Lot 357

Description

The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, A.I.F., Being the Story of the Vicissitudes of an Australian Unit during the Great War, by Newton Wanliss, first edition 1929, hardcover, 416pp, with b&w photos throughout and some maps, with roll of honour and recipients of decorations and other honours as well as a list of casualties, foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash, together with a loose write-up on the author, the late Captain Harold Boyd Wanliss DSO and a 1939 report of the 14th Battalion & 4th Brigade A.I.F. Association, the book with an inscription inside the front cover from the author and another name printed there as well. Some loss of material at edge and on spine of the hardcover, foxing on back inside edge of hardcover otherwise minimal foxing, overall fine.