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Short List No. 135 - 2014.

Military History and Militaria.

Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 135 2014.

1 Akcelik, Rahmi; Edited by. BEFORE AND AFTER GALLIPOLI A Collection of Australian and Turkish Writings. First Edition; pp. [164](pagination irregular); several maps & illustrations; original stiff wrappers (slightly marked); a fine ex-library copy with pocket on inside rear wrapper only. Melbourne; Australian-Turkish Friendship Society Publications, No. 2; 1986. #29523 A$30.00


2 Austin, Ronald J.; RFD ED. WHERE ANZACS SLEEP. The Gallipoli Photos of Captain Jack Duffy - 8th Battalion. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 96; numerous illustrations; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. McCrae; Slouch Hat Publications; [2006]. ***Edition limited to 300 numbered copies; this copy signed by the Author on title-page. #29183 A$65.00


3 Australian Imperial Force unit war diaries, 1914-18 War: GENERAL STAFF, HEADQUARTERS 4TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. Formation Headquarters, March 1916 to February 1917. Two folders, 4to, of copied and transcribed documents. Approx. 450 leaves, many double-sided; a few maps & illustrations; plastic comb binding. Canberra; Australian War Memorial; originating 1916. ***A valuable archive of material on the activities of the 4th Division presumably copied from the War Memorial website. #29526 A$35.00


4 Australian Navy: ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. - A Brief History. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 48; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; original wrappers; a very good copy. [Canberra; Published by the Australian Government Publishing Service, for the Department of Defence; 1985]. #64907 A$20.00


5 Australian Navy: AUSTRALIA’S NAVY 1991-92. 4to, First Edition; pp. 96; numerous coloured illustrations; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. (Canberra; Published for the Department of Defence, Chief of the Naval Staff by Australian Government Publishing Service); 1991. #32579 A$20.00


6 Australian Navy: THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Defence: Protecting Australia. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 40; numerous coloured illustrations; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. No Place [Canberra; Defence Public Relations]; N.D. [c. 1995]. #64908 A$20.00


7 Australian War Memorial: H.M.A.S. [and H.M.A.S. Mk. II, Mk. III, and Mk. IV]. Written and prepared by Serving Personnel of the R.A.N. 4 vols., 4to, all First Editions; each volume pp. 200; in total 86 coloured plates (15 mounted) and 64 b/w. plates, plus numerous illustrations, list of awards; all in original cloth; very good copies. Canberra; Australian War Memorial; 1942-43-44-45. ***Much on the Pacific, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Borneo, etc., also the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. #65827 A$95.00


8 Baker, Anne. A QUESTION OF HONOUR. The Life of Lieutenant General Valentine Baker Pasha. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 180; 3 full-page maps, 8 plates, sources, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. London; Leo Cooper; (1996). ***Disgraced and condemned by Victorian society over a claimed indiscretion in a railway carriage, Baker, with the support of the Prince of Wales, went to serve with the Turkish Army, distinguishing himself greatly and becoming a Pasha, his personal bravery and military prowess becoming legendary. #50350 A$35.00


9 Bartrop, Paul R. with Gabrielle Eisen; Edited by. THE DUNERA AFFAIR: A Documentary Resource Book. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [iv], 424(last blank); 52 pages of illustrations, 4 appendices, bibliography; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (South Yarra); Co-published by Schwartz & Wilkinson, The Jewish Museum of Australia; (1990). #55167 A$65.00


10 Bastock, John. SHIPS ON THE AUSTRALIA STATION. 4to, First Edition; pp. 176(last blank); 12 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; original papered boards (slightly bumped); a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Child & Associates, An All-Australia Publisher; (1988). #33024 A$65.00


11 Bean, C. E. W. ANZAC TO AMIENS. Med. 8vo, Sixth Impression; pp. xvi, 568(last blank); 40 maps, 72 illustrations on 48 plates, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian War Memorial; (1983). #21659 A$60.00


12 Bean, C. E. W.: BEAN’S GALLIPOLI. The diaries of Australia’s official war correspondent. Edited and annotated by Kevin Fewster. 3rd Edition. Third Edition; pp. xii, 292; numerous illustrations & a few maps, biographical notes, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Crows Nest); Allen & Unwin; (2007). #29520 A$35.00


13 Bekker, Cajus. THE LUFTWAFFE WAR DIARIES. Translated from the German and edited by Frank Ziegler. Med. 8vo, First Edition in English; pp. 400(last blank); 20 text maps, 48 plates, 19 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; (name on endpaper); a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Macdonald; (1966). #55198 A$85.00


14 Bell, A. D.; Edited by. AN ANZAC’S WAR DIARY. The Story of Sergeant Richardson. Cr. 4to, Second Edition; pp. 104; 11 maps, numerous illustrations, several tables; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Adelaide); Rigby; (1981). #13166 A$50.00


15 [Bradlow, Frank]. THOMAS BAINES: THE FRONTIER WARS 1851-1853. An art. leather folder, so titled, containing six limited edition coloured prints, reproducing scenes from the so-called Eighth Frontier War painted by Thomas Baines. Each print, in landscape format, measures 375 by 260 mm approx., plus captions and margins to 485 by 355 mm approx. Each print is accompanied by a similar-sized leaf of descriptive text (but this is missing from one of the prints). Four of the prints are present in multiple copies and all are in fine condition except for minor foxing to one of the duplicates and a tiny marginal cut to another duplicate. The paintings are finely reproduced and the edition was limited to 500 numbered copies. Most of the prints are unnumbered, but a few are numbered in pencil. Oblong folio; original art. leather, gilt. [Cape Town]; The Heritage Collection; 1976. ***The prints were apparently produced to accompany a book of the same title by Frank Bradlow, but we have been unable to trace a record of either book or prints offered for sale. Whether there were more prints than six in the edition is unknown to us. The prints offered are as follows: The Rifle Brigade Landing at Algoa Bay 1852 [without text] (3 copies); River crossing by the Rifle Brigade 1852; Bloemfontein 1851; Lt. Gen. Cathcart’s Forces Crossing the Orange River 1852 (3 copies); The 74th and 12th Regiments Coming Out of the Water Kloof (3 copies); The Graaf-Reinet Hottentot Levies in the Amatolas (5 copies). #58407 A$165.00


16 [Butcher, Philip; Editor]. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. 75th Anniversary. 1921 - 1996. 4to, First Edition; pp. 96; numerous coloured & a few b/w. illustrations; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. [Sydney; Rutland Cowling-Smith Associates]; 1995. #30768 A$20.00


17 Carlyon, Les. GALLIPOLI. Med. 8vo; pp. [viii], 600; 14 maps, 32 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (Sydney); Pan Macmillan Australia; (2003). ***First published in 2001. #29510 A$30.00


18 Chant, Christopher; Compiled by. AN ILLUSTRATED DATA GUIDE TO WORLD WAR II MARITIME ATTACK AIRCRAFT. Tall narrow 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. 80(including pastedowns); several coloured & b/w. illustrations; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Tiger Books International; (1997). #30800 A$20.00


19 Chant, Christopher; Compiled by. AN ILLUSTRATED DATA GUIDE TO WORLD WAR II BOMBERS. Tall narrow 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. 80(including pastedowns); several coloured & b/w. illustrations; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Tiger Books International; (1997). #30901 A$20.00


20 Churchill, Winston S. THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 6 vols., super roy. 8vo, Chartwell Edition; Vol. I, The Gathering Storm; pp. xx, 644(last 3 blank); coloured portrait frontispiece, 19 maps & diagrams (some partly coloured), 24 plates, 19 appendices, index; Vol. II, Their Finest Hour; pp. xx, 592; 3 folding & 18 other maps & diagrams (some partly coloured), 33 plates, 6 appendices, index; Vol. III, The Grand Alliance; pp. xx, 728(last 3 blank); 3 folding & 28 other maps & diagrams (some partly coloured), 48 plates, 14 appendices, index; Vol. IV, The Hinge of Fate; pp. xx, 802, [2](blank); 5 folding & 35 other maps, diagrams & figures (some partly coloured), 40 plates, 8 appendices, index; Vol. V, Closing the Ring; pp. xx, 588(last blank); 4 folding & 19 other maps, diagrams & figures(some partly coloured), 32 plates, 7 appendices, index; Vol. VI, Triumph and Tragedy; pp. xx, 620(last blank); 11 folding & 18 other maps & diagrams (some partly coloured), 36 plates, 8 appendices, index; original gilt-decorated buckram with leather title labels on spines blind-stamped leather profile portraits mounted on front boards; (covers a bit scuffed & rubbed; contents very good); a very good set. London; The Educational Book Company Ltd; [1954]. ***A revised, and for the first time, illustrated edition; from Churchill’s note:”I have greatly appreciated the generous reception accorded to the earlier edition of The Second World War. Many people have written to me concerning the work. Some have pointed out errors in detail and I am grateful to all for their comments. Now a special edition is being published illustrated for the first time, in which all those minor errors have been corrected. I hope that these new volumes will find as much favour as the previous ones seem to have done. Winston S. Churchill, Chartwell, October 1, 1954.” #63536 A$165.00


21 Coates, John. BRAVERY ABOVE BLUNDER. The 9th Australian Division at Finschhafen, Sattelberg, and Sio. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 326; 2 endpaper maps, several text maps, 16 plates, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (South Melbourne); Oxford University Press; (1999). #27599 A$60.00


22 Corbett, Sir Julian S. [and Newbolt, Henry]. HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR. Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. NAVAL OPERATIONS. 5 vols. plus 4 cases of maps, First Edition; Vol. I, To the Battle of the Falklands December 1914; pp. [ii], xiv, 470, [2](blank); 18 folding maps and charts in separate cloth case & 13 maps, plans & diagrams in text volume (some folding & coloured), 4 appendices; Vol. II, pp. xii, 448; 18 plans (mostly folding), 3 appendices; Vol. III, pp. [ii], xiv, 470, [2](blank); 7 plans & diagrams in volume and 46 folding maps and plans in separate cloth case, 9 appendices; Vol. IV, pp. [ii], xiv, 412; 12 folding coloured maps in separate cloth case & 11 plans & diagrams (some folding) in text vol., 2 appendices; Vol. V, pp. xx, 452; 11 plans & diagrams (some folding) in text volume & 31 folding maps and diagrams in separate cloth case, 11 appendices; index to each vol.; original cloth (some occasional very slight external wear & discolouration); a very good, clean and complete set, with all the maps and plans in fine condition; very scarce. London; Longmans, Green & Co.; 1920, 1921, 1923, 1928, 1931. ***The first author, Corbett, died only a few hours after completing the third volume which was seen through the press by E. Y. Daniel. These volumes cover events up to and including the Battle of Jutland and cover all the events in the Dardanelles and the evacuation of Gallipoli. The fourth and fifth volumes, completing the work to the end of the war, were compiled by Henry Newbolt. #22720 A$1350.00


23 Cowin, Hugh W. MILITARY HELICOPTERS. 4to, First Edition; pp. 64; numerous coloured illustrations; original slick pictorial papered boards (corners slightly worn). [London]; A Kola Book; [1984]. #30765 A$20.00


24 Darell, William. THE HISTORY OF DOVER CASTLE. By the Revd. Wm. Darell Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth. Illustrated with 10 Views and a Plan of the Castle. London. Printed for Hooper & Wigstead, No. 212, High Holborn, opposite Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square. 1797. 4to, Second Edition(?); pp. [ii](engraved title-page, with vignette of the castle), viii, 72(last adv.); folding plan as frontispiece, 8 plates, 1 illust. at head of Page 1, ; nineteenth-century half roan (a little rubbed), with cloth sides by R. Hyne, Bookbinder, 7, Townall St. Dover (with ticket), and with original title-label from front board preserved on a preliminary blank; some slight marginal foxing of plates, but a fine, clean copy; scarce. London; Hooper & Wigstead; 1797. ***First published in 1786. #12589 A$350.00


25 Dawson, Christopher. TO SANDAKAN. The Diaries of Charlie Johnstone Prisoner of War 1942-45. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 120; 4 maps, 16 plates, appendix, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. (St Leonards); Allen & Unwin; (1995). #51916 A$30.00


26 Douglas, Sholto. YEARS OF COMBAT. The first volume of the autobiography of Sholto Douglas, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Douglas of Kirtleside G.C.B., M.C., D.F.C. Cr. 8vo, Book Club Edition; pp. 384; index; original papered boards; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; The Quality Book Club; (1963). ***An account of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, published by Collins in the same year. #65351 A$20.00


27 Downing, W. H. TO THE LAST RIDGE. [The First World War Memoirs of W. H. Downing]. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 210(last 3 blank); map, appendix (nominal roll of the 57th Bn. in World War I, new to this edition); original pictorial wrappers. Sydney; Duffy & Snellgrove; (1998). ***First published 1920. #29499 A$20.00


28 Eaton, Warrant Officer G. W.; Compiled by. NAVY TODAY. Oblong 8vo, First Edition; pp. 36(including wrappers); numerous illustrations; original pictorial wrappers; a nice copy. [Canberra; Published for the Directorate of Public Relations, Department of Defence, by the Australian Government Publishing Service; 1983]. #64906 A$20.00


29 Evans, Alun. A NAVY FOR AUSTRALIA. First Edition; pp. [ii], 172; 16 plates, 8 illustrations; original papered boards; a fine copy in very slightly torn dustwrapper. (Sydney; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; 1986). #57260 A$35.00


30 Ewer, Dr Peter. WOUNDED EAGLE. The bombing of Darwin and Australia’s air defence scandal. F’cap 4to, First Edition; pp. 240; double-page map, several illustrations, notes, index; original pictorial papered boards; a fine copy. (Sydney); New Holland; (2009). #26874 A$30.00


31 Fazio, Lieut. Vince; Transcript by. H.M.A.S. PLATYPUS AND THE MOTHBALL FLEET 1946-57. Monograph No. 10. Lecture to the Society, July 1987. 4to, ff. 12; several illustrations; original wrappers; a fine copy. Garden Island; Naval Historical Society of Australia; 1987. #32887 A$15.00


32 Fearnside, G. H. HALF TO REMEMBER — the reminiscences of an Australian infantry soldier in World War II. First Edition; pp. 198, [2](blank); endpaper map, 20 plates; original papered boards; defective dustwrapper. Sydney; Haldane Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.; (1975). #46704 A$30.00


33 Flack, Jeremy. FIREPOWER. Med. 4to; pp. 96; numerous coloured illustrations, index; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (New York); PRC; (1995). ***Military weapons on air, land and sea. Sunburst Military Series. #30771 A$25.00


34 Fulton, Robert. TORPEDO WAR, and Submarine Explosions by Robert Fulton, Fellow of the American Philosophical Society and of the United States Military and Philosophical Society. A Reproduction. Oblong 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xiv, 60; 5 plates; original cloth; a fine copy. Chicago; The Swallow Press Inc.; (1971). #31663 A$30.00


35 Fussell, Paul. WARTIME. Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 338(last 7 blank); several illustrations, notes, index; original quarter cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; Oxford University Press; 1989. ***The psychology and sociology of war. #56659 A$75.00


36 Gibbons, Floyd. THE RED KNIGHT OF GERMANY. Baron von Richthofen Germany’s Great War Airman. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition (5th Impression); pp. [vi], 408, [ii](blank); 6 plates, appendix, index; original cloth (worn & soiled; some occasional internal soiling; margins of 1 plate a little trimmed). London; Cassell and Company, Ltd; (1931). #65352 A$20.00


37 Gift Book: THE QUEEN’S GIFT BOOK. In Aid of the Queen Mary’s Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for Soldiers and Sailors who have Lost their Limbs in the War. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 160; mounted coloured portrait of Queen Mary as frontispiece, 11 mounted coloured plates, numerous b/w. text illustrations (by artists including Arthur Rackham, Charles Robinson & W. Heath Robinson), foreword by John Galsworthy, literary contributions by J. M. Barrie, John Buchan, Jeffery Farnol, Jerome K. Jerome and many others; original cloth; a nice copy. London; Hodder and Stoughton; N.D. [c. 1916]. ***With contemporary 4-page leaflet (14 illusts.) concerning the work of the hospitals loosely inserted. #25333 A$45.00


38 Gill, G. Hermon. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1939-1942. Thick med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 686; 16 full-page maps (9 coloured) & 34 text maps, 40 plates, appendices, index; (name on endpaper); a very good copy in defective plastic-covered dustwrapper; scarce. Canberra; Australian War Memorial; (1957). ***Australia in the War of 1939-1945: Series Two, Navy, Volume I. #6630 A$65.00


39 Grosz, P. M. THE TAUBE AT WAR. Windsock Datafile 104. 4to, First Edition; pp. 40; 101 illustrations (4 coloured), several diagrams; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. [Great Britain; Bob Pearson/Albatross Productions, Ltd.; 2004]. #30763 A$25.00


40 Gunston, Bill. FIGHTER! [A pictorial history of international fighter aircraft]. 4to, First Edition; pp. 96; numerous coloured illustrations, index; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Bristol); Parragon; (1998). #41331 A$30.00


41 Harrison, Lynette. DEAR DA ... Compiled by Lynette Harrison with the assistance of Graeme Hosken. Letters from the Great War 1914 - 18, written by and concerning Jack Ison, 1565 3rd Battalion A.I.F., A Dubbo boy, Killed In Action 10/11/17. 4to, Second Edition; pp. [ii], vii, 1-147(verso); several illustrations, 7 appendices, index; original wrappers; a fine copy. (Dubbo; Lynette Harrison; 1995). ***First published in 1991. #29373 A$45.00


42 Heatley, Michael. THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF HELICOPTERS. 4to, First Edition; pp. 112; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Bison Books; (1985). ***With a substantial section on the Vietnam War. #30770 A$28.00


43 Hillary, Richard. THE LAST ENEMY. Cr. 8vo, First Edition, Eighth Impression; pp. viii, 224(last 3 blank); original cloth (spine faded); a very good copy. London; Macmillan & Co. Ltd; 1943. #46714 A$20.00


44 Infield, Glenn. BIG WEEK. The Classic Story of the Crucial Air Battle of WWII. Med. 8vo, New Edition; pp. [xii], 132(last 7 blank); bibliography, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (New York); Brassey’s (US), A Maxwell Macmillan Company; (1993). ***First published in 1974. An account of the February 1944 raids which crippled German industry leading to the end of the war. #65348 A$35.00


45 Jamieson, John. BOOKS FOR THE ARMY. The Army Library Service in the Second World War. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 336(last blank); 5 tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good ex-library copy with stamps on title-page (blind), verso and last leaf only. New York; Columbia University Press; 1950. #65349 A$30.00


46 Jones, Colin. WINGS AND THE NAVY. [1947 - 1953]. First Edition; pp. 128(last blank); 2 maps, 16 plates, glossary, appendix, bibliography, notes, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Kenthurst, NSW); Kangaroo Press; (1997). ***Inscribed and signed by the Author. Together with two Draft Copies of the same work, with suggestions for corrections/amendments. #32505 A$65.00


47 King, Jonathan. GALLIPOLI DIARIES. The Anzacs’ Own Story Day by Day. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv, 306; full-page map, numerous illustrations, references, 4 appendices, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (East Roseville); Kangaroo Press; (2003). #29313 A$50.00


48 Lawrence, T. E.: THE LETTERS OF T. E. LAWRENCE. Edited by David Garnett. Thick med. 8vo, Third Impression; pp. 896; 4 maps (2 folding), 16 plates, index; original cloth; a fine, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1938). ***First published November 1938 (two impressions); this impression December 1938. O’Brien A202. #47922 A$195.00


49 Lawrence, T. E. THE HOME LETTERS OF T. E. LAWRENCE AND HIS BROTHERS. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 732(last blank); title-page in red & black, portrait frontispiece & 44 photographic illustrations on 37 plates, several sketch illustrations in text, index for each of the three brothers; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Oxford; Basil Blackwell; 1954. ***O’Brien A246. “This collection is a primary source for the pre-war correspondence of Lawrence.” #17307 A$375.00


50 Lee, Arthur Gould. NO PARACHUTE. A Fighter Pilot in World War I. Letters written in 1917 by Lieutenant A. S. G. Lee, Sherwood Foresters, attached Royal Flying Corps. Edited by the same writer Arthur Gould Lee, Air Vice-Marshal, Royal Air Force. First Edition; pp. xviii, 234; endpaper map, full-page map, 11 plates, 3 appendices, index; original papered boards; (white-out on title-page); a very good copy. (London); Jarrolds; (1968). #29488 A$30.00


51 Lenton, H. T. BRITISH AND EMPIRE WARSHIPS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 766, [2](blank); very numerous illustrations, 2 appendices, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland; (1998). ***The definitive and comprehensive work, covering every conceivable kind of vessel in extraordinary detail, the culmination of thirty-seven years’ work by an experienced naval officer and researcher. #19807 A$275.00


52 Liddle, Peter H. THE 1916 BATTLE OF THE SOMME. A Reappraisal. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xvi], 192; 10 maps, 58 illustrations, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Leo Cooper; (1992). #29522 A$60.00


53 [Louys, Guillaume; Compiled by]. ACEH. [The Australian Defence Force’s Tsunami Relief Mission. A Photographic Record by the Royal Australian Navy]. Square 4to, First Edition; pp. 232; very numerous fine coloured illustrations; original papered boards, (small black mark on lower edge); a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); New Holland; (2005). #52510 A$50.00


54 McConnochie, Ian; Compiled by. ADMIRALTY ISLANDS ANNEXED. Battle for Manus 29 February - 1 May 1944. Monograph No. 31. 4to, ff. 14; 2 maps, 2 illustrations; original wrappers; a fine copy. Garden Island; Naval Historical Society of Australia; 1993. #32888 A$20.00


55 McDonell, Capt. R. BUILD A FLEET LOSE A FLEET. First Edition; pp. [viii], viii, 242; 8 plates, 5 appendices, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Hawthorn; (1976). ***The Commonwealth Line of Steamers. Inscribed and signed by the Author. #9221 A$70.00


56 MacDougall, A. K. AUSTRALIANS AT WAR. A Pictorial History. Med. 4to, Third Edition, Second Impression; pp. 368; 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations & a few maps, glossary, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Scoresby); Five Mile Press; (2010). ***Revised and expanded twice, now including Afghanistan and Iraq. #29382 A$35.00


57 Mackenzie, Compton. EASTERN EPIC. Volume I, September 1939-March 1943. First Edition; pp. xxiv, 624(last blank); 10 full-page maps & several smaller, index; original buckram (a little flecked; spine dull); a very good copy. London; Chatto & Windus; 1951. ***Syria, Persia, Burma, Malaya, India & Pakistan, etc. #57612 A$45.00


58 McLaren, Ian F. AUSTRALIAN CIVIL AVIATION. An Annotated Bibliography. 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv, 268. [with] AUSTRALIAN AIR POWER. An Annotated Bibliography. 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv, 274(last blank); appendix. [with] UNITED STATES AIR POWER in Australia and the South Pacific. An Annotated Bibliography. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 142(last blank); 3 appendices; together, three volumes; all in original wrappers; a fine set; scarce. Melbourne; Dalriada Press; 1994. #57903 A$225.00


59 Mansel, Philip. PILLARS OF MONARCHY. An Outline of the Political and Social History of Royal Guards 1400-1984. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xvi], 208(last blank); 12 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, notes, sources, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Quartet Books; (1984). ***British and European Royal Guards. #28798 A$65.00


60 Map Reading: MANUAL OF MAP READING AND FIELD SKETCHING 1912. (Reprinted, with additions, 1914). Cr. 8vo; pp. 12(adv., including pastedown), 102, 13-20(adv., including pastedown); 17 plates & maps (7 folding, several coloured), 23 text figures; original flush-cut cloth (a little worn). London; Her Majesty’s Stationery Office [for the War Office]; 1914. ***Plates numbered 5 to 12 were omitted from this issue. #2601 A$35.00


61 Ministry of Information: DESTRUCTION OF AN ARMY. The First Campaign in Libya: Sept. 1940 - Feb. 1941. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 64; numerous illustrations, 3 maps; original wrappers (a little worn). (London; His Majesty’s Stationery Office; 1941). #35254 A$25.00


62 Munson, Kenneth. FIGHTERS. Attack and Training Aircraft 1914-1919. Illustrated by John W. Wood, Michael Baber, Norman Dinnage, Brian Hiley, William Hobson, Alan Holliday, Tony Mitchell, Allen Randall. Additional notes by Ian D, Huntley, A.M.R.Ae.S. Cr. 8vo; pp. 188; 80 coloured plates, 2 text illustrations, 2 appendices; original slick pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Bounty Books; 2004. ***First published in 1968 by Blandford Press. A volume in the series: The Pocket Encyclopaedia of World Aircraft in Colour. #42736 A$30.00


63 Murdoch, Keith. THE GALLIPOLI LETTER. with an introduction by Michael Mckernan and a foreword by Jack Thompson AM. First Edition; pp. xii, 98, [2](blank); 12 illustrations, facsimile of the typescript letter; original illustrated papered boards; a fine copy. (Crows Nest); Allen & Unwin; (2010). #29479 A$30.00


64 Newman, Carolyn; Edited by. LEGACIES OF OUR FATHERS. World War II prisoners of the Japanese - their sons and daughters tell their stories. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. iv, 236; full-page map, numerous illustrations, notes, references, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (South Melbourne; Thomas C. Lothian Pty. Ltd.; 2005). #42633 A$25.00


65 Nicholls, Bob. THE COLONIAL VOLUNTEERS. The defence forces of the Australian colonies 1836-1901. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 218(last 3 blank); 15 coloured & numerous b/w. illusts, 8 tables, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Allen & Unwin; (1988). #21251 A$65.00


66 Nicholls, Bob. STATESMEN & SAILORS. A History of Australia’s Maritime Defence 1870--1920. First Edition; pp. x, 326; 2 maps, 19 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. Balmain; (Bob Nicholls; 1995). ***Edition of 500 numbered copies. #34162 A$45.00


67 Nixon, Allan M. SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE. Letters to Home. The War Years of Sgt. Roy Whitelaw 1st A.I.F. 4to, First Edition; pp. [vi], 170; very numerous illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; original slick illustrated papered boards (lower edge slightly bumped); a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (Fitzroy; Five Mile Press; 1989). #29185 A$40.00


68 Normandy Landings: SHIPPING TODAY AND YESTERDAY. No. 52, June 1994. 4to; pp. 44 (including wrappers); numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; including, pp. 25-35 inclusive, a detailed day-by-day account of the Normandy Landings, with 1 illust.; original pictorial wrappers; a fine copy. [St Leonards on Sea; HPC Publishing]; 1994. #23545 A$15.00


69 Perrett, Bryan. DESERT WARFARE. From its Roman origins to the Gulf conflict. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 224; 16 maps, several illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Patrick Stephens Limited; (1988). #31674 A$25.00


70 Preston, Antony. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. 4to, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. 192; several maps, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Greenwich, CT); Bison Books Limited; (1984). ***This book, first published in 1979, is considerably more extensive than a book of similar title published in 1982. #27782 A$30.00


71 Robertson, John. The Tragedy & Glory of Gallipoli. ANZAC AND EMPIRE. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 318, [2](blank); endpaper map, a few other maps, numerous illustrations (some coloured), appendix, notes, sources, biographical notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Port Melbourne); Hamlyn Australia; (1990). #29387 A$50.00


72 Royal Guards: OUR GALLANT GUARDS. 4to, First Edition; pp. [20]; 15 plates (6 coloured), several illustrations including two on title-page & verso and marginal illustrations to text pages in brown; original pictorial wrappers (a little worn; text rather foxed as often). London; Gale & Polden, Ltd.; N.D. [c. 1916]. #28800 A$25.00


73 Shepherd, Christopher. GERMAN AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II. With colour photographs. Introduction by Adolf Galland. Cr. 4to, Book Club Edition; pp. 144; 48 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Book Club Associates; (1976). #18524 A$25.00


74 Stewart, I. G. LIBERTY SHIPS IN PEACETIME. And their contribution to world shipping history. 4to, First Edition; pp. [vi], 322; numerous illustrations, 14 tables, 15 appendices, general index, index of tables, ready-reference index, index to illustrations, ship name indices; original slick illustrated papered boards; a fine copy. (Rockingham Beach, Western Australia); Ian Stewart Marine Publications; (1992). #27745 A$85.00


75 Strachan, Hew. THE FIRST WORLD WAR. A New Illustrated History. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 350; 6 full-page maps, 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Simon & Schuster; (2003). #29445 A$50.00


76 (Topmill Pty. Ltd.). Australian Seapower. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. Photofile No. 2. 4to, First Edition; pp. 56; numerous col & b/w. illustrations; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a fine copy. [Marrickville, NSW; Topmill Pty. Ltd.]; N.D. [c. 1995]. #32871 A$25.00


77 Veale, Commander R. S. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RE-COLLECTIONS OF A NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER 1900-1986. 4to, Second Edition; ff. [ii], 78 (printed on rectos only); 4 plates; plastic folder. No Place; [The Author; 1986]. ***A photocopy of a typescript or duplicated work, first issued in March 1986, here reprinted in a “Revised Edition 22 April 1986 (Limited Edition)”. A limited edition of 100 numbered copies of 158 pages “profusely illustrated” was issued in 1997. At the time of cataloguing we could find only one copy of the 1997 edition available on the web, and no trace of any earlier edition. The author joined the Australian Naval Cadet Corps at the old Williamstown depot in April 1909 at the age of 15 and became one of the first one hundred Australians to go into action in World War I. #29547 A$35.00


78 Wakefield, Alan. CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 212(last blank); a few maps, several illustrations, notes, sources, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire); Sutton Publishing; (2006). #29472 A$40.00


79 Walker, Frank B. CORVETTES. Little Ships for Big Men. In the scale of naval size corvettes were pygmies, but they performed like giants. First Edition; pp. 176(last blank), A1-A108, [4](blank); full-page map, 23 plates, appendix, including list of those who served; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Budgewoi, NSW; Kingfisher Press; 1995). ***Edition limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the Author. #57259 A$65.00


80 Warplanes: THE GATEFOLD BOOK OF THE WORLD’S GREAT WARPLANES. [36 superb pull-out gatefolds]. Roy. 4to, First U.K. Edition; pp. [8] + 18 fold-outs (double-sided) each side being eight pages in extent; numerous coloured illustrations; original pictorial papered boards & internal comb binding; a nice copy. (London); Brown Books; (1994). #30764 A$40.00


81 Wilson, Michael. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Profile No. 3. Maritime Patrol: Helicopter Ships, Submersibles, Amphibious, Mine Warfare and Patrol Craft. 4to, First Edition; pp. 80; numerous b/w. & a few coloured illustrations; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a fine copy. [Marrickville, NSW; Topmill Pty. Ltd.]; N.D. [c. 1995]. #32863 A$25.00


82 Wilson, Michael. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Profile No. 4. New Construction Ships and Auxiliaries. 4to, First Edition; pp. 80; numerous b/w. & a few coloured illustrations; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a fine copy. [Marrickville, NSW; Topmill Pty. Ltd.]; N.D. [c. 1995]. #32864 A$25.00


83 Wilson, Michael. AUSTRALIAN WARSHIPS. Through the Lens 1901 to 1940. Profile No. 6. 4to, First Edition; pp. 112; numerous illustrations; original pictorial stiff wrappers; a fine copy. [Marrickville, NSW; Topmill Pty. Ltd.]; N.D. [c. 1995]. #32869 A$25.00


84 Yule, Henry; Compiler. A NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION TO THE COURT OF AVA IN 1855. Together with the Journal of Arthur Phayre, Envoy to the Court of Ava and additional illustrations by Colesworth, Grand and Linneaus Tripe. With an Introduction by Hugh Tinker. Med. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xlvi, [iii]-viii(as issued), 392(last blank); 1 large folding map, 29 coloured plates (including 2 maps) & 9 b/w. plates, 49 figures in text, 13 appendices & vocabulary; original buckram (mounted illust. on front board), spine gilt; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. Kuala Lumpur; Oxford University Press; 1968. ***Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. First published in 1858, this edition contains nine additional plates from contemporary sources as well as Phayre’s Journal. #39685 A$385.00

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