Catalogue
Army Badges and Insignia, of World War 2 by Guido Rosignoli; Badges and Insignia of World War II, Air Force, Naval, Marine by Guido Rosignoli; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Insignia of the 20th Century by Guido Rosignoli; New Zealand Reinforcement Badges 1914-18 by Geoffrey J.Lowe; British Military Uniforms by James Laver; Military Uniforms of Britain & The Empire by Major R.M.Barnes; How to Trace Your Military Ancestors in Australia & New Zealand by R.H.Montague; Imperial German Army Handbook 1914-18 by D.B.Nash; Dress & Insignia of the British Army in Australia & New Zealand 1770-1870 by Ronald Montague; British Military Uniforms from Contemporary Pictures by W.Y.Carman; Antique Arms and Armor by Frederick Wilkinson; Weapons of the British Soldier by Col H.C.B.Rogers; Guns in Australia by Christopher Halls; U.S. Army Uniforms 1939-45 by Roy Dilley; Japanese Swords by Nobuo Ogasawara; Rank Badges of Britains Allies, small, wartime, comic book-style booklet; A.M.F. Record of Service Book for Senior Cadets, Feb 23, 1917, named to Edwin Charles Yule, aged 13; other booklets, catalogues and assorted papers. Very fine. (33)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Australian Internment Camps, An Illustrated Diary by an officer of the Guard, Lieut. Edmond Samuels, original edition published in 1919; together with a 1983 reprint. The first item tattered around the edges of the cover and on the top right hand corner of the pages, but scarce, and otherwise good fine, the second item extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $300
Australian Military Uniforms, 1800-1982 by Monty Wood; The ANZACS by Patsy Adam-Smith; Private Tucker's Boer War Diary by Pamela Todd & David Fordham; With the Australians in Korea by Norman Bartlett; Battles of the Nineteenth Century Vol III by Cassel & Company (Boer War 1899-1902, Chinese War 1900-1901, Ashanti War 1900); Songs & Music of the Redcoats, 1642-1902 British Army by Lewis Winstock; The Last Bastion by Kristin Williamson. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
Australian Victories in France in 1918 by Lt Gen Sir John Monash; The Broken Years by Bill Gammage; The Coast Watchers by Eric Feldt; Hunted, a Coastwatchers Story by M. Murray; From the Somme to Singapore by Charles Huxtable; ANZAC by John Vader; The Tunnell by Eric Williams V.C.; Bugle & Kukri by Maj Gen R.W.L. McAlister; The Desert My Dwelling Place, with the Long Range Desert Group in Africa by Lt Col David Lloyd Owen; The Indian Mutiny by Maj Gen Richard Hilton; and many other interesting and factual war history books (23). Fine - very fine. (33)
Estimate $150
SOLD $80
Australian War Memorial, A Guide to the Australian War Memorial, several issues from 1941-1959; Australian War Memorial Museum, 1929, Sydney issue; Masterpieces of the Australian War Memorial; Here is Their Spirit, a Short History of the Australian War Memorial; "Peace" Recipe Book, WWI. Good - extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
British Battles and Medals, by Maj L.L.Gordon, 1971; Soudan Contingent 1885 N.S.W. by R.Clark; History of World War II compiled by S.L.Mayer; The Remote Garrison, The British Army in Australia by Peter Stanley; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Insignia of the 20th Century by Guido Rosignoli; World War II Collectibles by Harry Rinker & Robert Heistand; Dragons Can Be Defeated by Maj (Ret'd) D.V.Henderson G.M.; The National Honours & Awards of Australia by Michael Maton (presentation item to Tom Hanley for 50 years service to A.N.S. signed by several A.N.S. members); Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Uniforms & Equipments (unauthored); Badges & Insignia of the Third Reich 1933-45 by Brian Leigh Davis; Spink's Catalogue of British and Associated Orders, Decorations and Medals by E.C.Joslin; Orders and Decorations by Vaclav Mericka; Onori e glorie by Antonio Spada; Naval, Military and Royal Air Force Decorations & Medals of Her Majesty's Forces 1793-1973, chart; supplement to the London Gazette No. 49134, 8 Oct. 1982 showing Honours and Awards for the Falklands War. Mostly very large, colour illustrated books, very fine. (15)
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
British Gallantry Awards, by J.M.A.Tamplin & P.E.Abbott; Decorations and Medals of the Republic of Ireland by Wg Cdr E.H.O'Toole; The Medals, Decorations and Orders of the Great War 1914-18 by Alec A.Purves; Coronation and Commemorative Medals 1887-1953 by Lt-Col Howard N.Cole, 1953; Collecting Medals and Decorations by Alec Purves; The Victoria Volunteer & Long & Efficient Service Medal 1881-1901 by R.D.Williams; Gallantry and Distinguished Service - Vietnam 1962-73 by I.L.Barnes; Orders, Decorations and Medals Awarded to New Zealanders by Geoffrey P.Oldham & Brett Delahunt; The Queen's Orders of Chivalry by Brig Sir Ian De la Bere; The Order of Canada, Government House, Canada; S.M.S.Emden and Numismatics by Colin G.F.Thomas; The Commemorative Medal in the Service of Germany by G.F.Hill, 1917; The George Cross by Lt-Col Ian Bisset; Handbook of Medals and Decorations of the World (in German) by Maximilian Grikner, 1893; Orders and Decorations of German Democratic Republic by History Museum (in German); other books (9, a few duplicates), booklets (8) and medal charts (2). Fine - very fine. (34)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations Awarded to the Army and Navy by A.A.Payne, 1911, the original standard reference work. Cover loose, some foxing, fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
But Little Glory, N.S.W. Contingent in Sudan 1885 edited by Peter Stanley; How Australia Took German New Guinea by F.S.Burnell; The Australians at the Boer War by R.L.Wallace; Europe Since Napoleon by David Thomson; Anno XIIII, The Conquest of An Empire by Marshall Emilio De Bono, 1937 first edition (re invasion of Abyssinia); The White Ribbon by Neville Poulson; A History of 'A' Battery by Richmond Cubis; They Proved to All the Earth by John E.Price; Volunteers at Heart, Queensland Defence Forces 1860-1901 by D.H.Johnson; First Queensland Mounted Infantry Contingent in the South African War by Major Rex Clark; Australians in the Waikato War 1863-64 by Leonard L.Barton; British Regiments in Napier 1858-1867 by Alice Woodhouse; West Australian Contingent to the South African War by J. Burridge; Australian Contingents to the China Field Force 1900-01 by James J. Atkinson; Medal or Clasps Awarded to Sudan Contingent 1885 by Maj Rex Clark; Sotheby's medal auction catalogue 30 Jan 1974. Foxing to a few books otherwise very fine. (16)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Buttons, A Guide for Collectors by Gwen Squire, 1972; Australian Roll of Honour for the South African War 1899-1902 by Terence A.D.Truswell & Stephen F.Frill; The Award of the French Croix De Guerre (1914-18) to Units of the British Army by G.Archer Parfitt, 1964; 7th Field Artillery Brigade / 7 Field Regiment, RAA, A History (Photocopy); Uniforms of the Australian Colonies by Alfred N.Festberg & Barry J.Videon; Collecting Military Antiques by Frederick Wilkinson; Medals Awarded to Australian Contingents to Boxer Rebellion - 1900 by Major Rex Clark; Australia in Uniform 1943 edited by Alfred N.Festberg; Lancers & Dragons, Uniforms of the Imperial German Cavalry 1900-1914 by R.J.Marrion; American Military Insignia 1800-1851 by J.Duncan Campbell & Edgar M.Howell; The Armed Forces of World War II, Uniforms, Insignia and Organisation by Andrew Mollo; Heraldry & Regalia of War edited by Bernard Fitzsimons; Heraldry of War Medals, Badges and Uniforms edited by Bernard Fitzsimons (64-page magazine); Decorations and Medals of Her Majesty's Forces 1793-1953 chart; all large, oversized books or booklets. Very fine. (14)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Chronicle of 45th Battalion, A.I.F. by Major Lee (1924); War Dance, Story of 2/3 Aust Inf Bn by Ken Clift; Sand, Sweat and Camels, Story of Australian Camel Corps by G.F. and E.M. Langley; Reconquest, New Guinea 1943-44, The Australian Army at War; The Australian Army at War, an official record of service in two hemispheres 1939-1944; Women in Arms, the story of Nancy Wake by Russell Braddon; ANZACS at War by J. Laffin; Iven G. Mackay, Citizen and Soldier by I. Chapman; Of Love and War by P. Poole; Vietnam Remembered; Small Arms of the World by W.H.B. Smith; Between the Lines by Boyd Campbell (1916). The first and last books scarce, fine - very fine. (12)
Estimate $120
SOLD $630
Cossum, J.K., Australian Army Badges, Part One, 1930-1942 and Part Two, 1900-1930. Good very fine - extremely fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Destination Buchenwald, by Colin Burgess; Germany in the Pacific and Far East 1870-1914 by John A.Moses & Paul M.Kennedy; The Boer War Diary of Sol. T.Plaatje; Military Origins by Maj Lawrence L.Gordon; The Russian Navy & Australia to 1825 by Glynn Barratt; Great Britain & Germany's Lost Colonies 1914-19 by Wm. Roger Louis; The Boer War by Thomas Packenham; Escape from Crete by L.J.Line; The Australians in Nine Wars; Waikato to Long Tan by Peter Firkins; Scapegoats of the Empire by Lieut. George Witton; other titles (17); booklets (9); leaflets (9). Fine - extremely fine. (45)
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
From the Australian Front, Xmas 1917 by Cassel & Company; Australian War Photographs, Nov 1917 - end of war by A.I.F. Publication Section; the following are all AMF and/or AWM publications, Active Service, 1941; Soldiering On, 1942; H.M.A.S. Mk II, 1944; Jungle Warfare, 1944; Khaki & Green, 1945; Stand Easy - After the Defeat of Japan, 1945; As You Were, 1946; As You Were, 1947. The first two books have foxing with loose pages and covers, the rest very fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Great Exploits of the Second World War, by C.F. Lamb; Sudan Contingent by Stanley Brogden (1943); The Kapyong Battalion by James J. Atkinson; Odette by Jerrard Tickell; With Gordon at Khartoum by Eliza F. Pollard (c.1916); HMAS Sydney 1913-1929 by C.E. Daw & G. Hitch; Gallipoli Mission by C.E.W. Bean (1948); Kong Kong Escape by R.B. Goodwin; High Adventure by A.H. Cobby; Rommel by Desmond Young; Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 by William Forbes - Mitchell (1895); Ordeal at Lucknow by Michael Joyce; Prisoner of the Kormoran by W.A. Jones; assorted other military histories (22). Some foxing to early books, otherwise fine - very fine. (36)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Head-Dress Badges, of the British Army, Vol I, London, 1980, Vol II, London, 1979, by Arthur L. Kipling and Hugh L.King, the definitive reference books on British Army hat badges. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Lest We Forget, The History of the RSL, 1916-1986 by Peter Sekuless & Jacqueline Rees; Our Home Front 1939-1945, edited by Andrew Bolt; D-Day by Brigadier Peter Young; Australia at War by Lieut Will Dyson, First edition, 1918; The National War Memorial of Victoria by John Barnes, First edition, 1934. Foxing to the last book and cover pages are tattered, the rest very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Maj Gen Sir Frederick S. Roberts, a Memoir by Charles Rathbone Low (1883); Brave British Soldiers of the Victoria Cross, a book for boys (undated); The Siege, a Story from Kohima by Arthur Campbell; From Capetown to Ladysmith by G.W. Steevens (1900); Towards Pretoria by Julian Ralph (1900); Khaki & Gown, an autobiography by Field Marshall Lord Birdwood (1942); Experiences of a Dinki Di R.R.C. Nurse by Gertrude F. Moberly; The Second - 28 by Philip Masel; Grim Glory, epic of Malaya by Gilbert Mant; Gallipoli by Eric Bush; The Gordon Bennett Story by Frank Legg; other military histories (14); military booklets and journals (5). Foxing and loose pages in a few of the older books, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (30)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Military research, several binders of documents, correspondence and newspaper articles relating to medals and military events and history in general, gathered over more than four decades. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
On Honour's Roll, Tales of Heroism in the Nineteenth Century by Mrs Valentine; various books on collecting militaria, badges and shoulder titles; The French Foreign Legion by Martin Windrow; The Origins of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps by Jacqueline Gurner; Orders, Decorations, Medals and Badges of the Third Reich by David Littlejohn & Col. C.M.Dodkins; a large quantity of leaflets and newspaper cuttings and research material relating to medals. Fine - very fine. (approx 30 plus research folders)
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Pedlar Palmer of Tobruk, an autobiography; Ships in Battledress by J.H.Adams; One Minute in Time - Melbourne Voyager Collision by VADM H Hickling; The Last Cruise by the Emden by E.P. Hoyt; HMAS Parramatta 1910-1928 by L.J. Lind; Who Sank the Sydney by M. Montgomery; Mighty Midgets by John E Moyes; Japan's Imperial Conspiracy by D. Bergamini; other British military history books (7). Fine - very fine. (15)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Pictorial History of Australia at War 1939-45, Vols 1-V, published by Australian War Memorial, 2nd edition 1959; Gallipoli by Alan Moorehead; A Soldier Returns (to Long Tan) by Terry Burstall; Sir John Monash by A.J. Smithers; Malayan Postscript by Ian Morrison; Gallipoli Today by T.J. Pemberton (1926); Not as a Duty Only by H. Gullett; Half to Remember by G.H. Fearnside; War Birds, diary of an unknown aviator (1930); military comics (2). Fine - very fine. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Police, N.S.W. Police Rules and Instructions 1915; N.S.W. Police Qualifying Examinations for Higher Rank, sample papers & instructions, 1918; N.S.W. Gaming and Betting Act, 1912; Rules for the General Government and Discipline of Members of the Police Force of New South Wales 1884; Mounted Police in N.S.W.; A History of Heroism and Duty Since 1821 by John O'Sullivan; Man Tracks with the Mounted Police in Australian Wilds by Ion L.Idriess, 1937; London Policeman by Sydney C.Harvey, 1958; Documents on Police in New South Wales 1789-1879; Centenary Brochure, N.S.W. Police Force 1862-1962, with roll of honour & list of gallantry award recipients; Australian Police Journal (2, Vol. 32 No. 2, 1978, Vol. 43 No. 4, 1989). Foxing on some items, otherwise fine - very fine (11)
Estimate $70
SOLD $550
RAN in Vietnam, by Denis Fairfax; Royal Australian Navy an Illustrated History by George Odgers; Warships & Sea Battles of WWI by Beckman House; A Short History of the Military Forces of N.S.W. 1770-1900, prepared under supervision of LT-Gen Sir Frank Berryman; The Boer War Diary of A.A.Howard; The British Empire series of Time-Life Books (33); RMC (Royal Military College) journals 1972-77 (6); Australian War Memorial Reports (20); various other magazines, booklets, leaflets and newspapers; Royal Visit 1952 booklet. Fine - very fine. (106)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
The ANZAC Book, by Cassel & Company, 1916 (2); The Book of the ANZAC Memorial, N.S.W., 1934; A Pictorial History of Australians at War; Official History of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic & War Fund of N.S.W. 1939-45; RAAF Saga by RAAF Directorate of Public Relations, 1944; Banjo Paterson Happy Dispatches, 1954; The Rehearsal by K.S.Inglis; Escape from the Swastika by Burton Graham. Very good - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
The Saga of a Sig, by Ken Clift DCM; Kut, the Death of an Army by Ronald Millar; Forty-One Years in India by Field-Marshall Earl Roberts (1905); Barracks, Bivouacs and Battles by Archibald Forbes (1894); The Indian Mutiny 1857 by G.B. Malleson (1896); Bamboo and Bushido by A.G. Allbury; Rommel by Ronald Lewin; Viet-Nam Witness 1953-66 by Bernard B. Fall; Lonely Vigil, Coastwatchers of the Solomons by Walter Lord; All in the Days March by Maj Gen David Belchem; Behind Bamboo by Rohan Rivett; ANZAC to Amiens by C.E. Bean (1948); The Heroes by Ronald McKie; Mark of the Lion, the story of Capt Charles Upham V.C. and Bar by Kenneth Sandford (1962); The Borneo Book for Servicemen; The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill (1955); Women in Khaki by Lorna Ollif; other military histories (22). Some foxing, one unlisted book missing cover, otherwise fine - very fine. (39)
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
The Scottish Rifles, in Northern N.S.W. by M.Buckley; Sydney University Regiment by A.B.Lilley; Much Sounding of Bugles, the Siege of Chitral 1895 by John Harris; Thank God We Kept the Flag Flying, the Siege and Relief of Ladysmith 1899-1900 by Kenneth Griffith; Mission Vietnam, RAAF Operations 1964-72 by George Odgers; Horry the Wog Dog by Ion L. Idriess; Australia at Arms by Norman Bartlett; Wings magazine, bound copies, 17 April - 15 November 1945; Monte Cassino by David Hapgood & David Richardson; The London Cage by Lt-Col A.P.Scotland; The Miracle of Dunkirk by Walter Lord; When the Going was Rough by James Mac Bruce; The Spirit Soldiers by Richard O'Connor; Australia in the War 1939-45, Greece, Crete & Syria by Gavin Long; Heisenberg's War by Thomas Powers; other titles (8); booklets (6). Very good - extremely fine. (29)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
The Story of South Africa, Vol 1 and 2, an account of the Despatch of Contingents from Australia and New Zealand by G.B.Barton and others, c.1903; ANZAC Memorial, September 1919, History and a Roll of Honour of all officers and men of the A.I.F.; R.A.A.F. 1939-42 by Douglas Gillison; The Government and the People 1939-41 by Paul Hasluck; The Jungle is Neutral by F.Spencer Chapman DSO; Rescue and Demolition Manual, a Civil Defence handbook No 2, Nov. 1942; First Aid in Civil Defence, a Civil Defence handbook No 3, Dec. 1942. The first three books have damaged spines and covers but full of information, the rest very fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
The Wooden Horse, by Eric Williams; White Coolies by Betty Jeffrey; Prisoner on the Kwai by Basil Peacock; Green Armour by Osmar White (1945); Guns and Gunners by John W. O'Brien; Rendevouz 127, The Diary of Madame Brusselmans M.B.E. transcribed by Denis Hornsey; England's Pride, the story of the Gordon Relief Expedition by Julian Symons (1974); Soldier in a Storm by Alan Stretton; The Wells of Beersheba by Frank Dalby Davison (1947); From Bapaume to Passchendale 1917 by Philip Gibbs (1918); other military books (22); military booklets (2); military journals (9). Fine - very fine. (43)
Estimate $150
SOLD $50
These Eagles, the Story of the RAAF at War, AWM, 1942; Victory Roll, The RAAF at War, AWM, 1945; As You Were 1949, AWM; As You Were 1950, AWM; Copy of Diary of Theo Atkinson A.I.F. at ANZAC 1915; True Australian War Tales by Alec Hepburn; Voluntary Aid Detachments in Peace and War by Rupert Goodman; Australia in the War of 1939-45, To Benghazi by Gavin Long; With the Allies to Pekin, a story of the Relief of the Legations by C.A.Henty, 1904; Under Wellington's Command by C.A.Henty, 1899; The Years of Endurance 1793-1802 by Arthur Bryant, 1943; Years of Victory 1802-1812 by Arthur Bryant, 1945; Gibraltar & Its Sieges, 1892; A Soldier's Life in India, Memoirs of Major Hodson, bookplate of (AS) Alfred Stephen with hand-written family tree at front of book showing his ancestery to the subject of the book, Maj Hodson, a hero of the 1857 Mutiny; other titles (6); booklets (18); leaflets (3). The Gibraltar, 1892, book has the cover present but not attached, otherwise fine - extremely fine. (41)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320