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Antique and Historical Arms Collectors Guild of Victoria Inc., Caps & Flints magazine, 1966-2003, bound into seven volumes; Australian Gunner magazine, Vol 1 No.1 - Nov 1981, bound into one volume; N.S.S.A., Nasho News, June 1997 - Dec 2003, bound into two volumes; Ballarat Nasho Newsletter, 2000 - 2003, bound into one volume; Standby News, bound into one volume; RAE (Victoria), Sapper Summit, 1992 - 2003, bound into two volumes. Good. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $20
Assorted military. Bates, P., Japan and The British Commonwealth Occupation Force 1946-52, London, 1993; Hinchliffe, L.G., Trust and Be Trusted, The Royal Army Pay Corps and its History, Winchester, 1983; Horton, D., Ring of Fire, Australia Guerrilla Operations Against the Japanese in WWII, South Melbourne, 1983; Monash, General Sir John, KCB., The Australian Victories in France in 1918, London, 1920; Wall, D., Sandakan The Last March, Mona Vale, 1989; Winter, B., Stalag Australia, German Prisoners of War in Australia, North Ryde, 1986; and others. Fair - very good. (19)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Assorted military. Hamilton, J., Goodbye Cobber, God Bless You, Sydney, 2004; Hull, W., Salvos With the Forces, Mont Albert, 1995; MacDonald, D., How we Kept the Flag Flying, London, 1900; Wilmot, C., Tobruk 1941, Sydney, 1944; The Naval and Military Club Melbourne, Melbourne, 1962 and 1981; and others. Hardbound and paperback. Fair - very good. (30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Assorted military. Publications on military history, regiments and equipment, including The Story of The Twenty First; The History, Customs and Traditions of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps; Australian Awards of the King's South Africa Medal; Glimpses of Colonel Tom; London Gazette (Falklands Awards); Humorosities; Australian Army Badges; Purple With a Green Strip; The Coo-ee March; Australia and the Commonwealth in the Malay Emergency 1948-60; Australian Military Equipment vols 1, 2, 3; 50 Years of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps; Royal Australian Army Pay Corps; and other titles. Fair - very good. (41)
Estimate $100
SOLD $460
Australia. Bowden, T., Changi Photographer, Sydney, 1984; Cronin, K., Colonial Casualities, Carlton, 1982; Ham, P., Kokoda, Sydney, 2005; MacDougall, A.K., Australia at War a Pictorial History, Rowville, 2004; McKinlay, B., Australia 1942 End of Innocence, Sydney, 1985; Timelife., Australia at War For Queen and Commonwealth, Surry Hills, 1987; and other titles. Good - near new. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Australian Army, Colour Patch Register 1915-1949, bound into one volume; Ferstberg, A.N., Hat Badges of the Australian Army 1903-1930, Melbourne, 1981; Hat Badges of the Australian Army 1930-1948; Hat Badges of the Australian Army 1948-1971 (photocopy); The Lineage of the Australian Army, Melbourne, 1972; Australian Army Guidons and Colours, Melbourne, 1972; Australian Army Insignia 1903-1966; Melbourne, 1967; Australia in Uniform 1943, Melbourne, c.1970 (spiral bound); Grebert, R., Rising Sun Badge Origin Theories and Evolution, Sydney, 1994; Glyde, K., Distinguishing Colour Patches of the Australian Military Forces 1915-1951, Hobart, 1999. Good. (10)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Australian military. Adam-Smith, P., Australian Women at War, Melbourne, 1984; Austin, S & R., The Body Snatchers, McCrae, 1995; Barker, B., Police as Peace-keepers, Melbourne, 1984; Charlton, P., The Unnecessary War, South Melbourne, 1983; Howard, A., You'll be Sorry, Refections of the AWAS 1941-1945, Sydney, 1994; Keogh, Col E.G., The River in the Desert, Melbourne; Scott, J., Girls with Grit, North Sydney, 1986; Thomason, W.E., Marching On, Bendigo, 1989; also War Memorials of Victoria, Melbourne, 1994 and booklets on Poems from the Desert, The Pacific War and Norfolk Island, Fijians at War. Some books signed by authors. Good - near new. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Australian military. Adam-Smith, P., Prisoners of War, Ringwood, 1992; Callinan, B.J., Independent Company, Portuguese Timor 1941-43, Melbourne, 1954; Fitzgerald, L., Lebanon to Labuan, Melbourne, 1980; together with publications on Aircrew in the Battle of Britain, 3MD RAA TEWT, Stories of Australians at War, History of the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps in South Australia, and RAAPC historical collection (6), Australians Remembered maps (2), The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, The National Serviceman, Australian Aldershot, Weekend Warriors, 2 Commando Company, Federation Frontline, 50 Years of Duty, History of the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment 1965-85, ECOSOC Resolution 1503. Good. (23)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Australian military. Avery, Lt-Col B., In the Anzac Spirit, McCrae, 2002; Bruce, P., Tassie's Fighting Pay Corps, 1995; Cranston, F., Always Faithfull, Spring Hill, 1983; Donovan, P., Waltzing Matildas , Blackwood, 1988 (signed by author); Crouch, J., A Special Kind of Service, Chippendale, 1986; Fairclough, Colonel H., Equal to the Task, Melbourne, 1962; Gorman, Capt E., With the Twenty-Second, reprint; Likeman, Lt-Col R., Men of the Ninth, McCrae, 2003; Mad Mick's Mob, A History of the 15th Australian Field Company R.A.E., 1995; Muirden, B., The Diggers Who Signed On For More, Kent-Town, 1990; Smith, A., Convoys Up the Track, Plympton, 2000 revised edition; Sublet, Lt-Col F., Kokoda to the Sea, McCrae, 2000; Smith, Lt-Col N.C., Tid-Apa, Melbourne, 1992; Tanner, T.W., Compulsory Citizen Soldiers, 1980. Good - near new. (14)
Estimate $220
SOLD $440
Australian military. Books, magazines, journals and handbooks including, Small Arms Training No.13 1945; The Bren Light Machine Gun; Gun Drill for Mark IV Gun or Mark IVP Field Carriages 1939; Infantry Training Vol I 1966; Military Financial Regulations and Instructions 1935; Standing Orders for Drivers of Mechanical Vehicles 1945; Range Tables (6); Gun Drill for QF 13 Pounder Gun 1928; Rifle Exercises Simplified 1941; Army journals, magazines, paper back books; Gunners of Victoria 1948 - 2000 R.A.A.P.C. Historical Collection (14). Contained in two cartons. Good.
Estimate $120
SOLD $40
Australian military. Calder, W., Heroes and Gentleman, Melbourne, 1985; Cox, L.C., The Galloping Guns, A History of the Victorian Horse Artillery, Pascoe Vale, 1986; Stanley, P., The Remote Garrison, The British Army in Australia, Kenthurst, 1986; Wedd, M., Australian Military Uniforms 1800-1982, Kenthurst, 1982. Very good. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Australian military. Firkins, P., Australians in Nine Wars, Waikato to Long Tan, 1971; Bean, C.E.W., The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, soft cover reprints of Vols III, The AIF in France, Vol IX, The Royal Australian Navy, Vol X, The Australians at Rabaul, St Lucia, 1993; Longmore, Capt C., "Eggs-A-Cook" The Story of the Forty-Fourth, reprint; Butlin, S.J., War Economy 1939-42, Canberra, 1961 reprint; Budden, F.M., That Mob, The Story of the 55/53rd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, Ashfield, 1973; (booklet) North Queensland WWII 1942-45, Brisbane, 1988; Ayliffe Bem, K.R. & Posener, J.M., Tracks of the Dragon, A History of Australian Locating Artillery, Loftus, 2004 (signed by authors). Good - near new. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
Australian military. Kuring, I., Redcoats to Cams, Canberra, 2004; Grey, J., A Military History of Australia, Cambridge, 1999 edition; Barker, T., Signals, A History of The Royal Australian Corps of Signals, Canberra, 1987; Wood, J., Chiefs of the Australian Way, Loftus, 2006 (signed by author); Cubis, R., A History of 'A' Battery, N.S.W. Artillery 1871-1899, The Royal Australian Artillery 1899-1971, Sydney, 1978; Vernon, P.V.(ed)., The Royal New South Wales Lancers 1885-1985, Parramatta, 1986; Burch, I.(ed)., History of the School of Artillery 1885-1996, Manly, 1996; Holloway, D., Hooves, Wheels & Tracks, A History of the 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment, Fitzroy, 1990. Good - near new. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Australian military. Wray, C.C.H., Timor 1942, Hawthorn, 1987; Smith, N.C., Nothing Short of War, Melbourne, 1999; Horner, D., Strategic Commands, Melbourne, 2005; Perrin, A.E., The Private War of the Spotters, Foster, 1990; Vane, Dr A., North Australia Observer Unit, Loftus, 2000; Donnelly, R., The Officer Training Unit Scheyville, St Lucia, 2001; Mulholland, J., Darwon Bombed, Loftus, 1999; Bannister, C., An Inch of Bravery, Canberra, 1994; Moore, D., Duntroon 1911-2001, Canberra, 2001. Good - near new. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australian War Memorial, journal, 1982-1995, bound into four volumes; 'Cascabell', No.1-77 (1983-2003), bound into five volumes; Military Historical Society of Australia Despatches, 1978-2001, bound into seven volumes. Good. (16)
Estimate $120
SOLD $250
Bean, C.E.W., Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, Vol I - Vol XII, a mismatched set, Sydney, 1929-1942. Some foxing and some with handwritten pencil notations inside front covers, good. (4)
Estimate $400
SOLD $150
British military. Mumby, F.A.(ed)., The Great World War - A History, vols I-XII, London, 1915-1916; McBean Knight, W.Stanley., The History of the Great European War, vols VI, VII, VIII, X; Commonwealth Military Journal 1911, 1912; Australia in the Great War, in Pictures; Sun News-Pictorial., The War in Pictures (WWII), 2 vols, Melbourne; Cassell & Co., British Battles; Recent British Battles, 1897; Warne, F. & Co., The English in Egypt With Life of General Gordon, c1908. Most with some damage to spine or pages, fair. (25)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette Special, Medal Awards, years 1984 (2 vols), 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-92, 1993-95, 1996-2000, 2001-03, 2004-05, bound into nine volumes. Good (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Gallipoli. Austin, Ron., The White Ghurkas, McCrae, 1989 (signed by author); Gallipoli Encyclopedia, McCrae, 2001 (signed by author); Where Anzacs Sleep, McCrae, 2006 (signed by author); Massey, Graeme., Gallipoli Heroes, Warracknabeal, 2004; Taylor, Phil and Cupper, Pam., Gallipoli A Battlefield Guide, Kenthurst, 1989; Haynes, Jim., Cobbers - Stories of Gallipoli 1915, Adelaide, 2005 (inscription inside cover); Carlyon, Les., Gallipoli, Sydney, 2001; Cassell and Company Ltd., The Anzac Book, 1916 (inscription inside front cover). Some foxing and tears to last book, others near new. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
General military. Bartlett, N.(ed)., Australia at Arms, Canberra, 1955; Calvert, Brigadier M. and Young, Brigadier P., A Dictionary of Battles 1715-1815, New York, 1979; Dupuy, R.E. and Dupuy, T., The Encyclopedia of Military History, London, 1977; Grant, I., A Dictionary of Australian Military History, Milson's Point, 1992; Keegan, J., The Second World War, Sydney, 1989; Reid, A., A Concise Encyclopedia of the Secoind World War, London, 1974; Readers Digest., Illustrated Story of World War II, Surry Hills, 1970; Scharf, J.T., History of the Confederate States Navy, Avenel, 1996; a source book for Australian Military Genealogy and booklets on British Military Uniforms, U.S.Airborne Forces Europe 1942-45 and Roll of Honor for Victoria's First Expeditionary Force. Good - near new. (12)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
General military. Billett, Major R.S., War Trophies, Roseville, 1999; Victoria's Guns, Spotswood, 1994; Farndale, Gen Sir Martin., History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, London, 1986; Gower, S.N., Guns of the Regiment, Canberra, 1981; Hopkins, Maj-Gen R.N.L., Australian Armour, Canberra, 1978; Horner, D., The Gunners, St Leonards, 1995; Jobson, C.(ed)., Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, Manly, 1997; Parsons, M., Gunfire!, Cheltenham, 1991; West, F., From Alemein to Scarlet Beach, Geelong, 1989; Whitelocke, C., Gunners in the Jungle, Eastwood, 1983 and a booklet on the Princess Royal Fortress, King George III Sound, W.A. Good - near new. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $300
General military. Brassey's., Artillery of the World, London, 1979; Collier, B., Japanese Aircraft of WWII, London, 1979; Daugherty, L., Voices of Vietnam, London, 2003; Feist, V., Harms, N.E., and Dario, M., The Fighting 109, London, 1978; Hogg, I.V., The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Artillery, London, 2003; Johnson, C., Artillery, London, 1975; Ramsey, W.G., The War in the Channel Islands, London, 1981; Westwood, J.N., The History of the Middle East Wars, Greenwich, 1984; and others. Good - near new. (16)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
German military. Davis, B.L., Flags & Standards of the Third Reich, New York, 1975; Davies, W.J.K., German Army Handbook 1939-1945, London, 1973; Mayer, S.L.(ed)., Signal, Years of Triumph 1940-42, London, 1978; McGuirk, D., Rommel's Army in Africa, London, 1987; Nash, D.B., Imperial German Army Handbook 1914-1918, London, 1980; Price, A., The Luftwaffe Vols I & II, London, 1981; Williamson, G., The Iron Cross 1813-1957, and Knights of the Iron Cross 1939-1945, Poole, 1985, 1987; and other WWII related booklets and publications. Good - near new. (22)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Germany, DerKrieg 1914-19 in Wort und Bild (the war in words and pictures), (1919, Berlin), hard cover, cloth bound with gilt, in three volumes. Some foxing, fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $80
Harding, William., and MacDonald, Donald., War in South Africa, Melbourne, 1899. With foxing, damage to bottom of page from frontispiece to p.26, tear to bottom edge of p.23, good.
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Honours and Awards. Balmer, J.L., Regimental Medals Handbook 1745-1895, 1987; De la Bere, Brigadier Sir Ivan., The Queen's Orders of Chivalry, London, 1964; Gordon, Maj L.L., British Battles & Medals, London, 1975; Hayward, J.B., Army Honours and Awards, London; Poulson, Maj N.W., Campaign and Independence Medals, 1969; Purves, A.A., Medals Decorations and Orders of the Great War 1914-1918; London, 1975; Wigmore, L.(ed)., They Dared Mightily, Canberra, 1963; a booklet on The Victoria Crosses and George Crosses of the East India Company and Indian Army; reports on the Inquiry into Defence and Defence Related Awards, 1994 (2); Review of Service Entitlement in Respect of South-East Asian Service, 2000; Review of Australian Honours and Awards, Canberra, 1995; U.S.A. Vietnam Era Medal of Honor Recipients 1964-1972. Fair - very good. (18)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Korean War. Atkinson, J.J., The Kapyong Battalion, Medal Roll of the 3rd Battalion RAR, 1977; Green, Bob (Ed)., The Battle of Maryang San, Georges Heights, 1994 reprint; Bartlett, N (Ed)., With the Australians in Korea, Canberra, 1960 edition; Smith, Lt-Col N.C., Home by Christmas With the Australian Army in Korea 1950-56, Gardenvale, 1990 (signed by author); Dept of Veteran Affairs., Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War, Canberra, 1999; Odgers, G., Remembering Korea, Australians in the War of 1950-53, Sydney, 2000; RSUI of Vic., Korea, Australians in the Korean War 50 Years On, Melbourne, 2001; and, Kirkland, F. OAM (Ed)., Sometimes Forgotten, Cremorne, 1990; Avery, Lt-Col Brian, Our Secret War, The 4th Battalion RAR Defending Malaysia Against Indonesian Confrontation 1965-1967, McCrae, 2001. With previous owner's name handwritten inside covers. Good - near new. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Maritime. Bowker, R.M. & Bligh, Lt W., Mutiny, Aboard H.M. Armed Transport 'Bounty' in 1789, Old Bosham, 1978; Cuffley, P.(ed)., Send the Boy to Sea, Noble Park, 2001; Festberg, A.N., Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy, Melbourne, 1981; Fraser, R., The Champion of the Seas, Glen Waverley, 1999; Australia's Navy 1990-91, Canberra, 1990; Hall, T., HMAS Melbourne, North Sydney, 1982; together with booklets on Australian shipwrecks (10), pirates; and Gibbons, F., The Red Knight of Germany, New York, 1927; Graham, Brigadier-General C.A.L., The Story of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Woolwich, 1962. Fair - very good. (30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Military biographies. Austin, R., A Soldier's Soldier The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir Carl Herman Jess, McCrae, 2001 (signed by author); Coates, T.F.G., Hector MacDonald The Private Who Became a General, London, 1902; Dunlop, E.E., The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop, Ringwood, 1990; Edgar, B., Warrior of Kokoda, A Biography of Brigadier Arnold Potts, St Leonards, 1999; Grant, I., Jacka VC, Australia's Finest Fighting Soldier, South Melbourne, 1990; Lindsay, P., Cosgrove Portrait of a leader, Milson's Point, 2006; MacMillian, Mountbatten Eighty Years in Pictures, London, 1979; McCullough, C., Roden Cutler V.C., Milson's Point, 1999; and others. Most are paperback, good - near new. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Military Historical Society of Australia, 'Sabretache', 1977-2003, bound into twelve volumes. Good. (12)
Estimate $120
SOLD $440