinehart Inc. New York. 1944. vii, 499, Awards and Citations, Casualties; 13 maps, 64 plates; hardcover in chipped dust jacket. very good condition (owner's signature on e/p). Very scarce. Written while the war was still in progress, often expressed in the words of the men themselves. |
$39. |
| 232. | KELLY, Terrance. HURRICANE OVER THE JUNGLE. Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Denis Spotswood. William Kimber. London. 1977. First Edition; 234, index; b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; good condition. A tribute to the original 22 pilots of the Royal Air Force No. 258 Squadron in 1941, includes Singapore, Sumatra and Java. |
$34. |
| 233. | KENNEDY, Ludovic. PURSUIT. THE SINKING OF THE BISMARCK. Book Club Associates. London. 1975. 239, index, bibliography; 27 b/w photos; hardcover in near fine dust jacket; very good condition. One of the great naval battles of all time, nearly 4,000 British and German sailors died, the author himself took part in the pursuit of the Bismarck. |
$23. |
| 234. | KEYLIN, Arleen and Suri Boiangiu. FRONT PAGE VIETNAM. As reported by The New York Times. Arno Press. New York. 1979. viii, 248. numerous b/w photos, maps, press releases; hardcover in illustrated colour dust jacket with protective covering; near fine condition.Traces the involvement of the US in Southeast Asia from the 1950s - 1970s. |
$22. |
| 235. | KIRKLAND, Frederick, OAM, J.P. Editor. SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN. Being a Record of those of Australia's Military Forces (RAN, Army, RAAF) who Died and those who were decorated in Vietnam, Malaya, Borneo, Malay Peninsular, Korea, British Commonwealth Occupation Force, United Nations, HMAS Voyager (1964) and RMC Duntroon (1956). Plaza Historical Service. Cremorne, NSW. 1990. First Edition; 238; hardcover, laminated boards; mint condition. Very Scarce. A record of those Australians who have died on service and those who have been decorated since 1945. Privately Printed. |
$50. |
| 236. | KNOKE. Heinz. [Translated by John Ewing] I FLEW FOR THE FUHRER. The story of a German Airman. Evans Brothers Limited. London. 1954 [first published 1953]. 6th reprint; x, 187; 35 b/w photos; hardcover illustrated dust jacket chaffed, in protective covering; aged foxing to book edges.Autobiography of the author, one of the outstanding German pilots of World War II, this first hand record from the other side makes fascinating reading. |
$24. |
| 237. | LACEY, Larry. BCOF (British Commonwealth Occupation Forces) An Unofficial History. 1995 First Edition; 215; cardcover; mint condition. Lacey has gathered a series of stories written by people who served with British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan, covers Australian involvement from 1945 to 1952, with references to men dealing with wartime hatreds. |
$24. |
| 238. | LAFFIN, John. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. A.I.F. Epitaphs of World War I. Kangaroo Press. Kenthurst, NSW. 1995. 158; profusely illustrated with b/w photographs pictorial cardcover; fine condition. Very scarce, out-of-print. Historian John Laffin brings together a collection of epitaphs written on the graves of World War I soldiers, family sentiments of the day give an insight into the gloom then prevailing. |
$34. |
| 239. | LAL, Victor. FIJI COUPS IN PARADISE. Race, Politics and Military Intervention. Zed Books. London. 1990. First Edition; xiii, 268, bibliog., index; map; cardcover; fine condition. Offers insights not just into one South Pacific country but into the worldwide dilemma of preserving democracy and harmony when fundamental racial divisions exist. |
$25. |
| 240. | LAMBERT, G.E. COMMANDO FROM TIDAL RIVER TO TARAKAN. The story of No. 4 Australian Independent Company, AIF. later known as 2/4th Australian Commando Squadron, AIF, 1941-45. Australian Military History Publications. Loftus, NSW. 1997. Reprinted of first edition. xxv, 509, index, nominal roll; e/p map, b/w photos, text maps; illustrated hardcover; mint condition (new). Unit history, includes: formation of the company, shaping the Independent soldier, Katherine, across the top end, Adelaide River, Timor, withdrawal, the party left behind, reforming at Canungra, New Guinea, Lae, Red Beach to Kunda Bridge, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Sadau, Tarakan north-east Borneo. |
$44. |
| 241. | LAMONT-BROWN, Raymond. KAMIKAZE. Japan's Suicide Samurai. Arms and Armour. London. 1997. 192, index; b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; (a few pages creased) o/wise very good condition. Kamikaze offers an unprecedented understanding of the mentality of the tactic and those who carried it out and the impact it had on the Allied war effort. |
$17. |
| 242. | LANCHBERY, Edward. AGAINST THE SUN. The Story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C. Pilot of the Canberra and the P.I. London. 1955. First Edition; hardcover [protected]; (no d/j) o/wise good condition. |
$17. |
| 243. | LANCHBERY, Edward. AGAINST THE SUN. The Story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C. Pilot of the Canberra and the P.I. London. 1955. First Edition; hardcover in repaired dust jacket (protected); (spine ends worn) o/wise good condition. |
$16. |
| 244. | LANDAIS-STAMP, Paul and Paul Rogers. ROCKING THE BOAT New Zealand, the United States and the Nuclear-Free Zone Controversy in the 1980's. Berg. Oxford. 1989. First Edition; xvi, 185, index; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition (new). Clearly demonstrates that the New Zealand experience is certainly not of just regional interest but has wider implications for other countries and alliances. A fascinating study by authors from the University of Bradford, UK. |
$24. |
| 245. | LANE, Gen. Thomas A. AMERICA ON TRIAL. The War for Vietnam. Arlington House. New Rochelle, NY. 1971. 297; e/p maps; hardcover in chipped dust jacket [protected]; (owner's name on endpaper) o/wise very good condition. A concise overview of the Vietnam way, how it could have been avoided and how it could have been won once involved, the author identifies the critical policy errors, the frame of thinking which produced them and the alternative courses which would have avoided the war and could avoid future wars. |
$12. |
| 246. | LAWRENCE, A.W. THE MINT. A day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with Later Notes by 353087 A/c Ross. Jonathan Cape. London. First Published 1955. 206; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; d/j soiled, owner's name and date on front endpaper, o/wise very good condition.A highly subjective account of Lawrence's life in the R.A.F., often robustly entertaining and the character sketches are a brilliant example of Lawrence's literary skill, Lawrence had enlisted in the R.A.F. under the name of John Hulme Ross. |
$39. |
| 247. | LE BAS, Sir Hedley. THE LORD KITCHENER MEMORIAL BOOK. Hodder and Stoughton. London. [1916]. not numbered approx. 250; fully illustrated with historical photos and line drawings numerous plates tipped in; light boards covered with kid-skin embossed with gilt title on cover, marbled endpapers; large format; (kid-skin soiled and rumpled around free edges, foxing in some of the text, plates clean) o/wise good condition. Published as a eulogy to Lord Kitchener with well reproduced historical photographs. |
$44. |
| 248. | LEACH, Joe. RAAF [Royal Australian Air Force] FLYING BOATS AT WAR. The Way it Was. Australian Military History Publications. 1999. First Edition; 190, index; photos; illustrated cardcover; mint condition. The author served in England as a wireless air gunner with the Sunderland flying boats of 10 RAAF Squadron before returning to the Pacific War where he served in Catalinas of the 113 Air Sea Rescue Squadron in the Pacific Islands, South East Asia (Borneo, Balikpapan, Labuan, Morotai). |
$24. |
| 249. | LECH, Raymond. ALL THE DROWNED SAILORS. Stein and Day New York. 1982. First Edition; xiii, 242, appendices, bibliog., index; 47 illusts., 2 maps; hardcover in fine dust jacket; fine condition. On July 30, 1945, four days after the USS Indianapolis, flagship of the massive Pacific Fifth Fleet, delivered the components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to Tinian, and just a few weeks before VJ Day, she was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. The cover-up of America's greatest wartime disaster at sea, the sinking of the Indianapolis with the loss of 880 lives, Western Caroline Islands, Guam. |
$29. |
| 250. | LECKIE, Robert. CHALLENGE FOR THE PACIFIC. Guadalcanal - The Turning Point of the War. Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1965. First U.K. Edition. 372, index; e/p maps, 5 text maps; hardcover; very good condition. Scarce. Detailed, dramatic narrative, covering the operations of the army, airforce, navy and marines at all levels. |
$34. |
| 251. | LEE, Clark and Richard Henschel. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. An unconventional portrait of a great and controversial leader, based on little known and hitherto unrevealed facts ... featuring over 375 outstanding photographs, many never before published. Henry Holt. New York. 1952. x, 370, index; endpaper maps, 385 photos. hardcover with gilt text to spine and 5 gilt stars on front cover [in dust jacket with protective covering]; very good condition. An expertly written, behind the scenes biography of MacArthur the man, the father and the soldier. |
$19. |
| 252. | LEE, J.E. Colonel. D.S.O., M.C. DUNTROON. The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946. Australian War Memorial. Canberra, Australia. 1952. xiv, 293, appendices, index; 31 photos; hardcover with coloured logo on cover and spine in dust jacket with protective covering; minutely rubbed to spine fold, slight sunned spine with sporadic folds and scruff to dust jacket o/w very good condition.In his foreword General Sir Ian Hamilton was appreciative of the chance to testify to the value of the Royal Military College at Duntroon not only to Australia and New Zealand but to the Empire. |
$59. |
| 253. | LEGG, Frank. THE GORDON BENNETT STORY. From Gallipoli to Singapore. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1965. First Edition; x, 309, index; 32 illusts; hardcover in very good dust jacket; very good condition. Gordon Bennett's vivid diaries are extensively quoted in this biography includes Gallipoli and General Bennett's sensational 1942 escape from Singapore in World War II just prior to the British surrender of its vast military forces to the numerical inferior Japanese forces. Scarce in this near fine condition. |
$19. |
| 254. | LEGG, Frank. THE GORDON BENNETT STORY. From Gallipoli to Singapore. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1965. First Edition; x, 309, index; 32 illusts; hardcover in near fine dust jacket; near fine condition. Gordon Bennett's vivid diaries are extensively quoted in this biography includes Gallipoli and General Bennett's sensational 1942 escape from Singapore in World War II just prior to the British surrender of its vast military forces to the numerical inferior Japanese forces. Scarce in this near fine condition. |
$24. |
| 255. | LEONARD, Bob, Editor. THE BANK AND THE ARMED SERVICES IN WAR AND PEACE [WESTPAC]. Wales R.S.L. Sub-branch. No Place. [1978]. 79; line drawings and historic b/w photos; cardcover; (inscription inside of cover) o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. Accounts of Westpack staff at war spans a period close to 100 years, from the conflict in the Sudan until the involvement in Vietnam. |
$34. |
| 256. | LEVY, Norman. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CHEAP LABOUR SYSTEM. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London. 1982. First Edition; xv, 367, appendices, notes, bibliog, index; tables; hardcover in green cloth with dust jacket in protective covering; fine condition.The effects of deep-level gold mining and the technical problems with the historical condition of the African peasantry and the predominance of migrant labour on the mechanisms that made migrant labour viable. |
$18. |
| 257. | LEWIS, Bill, compiled by OBSERVATION POST, Six Years of War with the 2/11th Australian Army Field Regiment. Unit History Committee 2/11th Australian Army Fd Regt. Victoria. 1989. First Edition; viii, 215; Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs, location maps and battle maps; Hardcover in fine dust jacket; oblong; fine condition.Rare military unit history privately published, limited print run. This is the story of an Australian Army artillery regiment ... its conception by a group of part-time soldiers serving in the Militia in the early months (1939) of the Second World War, its birth in the Drill Hall, Swan St, Richmond, Victoria on 1 July 1940 and its service with distinction in war zones from the Middle East to Darwin (Northern Australia), New Guinea and Bougainville (Solomon Islands). This unit history traces the fortunes of the 2/11th Australian Army Field Regiment-and its 1500 or so members-from its earlier training in Victoria, It tells of its blooding in the Syrian Campaign of 1941, then the long months of garrison duty in Darwin (including little-known facts about the ferocious bombing by the Japanese that it and other Northern Australian towns suffered in the Pacific War), and its part in the ultimate defeat of the Japanese in Australia's near north - New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. |
$95. |
| 258. | L'HERMINIER, Captain J. CASABIANCA. The Secret Missions of a Famous Submarine. Frederick Muller Ltd. London. 1953. Second Impression; xii, 243; 5 illustrations, 4 diagrams; hardcover in chipped dust jacket [protected]; (foxing in prelims, a few spots elsewhere) o/wise good condition. Very Scarce. A thrilling account of the exploits of the French submarine Casabianca, commanded by the author, from the time of her escape from Toulon in April 1942 to the liberation of Corsica in September 1943. |
$44. |
| 259. | LINDBERGH, Charles A. THE WARTIME JOURNALS OF CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. New York. 1970. First Edition; xx, 1038, glossary, index; 77 b/w photos, area maps to covers and endpapers; hardcover, cloth with gilt title and text on cover and spine, dust jacket [in protective covering]; slight rubbing to edges of dust jacket, owners name and inscription on endpaper o/wise very good condition.Charles A. Lindbergh is one of the famous men of our century. |
$35. |
| 260. | LIRIA, Yauka Aluambo. BOUGAINVILLE CAMPAIGN DIARY. Northern Solomon Islands, New Guinea. Indra Publishing. 1993. First Edition; viii, 199, appendix; map; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Very scarce, out-of-print. The revealing journal of an ex-Papua New Guinea Defense Force Intelligence Officer about his experiences on Bougainville during his tour of duty in the secessionist war zone in 1989, a critical and yet reflective commentary by one of the participants in the continuing crisis. It details the inside story of military operations agaisnst the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) - a sensitive treatment of civil war from the inside. A Melanesian perspective on a Melanesian war. |
$23. |
| 261. | LODWICK, John. RAIDERS FROM THE SEA. The Story of the Special Boat Service in WWII. Greenhill Books. London. 1990. 240; 16 illusts., 5 maps; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. The story of a small commando force in the Mediterranean and Aegean area, using submarines, small surface vessels or canoes, written from personal experience. |
$30. |
| 262. | LONG, Gavin. TO BENGHAZI. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series One Army, Volume I. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1952. First Edition; xiv, 336, appendices, index; 41 illusts., 6 maps, 31 sketch maps; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; (new endpapers, small insect hole in small title page) o/wise good condition. Very Scarce. Includes the Middle East, Tobruk, Benghazi, the defeat of the Italian army in Cyrenaica by the 7th Armoured and 6th Australian Divisions is narrated in a degree of detail made possible by reliance on contemporary reports, war diaries and private papers and interviews. |
$32. |
| 263. | LORD, Walter. DAY OF INFAMY. Pearl Harbour - December 7th 1941. Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1957. First British Edition; 243, index; e/p maps, 50 b/w photos; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; insect damage to cover edges, o/wise good conditionVery Scarce. Pearl Harbour, a fascinating and completely authentic picture of the course of events, the author interviewed nearly six hundred people who were personally connected with the disaster, both American and Japanese. |
$12. |
| 264. | LORD, Walter. INCREDIBLE VICTORY. Harper & Row. New York. 1967. First Edition; x, 331, index; Includes 16 pages of illustrations, plus charts and diagrams and a special appendix on the Riddles of Midway, endpaper maps; hardcover in dust jacket; (d/j very lightly soiled with a couple of small chips) o/wise very good condition. Scarce. The June 1942 Battle of Midway Central Pacific, a detailed account of individual acts of courage and skill. |
$34. |
| 265. | LORD, Walter. LONELY VIGIL. Coastwatchers of the Solomons. Viking Press. New York. 1977. First Edition; 322, index; e/p maps, 6 text maps, b/w text photos; hardcover in dust jacket; (new endpapers, 2 library stamps) o/wise good condition. The first complete account of the Coastwatchers of the Solomons, that remarkable band of individualists who operated deep behind Japanese lines in the dark days of 1942-43 and who made a significant contribution to the Allied victory in Guadalcanal. |
$18. |
| 266. | LOTT, Arnold S., Robert F. Sumrall and Robert S. Egan. SHIP'S DATA 5 USS BOWFIN (SS287). Leeward Publications. Annapolis. 1979. 36; fully illustrated with b/w photos and technical drawings, center spread in colour; cardcover saddle stapled; landscape format; very good condition. Data on a submarine built by the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Navy Yard in 1941. |
$17. |
| 267. | LYON, Alan B. JAPANESE WAR CRIMES. The Trials of the Naoetsu POW Camp Guards. Australian Military History Publications. Loftus, NSW. 2000. First Edition; xi, 115, indices; illustrated with b/w photos, documents and maps; hardcover; mint condition. The author was assigned to sit on the jury of a Japanese war crimes trial, this is probably the first book to detail the actual trials of war crimes perpetrated in the Pacific War. |
$32. |
| 268. | McAULAY, Lex. AGAINST ALL ODDS RAAF. RAAF Pilots in the Battle for Malta 1942. Hutchinson Australia. Milsons Point, NSW. 1989. First Edition; 242, index; e/p maps, 2 text maps, b/w photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket (protected); mint condition. Out-of-print, very scarce. The story of the small band of Australian fighter pilots who flew and fought in RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle for Malta in 1942 - the most intense and prolonged period of operations experienced by Australian fighter pilots in World War II. Much sought after by collectors. |
$27. |
| 269. | McAULAY, Lex. THE BATTLE OF CORAL. Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral May 1968 [VIETNAM]. Arrow Hutchinson Australia. Hawthorn, VIC. 1990. First CardcoverEdition; 361, appendices, sources, index; 45 photos, text maps; pictorial cardcover; very good condition. The dramatic story of the biggest unit level battle involving Australian soldiers in Vietnam. |
$14. |
| 270. | McAULAY, Lex. BLOOD AND IRON The Battle for Kokoda 1942 [New Guinea]. Arrow Books. Sydney. 1992. 432, index; 36 photos, battle maps; stiffened cardcover; mint condition {new}. Very scarce. The Kokoda campaign of 1942 is one of the classic battles in Australian military history. It was also the first time that Australians fought in Papua to defend their homeland against direct threat, without the protection of great and powerful friends. |
$25. |
| 271. | McAULAY, Lex. THE FIGHTING FIRST. Combat Operations in Vietnam 1968-69. The First Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment. Allen & Unwin. North Sydney. 1991. First Edition; 293, roll of honour, list of wounded, nominal roll, index; b/w text photos, maps; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. Very Scarce. Tells in graphic detail the story of the savage battles of Fire Support Base 'Coral', fought in May 1968, the largest ground action undertaken by Australian soldiers during their involvement in South Vietnam. |
$59. |
| 272. | McAULAY. Lex. FOUR ACES : RAAF Fighter Pilots Europe and North Africa 1941-44. Banner Books. Maryborough, Qld. 1998 First Edition; ix, 144; b/w photographs, endpaper maps; Hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition, signed by the Author. Australians served with distinction in almost every theatre of World War 2 and many carried the war to the enemy in the air, this book describes the flying careers of four such young members of the RAAF in 3 chapters - Desert Battles, "Nicky Barr", P-40 Fighter Bomber; Spitfire Leader, "Hugo Armstrong", Spitfire Sweeps; Out of the Shadows, "Peter Panitz" and "Dickie Williams", Mosquito Intruders. Recommended. |
$37. |
| 273. | McGARTLAND, Martin. FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING. Blake Publishing. London. 1997. First Edition; 248; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition.Martin McGartland is the most successful British Secret agent to infiltrate the IRA, this is his amazing story. |
$19. |
| 274. | MacKENZIE, Bathia, compiler. THE WAAF BOOK. A Scrapbook of Wartime Memories. Whitcoulls Publishers. Christchurch. 1982. 112; map, fully illustrated in b/w; cardcover; (cover rubbed) o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. New Zealand, Women's Auxiliary Air Force memorabilia. |
$18. |
| 275. | McKENZIE-SMITH, Graham. AUSTRALIA'S FORGOTTEN ARMY. Volume 1 - Western Australia. Grimwade Publications. Canberra. 1994. xi, 176, index; b/w photos, maps; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Volume 1 covers the defence of West Australia, including early defence planning, the location of military units in WA and military exercises conducted, the activities of 3 Aust Corps, 1 Armoured Division, 2 and 4 Infantry Divisions. |
$44. |
| 276. | McKENZIE-SMITH Graham. AUSTRALIA'S FORGOTTEN ARMY. Volume 2 - Northern Territory and the Torres Strait. Grimwade Publications. Canberra. 1995. xii, 222, index; b/w photos, maps; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Volume 2 deals with pre-war defence plans and the details of the various garrisons in Darwin and elsewhere in the Northern Territory and the Torres Strait; the Japanese air attacks on Darwin and other centres, the role of Darwin Fortress and NT Force, 13 Bde, 12/50 Battalion and 40 Battalion; an index of units and their locations; a very detailed analysis of where World War 2 units served in Australia. |
$44. |
| 277. | McKENZIE-SMITH, Graham. AUSTRALIA'S FORGOTTEN ARMY. Two Volumes. Volume 1 - Western Australia ; Volume 2 - Northern Territory and the Torres Strait. Canberra. 1994 (Vol 1), 1995 (Vol 2). pictorial cardcovers; mint condition. Scarce (volume 1 is out-of-print). Volume 1 covers the defence of West Australia, including early defence planning, the location of military units in WA and military exercises conducted, the activities of 3 Aust Corps, 1 Armoured Division, 2 and 4 Infantry Divisions; Volume 2 deals with pre-war defence plans and the details of the various garrisons in Darwin and elsewhere in the Northern Territory and the Torres Strait; the Japanese air attacks on Darwin and other centres, the role of Darwin Fortress and NT Force, 13 Bde, 12/50 Battalion and 40 Battalion; an index of units and their locations; a very detailed analysis of where World War 2 units served in Australia. Price for 2 volumes. |
$84. |
| 278. | McKIE, Ronald. THE SURVIVORS. The Story of the Gallant Fight of the Cruisers Perth and Houston Against Great Odds, and How Ten Men Survived the Perils of Sunda Strait. Bobbs-Merrill Co. Indianapolis. 1953. 246; lino-block illustrations throughout text, map, schematic drawings of H.M.A.S. Perth and U.S.S. Houston; hardcover in (chipped) dust jacket; very good condition. Scarce. Only after the end of the war were survivors found to relate what had happened to Perth and Houston, this book began from pages of a notebook kept by Lieutenant Commander Owen during four years as a prisoner of the Japanese. |
$35. |
| 279. | McNAB. Andy. DCM MM. IMMEDIATE ACTION. Bantam Press. Victoria. 1995. 389, glossary; 34 colour, 4 b/w photos; hardcover with colour dust jacket in protective covering; mint condition.True story of authors life in the SAS, recounting with grim humour and in riveting, often horrifying detail activities of the world's most highly trained and efficient Special Forces. |
$19. |
| 280. | McNEILL, Ian. THE TEAM. Australian Army Advisers in Vietnam 1962-1972. 17 St. Lucia, Brisbane. 1992. xiv, 534, nominal roll, appendices, index; 34 maps, fully illustrated with photos; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Provides a rare insight into the personal feelings of men in action, written with complete access to Australian Department of Defence records and supported with personal interviews by the author. Out-of-print. |
$39. |
| 281. | McNeill, Ian. TO LONG TAN. The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950-1966. The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeastern Conflicts 1948-1975 Volume 2 (of 7 volumes) Allen & Unwin in Association with the Australian War Memorial. St Leonards, NSW. 1993. First Edition; xxv, 614, bibliog., index; e/p maps, col. frontis map, 25 text maps, illustrated with b/w photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket [protected]; mint condition [new]. Out-of-print. An authoritative and highly readable study of the war on the ground in Vietnam up until the end of 1966, written with unrestricted access to all relevant Australian Government records supplemented with extensive interviews with participants, personal papers and discussions with former Viet Cong. |
$74. |
| 282. | MacQUARRIE, Hector. VOUZA AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1946. 217; frontis portrait, text map, fold-out map, 23 historic b/w photos; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; (front endpaper glued back onto cover) o/wise very good condition. A personal account of the experiences of a District Officer in the British Solomons, presents a picture of the people of the Solomons with realism that comes from first hand knowledge. |
$20. |
| 283. | MacQUARRIE, Hector. VOUZA AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1946. 217; frontis portrait, text map, fold-out map, 23 historic b/w photos; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; (owner's name and date on back of frontis and back of fold-out map) o/wise very good condition. A personal account of the experiences of a District Officer in the British Solomons, presents a picture of the people of the Solomons with realism that comes from first hand knowledge. |
$18. |
| 284. | MacQUARRIE, Hector. VOUZA AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1946. 217; frontis portrait, text map, fold-out map, 23 historic b/w photos; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; (owner's book plate on endpaper) o/wise very good condition. A personal account of the experiences of a District Officer in the British Solomons, presents a picture of the people of the Solomons with realism that comes from first hand knowledge. |
$21. |
| 285. | MANSFORD, George. THE MAD GALAHS. George Mansford. Gordonvale, QLD. 1999. 345; cardcover; (inscription by the author on inside of cover) o/wise near fine condition. Weaves historical fact into a stirring tale of Australian Infantrymen at war, they were Citizen Soldiers, K Force, Regulars, Conscripts, and all of them wore the badge of the Royal Australian Regiment. The author enlisted as a Private in the Australian Army and forty years later retired as a Brigadier. |
$29. |
| 286. | MAO, Tse-Tung. SELECTED MILITARY WRITINGS OF MAO TSE-TUNG. Foreign Languages Press. Peking. 1963. First Edition; 408; frontis portrait; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; (owner's name and small bookshop stamp on e/p) o/wise very good condition. Includes: the struggle in the Chingkang Mountains, problems of strategy in China's revolutionary war, how to study war, problems of strategy in guerrilla war against Japan, on protracted war. |
$29. |
| 287. | MARTIN, Sir John. DOWNING STREET THE WAR YEARS. Bloomsbury. London. 1991. First Edition; 200, index; 2 maps, 50 b/w photos; hardcover with dust jacket; fine condition.Written by former principal private secretary to Winston Churchill who kept an almost daily record of events during World War II. |
$27. |
| 288. | MASON, Robert. CHICKENHAWK. Corgi Books. London. 1986. 398; map; cardcover; good condition (owner's bookstamp). The author flew more than 1000 assault missions in Vietnam, he gives us a devastating bird's eye-view of that war in all its horror, as he experiences the accelerating terror. |
$15. |
| 289. | MAYER, S.L., Edited by. THE RISE AND FALL OF IMPERIAL JAPAN 1894-1945. The Military Press. New York. 1984. Reprinted; 255, index; over 300 illustrations, e/p maps, maps, drawings, photos in b/w & col.; hardcover in pictorial dust jacket [fine condition, protected]; fine condition. The author was a lecturer in History at the University of Maryland , in this volume he relates the tragic history of a gallant people led into a misguided war. |
$29. |
| 290. | MAYO, Lida. BLOODY BUNA. Doubleday & Co. Garden City, NY. 1974. First Edition; xiv, 222, index; e/p maps, 8 text maps, 32 photos; hardcover in fine dust jacket; near fine condition. Scarce. The grueling campaign in New Guinea that thwarted the Japanese invasion of Australia, the author was the Senior Military Historian in the U.S. Army's Office of Military History. |
$18. |
| 291. | MAYO, Lida. BLOODY BUNA. Australian National University Press Canberra 1975. xiv, 222, index; 8 text maps, 32 photos; hardcover in fine dust jacket; very good condition, covers shown signs of slight shelf wear. Scarce. The grueling campaign in New Guinea that thwarted the Japanese invasion of Australia, the author was the Senior Military Historian in the U.S. Army's Office of Military History. |
$16. |
| 292. | MHQ: THE QUARTELY JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY/WINTER 2001 Primedia Inc. Leesburg, VA. 96; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; hardcover; A4 format; mint condition.Includes: Old Hickory's finest hour, crossing the line assault into Cambodia, Pershing's eyes in the sky, the Czech Legion's long journey home, guilty as charged, Colonel Benjamin Franklin, guarding the glorious revolution, McClellan and his mentor, Pearl Harbor survivor's story, the miraculous 75mm gun, terms from military history. |
$19. |
| 293. | MICHIE, Allan A. RETREAT TO VICTORY. Alliance Book Corp. Chicago. 1942. xiii, 492, index; 10 plates, e/p maps; hardcover in repaired dust jacket; (tape mark on front end paper, a couple of spots on the cloth, light browning of margins) o/wise good condition. American author Allan Michie gives us his account of the genius of the British Army from the Tommy to the General with their ability to withhold from the enemy one or more of the advantages which would, otherwise, turn his momentary gain into a total victory. |
$25. |
| 294. | MIKESH, Robert C. with illustrations by Rikyu Watanabe. ZERO FIGHTER. Crown Publishers. New York. 1981. First Edition; 56; 6 planes shown on large fold-out colour illustrations, schematic drawings of air frames, engine, cockpit, gun sight, profiles of various models, field and battle photos; hardcover (slight chip); large format; near fine condition. The story of the Zero fighter from their first engagement when they shot down 27 Chinese fighters without the loss of any Zero to the Kamikaze pilots at the end of the Pacific War. |
$30. |
| 295. | MILLAR, T.B. AUSTRALIA IN PEACE AND WAR. External Relations 1788-1977. Australian National University Press. Canberra. 1978. xxiii, 578, bibliog., index; 16 illusts.; hardcover; (no d/j) o/wise fine condition. Scarce. An important and controversial book detailing the successes and failures of Australian foreign policy, including extensive references to the war in the Pacific. |
$29. |
| 296. | MILLAR, T.B. AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE. Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1969. Second Edition; xiii, 229, appendices, index; 9 plates, 3 text maps; cardcover; (ink spot on spine, cover bruised) o/wise good condition. The author is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon and a specialist in international relations. |
$14. |
| 297. | MILLER, John Jr. THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. GUADALCANAL: THE FIRST OFFENSIVE. BDD Special Editions. New York. No Date. Reprint of 1949 Edition by The Center of Military History United States Army Washington, DC. xviii, 413, appendices, index; 3 charts, 15 maps, 76 illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. On August 7 1942, American ground troops went on the offensive for the first time against the Japanese Army attacking Guadalcanal, the Japanese quickly retaliated by defeating the Australian Navy at the Battle of Savo Island, using first hand accounts the U.S. Army's Historical Division have reconstructed the Guadalcanal campaign. |
$19. |
| 298. | MILLER, John Jr. THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. GUADALCANAL: THE FIRST OFFENSIVE. Barnes & Nobel Books. New York. 1995. Reprint of 1949 Edition by The Center of Military History United States Army Washington, DC. xviii, 413, appendices, index; 3 charts, 15 maps, 76 illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. On August 7 1942, American ground troops went on the offensive for the first time against the Japanese Army attacking Guadalcanal, the Japanese quickly retaliated by defeating the Australian Navy at the Battle of Savo Island, using first hand accounts the U.S. Army's Historical Division have reconstructed the Guadalcanal campaign. |
$20. |
| 299. | MONDEY, David. THE CONCISE GUIDE TO AXIS AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II. Chancellor Press. London. 1997 [first published 1984]. reprint of 1996 edition; 256, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour with photographs and colour illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. Colourful and compact volume with over 100 aircraft featured from companies such as Messerschmitt, Kawasaki and Fiat, with history and development, over 400 illustrations. |
$24. |
| 300. | MONKS, Noel. FIGHTER SQUADRONS. The Epic Story of Two Hurricane Squadrons in France. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1941. 5th printing; 242; 15 b/w plates; hardcover; (spine sunned, no d/j, prelims soiled) o/wise good condition. Written by the Daily Mail war correspondent with the Royal Air Force in France. |
$29. |
| 301. | MOOREHEAD, Alan. ECLIPSE. Abridgment and Selection of Pictures by Lucy Moorehead. Hamish Hamilton. London. 1967 [first published 1945]. 304, index; maps, b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; (d/j sunned) o/wise very good condition. Lavishly illustrated eye-witness account of the Allied landing in Sicily and the progress of their armies up through Italy, at Salerno, Anzio and Cassino, of D-Day and the battle on the Normandy beaches, the liberation of Paris and the final surrender of the Germans. |
$19. |
| 302. | MORISON, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II. VOLUME I. THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-1943. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1984. lxii, 434, appendices, index; 24 charts, 31 illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket. fine condition. Very Scarce. Deals with defence of American shores and ships prior to American entry into the war leading to full fledged war with Germany and Italy, including the fearful ordeal of the North Russia run. |
$44. |
| 303. | MORISON, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II. VOLUME II. Operations in North African Waters October 1942-June 1943. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1984 [first published 1947]. xxi, 297, index; 22 charts, 31 illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; fine condition. Written simultaneously with the events it records, this volume covers the naval aspects of Operation Torch, the North African campaign which opened a second front to relieve the Russians. |
$59. |
| 304. | MORISON, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II. VOLUME II. Operations in North African Waters October 1942-June 1943. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1959 [first published 1947]. xxi, 297, index; 22 charts, 31 illusts.; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; (two small library stamps, new endpapers, corner of cloth on front cover water stained, edges of cloth frayed) o/wise good condition. Very Scarce. Written simultaneously with the events it records, this volume covers the naval aspects of Operation Torch, the North African campaign which opened a second front to relieve the Russians. |
$39. |
| 305. | MORISON, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II. VOLUME II. Operations in North African Waters October 1942-June 1943. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1984 [first published 1947]. xxi, 297, index; 22 charts, 31 illusts.; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; fine condition. Written simultaneously with the events it records, this volume covers the naval aspects of Operation Torch, the North African campaign which opened a second front to relieve the Russians. |
$49. |
| 306. | MORISON, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II. VOLUME IX. Sicily-Salerno-Anzio January 1943-June 1944. Little, Brown Boston. 1975 [first published 1954]. Atlantic Monthly Press Book xxiv, 413, index; 19 maps and charts, 38 b/w illustrations; hardcover in fine dust jacket; fine condition. Covers three major amphibious operations, the invasion of Sicily (HUSKY), the capture of the Salerno beachhead (AVELANCHE), and the long Anzio beachhead struggle (SHINGLE). |
$49. |
| 307. | MORISON, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, Volume V. The Struggle for Guadalcanal August 1942-February 1943. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1950 [first published 1949]. Little, Brown. xxii, 389, index; 29 illustrations, 35 maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]. (owner's name on front e/p, hinge paper cracked but sound) o/wise good condition. Scarce. After a brief description of the Solomon Islands, the author launches into the Battle of Savo Island, a severe defeat to the United States, other major actions covered, Cape Esperance, Santa Cruz Islands, Guadalcanal, Rennell Island, Munda, ground fighting is also covered in considerable detail. |
$56. |
| 308. | MORISON, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, Volume V. The Struggle for Guadalcanal August 1942-February 1943. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1960 [first published 1949]. Little, Brown. xxii, 389, index; 29 illustrations, 35 maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]. very good condition. Scarce. After a brief description of the Solomon Islands, the author launches into the Battle of Savo Island, a severe defeat to the United States, other major actions covered, Cape Esperance, Santa Cruz Islands, Guadalcanal, Rennell Island, Munda, ground fighting is also covered in considerable detail. |
$58. |
| 309. | MORISON, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II. VOLUME VI. Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier 22 July 1942 - 1 May 1944. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1961 [first published 1950]. xix, 463, index; 36 charts, 31 pages of b/w illusts; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; very good condition. Includes, the New Guinea campaigns, the Papuan Campaign, Kokoda Trail and Milne Bay, naval aspects of the Buna-Gona Campaign, Battle of the Bismarck Sea, Central Solomons and Huon Gulf Campaign, Yamamoto's last offensive, invasion of New Georgia, Vela Lavella, Lae and Salamaua, Finschhafen, Bougainville Campaign, Carrier Strikes on Rabaul, Admiralties. |
$42. |
| 310. | MORISON, Samuel Eliot. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II. VOLUME VI. Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier 22 July 1942 - 1 May 1944. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1975 [first published 1950]. xix, 463, index; 36 charts, 31 pages of b/w illusts; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; very good condition. Includes, the New Guinea campaigns, the Papuan Campaign, Kokoda Trail and Milne Bay, naval aspects of the Buna-Gona Campaign, Battle of the Bismarck Sea, Central Solomons and Huon Gulf Campaign, Yamamoto's last offensive, invasion of New Georgia, Vela Lavella, Lae and Salamaua, Finschhafen, Bougainville Campaign, Carrier Strikes on Rabaul, Admiralties. |
$41. |
| 311. | MORRIS, Eric, et al. WEAPONS & WARFARE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Derbibooks. Secaucus, NJ. 1976. First U.S. Edition; 480, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour with photos, maps, schematic illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; fine condition.A comprehensive and historical survey of modern military methods and machines with over 700 technical drawings and photographs. |
$25. |
| 312. | MOSKIN, J. Robert. THE STORY OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS. Paddington Press Ltd. New York. 1979. 796, appendices, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 11 text maps, 87 illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket; (some foxing on endpapers) o/wise near fine condition. Includes the American Revolution, Barbary States War, American Civil War, deals at length with World War II, the Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomons, the isolation of Rabaul, Tarawa, The Marshalls, The Marianas, Micronesia, The Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the author is an historian as well as a prize-winning journalist. |
$17. |
| 313. | MUTTON 2/20 Bn 8 Aust Div, Bob, collected by, copiously illustrated by George Sprod 2/15th Bn. HOME FOR CHRISTMAS BUT FIVE YEARS LATE, PRISONERS OF THE JAPANESE. A Record of Australian POW's in the hands of the Japanese 15th February 1942 to 15th August 1945 compiled from Diaries and Notes kept at the Time by Those who were There. R.H. Mutton. Mt Garnet, North Queensland. 1995. First Edition, signed by the author; 152. profusely illustrated with line drawings, cartoons, b/w photographs. hardcover, gilt embossed title on cover and spine; mint condition (new). Out-of-print; privately printed; recollections of prisoners of war mainly Australians who were members of the 8th Australian Division who were captured by the Japanese in Singapore. |
$39. |
| 314. | NAPIER, W.F.P. NAPIER'S HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA AND IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814. George Routledge. London. [c. 1840s]. xci, 491; 18 plates; hardcover; spine repaired, rescrimmed, new endpapers, some foxing in the prelims, o/wise very good condition.Books XVII to book XXIV |
$64. |
| 315. | NATKIEL, Richard. ATLAS OF AMERICAN WARS. Arch Cape Press. Greenwich, CT. 1986. 160, index; fully illustrated with battle maps and b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; mint condition.Charts the progress of all the major conflicts in which the United States has been involved from the time of the French and Indian Wars to the present. |
$25. |
| 316. | NATKIEL, Richard. ATLAS OF WORLD WAR II. text by Robin Sommer, Introduction by SL Mayer. Bison Books. London. First published 1985. Reprint 1987; 192, index; b/w photos throughout; hardcover black cloth spine gilt text in illustrated dust jacket [in protective covering]; A4 near fine condition.World War II war history maps covering Pacific and Europe. |
$18. |
| 317. | NATKIEL, Richard and Anthony Preston. ATLAS OF MARITIME HISTORY. Bison Books. London. 1988 [first published 1986]. Reprint; 256, index; fully illustrated with historical drawings, battle maps, b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; a few spots of foxing on title page o/wise near fine condition.Includes: the ancient world, medieval world, age of exploration, rise of British seapower, Napoleonic wars, Pax Britannica, World War I, World War II, modern era. |
$19. |
| 318. | NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT OAHU [Hawai'i]. Department of the Navy. Oahu, Hawaii. 1972. 46 plus appendix; fully illustrated in b/w; cardcover; very good condition. Scarce. U.S. Navy report on conservation, includes: fish and wildlife management, endangered species, habitat improvement, predator control, hunting, fishing, outdoor recreation. |
$26. |
| 319. | NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION (ADMIRALTY). INDO-CHINA : Geographical Handbook BR 510. Geographical Handbook Series for Official Use Only. Naval Intelligence Division : British Admiralty. London. 1943. 1st Edition; xiii, 535, index; 90 plates, 149 maps and diagrams, large map in pocket. hardcover (protected); past water staining of faded cover, some foxing on end papers, a few spots elsewhere, o/wise crisp, clear and complete inside. Rare. A detailed analysis of the geography, culture, infrastructure and government in Indo-China, used by intelligence services in 1943. This Handbook covers Cochin-China, the Protectorates of Annam, Tonkin, Cambodia, Laos and Kwang Chow Wan. |
$195. |
| 320. | NELMES, Michael v. and Ian Jenkins. G-FOR-GEORGE. A Memorial to RAAF Bomber Crews 1939-45 460 Squadron RAAF. Banner Books. Maryborough, QLD. 2000. First Edition; 240, nominal roll; b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. Unit history of the 460 Squadron RAAF which lost 1,018 men and 200 aircraft in three years of operations in the night bombing campaign against targets in Germany and Occupied Europe in World War II. |
$49. |
| 321. | NEWTON, Dennis. CLASH OF EAGLES. Australian Airmen from World War I to Vietnam. kangaroo Press. Kenthurst, NSW. 1996. First Edition; 148, index; b/w photos and schematic drawings; cardcover; large format; mint condition.Highlights the achievements of a cross-section of Australian airmen in various conflicts throughout the world. |
$39. |
| 322. | NICHOLLS, Bob, Lieutenant Commander RN, RAN. COLONIAL GUNS. Artillery of the Australian Colonies. Australian Military History Publications. 1998. First Edition; 40; map, 16 line illusts.; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. This book covers the range of artillery found in the Australian colonies from the time of first European settlement until Federation 110 years later. A collection of sketches representing some of the guns is accompanied by an account of the development of the artillery during the 19th century. A glossary is augmented by labeled drawings of typical guns. Includes: Australian coastal fortifications, description and illustrations of guns, glossary, early 19th century gun, Armstrong's breech loading gun, 10 inch RML on garrison carriage, field gun. |
$24. |
| 323. | NOLAN, Keith William. BATTLE FOR HUE. Tet 1968 [Vietnam]. Presidio. Novato, CA. 1983. xii, 201, bibliog., index; map, b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; (d/j chipped, corner clipped) o/wise very good condition. Scarce. A detailed account of the Battle for Hue, with many action photographs from the author's sources, the author interviewed 36 veterans, a compelling war story accurate in detail and personalized by the participants. |
$24. |
| 324. | NOWARRA, Heinz J. GERMAN TANKS 1914-1968. Arco Publishing. New York. 1968. 96; fully illustrated with b/w photos; cardcover; landscape format; (traces of book stamp on title page, cover bruised) o/wise good condition. Includes specifications for 31 tanks, short essay followed by photos with detailed captions. |
$15. |
| 325. | O'CALLAGHAN, Mary-Louise. ENEMIES WITHIN. Papua New Guinea, Australia and the Sandline Crisis: The Inside Story. Doubleday. Sydney. 1999. xxxiii, 381, index; maps; cardcover; mint condition. In 1997 the government of Papua New Guinea secretly hired foreign mercenaries in a desperate attempt to wipe out a rebellion on the island of Bougainville, the author exposed the planned covert operation and set the stage for the greatest political and military crisis in PNG since its independence in 1975. |
$34. |
| 326. | ODGERS, George. ACROSS THE PARALLEL. The Australian 77th Squadron with the United States Air Force in the Korean Air War. William Heinemann Ltd. Melbourne. 1953 [first published 1952]. Reprint; xiv, 239, index; e/p maps, 40 illusts.; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; (foxing of endpapers and small title page) o/wise very good condition. Rare. The story of the Australian 77th Squadron who took off for battle on the 2nd of July, 1950 as fighter escorts for American bombers, the first servicemen of the British Commonwealth to see action in the Korean conflict. |
$42. |
| 327. | ODGERS, George. ACROSS THE PARALLEL. The Australian 77th Squadron with the United States Air Force in the Korean Air War. William Heinemann Ltd. Melbourne. 1952. First Edition; xiv, 239, index; e/p maps, 40 illusts.; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; owner's name on small title page o/wise very good condition. Rare. The story of the Australian 77th Squadron who took off for battle on the 2nd of July, 1950 as fighter escorts for American bombers, the first servicemen of the British Commonwealth to see action in the Korean conflict. |
$43. |
| 328. | ODGERS George. REMEMBERING KOREA AUSTRALIANS IN THE WAR OF 1950-53. Lansdowne. Sydney, NSW. 2000. First Edition; 176; illustrated with more than 70 photographs, this book includes a complete and recently updated Roll of Honour, listing the more than 18,000 Australians who served in Korea. Hardcover in dust jacket; Mint condition (as received from the publisher).Just released. Remembering Korea is a fascinating chronicle of the Korean conflict and Australia's involvement in it. It is the first book to include both a history of the war and a complete list of those who served. The fighting record of the Australian Army, Navy and Air Force in the Korean War of 1950-53 was superb and deserves to be remembered as a great achievement. |
$39. |
| 329. | O'DOWD, Ben. IN VALIANT COMPANY. Diggers in battle - Korea 1950 - 51. University of Queensland. Queensland, Australia. 2000. First edition; xiv, 212, epilogue, appendix, index; 33 b/w photo's, maps; illustrated cardcover; mint condition.A true story of valour told in soldier's terms. |
$25. |
| 330. | O'KEEFE, Brendan with "Agent Orange-the Australian aftermath" by F.B. Smith. MEDICINE AT WAR. Medical aspects of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asia 1950-1972 The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975 volume 3 (of 7 volumes). Allen & Unwin in Association with the Australian War Memorial. St Leonards, NSW. 1994. First Edition; xxx, 505, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 6 text maps, illustrated with b/w photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition [new]. Out-of-print. The book refrains from technical language wherever possible, transforming highly complex medical material into a clear and readable narrative, deals with medical aspects of Australia's military involvement in the Malayan Emergency, the Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation and the Vietnam War. |
$65. |
| 331. | O'NEILL, Richard. SUICIDE SQUADS. The Men and Machines of World War II Special Operations. Salamander Books. London. 1999. 272, index; 20 b/w photos; cardcover; mint condition.Examines the role of explosive motorboats, midget submarines, human torpedoes and kamikaze aircraft, the bravery of the men from all sides who went to war in suicidal or near-suicidal weapons cannot be overestimated, the author describes the actions themselves including Pearl Harbor, Sydney Harbour, Guadalcanal, Midway and Okinawa. |
$19. |
| 332. | O'NEILL. Robert with D.M. Horner. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE POLICY FOR THE 1980s. University of Queensland Press. St. Lucia, QLD. 1982. xii, 308, index. hardcover in coloured dust jacket with protective covering; fine condition.An important and thought-provoking book which deserves study not only by policy-makers but by all concerned Australians. |
$11. |
| 333. | OWEN, Michael. KANGA FORCE. Horwitz Publications Inc. London. 1959. First Edition; 159; cardcover; :(spine chipped, back cover creased, browning of margins) a readers copy. Fiction, a small group of men and one woman battle across the wild mountain spine of New Guinea into the Bulolo Valley. |
$12. |
| 334. | PALMER, A.B. PEDLAR PALMER OF TOBRUK. An Autobiography. Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1981. xv, 386; 5 maps, b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; several short tears to d/j o/wise near fine condition.A personal account of a young Australian's adventures at sea, ship wrecks, tramp steamers, the Commonwealth Line and his experiences in World War I where he was taken prisoner. |
$19. |
| 335. | PAPUA NEW GUINEA REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING TRIBAL FIGHTING IN THE HIGHLANDS [of Papua New Guinea]. Port Moresby. May 1973. x, 52; cardcover; A4 format; very good condition (pages 20, 21, 24 and 25 blank). Rare. Includes: Long term causes of the fighting, Short term causes of the fighting, Police methods of fight breaking, making arrests and bringing prosecutions, Present law, court procedures and punishment, recommendations. Includes a rare 3 page statement titled " Statement by the Chief Minister, Michael Somare, on the report of the Committee Investigating Tribal Fighting in the Highlands" to the Parliament of Papua New Guinea" 1973. |
$35. |
| 336. | PAXTON, Robert O. VICHY FRANCE. Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944. Alfred Knopf. New York. 1972. First Edition; 399 plus index; b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; (spine of d/j sunned) o/wise good condition. Meticulously documented account of the government and the governed of collaborationist France, based on captured German archives and contemporary materials, maps out the complex nature of the ill-famed Vichy government. |
$34. |
| 337. | PEARS, Maurie and Fred Kirkland. KOREA REMEMBERED. The RAN, ARA and RAAF in the Korean War of 1950-1953. Department of Defence (Army), (Doctrine Wing, Combined Arms Training and Development Centre). Sydney, NSW. 1998. First Edition; xviii, 394; illustrated with b/w photographs and line maps; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Rare, limited print run of 500 copies privately distributed. This book records some of the personal recollections and reminiscences of the 17,000 Australian Military personnel (Army 10500, RAAF and RAN) who served in Korea and the way they saw the battles. This insight often means more than the recorded history. Includes: chronology, "Maps of the Korean Peninsula", "Kapyong", "Maryang San", "The Hook" and "Cessation of Hostilities". |
$135. |
| 338. | PEARS, Maurie and Fred Kirkland. KOREA REMEMBERED. The RAN, ARA and RAAF in the Korean War of 1950-1953. Department of Defence (Army), (Doctrine Wing, Combined Arms Training and Development Centre). Sydney, NSW. 1998. First Edition; xviii, 394; illustrated with b/w photographs and line maps; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Rare, limited print run of 500 copies privately distributed. This book records some of the personal recollections and reminiscences of the 17,000 Australian Military personnel (Army 10500, RAAF and RAN) who served in Korea and the way they saw the battles. This insight often means more than the recorded history. Includes: chronology, "Maps of the Korean Peninsula", "Kapyong", "Maryang San", "The Hook" and "Cessation of Hostilities". |
$95. |
| 339. | PEARSON, J.D. (Professor of Bibliography, University of London) edited by. SOUTH ASIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. A Handbook and Guide. [compiled by the South Asia Library Group]. Harvester Press/ Humanities Press. Sussex, NJ. 1979. First Edition; xiii, 381; hardcover in dust jacket (protected); mint condition [new]. Very scarce. This new extensive guide, edited by the distinguished professor of bibliography is a major achievement in area bibliography. |
$45. |
| 340. | PEARSON, Simon. TOTAL WAR 2006. Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1999. First Edition; xix, 428, index; 38 maps and illustrations; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition.A dazzling and terrifying future history of the next great world conflict, an ex RAF flight commander plots out our future full of uncomfortable possibilities that governments fear to face. |
$37. |
| 341. | PINNEY, Peter. THE BARBARIANS. A Soldier's New Guinea Diary. University of Queensland Press. St. Lucia, Brisbane. 1988. x, 240; 3 maps; pictorial cardcover; fine condition. A classic personal account from Pinney's illicit diary kept as a gesture of defiance towards the detested Lieutenant Zubric, the story of one man's clashes with enemies on both sides gives a dramatically different view of the New Guinea campaign in Wau-Salamaua in the Morobe District. |
$17. |
| 342. | PINNEY, Peter. THE DEVILS' GARDEN. Solomon Islands War Diary, 1945. University of Queensland Press. St. Lucia, Brisbane. 1992. First Edition; xiii, 227; 1 map, b/w photos; cardcover; light browning of margins o/wise very good condition. The third book in Peter Pinney's trilogy on the New Guinea-Bougainville fighting during World War II, deals with the individual heroism of tribal guides, the deadly pay-back conflicts between Siwais and Buins. |
$16. |
| 343. | PIRIE, A.A. (Andy), NX54660 COMMANDO - DOUBLE BLACK. An Historical Narrative of the 2/5th Australian Independent Company later the 2/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron 1942 - 1945. Australian Military History Publications. Sydney. 1996. Second revised edition 1996 (1994); 526, nominal rolls, profusely illustrated with b/w photographs, text maps; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. military unit history - the 2/5th Independent Company was formed in Victoria, and served in New Guinea (Port Moresby, Wau, Bulolo, Markham Valley, Salamaua, Mubo), Borneo - Balikpapan. |
$54. |
| 344. | PODHORETZ, Norman. WHY WE WERE IN VIETNAM. Simon and Schuster. New York. 1982. 240, index; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; very good condition. Norman Podheretz's argument is that the American attempt to save Vietnam from Communism was an act of idealism, albeit imprudent, and should help restore the American sense of national purpose. |
$13. |
| 345. | PRANGE, Gordon W., with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. MIRACLE AT MIDWAY. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York. 1982. First Edition; xvii, 469, notes bibliog., index; 34 illustrations, maps; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. The brilliant sequel to "At Dawn We Slept", the late Professor Prange was Chief of the Historical Section in Japan under General MacArthur and later Professor of History at the University of Maryland. |
$22. |
| 346. | PRANGE, Gordon W., with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. MIRACLE AT MIDWAY. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York. 1982. First Edition; xvii, 469, notes bibliog., index; 34 illustrations, maps; hardcover in (mellowed) dust jacket; very good condition. The brilliant sequel to "At Dawn We Slept", the late Professor Prange was Chief of the Historical Section in Japan under General MacArthur and later Professor of History at the University of Maryland. |
$21. |
| 347. | PRANGE, Gordon W., with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. MIRACLE AT MIDWAY. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York. 1982. First Edition; xvii, 469, notes bibliog., index; 34 illustrations, maps; hardcover in [slight bumped] dust jacket with protective covering; very good condition. The brilliant sequel to "At Dawn We Slept", the late Professor Prange was Chief of the Historical Section in Japan under General MacArthur and later Professor of History at the University of Maryland. |
$19. |
| 348. | PRANGE, Gordon W., with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. MIRACLE AT MIDWAY. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York. 1982. First Edition; xvii, 469, notes bibliog., index; 34 illustrations, maps; hardcover in dust jacket; (owner's name on e/p) very good condition. The brilliant sequel to "At Dawn We Slept", the late Professor Prange was Chief of the Historical Section in Japan under General MacArthur and later Professor of History at the University of Maryland. |
$18. |
| 349. | PRICE, Alfred. SPITFIRE. A Complete Fighting History. PRC Publishing. London. 1999. This Edition first published 1991. 301; fully illustrated with historic photos; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; mint condition. The most famous aircraft ever to serve in the Royal Air Force, an objective analysis of the Spitfire legend which casts new light not only on the Spitfire, but also on the nature of air combat during the Second World War. |
$34. |
| 350. | PRICE, Willard. JAPAN REACHES OUT. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1938. First Edition; xii, 322, index; e/p maps; hardcover; (foxing on opening and closing pages, owner's book stamp and owners signature on front end paper map, cover soiled and spine ends worn) o/wise good condition. Covers Japan, Manchuria, Korea, China and the Pacific, a look at Japanese expansionism prior to the Pacific War. |
$65. |
| 351. | PRICE, William Heinemann. WHERE ARE YOU GOING, JAPAN. William Heinemann. London 1938. First Edition; xvii, 369, index; map, b/w plates; hardcover [protected]; (short split in spine fabric, browning of endpapers, back endpaper has short crack on the hinge, owner's embossing on small title page) o/wise good condition. Looks at some of the roots of the Japanese policy of expansion prior to World War II, then follows the occupations which were the fruit of that policy and examines some of the very promising buds of the future, the author states that his intention was to be neither pro-Japanese nor anti-Japanese. |
$59. |
| 352. | QUEENSLAND EX - PRISONERS OF WAR REPARATION COMMITTEE. NIPPON VERY SORRY - MANY MEN MUST DIE. Submission to the United Nations Commission of Human Rights. Authorized by the Queensland Ex-Prisoners of War Reparation Committee. Boolarong Publications. Brisbane. 1990. First Edition; iii, 123, bibliog.; e/p diagram, 5 illusts.; embossed hardcover; mint condition. Rare, privately printed limited distribution not sold commercially. Includes commentary by Professor S. Adachi, National Defence Academy, Japan, specific examples of POW human rights violations 1942-45, Burma-Siam Railway, the Sandakan (Borneo) death marches, Ambon Island, New Britain, medical opinion. |
$19. |
| 353. | QUEENSLAND EX - PRISONERS OF WAR REPARATION COMMITTEE. NIPPON VERY SORRY - MANY MEN MUST DIE. Submission to the United Nations Commission of Human Rights. Authorized by the Queensland Ex-Prisoners of War Reparation Committee. Boolarong Publications. Brisbane. 1990. First Edition; iii, 123, bibliog.; e/p diagram, 5 illusts.; embossed hardcover; mint condition. Rare, privately printed limited distribution not sold commercially. Includes commentary by Professor S. Adachi, National Defence Academy, Japan, specific examples of POW human rights violations 1942-45, Burma-Siam Railway, the Sandakan (Borneo) death marches, Ambon Island, New Britain, medical opinion. |
$39. |
| 354. | RAAF Historical Section, compiled by. UNITS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE A CONCISE HISTORY VOLUME 10. Chief of the Air Staff, Aircraft, Bibliography. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. 1995. x, 43, plus plates; 157 b/w photographs; cardcover [protected]; (three words blocked out with red marker on small title page) o/wise good condition. Unit history prepared as part of the RAAF 75th Anniversary celebrations. |
$38. |
| 355. | RALPH, Barry. THEY PASSED THIS WAY. The United States of America, The States of Australia and World War II. Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 2000. First Edition; x, 310, bibliog, index; b/w photos; cardcover; mint condition.In 1941 the first of some one million American servicemen arrived in Australia, Barry Ralph tells the story of this allied invasion from a number of perspectives that combine to throw new light on this dramatic period in Australian history. |
$29. |
| 356. | RAMATI, Alexander. AND THE VIOLINS STOPPED PLAYING. A Story of the Gypsy Holocaust. Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1985. 237; e/p maps; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; fine condition. World War II, based closely on suppressed and refuted, hardly-known historical facts. |
$24. |
| 357. | RAPIER, Brian J. and Chaz Bowyer. HALIFAX & WELLINGTON. Halifax at War. Wellington at War. Promotional Reprint Company. London. 1997. [first published as 2 separate volumes 1982, 1987]; 256, bibliog; fully illustrated with b/w photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition in mint dust jacket. Scarce. Histories of two bombers which served as the backbone of the RAF Bomber Command in the early years of World War 2. Former crewmen add their recollections to the visual history provided by an impressive selection of photographs. |
$29. |
| 358. | RATLEDGE, Abbie C. ANGELS IN KHAKI. Naylor. San Antonio, Texas. 1975. vi, 182, bibliog. 24 photos. hardcover in dust jacket (dust jacket water marked). very good condition. Several chapters on New Guinea. Written in praise of the medical people for their war efforts, their courageous work in awful places, the Australian Army Nurse Corps. |
$30. |
| 359. | RAVENSCROFT, Bruce. CONTACT - WAIT OUT. A Vietnam Diary. Ravenscroft. Lismore, NSW. 1997. 197; fully illustrated with b/w photos, map; cardcover; A5 format; mint condition. A personal account of the Vietnam war by an ordinary Australian digger from departure for Vietnam to homeward bound, a very readable narrative style. |
$29. |
| 360. | REED, Paul and Ted Schwarz. KONTUM DIARY. Captured Writings Bring Peace to a Vietnam Veteran. Foreword by Gen. William C. Westmoreland. Summit Publishing. Arlington, Texas. 1996. xv, 198; map, b/w photos, facsimile of the original handwritten diary; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; fine condition. A poignant confirmation of the ageless and universal dynamic of warriors on opposite sides of the field, of every fighting man's dark, disquieting suspicion that the other guy could be a lot like him, the author returns the diary that he captured during the war to its Vietnamese author. |
$12. |
| 361. | REPORT OF THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA GOVERNMENT ON THE STAGING OF THE BOUGAINVILLE PEACE CONFERENCE. And the Introduction of the South Pacific Regional Peace Keeping Force. Compiled by the Planning Cell of the Task Force on Pasifik Pis Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade. Port Moresby. 24th October 1994. maps; cardcover; A4 format; mint condition. Rare. Includes: background to the crisis, government peace initiatives, pursuit of a negotiated peace settlement, command structure of the South Pacific Regional Peace Keeping Force Deployment, ceasefire agreement, comparison with UN model, multilateral status of forces agreement, combined rules of engagement. |
$49. |
| 362. | REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR JULY 1, 1913 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914. Government Printing Office. Washington. 1915. First Edition; xi, 426, index; tables; hardcover with gilt title embossed on spine; ex-library stamp on front endpaper otherwise very good condition. Comprises the entire Philippine commission report from July 1, 1913 to December 31, 1914. |
$75. |
| 363. | RICE, Wal. [Compiled by] SAILORS IN SLOUCH HATS. From a sea of memories recorded by the men of 42 Australian Landing Craft Coy, RAE, AIF. Department of Defence. Canberra. 1999. First Edition; 160; b/w photos, maps, coloured map; cardcover illustrated in colour; fine condition.World War II unit history, a series of reports of the 42 Landing Craft Company concerning their exploits in the Pacific, simply written with descriptions of vessels, equipment and conditions, humorous incidents. |
$27. |
| 364. | RIVETT, Rohan. BEHIND BAMBOO. An inside story of the Japanese prison camps. Angus and Robertson ltd. Sydney, Australia. 1946. First Edition; 400, appendix; 14 sketches, 2 maps; hardcover in dust jacket with protective covering; discoloured book edges, dust jacket chipped o/w good condition.Grim and splendid story of Australian prisoners of Japan who endured captivity at the hands of a merciless enemy. |
$19. |
| 365. | RIVETT, Rohan D. BEHIND BAMBOO. An Inside Story of the Japanese Prison Camps. Angus and Robertson Sydney. 1946. First Edition; xiii, 400, appendix; col. frontis, 13 full page text drawings, 2 maps; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket protected; (foxing on title pages a few spots elsewhere, spine ends frayed cover soiled) o/wise good condition. Grim story of the Australian prisoners of Japan told by the author, himself a prisoner for over 3 years. |
$24. |
| 366. | ROBERTS, Jan. VOICES FROM A LOST WORLD. Australian Women and Children in Papua New Guinea before the Japanese Invasion. Millennium Books. Sydney. 1996. First Edition; xxiv, 311, index; 59 illusts., 2 maps; pictorial cardcover; fine condition. Out-of-print. Based on oral history, giving first person accounts from interviews, covering a diversity of women - nurses, goldminers, missionaries, planters, company and government wives, writers, adventurers, nuns and business women, the culture shock of women struggling to make homes in the jungle, the war-time strategy of evacuation, adventures of Australian children who called Papua New Guinea home, presenting a picture of everyday life and work in this beautiful and interesting country. |
$19. |
| 367. | ROBERTS, Jan. VOICES FROM A LOST WORLD : Australian Women and Children in Papua New Guinea before the Japanese Invasion. Millennium Books. Sydney. 1996. First Edition; xxiv, 311, index; 59 illusts., 2 maps; stiffened pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Scarce out-of-print. Based on oral history, giving first person accounts from interviews, covering a diversity of women - nurses, goldminers, missionaries, planters, company and government wives, writers, adventurers, nuns and business women, the culture shock of women struggling to make homes in the jungle, the war-time strategy of evacuation, adventures of Australian children who called Papua New Guinea home, presenting a picture of everyday life and work in this beautiful and interesting country. |
$24. |
| 368. | ROBERTSON, Bruce. AIRCRAFT CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1907-1954. Harleyford Publications. Letchworth, Herts. 1961. Fourth Revised Impression with addition of Squadron Badges; 232, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; hardcover; large format; (no d/j, cloth soiled, spine ends worn, 60mm tear on spine hinge, owner's name on endpaper) o/wise good condition. Comprehensive guide to military aircraft markings of all nations, this edition includes squadron patches. |
$29. |
| 369. | ROBERTSON, John. AUSTRALIA AT WAR 1939-1945. Heinemann. Melbourne. 1981. First Edition; 269, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 10 text maps; hardcover in very good dust jacket; near fine condition. A comprehensive history of Australian Armed Forces in the Second World War, particularly in New Guinea, South East Asia, Pacific and the Western Desert Campaigns. This book also covers the political background of the period and how Australians were absorbed into British and American strategies and policies. |
$19. |
| 370. | ROBERTSON, John and John McCarthy. AUSTRALIAN WAR STRATEGY 1939-1945. A Documentary History. University of Queensland Press. St Lucia, QLD. 1985. First Edition. lvii, 464, index; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition.A unique collection of documents plots the course of Australian strategy during the Second World War, reveals the often controversial relations between Australia and its allies, includes Papua and New Guinea and Borneo. |
$39. |
| 371. | ROBINSON, Bruce. RECORD OF SERVICE. An Australian Medical Officer in the New Guinea Campaign. Macmillan. Melbourne. 1944. First Edition 177; e/p maps, pen illustrations by the author; hardcover in very good reproduction dust jacket; good condition. Very Scarce. Includes: battles with bacilli, Kokoda Trail, two enemies-Japanese and disease, Sanananda, Christmas in the jungle, Padres and Salvos, surgical team, hospital, diseases of the tropics. This book is dedicated to those Australian Infantrymen whose courage and suffering in New Guinea so surely saved Australia from invasion by the Japanese. |
$19. |
| 372. | ROBINSON, Bruce. RECORD OF SERVICE. An Australian Medical Officer in the New Guinea Campaign. Macmillan. Melbourne. 1944. First Edition 177; e/p maps, pen illustrations by the author; hardcover in very good dust jacket; very good condition. Very Scarce. Includes: battles with bacilli, Kokoda Trail, two enemies-Japanese and disease, Sanananda, Christmas in the jungle, Padres and Salvos, surgical team, hospital, diseases of the tropics. This book is dedicated to those Australian Infantrymen whose courage and suffering in New Guinea so surely saved Australia from invasion by the Japanese. |
$22. |
| 373. | ROLFE, James. THE ARMED FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND. Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1999. First Edition; xv, 236 pictorial stiffened cardcover; mint condition. James Rolfe is a defence analyst and an ex career officer in the New Zealand army, this analysis of New Zealand's modern army is aimed at strategists studying the Asia/Pacific area. |
$23. |
| 374. | ROSIGNOLI, Guido, introduction by Will Fowler. THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MILITARY INSIGNIA OF THE 20th CENTURY. A Comprehensive A-Z Guide to the Badges, Patches and Embellishments of the World's Armed Forces. New Burlington Books. London. 1986. 223, bibliog., index; hundreds of illustrations in b/w and colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; near fine condition. Full-colour illustrations of rare badges and an extensive bibliography with references throughout the text make this an important book for the collector, the military historian, the researcher and the general military reader, a beautifully printed work. |
$30. |
| 375. | ROWLEY, C.D. THE AUSTRALIANS IN GERMAN NEW GUINEA 1914-1921. Melbourne University Press. Carlton, Melbourne. 1958. First Edition; x, 371, index; 5 maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket (protected); very good condition, black cloth cover has blemishes, free end paper and small title page have slight clips. Very Scarce. the Australian Military occupation of German New Guinea and a study of how the Australian Military 'caretaker' administration governed German New Guinea including how they dealt with business and land problems, the copra trade, native administration, violence in uncontrolled areas, corporal punishment, the missions and native education, the author regrets that the officers of ANMEF inherited the existing German system rather than the principles of British colonial policy. |
$49. |
| 376. | RUGE, Vice Admiral Friedrich, Navy of the German Federal Republic. DER GEETRIEG. The German Navy's Story 1939-1945. United States Naval Institute. Annapolis. 1960 [first published 1957]. Second Printing. xviii, 440, index; e/p maps, b/w plates; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; (owner's name and date on back of endpaper, two small brown spots at the top of the opening and closing pages) o/wise good condition. Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge served the German Navy in both world wars, he is a well-know naval writer and historian. |
$29. |
| 377. | RUSSELL, Lord, of Liverpool. THE KNIGHTS OF BUSHIDO A Short History of Japanese War Crimes. Cassell. London. 1958. First Edition; xiv, 335, appendix, index; with 24 pages of halftone illustrations. hardcover in torn and rebacked dust jacket; front hinge cracked, back cover fractured, damp marked on cloth and title repaired, top edge of some pages crushed, a good readers copy.From documented records of atrocities given in evidence at Japanese war crime trials includes references to the Burma Railroad, New Guinea and the Pacific. |
$19. |
| 378. | SAILORS IN SLOUCH HATS. From a Sea of Memories Recorded by the Men of 42 Australian Landing Craft Company RAE, AIF. Department of Defence. Canberra. 1999. First Edition; 160; b/w and colour illustrations, maps; cardcover; mint condition. World War II unit history, a series of reports by members of the 42 Landing Craft Company concerning their World War II exploits in the Pacific, simply written with descriptions of vessels, equipment and conditions, humorous incidents. |
$29. |
| 379. | SALISBURY, Harrison E. THE LONG MARCH. The Untold Story. Harper & Row. New York. 1985. vii, 419, index; e/p maps, 3 text maps, 18 b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; fine condition. The author traveled 7,400 miles over the backroads of China following almost every mile of the Red Army's track, he interviewed scores of ordinary men and women who made the Long March, speaking with China's paramount leaders who were veterans of the march, he was given access to archives and documentary files never before opened to scholars. |
$24. |
| 380. | SCARR, Deryck. FIJI : POLITICS OF ILLUSION, The Military Coups in Fiji. New South Wales University Press. Kensington, Sydney. 1988. First Edition; xvii, 161, index; 5 photos; cardcover; fine condition. Very scarce. Includes: racial and voting realities, immigrants' dilemma, democracy and land, coalition victory, the Taukei Movement, building up to a coup, the Great Council of Chiefs intervenes, The Fijian groundswell, national reconciliation?, the second coup, military government. |
$24. |
| 381. | SCARR, Deryck, Niel Gunson and Jennifer Terrell, Editors. ECHOES OF PACIFIC WAR [from TONGA]. Papers from the 7th Tongan History Conference held in Canberra in January 1997. Target Oceania. Canberra. 1998. First Edition; xviii, 182 3 maps, 12 figures; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. Very scarce, limited printing. Although Tonga was never occupied in World War II, Queen Salote supported the war effort, including the donation of two airplanes and American troops were stationed on Tongatapu, in the end Tonga was a changed place, derived from papers given at the seventh conference held by the Tongan History Association with the theme on changes brought about by the war. |
$39. |
| 382. | SCHARMACH, Leo., Most Rev. Bishop of Rabaul. THIS CROWD BEATS US ALL. Edited by John Dawes. Illustrated by John L. Curtis. The Catholic Press Newspaper Co. Surry Hills, Sydney. 1960. First Edition; 295; frontis portrait, line illusts. and photos, map; pictorial cardcover; (spine repair, damp mark in bottom margins) o/wise good condition. Very Scarce. An account of the Japanese Military detention of Catholic missionaries (mainly German nationals) from the great Vunapope mission headquarters near Rabaul, New Guinea, during the Pacific War 1942-1945. |
$42. |
| 383. | SCHUON, Karl, Editor. THE LEATHERNECKS. An Informal History of the U.S. Marine Corps. Franklin Watts Inc. New York. 1963. vii, 277, index; hardcover in repaired dust jacket [protected]; very good condition. A history drawn from selections from Leatherneck Magazine, includes: American Revolution, Tripoli and the War of 1812, Civil War, foreign shores, world wars, Korea, cold war, true accounts spanning nearly two centuries of the U.S. Marine Corps. |
$24. |
| 384. | SCOTT, Jean. GIRLS WITH GRIT. Memories of the Australian Women's Land Army. Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1986. First Edition; xii, 179, index; b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. Very Scarce. Accounts of the young Australian women of the Land Army whose work freed men from the country to go off to war and of how their friendships sustained them through loneliness and hardship. |
$39. |
| 385. | SCUTTS, Jerry. WOLFPACK. Hunting MiGs over Vietnam. Airlife. Shrewsbury, England. 1988. First Edition; 138; fully illustrated with b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; (edge of d/j curled) o/wise near fine condition. Describes how the F-4 Phantom was evolved to cope with the ever-changing situation in Vietnam and how it was flown in combat against the MiGs, includes the F-4's shortcomings. |
$29. |
| 386. | SEA WAR IN THE PACIFIC. Marshall Cavendish Publications. London. 1984. 64; fully illustrated in b/w and col. with photos and drawings; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. Compiled from features previously published in War Monthly, includes articles on Pearl Harbor by Paul Hutchinson; most successful twin-attack team with bomb and torpedo by David Brown; Yamato and Musashi by Richard O'Neill; Santa Cruz 1942 by Michael Orr; Tarawa and Biak by Burton Graham; Iwo Jima by Paul M. Kennedy. |
$19. |
| 387. | SEA WAR IN THE PACIFIC. Marshall Cavendish Publications. London. 1984. 64; fully illustrated in b/w and col. with photos and drawings; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. Compiled from features previously published in War Monthly, includes articles on Pearl Harbor by Paul Hutchinson; most successful twin-attack team with bomb and torpedo by David Brown; Yamato and Musashi by Richard O'Neill; Santa Cruz 1942 by Michael Orr; Tarawa and Biak by Burton Graham; Iwo Jima by Paul M. Kennedy. |
$19. |
| 388. | SEAGRAVE, Sterling. THE YAMATO DYNASTY. The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family. Bantam Press. London. 1999. xix, 426, index; 44 b/w photos; cardcover; mint condition.Covers from Emperor Meiji in 1852 to the present day, the author's research has brought to light new evidence that points at the implicit involvement of Hirohito and other members of the imperial family's inner circle in the war crimes of the Second World War, also revealed here for the first time is the full scale of the Japanese looting operation and the fate of these hidden assets after 1945. |
$19. |
| 389. | SHAPIRO, William E. TURNING POINTS OF WORLD WAR II. Pearl Harbour. Franklin Watts. New York. 1984. 103; map, 15 photos; hardcover in dust jacket; (d/j chipped) o/wise fine condition. The author traces the history of Japanese-American relations from the early nineteenth century until the outbreak of war, including the diplomatic and political events which proceeded the bombing. |
$25. |
| 390. | SHAW, Patricia. BROTHER DIGGER. The Sullivans 2nd AIF. Greenhouse. Richmond, VIC. 1984. First Edition. 174; maps, b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition.The five Sullivan brothers from Toowoomba Queensland served in the 2nd AIF in almost every theatre of war, North Africa, the Middle East, Malaya, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, one came a prisoner of the Italians and Germans, another of the Japanese, in this volume four of the brothers recall their experiences of the fighting, the hardships and the mateships, the misery of the Stalags and horrors of Changi and the Burma Railway. |
$33. |
| 391. | SHEEHAN, Neil. A BRIGHT SHINING LIE: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. Picador, in association with Jonathan Cape. London. 1990. 861, interviews, source notes, bibliog., index; b/w photos; pictorial cardcover; "Probably the best book on the Vietnam War...A sophisticated, humane book by a reporter who has witnessed war on all levels...It contains some of the best military reporting ever written and an extraordinary amount of new material." (Comments by Francis Fitzgerald). |
$17. |
| 392. | SILVER, Lynette Ramsay. THE HEROES OF RIMAU. Unraveling the Mystery of One of World War II's Most Daring Raids. Sally Milner Publishing. Rozelle, NSW. 1994 [first published 1990]. 314, index; b/w illustrations, 8 maps; cardcover; mint condition. World War II, the first substantive study of Operation Rimau, well documented, a well-written and captivating book which fills a gap in Australian military history. |
$29. |
| 393. | SILVER, Lynette Ramsay. SANDAKAN. A Conspiracy of Silence. Sally Milner Publishing. Burra Creek, NSW. 1998. Second Edition; 384, index; b/w illustrations; cardcover; mint condition. After the surrender of Japan in August 1945 deep in the jungles of British North Borneo the small number of remaining Australian and British Prisoners of war were massacred, of the 2434 prisoners incarcerated by the Japanese at the Sandakan POW camp only six, all escapees, survived, detailed research plus a highly readable account of the lives and ultimate fate of Sandakan's POWs. |
$39. |
| 394. | SIMSON, Colonel H.J. THREE HUNDRED YEARS. The Royal Scots. (The Royal Regiment). Edinburgh. 1935. 143; cardcover; (signed and dated by the author, cover a little soiled, foxing in the prelims an closing pages, a few spots elsewhere) o/wise good condition.Includes the origins of the regiment and history of the times 1633-35, service on loan to the French Kings, service under Charles II and James VII, the regiment in the West Indies and South America, the regiment in Egypt 1801, service under Queen Victoria, France and Flanders in 1915, battle honours in Gallipoli. |
$41. |
| 395. | SINCLAIR, James. TO FIND A PATH. The Life and Times of the Royal Pacific Islands Regiment. Volume 1. Yesterday's Heroes 1885-1950. Trustees of the RPIR. Gold Coast. 1990. First Edition; 310, appendices, index of names; e/p maps, fully illustrated text, battle maps; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Very scarce. Out-of-Print. Military unit history. The 50th Anniversary (1940-1990) Commemorative First Edition traces the development of the Armed Constabulary in the Colony of British New Guinea (SE New Guinea) by the British between 1885-1906; by the Australians in the Territory of Papua (formerly British New Guinea) between 1906-1941; by the Germans in German New Guinea and German Micronesia between 1884-1914; by the Australian Military Administration in Occupied German New Guinea between 1914-1921; and by the Australians in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea (formerly German New Guinea) between 1921-1941. With a comprehensive history of the Pacific War campaigns in New Guinea. Signed by the author. Much sought after by militaria collectors. |
$35. |
| 396. | SINCLAIR, James. TO FIND A PATH. The Papua New Guinea Defence Force & the Australians to Independence. Volume 2: Keeping the Peace. 1950 - 1975. Trustees of the RPIR and Wancliff Press. Gold Coast, Queensland; 1992. First Edition; 312, index; 557 b/w illusts.; hardcover in mint dust jacket; large format; mint condition. Out-of-Print. Very Scarce. Military Unit History. This second and final volume of a set is a unique record of a proud Regiment from which has developed the PNG Defence Force. This volume covers Australian supporting units and organizations such as the Papua and New Guinea Volunteer Rifles which served from 1950 to 1975. It is illustrated profusely with photographs. It contains personal accounts of many personalities of the Australians serving in PNG at the time and the history of Naval and Air Force units are also covered. |
$75. |
| 397. | SIPLE, Paul. 90 DEGREES SOUTH THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH POLE CONQUEST. The exciting story of the building of the American base at the South Pole and of the 18 men who were the first human beings to winter at the very bottom of the world. Putnams. New York. 1959. First Edition; 384, appendices, index; e/p maps, text maps, photos in b/w and col.; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition. Antarctica. A personal account of more than a year spent at the South Pole together with 17 other men, includes the adventures of the earlier explorers but is chiefly the story of the U.S. Navy Seabees under whose skilled hands a tiny community of eight polar huts arose at the South Pole and of the scientists and Navy men who spent a year in this community. |
$20. |
| 398. | SLIM, Field Marshall Sir William. DEFEAT INTO VICTORY. Cassell & Co. Ltd. London. 1956. First Edition; xi, 576, index; frontispiece and 21 fold-out maps; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket protected; (spine top end insect damaged, foxing in the prelims, spotting to fore edges) o/wise good condition. Scarce, a full account of the Burma campaigns 1943-45, one of the great records of a major World War II campaign. |
$55. |
| 399. | SMITH, Nicol. BURMA ROAD. With Illustrations from Photographs by the Author. Bobbs-Merrill Co. Indianapolis. 1940. 333; e/p maps, 71 b/w photos; hardcover; very good condition. A personal account of an American cinematographer who made an amazing trip by road through China to Lashio in Burma during the war with Japan. |
$27. |
| 400. | SMITH, Norm and Frank Coglan. SECRET ACTION OF 305 [New Guinea] The Story of RAAF Radar Station No 305 in the War with Japan Royal Australian Air Force Museum. Point Cook. 1989. First Edition; 162. b/w photographs; pictorial cardcover; very good condition. Very scarce. This is an account of the life of a small Royal Australian Air Force radar unit in the islands of New Guinea during World War II. Told in a simple manner by two members of the unit, it follows their experiences in those uncertain days of Australia's darkest time. |
$33. |
| 401. | SMURTHWAITE, David. THE BOER WAR 1899-1902 Hamlyn. London. 1999. First Edition; 208, index; over 200 colour and historical b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; mint condition.Takes the reader to the heart of this brutal conflict with a series of eye-witness accounts that describe the events from the standpoint of both Boer and British soldiers from all ranks |
$48. |
| 402. | SMYTH, Brigadier Sir John. BEFORE THE DAWN. A Story of Two Historic Retreats. [Dunkirk and Burma]. Cassell & Co. London. 1957. Second Edition; xv, 220, index; 7 maps, b/w photos; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; (owner's name on e/p, a few spots of foxing) o/wise good condition. The author took part in two major retreats, Dunkirk in 1940 and Burma in 1942, the book describes both of these military disasters and assesses where the responsibility lies for each failure. |
$18. |
| 403. | SOLOMON, G.D. A POOR SORT OF MEMORY. A Personal Memoir of The Royal Military College, Duntroon. Roebuck. Fyshwick, Canberra. 1978. xii, 236, index; e/p illusts., 23 photos, text drawings; hardcover in dust jacket; (d/j chipped and rubbed, light browning of margins) o/wise good condition. Scarce. Brigadier Geoffrey Solomon, presents a feast of memorabilia which both ex-Duntrooners and others should savour and enjoy, written at the time when the Australian Defence Force Academy was in the planning stage to replace Jervis Bay, Duntroon and Point Cook. |
$24. |
| 404. | SPENCER, Bill. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GHOSTS: With the 2/9th Battalion in the African desert and the jungles of the Pacific. Allen & Unwin. 1999. First Edition; pictorial cardcover; mint condition [new]. This is a very personal account of the soldiers of the Australian 2/9th battalion who fought in Africa and the Pacific during the Second World War. Bill Spencer served with the Battalion in every campaign from Giarabub to Balikpapan, and has provided a unique insight into the men who fought these battles and what they achieved. |
$29. |
| 405. | SPICER, Tim. AN UNORTHODOX SOLDIER. Peace and War and the Sandline Affair. An autobiography of Lieutenant-Colonel Tim Spicer OBE. Mainstream Publishing. Edinburgh. 1999. First Edition; 240, index; 23 plates in b/w and colour; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition.The author set up Sandline, the world's foremost private military company, Tim Spicer outlines a short history of mercenary warfare, private military companies, his early years as a soldier from Northern Ireland to the Falklands war, the Battle for Tumbledown, West Belfast 1992, Bosnia, describes the events in Papua New Guinea 1996, the preparations for Bougainville 1997 and when he was captured at gunpoint and held in captivity in Port Moresby 1997, the full truth about the notorious 'arms for Africa' affair in which he supplied arms to the government in-exile of Sierra Leone, a fast moving account of the new type of mercenaries. |
$45. |
| 406. | SPICER, Tim. AN UNORTHODOX SOLDIER. Peace and War and the Sandline Affair. An autobiography of Lieutenant-Colonel Tim Spicer OBE. Mainstream Publishing. Edinburgh. 1999. First Edition; 240, index; 23 plates in b/w and colour; pictorial cardcover; mint condition.The author set up Sandline, the world's foremost private military company, Tim Spicer outlines a short history of mercenary warfare, private military companies, his early years as a soldier from Northern Ireland to the Falklands war, the Battle for Tumbledown, West Belfast 1992, Bosnia, describes the events in Papua New Guinea 1996, the preparations for Bougainville 1997 and when he was captured at gunpoint and held in captivity in Port Moresby 1997, the full truth about the notorious 'arms for Africa' affair in which he supplied arms to the government in-exile of Sierra Leone, a fast moving account of the new type of mercenaries. |
$29. |
| 407. | STACKHOUSE, John. FROM THE DAWN OF AVIATION. THE QANTAS STORY 1920 - 1995. Focus Publishing. Double Bay, NSW. 1995. First Edition; 224; fully illustrated in duo-tone and col.; hardcover in dust jacket (mint condition, protected); mint condition. Scarce. This book has been published as part of the proud celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Qantas. It relates how Qantas took off from the dry, flat plains of central western Queensland in 1920, and rose to the forefront of the international civil aviation industry. Includes: outback days, Longreach to Brisbane, first steps overseas, flying boats, Qantas in World War II, Papua New Guinea adventures, battle of the jets, the Ritchie era, the Hamilton era, towards privatization. |
$38. |
| 408. | STAFFORD, Edward P. SUBCHASER. Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1988. ix, 251, index; b/w photos, figures; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; fine condition. An account of subchaser 692 and the thirty earnest young men who made up her crew, as told by her commanding officer based on his detailed personal journal of events as they unfolded, the humor, tension and moments of high drama, includes: Key West, the Atlantic, North Africa, Gela, Palermo, Salerno. |
$23. |
| 409. | STEELE, J.G. BRISBANE TOWN IN CONVICT DAYS 1824-1842. University of Queensland Press. St Lucia, QLD, Australia. 1975. Reprinted 1987. 403; illustrations, endpaper maps; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Scarce. A handful of rough huts comprised Brisbane Town in the mid 1820's. Populated by the rejects of colonial society, it was a convict jail in the wilderness, where the worst offenders were controlled by chains, lashings and hard labour. The site of Brisbane Town, then occupied by a few hundred prisoners, soldiers, and civil servants, is now the heart of a city of more than a million people. |
$39. |
| 410. | STEINBERG, Rafael. ISLAND FIGHTING. Time Life Books. 1978. First Printing. 208, index; fully illustrated with historical photographs in b/w and with patriotic paintings in colour; illustrated hardcover; large format; very good condition.Well informed narrative of the Pacific War supported by excellent photographs and maps. |
$19. |
| 411. | STEVENS, David. U-BOAT FAR FROM HOME. The Epic Voyage of U 862 to Australia and New Zealand. Allen & Unwin. St Leonards, NSW. 1997. First Edition; xxi, 282, bibliog., index; 11 maps, 33 b/w, illusts.; stiffened cardcover; mint condition. In late 1944, with its U-boats defeated in the Atlantic, the German Navy sought new areas in which to deploy, an account of the German plan for a submarine offensive against Australia, U 862 was the only one that managed to survive, illuminated with personal accounts from both sides. |
$39. |
| 412. | STEWART, John. TO THE RIVER KWAI. Two Journeys - 1943, 1979. Bloomsbury. London. 1988. First Edition; xii, 175; map, 20 b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; (new endpapers, a canceled stamp on page 51, a few underscore marks in pencil and a few notes) o/wise good condition. The author was taken prisoner in 1942 in Singapore, he learned Japanese and became an interpreter, a survivor of the Sonkurai camp he kept a diary which together with his 1975 trip became the basis of this account. |
$24. |
| 413. | STONE, Peter HOSTAGES TO FREEDOM. The Fall of Rabaul. 2000. Reprint of First Edition (with minor corrections); 572, extensive appendices, bibliography, index; 560 photographs, 24 maps, charts and diagrams, e/p maps; hard cover in pictorial mint dust jacket (protected); large format; signed by author, mint condition. Out-of-print, very scarce, limited print run - much sought after by collectors. An account of the turbulent war years (1941-1945) in Rabaul, then capital of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea administered by Australia and now the capital of the East New Britain Province of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, includes the devastating Japanese invasion in January 1942, pre-invasion bombing, the Tol massacre of 150 captured Australian soldiers, extraordinary escapes of over six hundred Australian soldiers and civilians, plight of the missionaries, construction of over 3 hundred kilometres of tunnels, bombing and isolation of the Japanese garrison, execution of Chinese, Indian, American, British and Australian prisoners of war, right up to salvage of ships and war monuments. The author has relied greatly on personal narratives and first-hand accounts resulting in an easily read book which emphasises human courage and endeavour. Printed on 115 gsm gloss art paper. |
$95. |
| 414. | STONE, Peter, with Allan Power and Reece Discombe. THE LADY AND THE PRESIDENT The Life and Loss of the S.S. President Coolidge. O. E. Victoria. 1997 (1999 second printing of first edition). 320, notes, references and bibliography, useful addresses, photo credits, index; 8 page colour plate section; 140 photographs, 6 maps, 16 deck plans and diagrams; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Scarce, out-of-print. This is a book for the maritime and military enthusiast, and the scuba diver. The authors have relied heavily on archival papers, once secret military documents, and the personal recollections of over sixty persons involved, in some way, with the President Coolidge. Of prime importance are the personal anecdotes and first-hand accounts of those on board the ship when she hit those fatal mines, the early post-war salvage operators, and those who remember Espiritu Santo, a northern island group in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) in the south west Pacific, during the war years. It took the authors 3 years to research and write the definitive history on the 'world's largest accessible shipwreck' and the loss of this 654 ft liner on 26 October 1942. |
$44. |
| 415. | STOYE, John. THE SIEGE OF VIENNA. Collins. London. 1964. 349, index; e/p maps, 5 text maps, 15 b/w illustrations; hardcover; no d/j o/wise near fine condition.The first complete account to be published in English of the siege of Vienna by the Turks in 1683, a crisis of the greatest importance which affected profoundly the history of modern Europe. |
$21. |
| 416. | SWEETMAN, Bill and Lindsay Peacock. COMBAT AIRCRAFT A-10 Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II - the 'WARTHOG'. Crescent New York. 1992 Salamander 1992; 64; Features over 120 action color photographs, together with dozens of color profiles, cutaways and explanatory diagrams; Laminated pictorial hardcover; large format; fine condition.A full operational history of the USAF's dedicated tank-killer, unofficial name WARTHOG, from first prototype to deployment and combat action during Operation Desert Storm. |
$17. |
| 417. | TAAFFE, Stephen R. MacARTHUR'S JUNGLE WAR. The 1944 New guinea Campaign. University of Kansas. Wichita. 1998. First Edition; xii, 312, bibliog, index; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Very scarce. The New Guinea campaign has gone down in history as one of MacArthur's shining successes, this is the definitive history of those New Guinea Island campaigns at Aitape, Admiralty Islands, Dutch New Guinea Hollandia, Biak. This book offers a balanced assessment of MacArthur's leadership and limitations, revealing his reliance on familiar battle plans and showing the vital role that subordinates played in his victory. |
$24. |
| 418. | THOMPSON, Logan. GUNS. Treasure Press. London. 1990 [first published 1980]. 64, index; fully illustrated in colour; illustrated hardcover; (owner's book stamp on endpaper) o/wise very good condition. Includes: matchlocks, flintlocks, rifles, revolvers, famous guns, automatic and semi-automatic weapons. |
$10. |
| 419. | TOLAND, John. BUT NOT IN SHAME. The Six Months After Pearl Harbor. Random House. New York. 1961. xv, 427, notes, index; 31 photos, 5 text maps, endpaper maps; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition. The book spans the period from the days before Pearl Harbour to the Battle of Midway. |
$30. |
| 420. | TOMPKINS, Peter. THE MURDER OF ADMIRAL DARLAN. A Study in Conspiracy. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1965. 287, index; b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; (remains of library stamps, numerous passages underscored or bracketed in pencil, new endpapers) o/wise good condition. A convincing account of Allied intrigue and espionage before, during and after "Operation Torch", the invasion of North Africa, the assassination of Commander in chief of the French Fleet Admiral Jean Lous Francois Darlan in Algiers. |
$12. |
| 421. | TREGASKIS, Richard. GUADALCANAL DIARY. Random House. New York. 1943. First Edition; 263; endpaper maps, 25 photos; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; very good plus condition. Scarce. Diary written as a day to day account during seven weeks that the author spent living with the front-line units in the Solomon Islands during the Pacific War. |
$34. |
| 422. | TREGASKIS, Richard. GUADALCANAL DIARY. Random House. New York. 1943. First Edition; 263; endpaper maps, 25 photos; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; very good condition. Scarce. Diary written as a day to day account during seven weeks that the author spent living with the front-line units in the Solomon Islands during the Pacific War. |
$32. |
| 423. | TREGASKIS, Richard. GUADALCANAL DIARY. Random House. New York. 1943. First Edition; 263; endpaper maps, 25 photos; hardcover in chipped dust jacket; very good condition. Scarce. Diary written as a day to day account during seven weeks that the author spent living with the front-line units in the Solomon Islands during the Pacific War. |
$29. |
| 424. | TRUMBULL, Robert. THE RAFT. Henry Holt and Company. New York. 1942. vii, 205; 7 b/w photos; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; (spine soiled) o/wise very good condition. "Early in 1942, Americans read with pride and admiration the short newspaper accounts of the three Navy fliers who fought the sea for thirty-four days while they drifted in a rubber raft without food, equipment, and for some time without clothes, yet survived to land, weak and bent, on a strange shore". |
$13. |
| 425. | TRUMBULL, Robert. THE RAFT. Henry Holt and Company. New York. 1942. vii, 205; 7 b/w photos; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; (owner's bookplate on front endpaper, glue mark where leaflet was pasted in) o/wise very good condition. "Early in 1942, Americans read with pride and admiration the short newspaper accounts of the three Navy fliers who fought the sea for thirty-four days while they drifted in a rubber raft without food, equipment, and for some time without clothes, yet survived to land, weak and bent, on a strange shore". |
$14. |
| 426. | TRUMBULL, Robert. THE RAFT. Henry Holt and Company. New York. 1942. vii, 205; 7 b/w photos; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; (owner's bookplate on front endpaper) o/wise very good condition. "Early in 1942, Americans read with pride and admiration the short newspaper accounts of the three Navy fliers who fought the sea for thirty-four days while they drifted in a rubber raft without food, equipment, and for some time without clothes, yet survived to land, weak and bent, on a strange shore". |
$15. |
| 427. | TUDOR, Judy, Editor. THE PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK and WHO'S WHO. Tenth Edition. Including 31 page 1969 Supplement loosely inserted. Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1968. Tenth Edition; 718, index; 6 fold-out maps, text maps, period advertising; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition (dust jacket is scruffed slightly on front but complete). Very scarce, much sought after Geographical and ethnical divisions of the Pacific, administrations and administrators, north and south Pacific Islands, Pacific discoveries and events, radio, shipping, ports information, South Pacific Commission, value of Pacific currencies, guide for Pacific tourists, directory of missionary organizations and personnel, islands, groups and states. |
$75. |
| 428. | TURNBULL, Stephen R. THE BOOK OF THE SAMURAI. The Warrior Class of Japan. Bison Books. London. 19882. 192, bibliog, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; hardcover in dust jacket. large format; fine condition. A history of political and military struggle spanning nearly 700 years, an integral part of the history of Japan, the romantic, loyal and self-sacrificing knight of old Japan. |
$34. |
| 429. | TURRELL, A.N. NEVER UNPREPARED A HISTORY OF THE 26TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF) 1939-1946 26th Battalion Reunion Association. 1992. First Edition; xiv, 194 profusely illustrated with black and white photographs; hardcover in dust jacket; very good plus condition, felt pen marks on front endpaper. Extremely scarce, much sought after by militaria collectors. The men of the 26th Battalion deserve to have their story told, their unit was one of many which was used in the critical days during the defence of Australia. Even though the units' operations were confined to the South West Pacific Area the men experienced all the dangers, privations of the jungles, the comradeship and the sadness in the loss of their mates. The Battalion served in Australia, Torres Strait, Dutch New Guinea (now Irian Jaya or West Papua), Bougainville, New Britain. |
$74. |
| 430. | UK COLONIAL OFFICE. AMONG THOSE PRESENT: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS AT WAR. Prepared for the UK Colonial Office by the Central Office of Information. H.M.S.O. London. 1946. (1967 reprint). 95 illustrations, endpaper maps. pictorial cardcover; near fine condition [booksellers book stamp]. Very scarce. This book deals almost entirely with the Japanese invasion in 1942 and their defeat in the Solomon Islands [then the British Solomon Islands Protectorate] and the British Colony of the Gilbert Islands [now Kiribati] |
$29. |
| 431. | UNDERWOOD, Polly. THE REFLECTIONS OF AN OLD GREY MARE. A Salute to Those Who Served. City Printing Works. Rockhampton. [1987]. 76, index; b/w photos; cardcover; inscription on back of title page, bruise on cover o/wise very good condition.Personal account of a World War II nursing sister in Papua New Guinea, in the Australian Army Nursing Service, the book title refers to the song The Old Grey Mare Ain't what She Used To Be. |
$34. |
| 432. | UNITS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE A CONCISE HISTORY VOLUME 5. Radar Units. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. 1995. xiii, 152, plus plates; 37 b/w photographs; cardcover [protected]; (three words blocked out with red marker on small title page) o/wise good condition. Unit history prepared as part of the RAAF 75th Anniversary celebrations. |
$39. |
| 433. | URBAN, George. THE NINETEEN DAYS. A Broadcaster's Account of the Hungarian Revolution. Heinemann. London. 1957. First Edition; xiv, 361, index; 17 b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; (d/j soiled, foxing in prelims) o/wise good condition. A clear picture of the events of the Hungarian Revolution and the Russian intervention. |
$22. |
| 434. | U.S. ARMY AREA HANDBOOK FOR INDONESIA. Prepared for the Department of the Army by Foreign Area Studies of the American University. Washington, D.C. 1964. First Edition; xii, 737; 2 fold-out maps; cardcover; (small book sellers stamp on endpaper) o/wise very good condition. From a series of country handbooks, the emphasis is on objective description of contemporary national institutions with conclusions concerning the character of the society today and the kinds and direction of change which appear possible or probable within the near future. |
$39. |
| 435. | VANE, Dr Amoury. NORTH AUSTRALIA OBSERVER UNIT. Unit History of a Surveillance Regiment. Australian Military History Publications. Loftus, NSW. hardcover; mint condition. A World War II account of 1000 resourceful, independently minded men who learned to live with and off the harsh country of North Australia, their duties were coast watching, scouting, land surveillance and to shadow a Japanese force if it landed. |
$44. |
| 436. | VEALE, Lionel. AND THEN THERE WERE TWO, Another Saga of Coastwatchers. [New Guinea] Lionel Veale. Gold Coast, Qld. 2000. First Edition; 286; maps, line drawings and b/w photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Just released. A historical novel based on the actual experiences of the author during missions as a coast-watcher/commando in New Guinea during World War 2, set in the Kukukuku country (Morobe District), rings with authenticity for those who know the country and will kindle vivid memories of the land and its people. |
$35. |
| 437. | VEALE, Lionel. WEWAK MISSION. COASTWATCHERS AT WAR IN NEW GUINEA. Lionel Veale. Ashmore, Gold Coast. 1996. iv, 310, index; 2 maps, 21 photos, 4 line drawings; cardcover; mint condition (new). Out-of-print. The author served in the Australian Army in New Ireland and the New Hebrides before he volunteered for the coastwatchers, this account relates to incidents that had a direct bearing on his coastwatcher mission; the massacre on the Sepik River, slaughter of missionaries and the eventual execution by the Japanese of those who assisted the patrol members. |
$23. |
| 438. | VEALE, Lionel. WEWAK MISSION. COASTWATCHERS AT WAR IN NEW GUINEA. Lionel Veale. Ashmore, Gold Coast. 1996. First Edition; iv, 310, index; 2 maps, 21 photos, 4 line drawings; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition (new). Out-of-print. The author served in the Australian Army in New Ireland and the New Hebrides before he volunteered for the coastwatchers, this account relates to incidents that had a direct bearing on his coastwatcher mission; the massacre on the Sepik River, slaughter of missionaries and the eventual execution by the Japanese of those who assisted the patrol members. |
$35. |
| 439. | VEITH, George J. CODE-NAME BRIGHT LIGHT. The Untold Story of U.S. Pow Rescue Efforts During the Vietnam War. The Free Press. New York. 1998. xx, 408, index; b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition.an important contribution toward understanding the hottest battlefield of the cold War, a must-read for veterans and military historians. |
$18. |
| 440. | Von der PORTEN, Edward P. THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR II. Arthur Barker Ltd. London. 1970. ix, 274, index; b/w photos; hardcover; new endpapers, owner's name and address with white-out on title page, a few spots o/wise good condition.Very Scarce. The gripping story of the navy that carried on a victorious campaign against allied shipping in the early years of World War II. |
$29. |
| 441. | WALKER, Allan S. THE ISLAND CAMPAIGNS. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Medical Series. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1957. Series 5 (Medical) Volume III. xvi, 528, index; 87 illusts., 45 diagrams and maps; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; very good condition. Very scarce, out-of-print. Describes the work of the Australian Medical Services in New Guinea and the Western Pacific Islands, includes Port Moresby, Kokoda, Milne Bay, Owen Stanley Campaign, Buna, Wau-Salamaua, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Markham, Solomons, Ramu, Bougainville, New Britain, Aitape-Wewak, Borneo. |
$39. |
| 442. | WALL, Don. ABANDONED. Australians at Sandakan 1945. D. Wall. Mona Vale, Sydney. 1990. 151, index; text illustrated with photos; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; mint condition. Australian unit history describes the events which contributed to the fate of 8th Division POWs at Sandakan |
$24. |
| 443. | WALL, Don. SANDAKAN UNDER NIPPON. The Last March. Wall Publications. Mona Vale, NSW. 1997 [first published 1988]. 1995 Pilgrimage to Sandakan Edition. Fifth Revised Edition. viii, 217, Honour Roll, index; fully illustrated with maps and photos; pictorial cardcover; mint condition. An account of the 1494 Australian Prisoners of War of the 8 Division who arrived at Sandakan from Singapore, there were six survivors by August 1945, this represents perhaps the worst tragedy suffered by Australians during World War II. |
$32. |
| 444. | WALL, Don. SINGAPORE AND BEYOND. The Story of the Men of the 2/20 Australian Army Infantry Battalion told by the Survivors to Don Wall. 2/20 Battalion Association. Cowra, NSW. 2000. Cardcover Edition of the first edition; 377, nominal rolls; fully illustrated with photos and maps; pictorial colour cardcover; mint condition. Very Scarce, small print run. The 2/20nd Battalion Australian Infantry Forces took the brunt of the Japanese assault on Singapore in 1942 and became soldiers in captivity dispersed throughout occupied Asia as slaves of the Japanese, covers Singapore, Changi, Burma Railroad, Thailand, Indo China, Borneo, Japan. Out of print, very scarce. |
$44. |
| 445. | WALL, Don, collated by. HEROES OF F FORCE. D. Wall. Mona Vale, Sydney. 1993. xi, 170, honour roll; b/w illustrations; cardcover; mint condition. Describes the suffering of 3,600 Australians and 3,400 British Prisoners of War who marched 300 kilometres at night through the jungle to the most isolated locality on the Burma/Thailand Railway in World War II. |
$23. |
| 446. | WALLACE, Robert L. THE ELANDS RIVER SIEGE. Australians at the Boer War 1900. hardcover; mint condition. An account of a force of 500 Australian and Rhodesian mounted troops trapped by more than 2500 well armed Boer farmers on an exposed hillside in South Africa. |
$34. |
| 447. | WALN, Nora. REACHING FOR THE STARS. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1939. Sixth Impression; 312; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket; (cloth damp stained, light browning, foxing on endpapers and small title page) o/wise good condition. A personal account by a Quaker and pacifist of four years spent in Nazi Germany, a poignant revelation of the German tragedy. |
$12. |
| 448. | WAR MONTHLY. Issue 1. Marshall Cavendish Ltd. London. 1974. 48; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; cardcover; (cover rubbed) o/wise good condition. Includes Tarawa, Hitler's blunders that weren't, Kursk the turning point, inside the fighting tiger tank, the Nazis' jet threat. |
$19. |
| 449. | WARNER, Denis and Peggy, with Sadao Seno. KAMIKAZE. The Sacred Warriors 1944-45. Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1983. 1st Edition; x, 290, appendices, index; 31 photos, 3 maps; stiffened cardcover; near fine condition. From interviews in Japan, research into correspondence and other war records, the Warners and Commander Seno reveal how the Kamikazes volunteered and what they discussed and felt before battle. |
$25. |
| 450. | WARNER, Philip. AUCHINLECK THE LONELY SOLDIER. Buchan & Enright. London. 1981. First Edition; xii, 288, bibliog., index; e/p illusts., 10 text maps, 38 b/w photos; hardcover in fine dust jacket; near fine condition. Scarce. Schooled in the Indian army, Auchinleck was the first British commander of World War II to defeat a German general in battle, he decisively beat Rommel, sadly during the turbulent days of Indian Partition he was placed in charge of supervising the dismantling of his beloved Indian Army. |
$18. |
| 451. | WARNER, Phillip. PANZER. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1977. 144, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; hardcover in chipped and repaired dust jacket; large format; (new endpapers covering pictorial originals, tape marks on endpapers, inscription on small title page, traces of library marks on publishers page, margins soiled), more than a readers good copy. |
$17. |
| 452. | WEBSTER, Donovan. AFTERMATH. The Remnants of War. Pantheon. New York. 1996. 279; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. Documents the ways in which wars have transformed battlefields into places of enduring horror and memory, in France millions of acres are still cordoned off for demolition experts, Stalingrade has a sixty square mile field of bones, Nevada, Vietnam and Kuwait have the lethal remnants of past wars. |
$17. |
| 453. | WEEKS, Stanley B. and Charles A. Meconis. THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USA IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. The Armed Forces of Asia Series. Allen & Unwin. St Leonards, NSW. 1999. First Edition; xix, 300, index; figures and maps; cardcover; mint condition.This is the first unclassified account of America's military stake and current defensive and offensive capacity in Asia, the books also considers the views of Asian nations on America's continuing presence. |
$37. |
| 454. | WEIGLEY, Russell F. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. Macmillan. New York. 1967. First Edition; xiv, 688, index; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. Russell F. Weigley was professor of history at Temple University, a history not just of battles and campaigns but of the Army as an institution. |
$29. |
| 455. | WELSH, Douglas. THE HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR. Bison. Sydney. 1981. 192, index; maps, over 400 photos in b/w and colour; hardcover in dust jacket with protective covering; large format; fine condition. Examines the origins of the war, the impulses behind its prolongation and the reasons for the French and American defeat at the hands of the Vietcong, the author tells the story partly as history and partly as a bitter personal memoir of his experiences as an operative behind the lines in North Vietnam and in Laos during the 1970s. |
$24. |
| 456. | WEST, Nigel. A MATTER OF TRUST MI5 1945-72. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. London. 1982. First Edition; 196, index; 20 b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; (d/j rubbed) o/wise near fine condition. Unique account of Britain's premier counter-intelligence organization, thoroughly documented with names, dates and places. |
$19. |
| 457. | WHEELER, Barry. C. THE HAMLYN GUIDE TO MILITARY AIRCRAFT MARKINGS. An Illustrated Handbook for Aeroplane Enthusiasts & Modellers from the Great Warplanes of World War I to the Present. Hamlyn. London. 1992. First Edition; 160; fully illustrated in colour; hardcover; near fine condition. Written by one of the world's leading experts on aircraft recognition, 140 different aircraft featured from the Sopwith Camel to the F-16, many different air forces featured including the RAF, USAF, US Navy, Luftwaffe and Soviet Air Force. |
$20. |
| 458. | WHEELER, Richard. IWO. Zebra Books. New York. 1980. 348, bibliog., index; 3 maps, 55 illusts.; cardcover; very good condition. The battle of Iwo Jima, told from the perspective of both the U.S. marines who invaded the island and the Japanese soldiers who defended it. |
$20. |
| 459. | WHERE THE AUSTRALIANS REST. A Description of Many of the Cemeteries Overseas in which Australians Including those Whose Names can Never Now be Know are Buried. [Government Printer]. [Melbourne]. 1920. 72; 37 etchings; cardcover; (cover soiled with tear on the front and hole from cigarette burn on the back, a stain in opening pages) o/wise good condition. |
$37. |
| 460. | WILCOX, Craig. FOR HEARTHS AND HOMES. Citizen Soldiering in Australia 1854-1945. Allen & Unwin. St Leonards, NSW. 1998. First Edition; xvii, 210, index; 17 b/w illustrations; cardcover; mint condition. Explores civilian soldiers in Australia, it explains why the Australian constitution links citizenship with military service, why conscription for overseas service was so controversial and why Australian soldiers have come to exhibit an individualistic and even sometimes subversive character. |
$28. |
| 461. | WILKINSON, F. FLINTLOCK GUNS AND RIFLES. An Illustrated Reference Guide. Arms and Armour Press. London. 1971. First Edition; 80; 100 b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; (new endpapers, owner's bookstamp on page 78 and on d/j flap) o/wise good condition. Scarce, important reference. Traces the history of both military and civilian longarms in Britain, America and Europe from 1650 to 1850. |
$31. |
| 462. | WILLOUGHBY, Charles A., and John Chamberlain. MacARTHUR: 1941-1951. Victory in the Pacific. Heinemann. Melbourne. 1956. First Edition; xiii, 414, index; frontis photo, 16 photos, text charts and maps, endpaper maps; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; (cloth water damaged and frayed, mildew on top margin of title pages) a good reader's copy. Based on authoritative, first-hand sources, covering the Pacific Campaigns, the occupation of Japan and the Korean war. |
$30. |
| 463. | WILLOUGHBY, Charles A., and John Chamberlain. MacARTHUR: 1941-1951. Victory in the Pacific. Heinemann. Melbourne. 1956. First Edition; xiii, 414, index; frontis photo, 16 photos, text charts and maps, endpaper maps; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; (inscription on small title page) o/wise very good condition. Based on authoritative, first-hand sources, covering the Pacific Campaigns, the occupation of Japan and the Korean war. |
$36. |
| 464. | WILSON, P.D. NORTH QUEENSLAND WWII 1942-1945. Department of Geographic Information. Brisbane. 1988. 68; includes fold-out coloured pocket map; pictorial cardcover; fine good condition. |
$20. |
| 465. | WILSON, Stewart. SABRE, MIG-15 & HUNTER. The Story of Three of the Classic Jet Fighters of the 1950's. Aerospace Publications. Weston Creek, ACT. 1995. 209; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; large format; mint condition. An in depth look at the three most important jet fighters of the 1950's together with information on the countries that flew them. |
$32. |
| 466. | WOMEN'S DIVISION OF SOKA GAKKAI, Compiled by. Translated by Richard L. Gage WOMEN AGAINST WAR. Kodansha International Ltd. Tokyo. 1986. First Edition; 247; 2 maps, numerous text photos. hardcover in dust jacket. minor repair to d/j, o/wise fine condition Forty personal war experiences by Japanese women. |
$32. |
| 467. | WREN, Jack. THE GREAT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR I. Hamlyn. London. 1972. First Impression; 432, index; with 400 photographs, paintings and maps including 24 pages in colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; very good condition.A vivid and realistic picture of the colossal conflict of the First World War, the first modern war, well-researched text concentrates on the important battles and their role in the development of the war. |
$21. |
| 468. | YAPP, Nick. CAMERA IN CONFLICT. Civil Disturbance. The Hulton Getty Picture Collection. Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft. Koln. 1996. First Edition; 360, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; mint condition. Very Scarce. From the atrocities of the Indian Mutiny in 1857 to the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995, the camera captures the madness and despair, hopes and triumphs, the horrors and joys of the history of protest from the 1850s to the present, text in English, German and French. |
$39. |
| 469. | ZICH, Arthur. THE RISING SUN. Time Life Books. 1978 [first published 1977]. Second Printing Revised Edition. 208, index; fully illustrated with historical photographs in b/w and with patriotic paintings in colour; illustrated hardcover; large format; very good condition.Well informed narrative of the Pacific War supported by excellent photographs. |
$19. |
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