Catalogue
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
Military history research. Smith, Neil C., publications including, Men of the 9th Divisional Ski Company WWII; Location Codes; Australia and Commonwealth in the Malaya Emergency 1948-60; Java 1942; Men of Cowra The 22nd Garrison Battalion and the Cowra Breakout 1944; Ocean Island (Heron) Force; Men of the 1st Australian Commando Platoon; Robin Force The Australian Defence of New Caledonia WWII; The Tobruk Siege; The Nino Bixio; Commonwealth Military Military Forces Military Orders 1905; Airfield Construction Squadrons; and others. All soft cover. Good. (26)
Estimate $130
SOLD $40
Murray, Lieut Col P.L. (ed.)., Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, Melbourne. Good.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Orders, decorations and medals. Barnes, I.L., Gallant and Distinguished Service Vietnam 1962-1973, 1974; Barton, L.L., For Distinguished Conduct and Meritorious Service, Ryde, 1984 (spiral bound); Maton, Michael., The National Honours & Awards of Australia, Kenthurst, 1995; Mericka, Vaclav., Book of Orders & Decorations, Prague, 1975; Smith, Lt-Col N.C., Worth a Mention, Melbourne, 1994 (signed by author); Walker, R.W., Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal 1914-20, Birmingham, 1981; Williams, R.D., The Victoria Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1881-1901, Melbourne, 1976; together with booklets and pamplets on the Soudan Contingent 1885 NSW, Medals to Australians, Long Service and Other Non-Operational Medals (Aust), Defence Force Service Awards, National Medal, Campaign and Operational Medals (Aust). Good - near new. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $270
Osprey., Men at Arms Series, assorted titles, some softcover. Very good. (47)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Photocopied and soft cover bound publications, Reorganisation Australian Military Forces, The Medical Services of the Australian Army in Victoria, James McClelland's Recording the Past for the Future - reference books and others. Good. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Pre World War I. Chamberlain, Max & Droogleever, Robin., The War with Johnny Boer, Loftus, 2003; George, Dave C., Carvings from the Veldt, Adelaide, 2004 (signed by author); Austin, Ron., Encyclopedia of the Zulu and Boer Wars, McCrae, 1999; Stanley, Peter (Ed)., But Little Glory, The New South Wales Contingent to the Sudan 1885, Canberra, 1985; Nicholls, Bob., The Colonial Volunteers, Sydney, 1988; Jones, Colin., Australian Colonial Navies, Canberra, 1986., Smith, Neil C., Carving up the Melon, Australians in the Boxer Rebellion China 1900-1901, Melbourne, 2000; Ward, George., Victorian Land Forces 1853-1883, Sunshine, 1989 (signed by author); Montague, R.H., Dress and Insignia of the British Army in Australian and New Zealand 1770-1870, Sydney, 1981. Good - near new. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Royal Australian Air Force. Cluley, R.J., Unit Badges of the Royal Australian Air Force, South Yarra; Newton, D., Australian Air Aces, Fyshwick, 1996; R.C.Odgers, G., Mission Vietnam, Royal Australian Air Force Operations 1964-1972, Canberra, 1974; Pictorial History of the Royal Australian Air Force, Dee Why, 1978; McAulay, L., Against all Odds, RAAF Pilots in the Battle for Malta 1942, Milsons Point, 1989; Powell, G., Two Steps to Tokyo, A Story of the RAAF in the Trobriand and Admiralty Islands, Melbourne, 1945; Roylance, D., Airbase Richmond, Richmond, 1991; Wilson, D., Always First, The RAAF Airfield Construction Squadrons 1942-1974, Fairbairn, 1998; Piper, R., The Hidden Chapters, Carlton, 1995; Isaacs, K., Military Aircraft of Australia 1909-1918, Canberra, 1971; The Golden Years, Royal Australian Air Force 1921-1971, Canberra, 1971; Jones, C., Wings and the Navy, 1947-1953, Kenthurst, 1997; and, Nesbit, R.C., The RAF in Camera 1903-1939, Stroud, 1997. Good - near new. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Royal Australian Engineers History. McNicoll, Maj.Gen.R.R., Vol 1, The Colonial Engineers, 1835 to 1902, Canberra, 1977; Vol 2, Making and Breaking, 1902 to 1919, Canberra, 1979; Vol 3, Teeth & Tail, 1919 to 1945, Canberra, 1982; Greville, Brigadier P.J., Vol 4, Paving the Way, 1945 to 1972, Loftus, 2002. Near new. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Unit history. The Thirty-Ninth, The History of the 29th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, Melbourne, 1934. Some damage to spine, good.
Estimate $170
SOLD $260
Various subjects. Critchley, M.(ed)., Falklands: Task Force Portfolio, Liskeard; Craig, G.F., A History of Hurdle Flat, 1984; A History of Hillsborough, 1980; Green, W. and Punnett, D., MacDonald World Air Power Guide, London, 1963; Gunn, R., Trucks & Off-road Vehicles, London, 2004; Revill, J., The Magic of Steam, Sydney, 1992; and books on locomotives, flags, Devon and Cornwall Registers, the O'Dochartaigh Clan, American Express and the Japanese Military (6). Good - near new. (18)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
World military. Assorted books and booklets on British Army buttons, badges, insignia and medals; second world war Airforce, Naval, Marine and Army badges and insignia, fighters & bombers, artillery, military flags of the world; also Johnson, D.E., Collecting Militaria, London, 1971; Knoke, H., I Flew for the Fuhrur, London, 1953; Rogers, Col H.C.B., A History of Artillery, New Jersey, 1975; Wilmot, C., The Struggle for Europe, London, 1952. Fair - good. (36)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
World War I - World War II. Adam-Smith, P., The Anzacs, West Melbourne, 1978; Brune, P., Those Ragged Bloody Heroes, St Leonards, 1992; Gona's Gone, St Leonards, 1994; Egan, T., The Anzacs Songbook, Richmond, 1986; Keogh, Col E.G., The River in the Desert, Melbourne; The South West Pacific 1941-45, Melbourne, 1965; Joynt, W.D. VC., Breaking the Road for the Rest, Melbourne, 1979; Long, G., To Benghazi, Sydney, 1986; McDougall, A.K., Anzacs, Chatswwod, 1994; Paul, R., Retreat from Kokoda, Melbourne, 1958; Peterson, B. and Cribben, J., Tiger Men, South Melbourne, 1988; Poulos, P., He who drinks from the Nile shall return, Brisbane, 1993; ABC., Stories of Australians at War, Sydney, 2002; Cassell & Co., The Anzac Book 1916 (with foxing and some tears to bottom edge of first few pages); Hamlyn Pictorial History of Australians at War, Dee Why, 1970. Good - near new. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
World War I - World War II. Johnson, C and Barnes, A (ed)., Jacka's Mob, prahran, 1999., Lewis, B (ed)., Observation Post Six Years of War with the 2/11th Aust.Army Field Regiment, Essendon, 1989; Pynt, G., Australian Jewry's Book of Honour W.W.II; Simpson, C., Maygar's Boys, A History of the 8th Light Horse Regiment AIF 1914-19, Moorooduc, 1998; Education Dept Victoria, War Service Record 1939-1945, Melbourne, 1959;. Very good. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
World War I - World War II. Monash, General Sir John., The Australian Victories in France in 1918, London, 1920; Bartlett, N.(ed)., Pictorial Hostory of Australia at War 1939-45, Canberra, 1959; Fullford, R.K., We Stood and Waited, Sydney'S Anti-Ship Defences 1939-1945, Manly, 1994; Mortensen, K.G., An Australian Army Cadet Unit, 1945-1977, Parkville, 1978; together with Australian Army Officers lists (7); The Defence Act 1903-1941; Junior Cadet Training 1916; The Story of Victoria Barracks; Avenue of Honour, roll; A Bibliography of Australian Army Unit Histories, and other booklets. Fair - good. (20)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30