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Guns and Gunners, the Story of the 2/5th Australian Field Regiment in World War II, by John W.O'Brien, 1st edition 1950, hard cover (14.5x22cm), 267pp with b&w photos, Honours and Awards, and Roll of Honour. Light foxing on fly pages, spotty staining to cover, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $120
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Gunners in the Jungle, A Story of the 2/15 Field Regiment, by Cliff Whitelocke from material researched by George O'Brien, 1st edition 1983, hardcover with dust jacket (19x24.8mm), 199pp, with Nominal Roll, also a few newspaper cuttings and a funeral service programme for one of the unit's men; Hibiscus Leaves, roneo printed newsletter of 2/15 Field Regiment A.I.F. Association, vols 73 (Mar 1981), 74, 76, 79, 81-91 (Mar 1990). A few areas of foxing at front and back fly pages mostly, previous owner's name removed inside front cover, otherwise fine and scarce. (book + approx 15)
Estimate $120
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Guns and Gunners, The Story of the 2/15th Australian Field Regiment in World War II, by John W.O'Brien, 1st edition 1950, hard cover missing dust jacket, quarto (14.5x22cm), 267pp. Some foxing on page ends, otherwise very good and scarce.
Estimate $290
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The 2/7th Australian Cavalry Regiment, A Pictorial History, 77pp, 165x215mm, soft cover, 1st edition 1974. Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $100
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2/5th Australian Field Ambulance A.I.F., 1940-1945 Unit History by Lloyd Tann, 1st edition 1987, soft cover (21x29.5cm),125pp, includes Overseas Embarkation Roll and Embarkation Roll ex Morotai to Balikpapan. Section from bottom of title page neatly removed, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $130
SOLD $150
The Story of J Force, Three Hundred 8 Division A.I.F., Singapore to Japan P.O.W. Camps with American British and Allied Troops, edited by Alexander Dandie, 365pp, foolscap size, soft cover, 2nd edition 1994. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
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The Coast Watchers, by Eric Feldt, 1st edition 1946, hard cover (15x22.2cm), 425pp with illustrations and maps, penned inscription on fly page. Spotty marking to cover, otherwise fine.
Estimate $50
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Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin 1941-1946, by W.Averell Harriman and Elie Abel, 1st edition 1975, hardcover with dust jacket (18x24cm), 596pp, front fly page with handwritten inscription, 'To Hugh Birch with vivid remembrance of your skilful evasion of enemy aircraft; at times 100 feet altitude! and our safe arrival at Malta. (described in this book) and my gratitude to you & the crew you commanded of the Sunderland.' signed W.Averell Harriman, Washington DC., Aug. 31,1976. Some tape marks on fly pages and some foxing, otherwise very fine and very scarce inscribed 1st edition relating to a wartime incident.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Maritime Is Number Ten, The Sunderland Era, by Flight Lieutenant K.C.Baff RAAF, 1st edition 1983, hardcover with dust jacket (18x26cm) with plastic covering, 466pp with b&w photos throughout, front page signed by Hugh Birch/November 1983, and with book plate of Hugh Birch. Some tape marks on front and back fly pages, otherwise very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
Duntroon The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-2001, by Darren Moore, 1st edition 2001, hard cover (18.2x25.4cm) with dust jacket, 608pp with b&w photos, List of King's/Queen's Medal Winners, Full-Time General Service Officer Nominal Roll 1911-2001 and other lists; RMC Graduation Ceremony programmes for December 1989, December 1996, June 1997 and December 2000; A Dictionary of Australian Military History, From Colonial Times to The Gulf War, by Ian Grant, 1st edition 1992, hard cover (14.5x22cm) with dust jacket, 414pp. The first as new, the programmes very fine - extremely fine, the last with foxing along top edge, otherwise good very fine. (6)
Estimate $60
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Famous and Decisive Battles of the World, by Captain Charles King, 1st edition 1884, hard cover (16.2x23cm), 752pp with maps and illustrations, with signatures at front page of J.Le Gay Brereton (poet, critic and Professor of English at Sydney University) and W.J.V.Windeyer (Maj. Gen. and Justice of High Court of Australia). Some usual foxing, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
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Hooves, Wheels & Tracks, a history of the 4th/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse Regiment and its predecessors, by David Holloway, 1st edition 1990, book no.183/1000, hard cover (19x25cm) with dust jacket, 850pp with colour and b&w photos and maps. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
The History of 15/19 The King's Royal Hussars 1939-1945, by Major G.Courage DSO, 1st edition 1949, hard cover with dust jacket, quarto (16.5x25cm), 329pp with fold-out maps and Roll of Honour, previous owner's name at front, also includes a few loose unit related sheets. Very good and scarce.
Estimate $200
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The Russian Conquest of the Caucasus, by John F.Baddeley, 1st edition 1908, hard cover (17.5x25.5cm), 518pp with foldout maps. Foxing, otherwise fine and scarce 1st edition.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
The New South Wales Military Volunteer Land Grants, researched by Laurel Burge, 1976, hard cover, quarto (15.5x23cm), 107pp, limited edition of printing of 500 copies of which only 200 are hard covered; original page from the 1869 New South Wales Legislative Council reporting on Her Majesty's Troops Among The British Colonies. The last with some edge splits and paper loss at edges, otherwise very good, the first with previous owner's name whited out and foxing on fly pages, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
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The Story of South Africa, by John Clark Ridpath L.L.D. and Edward S.Ellis A.M., 1st edition 1899, an account of the historical transformation of the dark continent by the European powers and the culminating contest between Great Britain and the South African Republic in the Transvaal War, by Oceanic Publishing Company, Sydney, NSW, hard cover (20x25cm), 687pp; also Volume II, 514pp, both with previous owner's name written or erased. Both with loose covers and loose pages at front and with some loss of paper around edges, otherwise good. (2)
Estimate $100
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A Subaltern's War, being a memoir of the Great War from the point of view of a romantic young man, with candid accounts of two particular battles, written shortly after they occurred, and an essay on militarism, by Charles Edmonds, 1st edition 1929, hardcover (14.5x21.5cm), 224pp; Ian Hamilton's March, by Winston Spencer Churchill, 2nd edition 1900, hard cover (13.5x19.5cm), 409pp + fold-out map and 32pp book catalogue at end, inside front page is written, 'W.A. Windeyer from E Windeyer 14/1/1901'. Some foxing, otherwise very good. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
The 7th F.A.B. Yandoo, Vol 1 Troopship Issue (36pp) and Vol II Camp Life in England (52pp), quarto (15.5x25cm) magazine type booklets with soft cover, the first issued in August 1916 and the second in December 1916. Edge splits on cover of first and fading of the gold ink titles, otherwise fine and both very scarce. (2)
Estimate $200
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Aussie, a reprint of all the numbers of the diggers' own paper of the battlefield, wholly written, illustrated and printed in the field by members of the A.I.F., produced by the editor, Phillip L.Harris, on behalf of the Australian War Museum, 1920, hard cover (18x24cm), owner's name written on top right edge of cover 'G.Feinaigle'; The Rubaiyat of William The War-Lord, by St.John Hamund, 1915, hardcover (17.5x22.3cm), a satirical poem in rubaitay form on German Kaiser Wilhelm II. Cover of last damaged, foxing, very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Scarlet and Tartan, by Martin J.Buckley, 1st edition 1986, 300pp, 215x280mm, hard cover with dust jacket, the story of the Regiments and Regimental Bands of The NSW Scottish Rifles (Volunteers), The 30th Battalion (NSW Scottish Regiment), "A" Company and Pipes and Drums, 17th Battalion Royal New South Wales Regiment; also The Scottish Rifles in Northern New South Wales by M.Buckley, c1985, 68pp, 150x210mm, soft cover. Very fine, both scarce. (2)
Estimate $150
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The Australian Victories in France in 1918, by General Sir John Monash K.C.B., 1st edition 1920, 351pp, 160x230mm, hard cover, no dust jacket, signed on fly page 'Florence Rose Jamieson 1922'; also "What We Have We Hold!" A History of the 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945, revised edition 1998, 498pp, 180x250mm, hard cover, with nominal roll. The first with foxing on outside edges and discolouration on cover, fine, the second extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Sir Archibald Murray's Despatches, (June 1916 - June 1917), 1st edition 1920, hard cover, quarto (18x26cm), 229pp, together with separate hard cover folder containing large individual maps of (1) Turkish Empire, (2) Egypt, (3) Sinai Peninsula Port Said-Suez, (4) Syria Jerusalem and Rafa, with previous owner's names stamped or written on fly pages. Some foxing, otherwise very good. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
On Target, With the American and Australian Anti-Aircraft Brigade in New Guinea, written and illustrated by Men of the Front Line Forces, 1st edition published by Angus and Robertson Ltd, Sydney:London, 1943, 172pp, 190x250mm, hard cover with dust jacket; also Darwin Bombed, The Unit History of 14 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery by Jack Mulholland, 2nd edition 1999 first printed 1995 under the title, 'Use the 1916 Ammo First', 146pp, 150x210mm, soft cover, owner's name on title page crossed through. The dust jacket damaged on the first, fine and the second good very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Men May Smoke, being the final edition of the 2/18 Bn. A.I.F. magazine June 1948, edited by Oswald L.Ziegler, published and printed by W.E.Smith Ltd 1948, hard cover (22.7x28.7cm), 92pp; A History of 2/18th Infantry Battalion AIF, revised and compiled by Di Elliott and Lynette Silver, 2006, based on original book 'Against All Odds', hard cover (16.5x25.3cm), 295pp plus Index and with Decorations and Recommendations, Nominal Roll, Escaped, Force's Rolls, Honour Roll (KIA) and (POWs) and other information. The first scarce, tape stain marks on inside of cover and fly pages, otherwise good fine, the second extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $230
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XVth The King's Hussars 1759-1913, by Colonel H.C.Wylly CB, 1st edition 1914, hard cover (20.5x26.3cm), 564pp, with Army List Rolls, Peninsular Medal Roll and other lists of Regimental Sports' event winners, also images of various badges, medals and uniforms, some in colour; 15th The King's Hussars Dress and Appointments 1759-1914 by Alan Kemp, 1st edition 1972, hard cover with dust jacket, octavo (15x21.5cm), 48pp; Taurus Pursuant A History of 11th Armoured Division, by Printing and Stationery Service, British Army of the Rhine, 1946, hard cover, quarto (15.7x23.6cm), 44pp. Previous owner's name or pencilled figures on fly pages, the last with some damage to spine, some foxing, otherwise good - very good. (3)
Estimate $100
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The Battle History of the Royal New South Wales Regiment, Volume I 1885-1918, by Major General Gordon L.Maitland, 1st edition 2001, hard cover (21.8x28.5cm) with dust jacket, 333pp with colour and b&w photos and maps, signed by author; War Correspondent, by Frank Legg, 1st edition 1964, hard cover (15x21.8cm) with dust jacket, 265pp; The Little Digger 1914-1952, William Morris Hughes A Political Biography Volume II, by L.F.Fitzhardinge, 1st edition 1979, hard cover (16.2x24.2cm) with dust jacket, 703pp. The first extremely fine, the rest fine - very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
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Soldiers of the Queen, War in the Soudan, by Ralph Sutton, 1st edition 1985 (limited to 1,000 copies), signed by author, softcover, 321pp, with colour and b&w photos, fold out map and NSW Contingent Nominal Roll; Sometimes Forgotten, edited by Frederick Kirkland OAM, JP with consultant to editor, Warwick G.Cary JP, hardcover (17.5x24.8cm), 238pp, 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, BCOF, UN, HMAS Voyager (1964) and RMC Duntroon (1956); Operation Damask, edited by Frederick Kirkland OAM, JP with consultants to editor, Lt Col Neil C.Smith AM & Warwick G.Cary JP, hardcover (17.5x24.8cm),225pp, Being a record of Australia's participation prior to, during and after The Gulf War, Iraq - Kuwait, 1990-1991 incorporating those of the Australian Defence Force (A.D.F.) who served with Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Desert Cactus, Ozone, Habitat, UNIIMOG, UNTSO & UNSCOM. A few spots of foxing on fly pages of last two, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
"Crossed Boomerangs" Historical Journal of the Thirty-First, Volume 1, The Story of the Third Queenslander - Kennedy Regiment, Kennedy Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Kennedy Regiment, 1/31st Australian Infantry Battalion, 138pp plus WWI Roll of Honour; Volume 2, The Story of 31st Infantry Battalion - The Kennedy Regiment, 31/51st Australian Infantry Battalion A.I.F., 31st Battalion - The Royal Queensland Regiment, 592pp; and Volume 3 The Story of the 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion A.I.F in the war of 1939-45, 521pp with WWII Roll of Honour, and Honours and Awards, all by Capt R.Burla being part of a series of journals produced between 1971 and 1973 that were the basis of a book called Crossed Boomerangs published after R.Burla's death, each volume with hard green cover (21x30cm). Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Australia in Palestine, 1919, editors H.S. Gullett and Chas. Barrett, art editor David Barker, hard cover (22x27cm), 153pp with photos and fold-out views, at front inscribed, 'To Dad with love from Chrissie & Lilias Xmas 1919'; From the Australian Front, Shrapnel and Smiles, 1917, printed by Cassell and Company Limited, hard cover (19.7x27cm), 128pp a pictorial history, with owner's name written in pencil at front; The Book of the Anzac Memorial, N.S.W., edited by S.Elliott Napier, 1934, hard cover (23.5x28.5cm) with dust jacket, 93pp with photos. The first with some moisture marking and loose cover, the last with some paper loss to dust jacket, all with some foxing, otherwise fine. (3)
Estimate $140
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The Burma Campaign 1941-45, an account based on Lord Slim's "Defeat into Victory" with additional material from various sources compiled by Major J.H.Moore, ED, HQ E Comd (1970), soft cover (20.5x29.3cm), 93pp; The New Guinea Campaign 1941-43, an account based on Colonel Keogh's book South West Pacific campaign - plus additional notes - compiled by Major J.H.Moore ED, HQ E Comd (1972), soft cover (20.5x29.3cm), 49pp; The Western Desert Campaign 1940-43, an account based on the books contained in the Bibliography and additional notes prepared by Major J.H.Moore ED (1974), soft cover (20.5x29.3cm), 71pp. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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