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Catalogue 194 JULY 2016

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CATEGORY PAGE

Aviation 3

Espionage 4

Military Biography 6

Military General 7

Napoleonic, Crimean and Victorian Eras 9

Naval 10

Special Forces & Airborne 12

Vietnam 14

The Great War 1914-1918 14

World War 2 1939-1945 18

Catalogue 194 comes to you from the dead of winter here in chilly Perth where it was down to 1 degree this

morning. And we’ve had lots of good, soaking rain with a lot more to come over the next week or so. Not bad for

the driest capital city in Australia! A bit more rain may see the dams and aquifers topped up in prep for a following

savagely hot summer. I think those twins El Nina and El Ninyo or whatever they’re called, are toying with us here

in the West. But I also see that the south east and Canberra are experiencing snow falls. We were posted to

Canberra in the mid ‘80s when it last snowed there. At Duntroon we always checked (visually) how far down Mt

Taylor the snow line was before we would head out the bush. A bitter place in winter is Canberra and meltingly

hot in summer. Anyway, I enjoy the cold and my beloved loves the heat so there you are! We’re still ploughing

along with the ‘SIMMO’ project and have sold 750 of the 1,000 printed. So those who have yet to secure a signed

copy you’d better do so quick smart as they will be all gone. (listed in the Biography section of this list) On the

cover of this catalogue we present some very rare pieces indeed. The first item is an original ‘Murray’s’, a

compilation list by unit of every Australian soldier who served in the Boer War 1899-1902. This is actually from

the Ken White collection and is priced at $1,800. Serious collectors will want this. And the star piece this month

is a 3 volume set of ‘Butler’s Medical volumes of WW1’. They are in excellent condition but to enhance the lot

we have included a rare serviette ring from the Duntroon Officers Mess, named to LtCol Butler who was RMO of

the College and lived in the Mess. He would have used this serviette ring at every meal. Accompanying this is

another small book he wrote about ‘Diggers. Also two photographs of a dedication plaque and church in which he

figures. There is also a good biographical article in a AWM journal. The entire lot is priced at $2,800. If further

info or other photos needed just let me know. I’m also open ‘by appointment’ for a visit to the book room to view

these items. Now that the nonsense election is finally out of the way we may be able to get on with our lives in a

civilised manner not having to tolerate one more lying politician in our ears. Fair dinkum! We should have a

referee who oversees these lies and hands out yellow and red cards accordingly. As usual this list is dedicated to

our Service men and women in harms way and from now on I’m including police in this. The boys in blue do it

hard day in and day out protecting our fragile butts from bad guys. Via con Dios, my friends. Fondest Mick & Jo

Glossary of Terms (and conditions)

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My Bookroom is open each day by appointment – preferably in the afternoons. Give me a call. Abbreviations: 8vo =octavo size or from 140mm to 240mm, ie normal size book, 4to = quarto approx 200mm x 300mm (or coffee table size); d/w = dust wrapper; pp = pages; vg cond = (which I thought was self explanatory) very good condition. Other dealers use a variety including ‘fine’ which I would rather leave to coins etc. Illus = illustrations (as opposed to ‘plates’); ex lib = had an earlier life in library service (generally public) and is showing signs of wear (these books are generally 1st editions mores the pity but in this catalogue most have been restored); eps + end papers, front and rear, ex libris or ‘book plate’; indicates it came from a private collection and has a book plate stuck in the front end papers. Books such as these are generally in good condition and the book plate, if it has provenance, ie, is linked to someone important, may increase the value of the book, inscr = inscription, either someone’s name or a presentation inscription; fep = front end paper; the paper following the front cover and immediately preceding the half title page; biblio: bibliography of sources used in the compilation of a work (important to some military historians as it opens up many other leads). or.cl. = original cloth generally indicating there is no dust wrapper; restored; generally means a book has had the treatment by a book binder. New end papers, glued or sewn spine, even new boards. The value of rare books can be greatly enhanced if they are restored professionally. ‘Back-yarders’ should desist from attempting to restore books! There are many reputable binders around the place who will do a good job at a good price. By the way, the number that appears in brackets in the catalogue, ie (1814) is a data base number so no need to quote it when ordering. Postage is always extra and insurance is available upon request. Overseas orders by credit card only. Postage will be by cheapest and most practical means possible unless otherwise requested. (In Australia, Express Post is the quickest and carefully handled by Australia Post. Express Post has increased to $17 for a 3kg satchel (this includes everything OVER 500gms and under 3kg). So if you want it quick use Express—bit slower is the 3kg red satchel - $15 which includes post pack and TLC). Our terms for first-time buyers are ‘payment up front’. Established buyers can pay by credit card, cheque, money order etc on receipt of an invoice.

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Aviation

94/1. (9393) Allan, G.U (with Elizabeth Shearman). Scotty Allan, Australia's

Flying Scotsman. Clarion edition, Sydney, 1992. 1st ed, small 4to in d/w, profusely illustrated (over 100 photos), pp192, **'Scotty' Allen joined the RFC in 1917 at 17 and flew various aircraft for the remainder of the war including bombers. After the war he flew with Kingsford-Smith and Ulm in their record breaking international flights and pioneered air routes with QANTAS in flying boats. He later flew Catalinas and trained their crews in the war against Japan; an important figure in Australian Aviation, vg cond, A$35.

194/2. (9387) Bartlett, SqnLdr C.P.O. DSC. In the Teeth of the Wind: Memoirs of the Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War. Leo Cooper, London, 1994 (fp1974). Reprint, large 8vo in good d/w, plates, drawing, map, index, pp159, **a unique account of a pilot's life in the fledgling RNAS. It was the Navy who first used the bomber in war. They attacked U-Boat pens and German airfields as priorities, vg cond, A$28.

194/3. (6986) Bennett, John. Highest Traditions: The History of No 2 Squadron, RAAF. AGPS, Canberra, 1997. 1st ed, small 4to in mint d/w, profusely illus, appendices list all aircraft types flown by 2 Sqn from AFC days in WW1 to modern times incl Vietnam,honour rolls, biblio, index, pp431, **formed in Egypt in 1916, 2 Sqn, RAAF saw distinguished service in WW1, WW2, Malaya and Vietnam (flying Canberra bombers out of Phan Rang) - unbelievably disbanded in 1982, vg cond and now hard to find, A$48.

194/4. (1484) Cole, Barbara. Sabotage and Torture: (the destruction of the Rhodesian Air Force in 1980). Three Knights, RSA, 1988. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates and illustrations, nominal roll of all involved & their locations (in 1988), biblio, index, pp209, **saboteurs destroyed or damaged 13 aircraft including the new Hawk FGA/bombers on the ground destroying half Zimbabwe's airforce. The white pilots were singled out by Mugabe and systematically held & tortured. Eventually all except for three high-ranking officers were released, vg cond and now scarce, A$48.

194/5. (9595) Cooper, Alan. Target -

Dresden. Independent Books, UK, 1995. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, appendices list bomber crews lost and aircraft lost, biblio, pp255, **the controversial bombing of the German city Dresden, seen as the cultural heart of Germany. Was Dresden a legitimate target? Was it undefended? Was the Luftwaffe finished? You be the judge, vg cond, A$28.

194/6. (7669) Eather, Steve. Blue

Lightning: The Story of 6 Squadron, AFC & RAAF, 1917-2005. AMHP, Sydney, 2007. 1st ed, large 8vo in laminated boards, profusely illus, endnotes, appendices, biblio, index, pp190, **formed over 55 years ago, this Australian squadron is still operating flying Super Hornets, new, A$45.

194/7. (8051) Gelb, Norman. Scramble! A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain. Michael Joseph, London, 1986. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, newspaper article included, appendices, index, pp286, **a unique narrative of the Battle drawn from interviews, diaries, official papers and combat records, vg cond, A$28.

194/8. (10056) Green, William. Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Augsburg Eagle: A Documentary History. Jane's Publishing, London, 1980 (fp1971). Fully revised ed, 4to in pr. Cl. d/w, fully illustrated in colour and b/w, various line drawings, index, pp144, **one of the most famous single-seat fighters in the history of military aviation, vg cond, A$34.

194/9. (9369) Hadingham, Evan. The

Fighting Triplanes. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1968. 1st ed, large 4to in protected d/w, profusely illustrated (a J.D. Carrick painting in colour in frontis.)appendices, biblio, index, pp240, **covers all of the triplanes used by both the Germans and Allies in WW1, vg cond and scarce, A$36.

194/10. (8170) Jones, Geoffrey. Raider:

The Halifax and its Flyers. William Kimber, London, 1978. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, illustrations, appendices, glossary, index, pp240, **the Handley Page Halifax proved itself as the most versatile and durable of the British wartime four-engined bombers, vg cond, A$32.

194/11. (7817) Kane-Maguire, Leon. Desert Scorpions: A History of 459 Squadron, RAAF 1942-1945. AMHP, Sydney, 2007. 1st ed, large 8vo in laminated boards, plates, maps & illustrations, appendices list honour roll, honours and awards and types of aircraft flown, extensive biblio, index, pp527, **459 Sqn was formed in Egyptin 1942 and initially equipped with Hudsons but later converted to Venturas and BaltimoresIts operations ranged from anti-submarine and convoy escort patrols including the sinking of U-97, to low level anti-shipping strikes and formation raids on strongly defended land targets; an excellent history, new, A$52.

194/12. (5110) Kilduff, Peter. Richthofen: Beyond the Legend of the Red Baron. Brockhampton Press, London, 1994. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, extensive biblio, source notes, index, pp256, **a clear,

fully-documented view of Manfred von Richthofen as an air-fighter, exemplary leader and an important figure in the development of German fighter units and tactics in WW1, vg cond, A$25.

194/13. (9996) Knott, Claire Rose. Princes of Darkness: The Lives of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Aces Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld Chevron Publishing, UK, 2008. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, profusely illustrated, biblio, inex, pp208, **a unique illustrated account of the careers of the two 'fighting princes' of the Luftwaffe's night fighter group, vg cond and uncommon, A$38.

194/14. (10176) Lax, Mark & Kane-Maguire, Leon. To See the Dawn Again:

A History of 462 Squadron, RAAF, 1942-2008. Authors, Canberra, 2008. 1st ed, roy. 8vo in card covers, profusely illustrated, appendices include honour roll, honours and awards, aircraft serials, biblio, index, pp486, **462 Sqn, RAAF flew Halifax heavy bombers from England to Germany and occupied Europe. Reformed again in 2005 as an airforce electronic support, computer, intelligence analysis and operational security unit, vg cond, A$35.

194/15. (5944) Leebold, Arthur. Silent Victory: Breaking the Japanese Air-blockade between Australia and Europe. Banner Books, ACT, 1995. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, rolls of QANTAS aircrews, biblio, index, pp111, **the Catalina was used as the only alternative for the long air route to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and India. QANTAS and the RAAF, undertook this secret passenger service from Perth, stock just about out, new, A$34.

194/16. (7732) Lever, J.A. RAAF #7 -

O.T.U. Tocumwal: #7 (Heavy Bomber) Operational Training Unit. Sunnyland Press, Victoria, 1996. 1st ed, 4to in card covers, profusely illustrated, one large colour cutaway of B-24 Liberator, pp81, **RAAF Tocumwal in country Victoria was established to train Heavy Bomber squadrons on the Consolidated B-24 Liberator against Japanese forces in WW2, vg cond and hard to find, A$28.

194/17. (9426) Longstreet, Stephen. The Canvas Falcons: The Story of the Men and Planes of World War 1. W.H. Allen, London, 1971. 1st British ed, large 8vo in bumped d/w (now protected), official record of victories (by country), biblio, appendix, pp365, **flying at the start of WW1 was seen as an exciting even glamourous adventure. It was, however, to become a blood bath especially for the RFC in the early years, vg cond, A$35.

194/18. (10181) Maguire, Jon A. and Conway, John Peter. American Flight

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Jackets, Airmen and Aircraft: A History of US Flyer's Jackets from World War 1 to Desert Storm. Schiffer Military/Aviation History, USA, 1994. 1st ed, large 4to in d/w, fully illustrated in colour and b/w, pp247, **an enormous collection of flyer's jackets and their art, outstanding book, vg cond, A$46.

194/19. (3841) O'Brien, Terence. Out of the Blue. A Pilot With the Chindits. Collins, London, 1984. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, map, pp272, **the author, an Australian, saw a full tour of duty with RAF Coastal Command before volunteering to serve in Burma with the Chindits. A very lucid and readable account of the war in Burma, vg cond, A$26.

194/20. (1251) Odgers, George. Across the Parallel: The Australian 77th Squadron with the United States Air Force in the Korean War. William Heinemann, Melbourne, 1952. 1st ed, 8vo in worn and bumped but protected d/w, plates, maps, index, inscr on htp, pp239, **77 Sqn played a vital role in the UN war effort in Mustangs and then Meteors. 77Sqn remains on the ORBAT to this day, solid cond, A$32.

194/21. (9876) Parkin, Ray. Thirty Years Down the Arse End: The Saga of One Aircrew Other Than the Pilot. Author, NSW, 2009. 1st ed (limited to 20 copies only), large 8vo in navy cloth with gold titles, one plate, page 278a inserted later, pp332, **a chronicle of the life of an Australian serviceman of absolutely no distinction. He was an air gunner, wireless operator, signaller and air electronics officer. They were aircrew in 206 Sqn RAF, Coastal Command, good cond, A$28.

194/22. (1116) Parnell, Neville. Whispering Death: A History of the RAAF’s Beaufighter Squadrons. Reed Publications, Sydney, 1980. 1st ed, large 4to in protected d/w, profusely illus with b/w plates, appendices list all air frames and their fate, biblio, index, pp128, **a comprehensive listing of all aircraft flown and pilots, operating procedures and cockpit layouts, vg cond, now rare, A$160.

194/23. (9433) Parsons, E.C. I Flew With

the Lafayette Escadrille. E.C. Seale & Co, USA, 1963 (fp1937 as 'The Great Adventure'), New ed, 8vo in protected d/w, plates in sepia tone, pp335, **the author Edwin Parsons was a flying, fighting member of the Escadrille along with various other American volunteers. 38 Americans had served with the Escadrille with 57 victories between them. Nine were KIA, vg cond and uncommon, A$36.

194/24. (10120) Porter, F/Lt. F.H. RAAF. Adventures in Radar. Leader Corporation, Sydney, 1994 (fp1988). 5th ed, small 4to in damaged spiral-binding,

signed by the author, illustrations, glossary, pp181, **a story of the secret war on Australia’s northern frontier, fair cond but rare, A$35.

194/25. (4258) Schaedel, Charles. Australian Ace: The Exploits of 'Jerry' Pentland, MC, DFC, AFC. Rigby, Adelaide, 1979. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, pp159, **Pentland is one of the best known names in Australian aviation, a portrait of his career spanning 30 years, vg cond, A$28.

194/26. (9974) Sharp, C. Martin. DH: A

History of de Havilland. Airlife, England, 1982 (fp1960). Revised ed, large 8vo in good d/w, plates, appendices, notes on illustrations, index, pp487, **a centenarary publication marking a century of endeavour. This edition adds a further 13 chapters from the 1960 original, vg cond, A$36.

194/27. (6664) Taylor, Assheton F. One Way Flight to Munich: Memoirs of a 460 Squadron (RAAF) Navigator. AMHP, Sydney, 2000 (fp1998). Reprint, 4to in card covers, index, pp273, **the author's Lancaster was shot down over Munich in 1943. He was captured, interrogated and imprisoned in Stalag Ivb. Good story, new, A$28.

194/28. (10066) Tillman, Barrett. Hellcat:

The F6F in World War 2. Patrick Stephens, UK, 1979. 1st UK ed, large 8vo in pr. Cl. d/w, plates, appendices, rolls of commanders of Hellcat carrier squadrons, biblio, index, pp265, **an operational history of the Grumman F6F, the most important Allied aircraft in the Pacific during 1943-44, They were also used with great success against the Luftwaffe in 1945 over Europe, chipped d/w else good cond, A$32.

194/29. (5357) Wilson, David J. Seek and Strike: 75 Squadron RAAF - 1942-2002.. Banner Books, Qld, 2002. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, colour and b/w plates, maps, nominal roll 1942, roll of honour, index, pp229, **75 Sqn have flown most fighters in the RAAF including Kittyhawk, Lightening, Mustang, Vampire, Meteor, Sabre, Mirage and Hornett; a good unit history, new, A$45.

194/30. (10177) Wilson, David. Always First: The RAAF Airfield Construction Squadrons 1942-1974. APSC, Canberra, 1998. 1st ed, roy. 8vo in card covers with wrappers, profusely illustrated, maps on inside covers, roll of honourbiblio, index, pp163, **the RAAF Airfield Construction Sqns operated under adverse physical conditions in war and peace. In WW2 they built forward airfields, often under fire, they served BCOF in Japan, they built Butterworth in Malaya and Phan Rang and Vungtau in Vietnam, vg cond and scarce, A$42.

Espionage

194/31. (9142) (edited by publisher) The Secret History of World War 2: The Ultra-Secret Wartime Cables and Letters of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Konecky & Konecky, USA, 2008. 1st ed, large 8vo in double d/w, pp277, **uneathed from the Russian archives, this book contains every communique to and from Joseph Stalin and the American Presidents (Roosevelt and Truman) and the British Prime Minister Churchill from 1941 to 1945, as new cond, A$35.

194/32. (8867) Andrew Christopher. The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5. Penguin Group (Australia), 2009. 1st Aust. Ed, thick 8vo in d/w, appendices, chapter notes, biblio, index, articles loose at rear, pp1032, **produced to mark the Centenary of the founding of MI5, Britains's domestic counter-espionage agency; an excellent reference as it is the 'authorized' version, vg cond, A$48.

194/33. (9090) Andrew, Christopher & Mitrokhin, Vasili. The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West. Allen Lane/ The Penguin Press, London, 1999. 1st ed, huge 8vo in d/w, plates, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp996, **in 1992 the British SIS exfiltrated one of their most important defectors - Vasili Mitrokhin - who had worked in the KGB archive for over 30 years. He was however a dissident and copied most of the top secret data and secreted it beneath his dacha floor. Needless to say it was a bombshell on publication of this book in 1999, vg cond, A$32.

194/34. (9888) Arms, Thomas S. Encyclopedia of the Cold War. Facts on File, NY, 1994. 1st ed, huge 4to in protected d/w, ex lib, plates, alphabetical listing, biblio, index, pp628, **a comprehensive reference to the international power struggle that dominated world politics for almost 50 years, good cond (very heavy book), A$35.

194/35. (9317) Baigent, Michael & Leigh, Richard. Secret Germany: Claus von Stauffenberg and the Mystical Crusade Against Hitler. Jonathan Cape, London, 1994. 1st ed, large 8vo in good d/w, plates, maps and diagram, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp337, **'Secret Germany' was a group of plotters conceived by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to kill Hitler in 1944. Their plot failed and many were executed as a result, vg cond, A$32.

194/36. (9959) Bar-Zohar, Michael & Mishal, Nissam. Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service. Vintage Books, Sydney, 2012 (fp2010)

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Reprint, trade 8vo in card covers, plates, biblio & sources, index, pp388, **Mossad is widely acknowledged as one of the best and most enigmatic intelligence services in the world. This book chronicles their impressive missions over 60 years, vg cond, A$28.

194/37. (10018) Burns, Jimmy. Papa Spy: Love, Faith and Betrayal in Wartime Spain. Walker & Co, NY, 2010 (fp2009). 1st US ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, appendix, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp395, **the Spanish Theatre in WW2 ia rarely discussed as no formal battles were fought there - and yet, as this book reveals, it was crucially important to the war's outcome, as new, A$25.

194/38. (6743) Cave Brown, Anthony. Bodyguard of Lies: The Vital Role of Deceptive Strategy in WW2. The Lyons Press, USA, 2002 (fp1975) Reprint, huge 8vo in card covers, plates, glossary, source notes, biblio, index, pp947, **'in wartime, Truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies' said Winston Churchill. A fantastic one-volume account of all the skull-duggery the Allies got up to to protect the product of 'ULTRA', worn but gen good cond, A$22.

194/39. (5099) Cookridge, E.H. Inside SOE: The Story of Special Operations in Western Europe 1940-45. Arthur Barker Ltd, London, 1966. 1st ed, thick 8vo in d/w, plates, index, extensive biblio, appendices, pp640, **the first full story of Special Operations Executive; fighting both the Germans and their own Secret Intelligence Service who wanted SOE off the scene; a story of incredible bravery and stuffups by 'amateurs' but they really did 'set Europe ablaze', good cond and hard to find, A$36.

194/40. (5322) Denniston, Robin. Churchill's Secret War: Diplomatic Decrypts, the Foreign Office and Turkey, 1942-44. Chancellor Press, London, 2000 (fp1997). Reprint, 8vo in d/w, plates, chapter notes, extensive biblio, index, pp208, **research brings to light Churchill's plan to open up a Balkans front; also details of the Cicero scandal when top secret documents were stolen in Ankara by the British Ambassador's valet and passed to the Germans, vg cond, A$25.

194/41. (8125) Fisher, John. Gentleman Spies: Intelligence Agents in the British Empire and Beyond. Sutton Publishing, UK, 2002. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, extensive biblio, index, pp209, **prior to WW1 Britain was the foremost global power and was locked in a struggle to retain her colonial possessions. As WW1 commenced and bogged down on the Western Front a need for secret intelligence was accepted and the Secret Intelligence Service was born (later became M16). Intrepid adventurers such as T.E. Lawrence were

recruited, new, A$28.

194/42. (7852) Ford, Corey. Donovan of

OSS. Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1970. 2nd printing, thick 8vo in protected d/w, plates, appendices, biblio, index, pp366, **the story of William J. ('Wild Bill') Donovan and America's top-secret agency for intelligence, espionage and unorthodox warfare in WW2. The Office of Strategic Services was the precursor to the CIA, vg cond, A$26.

194/43. (5960) Garnett, David. The Secret

History of PWE: The Political Warfare Executive 1939-1945. St Ermin's Press, London, 2002. 1st ed, thick 8vo in d/w, plates, biblio, index, pp496, **of all of Britain's secret intelligence organisations, the least known is the PWE, developed to conduct psychological warfare against the Nazis. The original manuscript, written in 1952, was highly classified and only released after 50 years; excellent, new, A$38.

194/44. (926) Hohne, Heinz & Zolling, Herman. Network: The Truth About General Gehlen and His Spy Ring. Secker & Warburg, London, 1972 (fp in German as 'Pullach Intern' in 1971), 1st Eng ed, large 8vo in mint d/w, plates, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp347, **a definitive account of the career of this controversial figure. Reinhard Gehlen served under Hitler in German Intelligence and was used by the Allies after the war to head up the new West German spy organisation in the Cold War, vg cond, A$26.

194/45. (393) Masterman, J.C. The Double-Cross System in the War of 1939 to 1945. ANU Press, Canberra, 1972. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w and mylar, inscr in fep, appendices, index, pp203, **by means of the 'double-cross' system the British effectively ran and controlled the German espionage system in England. This is the Masterman Report, vg cond, A$28.

194/46. (6762) Persico, Joseph E. Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and WW2 Espionage. Random House, NY, 2001. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, biblio, source notes, index, pp564, **a hitherto overlooked dimension of FDR's wartime leadership; his involvement in intelligence and espionage operations; ie, FDR wanted to bomb Tokyo BEFORE Pearl Harbour; very interesting, new, A$28.

194/47. (10114) Rankin, Nicholas. A Genius for Deception: How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars. Oxford Uni Press, UK, 2011 (fp2009). Reprint, trde 8vo in card covers, plates, source notes, idex, pp466, **a compendious history of how Britain bluffed, tricked and spied its way to victory in two world wars. Based on strategic deception using camouflage, propaganda, secret intelligence and special forces, the Brits did it

all so well, vg cond and uncommon, A$26.

194/48. (9934) Rankin, Nicholas. Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of 30 Assault Unit in WW2. Faber & Faber, London, 2011. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, plates & maps, source notes, index, pp397, **Fleming was on the staff of Naval Intelligence when he devised a plan to form a unit of 'authorised looters' who would go in before an assault and steal intelligence.They achieved remarkable results in various theatres but their biggest coup was capturing the entire German Naval archive, vg cond, A$45.

194/49. (1437) Rennie, James. The

Operators: On the Streets with 14 Intelligence Company, The Army’s Top Secret Elite. Century, London, 1996 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, pp234, **14 Int successfully took the battle up to the IRA in Nthn Ireland, a good read, as new cond, A$32.

194/50. (10021) Robbins, Christopher. Air America: The CIA's Supersecret Airline. Corgi Books, UK, 1988. Reprint, 8vo in card covers, plates,biblio, index, pp352, **the inside story of Air America, the CIA's super secret airline used in war zones from China, Africa, Vietnam, South America,, Cambodia and Laos. They did remarkable work, good cond and very hard to find, A$28.

194/51. (8589) Sayer, Ian & Botting, Douglas. America's Secret Army: The

Untold Story of the Counter Intelligence Corps. Grafton Books, London, 1989. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, appendix, biblio, index, pp400, **for those who thought the OSS was the sole forerunner to the CIA well..this book begs to differ. The Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) were charged with battlefield int tasks, rounding up German spies etc, very interesting stuff, vg cond, A$25.

194/52. (9068) Sinclair, Andrew. The Red and the Blue: Cambridge, Treason and Intelligence. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1986. 1st US ed, large 8vo in d/w, ex lib (stamps etc in prelims), chapter notes, index, pp179, **Cambridge University was bursting at the seams with Soviet spies in the 1930s and 1940s. Through extraordinary openness and naiviety British scientists allowed the Soviets to pillage their new ideas including nuclear secrets, stunning stuff, good cond, A$24.

194/53. (4897) Stafford, David. Secret

Agent: The True Story of the Special Operations Executive. BBC Publishing, London, 2000. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, index, biblio, pp254, **published to compliment the BBC series of the same name, vg cond, A$30.

194/54. (4548) Stevenson, William. A Man

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Called INTREPID: The Secret War. The Lyons Press, USA, 2000 (fp1976). Reprint, trade 8vo in card covers, plates, index, pp486, **the authentic account of the most significant secret diplomacy and decisive intelligence operations of World War 2, vg cond, A$22.

194/55. (9045) Thorpe, Elliott R. East Wind, Rain: The Intimate Account of an Intelligence Officer in the Pacific 1939-49. Gambit Inc, Boston, 1969. 1st ed, large 8vo in price-clipped, edge-worn but now protected d/w, inscr on fep, maps on end papers, index, pp307, **the experiences of a couter-intelligence office in the Pacific Theatre of WW2. The title is taken from the Japanese code to launch attcks broadcast on all Japanese weather stations. A large section on Australia in particular the trouble caused by the trade union strikers on wharves around the nation, vg cond and uncommon, A$28.

194/56. (4742) Tickell, Jerrard. Odette:

The Story of a British Agent. Chapman & Hall, London, 1951 (fp1949). 8th impr, 8vo in pr/cl d/w (now protected), inscr, plates (portrait in frontis), diagrams, obituary loose at front, pp338, **Odette Sansom was an SOE agent in France and was captured by the Gestapo and lived to tell the tale; one of the classic tales of SOE in WW2, she was awarded the George Cross and lived till age 82, gen good cond, A$28.

194/57. (9854) Womack, Helen (ed) Undercover Lives: Soviet Spies in the Cities of the World. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London,1998. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, clean ex lib, plates, pp307, **the Sovet Union's spy network undermined Western governments for decades, working tirelessly to steal secrets and spread disinformation. This book chronicles 16 Soviet spies from Rome to New York to Paris and their activities, good cond, A$22.

194/58. (9577) Wynne, Greville. The Man

From Odessa. Robert Hale, London, 1981. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, pp225, **master spy Greville Wynne tells the whole story of his career as a British secret agent up to the time of his capture in Russia and his trial and imprisonment in the Lubyanka over the Penkovsky affair. He was exchanged for the traitor Gordon Lonsdale, Le Carre stuff in the flesh, vg cond, A$28.

194/59. (10037) Young, Irene. Enigma Variations: Love, War and Bletchley Park. Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2000 (fp1990). Reprint, 8vo in card covers, pp191, **a moving testament of life and love during WW2. Describes the grim conditions endured by the rank and file who were essential supporters of the brilliant cryptanalysts at Bletchley. The author's husband disappeared on active service with the SAS in France, vg cond and

uncommon, A$20.

Military Biography

194/60. (4248) Arneil, Stan. Black Jack: The Life and Times of Brigadier Sir Frederick Galleghan. Macmillan, Melbourne, 1983. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, index, biblio, biographical roll, pp178, **the legendary Black Jack Galleghan, who served in WW1 and who commanded the 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF in Singapore and Malaya in WW2. His unit inflicted very heavy casualties on the Japs in an ambush at Gemas, vg cond and becoming hard to find, A$34.

194/61. (1615) Ayris, Cyril. Squadron

Leader Robert Milton, MC: The Man Who Stayed Behind. PK Print, Perth, 1994. 1st ed, 8vo in card covers, signed by the author, plates and illus, pp165, **Robert Milton was a WW2 flying ace (Spitfires and Mustangs), shot down over France & whose exploits with the French Underground would make him one of the few airmen to be awarded the Military Cross - a rivetting story, vg cond, A$28.

194/62. (10083) Chalmers, Bradley A. "Next to Impossible": The Remarkable Life of Albert Chalmers Borella, VC. Author, NSW, 2015. 1st ed, large 8vo in laminated boards, maps on inside boards, plates and other maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp510, **Borella, VC. As with all VCs, totally indifferent to the dangers in front of them. A double gallantry (VC, MM), one of our truly greats. Even Albert Jacka was in awe of him. What a man!! new, A$55.

194/63. (3320) Chapman, Ivan. Iven G.

Mackay: Citizen and Solider. Melway, Melbourne, 1975. 1st ed. 8vo in d/w, plates, index, biblio, pp316, . **LtGen Mackay, who fought at Lone Pine on Gallipoli, commander of New Guinea Force, was one of Australia's most capable battlefiled commanders, his men regarded him as outstanding, chipped d/w else vg cond, A$25.

194/64. (7124) Coulthard-Clark, C.D. No Australian Need Apply: The Troubled Career of Lieutenant-General Gordon Legge. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1988. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, newspaper article tipped-in, biblio, chapter notes, index, pp253, **Legge was the loser in a bitter and protracted factional feud between Australian nationalists and British imperialists within the Australian army's high comand. He was a nationalist but backed the wrong horse in WW1 - very informative of a murky period in Australia's leadership history, vg cond, A$35.

194/65. (9744) Edwards, Cecil. John

Monash. State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Melbourne, 1970. 1st ed, large 8vo in black leather bindings with protected but pr.cl d/w, plates, list of his honours and distinctions, biblio, pp76, **General John Monash is arguably Australia's greatest battle-field commander given his efforts on the Western Front in WW1, vg cond and SCARCE, A$45.

194/66. (1121) Fearnside, G.H. & Clift, DCM, Ken. Dougherty: A Great Man Among Men: A Biography of MajGen Sir Ivan Dougherty, KtCBE, DSO & Bar. (AIF) Alpha Books, Sydney, 1979. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, index, pp212, **Dougherty commanded the 21 Bde in Balikpapan Borneo at the end of the war. He was revered by his troops as one of the best commanders Australia fielded in WW2, vg cond and now quite scarce, A$36.

194/67. (7595) Hibberd, Dominic. Wilfred

Owen: A New Biography. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, Lobndon, 2002. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, appendices, biblio, index, pp424, **the war poet Wilfred Owen was Killed in Action in 1918 aged 25. Only 5 of his poems had ben published. Yet he became one of the most popular poets of the 20th century. Here then is the full story of his short life, new, A$36.

194/68. (8649) Hillier, General Rick. A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War. Harper Collins, Toronto, 2009. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, signed by the author, colour plates, index, pp509, **General Hillier commanded the Canadian Armed Forces before retirement in 2008. He was always an outspoken leader trying to do the best for his troops. He was Canada's most popular and most controversial leader since WW2; an excellent auto, vg cond, A$34.

194/69. (9961) Hobbs, Marc J. The Memoirs of J. (Paddy) McDowall. Vantage Press, NY, 1970. 1st ed, small 8vo in pr cl d/w, signed by the author, pp74, **the extraordinary exploits of Paddy McDowell who served Britain's secret services in both WW1 and WW2. He was the chief engineer on the Japanese fishing boat 'KRAIT' on Operation 'Jaywick', the successful raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour in 1943, vg cond and now scarce, A$40.

194/70. (8970) Holmes, Richard. Marlborough: England's Fragile Genius. Harper Press, London, 2008. 1st ed, thick 8vo in protected d/w, signed by the author, colour plates, maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp564, **John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough was arguably Britain's greatest soldier before Wellington. He became a master of strategy,

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tactics and logistics and fought the big battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet, vg cond, A$40.

194/71. (8032) Howie-Willis, Ian. Surgeon & General: A Life of Major-General Rupert Downes, 1885-1945. AMHP, Sydney, 2008. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, map, end notes, biblio, index, pp400, **traces the life and career of Rupert Downes, a heroic figure in Australian military medical history. He served on Gallipoli, the Sinai-Palestine Campaign, between the wars became DGMS in 1934. He was killed along with General Vasey and nine others in a plane crash (Hudson) near Cairns in 1945, new cond, A$28.

194/72. (9748) Jackson, General Sir Mike Soldier: The Autobiography. Bantam Press, London, 2007. 1st ed, thick 8vo in protected d/w, signed by the author, colour & b/w plates, maps, index, pp400, **General Mike Jackson formerly of the Parachute Regiment, rose to be British Chief of the General Staff. He saw action in Northern Ireland (3 tours), Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, vg cond, A$32.

194/73. (6285) James, Lawrence. The Golden Warrior: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia. Paragon House, NY, 1993. 1st US ed, large 8vo in good d/w, plates, biblio, source notes, index, pp406, **a controversial and provocative biography of Lawrence which overturns (with evidence) many of the myths that surrounded him; very interesting, 'The best study of Lawrence yet written' - Sunday Times, London, vg cond, , A$32.

194/74. (10127) Korda, Michael. Hero: The

Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia. JR Books, London, 2010. 1st ed, very thick large 8vo in protected d/w, plates, and maps, end notes, biblio, index, pp762, **Henry Kissinger said of Hero: 'it is a work of brillance, discernment and meticulous scholarship that will surely be hailed as the gold standard', vg cond, A$52.

194/75. (6814) Likeman, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert, CSM. From Law to War: The Life of Brigadier-General Lachlan Wilson of the Light Horse (with Biographical Roll of the 5th Light Horse Regiment, AIF). Slouch Hat Publications, Victoria, 2004. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp304, **Lachlan Wilson was once described as 'the least known distinguished man in Queensland'. He served in the Boer War in 1900 with the 2nd Qld Mtd Inf and the 5th Light Horse Regiment on Gallipoli and then the Sinai-Palestine Campaign; an excellent history, new, A$35.

194/76. (10119) Malone, M.J & Lutley, P.D. SIMMO: A Biography of Ray Simpson, VC, DCM. One of Australia's Greatest Soldiers. Imprimatur Books, Perth, 2015.

1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, signed by the authors, colour plates and maps, footnotes, glossary, appendices, biblio, index, pp266, **the remarkable Ray Simpson, VC, DCM who was brought up in straigtened circumstances, found the Army to be his home serving in WW2, the Korean War, Malaya and 5 years in Vietnam(DCM 1964 & WIA and VC 1969) being severely wounded in action on his second tour in 1964, The proceeds of this work will be directed towards veterans based charities, new, A$65.

194/77. (1642) McCullough, Colleen. Roden Cutler, VC: The Biography. Random House, Sydney, 1998. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, pp416, **Cutler won his VC in Syria fighting the Vichy French. He lost a leg in the same action, new, A$35.

194/78. (9348) Sanders, James. Venturer Courageous: Group Captain Leonard Trent, VC, DFC: A Biography. Hutchinson of New Zealand, Auckland, 1983. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, plates, appendix list all NZ VCs to the end of WW2, index, pp266, **Trent won his VC in May 1943 when he led a formation of 12 Lockheed Ventura bombers on a raid on the Amsterdam power station. Only one plane survived - the rest were shot down, 31 aircrew KIA, 13 POW of which Trent was one. POW in STALAG LUFT 3, part of the Great Escape, the 50 who were recaptured were murdered by the Gestapo, vg cond, A$25.

194/79. (7785) Stokes, Doug. Paddy

Finucane: Fighter Ace. Crecy Books, UK, 1992 (fp1983). Reprint, 8vo in d/w, plates, appendices, index, pp212, **Paddy Finucane was the RAF fighter ace who became a legend in his own lifetime. He shot down 32 enemy aircraft and was lost when he dtched in the Channel in July 1942; this was one wild Irishman! vg cond and uncommon, A$28.

194/80. (9743) Stubbings, Leon. Simpson

SO-In-C. Penfolk Publishing, Melbourne, 2003. 1st ed, 8vo in card covers, plates, biblio, abbreviations, index, pp222, **a biography of Major-General Colin Simpson, CB, MC, 'The 'Father of Australian Signals' who served in WW1 and WW2. The story highlights the vital part played by Signals during WW2, vg cond, A$28.

194/81. (9636) Tillman, Barrett. LeMay: A

Biography. Palgrave Macmillan, NY, 2007, 1st ed, 8vo in protected d/w, plates, chapter notes, pp205, **General Curtis E. LeMay was a terrifying, complex and brillant US Airforce general. His combat leadership in WW2 was exempliary and controversial. He devised the fire-bombing of Tokyo and in charge when the A Bombs were dropped. His efforts after the wa r transformed the ramshackle Strategic Air Command, vg cond, A$26.

194/82. (10055) Truscott, Jim. Snakes in the Jungle: Special Operations in War and Business. Zeus Publications, Qld, 2015. 1st

ed, trade 8vo in card covers, signed by the author, plates, pp297, **the memoirs of a special operative in war and business. Truscott served in SASR for years rising to Operations Officer seeing action in Timor. His greatest interest in all this has been climbing. He has clibed every rock in the country and then some, A rollicking read from a man who always called it like it is, new, A$35.

194/83. (7173) Watson, Jeffrey. Killer Caldwell: Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot. Hodder Australia, Sydeney, 2005. Reprint, trade 8vo in card covers, plates, appendix, index, pp282, **Clive 'Killer' Caldwell saw action against the Germans, Italians and Japanese in WW2 winning the DFC and Bar in downing 29 enemy aircraft, new, A$25.

Military General

194/84. (7676) (no author listed) The

Register of the Victoria Cross. This England, UK, 1988 (fp1981) Revised and enlarged ed, roy. 8vo in protected d/w, full pictorial of most recipients, chronology, pp250+, **the VC was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856 and from then to 1981, 1,348 have been won (since then two were won in the Falklands (Jones & McKay) one in Iraq (Beharry) & five in Afghanistan (a Brit, the Nzer and 3 Australians, vg cond and hard to find, A$42.

194/85. (3394) Atkinson, James, J. The Kapyong Battalion: Medal Roll of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Battle of Kapyong, Korea 1951. NSWMHS, Sydney, 1977. 1st ed, small 8vo in printed boards, plates, maps, full rolls, honours and awards, with citations, chronology, pp80, **3RAR (Old Faithful) were awarded the US Presidential Unit Citation for their action at the Battle of Kapyong, a great battalion developed from the BCOF 67th Battalion, some foxing to endpapers else good cond and scarce, A$52.

194/86. (9868) Babington, Anthony. Shell-Shock: A History of the Changing Attitudes to War Neurosis. Leo Cooper, London, 1997. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, clean ex lib, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp218, **a fascinating, if at times harrowing, study of the effects of war upon the fighting soldier, good cond, A$26.

194/87. (4321) Barber, Noel. War of the Running Dogs: The Malayan Emergency 1948-1960. Collins, London, 1971. 1st ed, 8vo in green cloth, lacks d/w, plates, maps, index, biblio, pp284, **the fight against Chin Peng's MCP. The title was given by the Chines-backed guerrillas, a contemptuous term for those who Malays remained loyal to the British.

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Considered the world's first defeat of communist guerrilla warfare, tape marks in prelims else good cond and now scarce, A$24.

194/88. (8214) Barker, A.J. Suez: The

Seven Day War. Faber & Faber, London, 1964. 1st ed, 8vo in price-clipped d/w, plates & maps, chronicle of events, apppendices, biblio, index, pp223, **the Anglo-French expedition against Egypt in 1956 is perhaps the most dramatic and controversial chapter in Britain's modern history. Egypt's Nasser claimed a pyric victoria although he had been generally defeated in the field but the intervention of the Soviets and USA saved Egypt from disaster, vg cond, A$26.

194/89. (7632) Bowen, Jeremy. Six Days: How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East. Simon & Schuster, London, 2003. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, source notes, biblio, index, pp420, **an original and rigorous piece of modern history, vg cond, A$28.

194/90. (5787) Campbell, Major Brian (ed). 4 RAR Bn Gp in East Timor: Op TANAGER. 4RAR, Sydney, 2003. 1st ed, 4to in d/w, fully illus in colour and b/w, full nominal roll, pp203, **the history of the 4RAR Group tour of East Timor in 2002, new, A$32.

194/91. (9902) Churcher, Betty. The Art of

War. The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 2004. 1st ed, large 4to in card covers, superior art paper, fully illustrated in colour and b/w, chapter notes, index, pp186, **a stunningly illustrated book of Australian war paintings from WW1 to modern times (2004), Betty Churcher headed up the Australian National Gallery and her son Peter Churcher was a designated war artist in Timor and the Middle East, good cond, A$28.

194/92. (9905) Cleary, Thomas (translator) The Art of War: An Illustrated Edition of Sun Tzu. Shambhala, Boston, 2004 (fp1988). 1st card cover ed, colour illustrations, ex lib, art paper, pp224, **this translation presents the classic Sun Tzu from the point of view of its background in the great spiritual tradition of Taoism, the origin of psychology, science and technology in East Asia, good cond, A$24.

194/93. (9965) Cotterell, Peter. (ed).(with Brendan O'Shea & Gerry White) The War

for Ireland 1913-1923. Osprey Publishing, UK, 2009. 1st ed, small 4to in d/w, narrative pictorial (some colour illustrations), biblio, index, pp248, **from the failed Easter Monday 1916 Dublin insurrection to the Irish Free State's battle against republican forces in the early 1920s, the war for Ireland encompassed iconic revolts, guerrilla struggles and hard urban warfare, vg cond, A$32.

194/94. (8440) Coulthard-Clark, Chris. Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1986 Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1986. 2nd impr, large 8vo in d/w, colour an b/w plates, appendices list all Staff Cadets, Commandants, Professors and Senior cadets, large biblio, index, pp367, **an excellent history of Australia's leading Army officer-producing establishment before ADFA was founded, vg cond, A$48.

194/95. (85) Dixon, Norman. On the

Psychology of Military Incompetence. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978 (fp1976). Reprint, 8vo in d/w, inscr in fep, figures, source notes, extensive biblio, index, pp448, **from the Crimea to the Bay of Pigs, military incompetance abounds - an intelligent man's guide to the defects of the human mind, vg cond and now hard to find in h/b, A$28.

194/96. (9855) Feeney, Brian. Sinn Fein: A

Hundred Turbulent Years. The O'Brien Press, Dublin, 2002. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected card covers, foot notes, index, pp463, **Sinn Fein (Ourselves Alone) is one of the most controversial political movements in Ireland. This is the story of the rise and fall, and rise again of a party that repeatedly reshaped its identity over 100 years, moving from Armelite to ballot box, good cond and uncommon here, A$25.

194/97. (10098) Feifer, Gregory. The Great

Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan. Harper Collins, NY, 2009. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp326, **an examination of the conflict from the perspective on the ground. Many of the Soviet troops saw the war as a demoralising and devastating defeat which had a substantial impact on the collapse of the Soviet Union, vg cond and uncommon, A$28.

194/98. (10097) Forbes, Cameron. The Korean War: Australia in the Giant's Playground. Macmillan, Sydney, 2010. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp534, **the story of the Korean War told in a riveting narrative, vg cond, A$34.

194/99. (9818) Good, Captain Dave. Back to the Border: 2nd Battalion Group in East Timor October 2001 to April 2002. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2004. 1st ed, large 4to in d/w, profusely illustrated in colour, full nominal rolls, glossary of acronyms, index, pp286, **from Oct 2001 to Apr 2002, the 2nd Bn Group (commanded by LtCol Angus Campbell, our new 3 star border protection commander), served as part of the UN Transitional Administration in the newly independent nation of East Timor, new, A$42.

194/100. (7533) Griffiths, Tony. Lithgow's Small Arms Factory and its People: Volume 1: 1907 to 1950. TopTech

Engineering, Sydney, 2006. 1st ed, thick 8vo in card covers, plates (colour plates inside front and back covers), references, pp428, **the history of the first 40 years of the Comonwealth Small Arms Factory at Lithgow NSW. It pioneered precision mass-production enginering techniques and armed our military in four major wars and several minor conflicts a task it continues to do today, new, A$34.

194/101. (8112) Griffiths, Tony. Lithgow's Small Arms Factory and its People, Vol 2: 1950-1990. Toptech Engineering, NSW, 2008. 1st ed, large 8vo in card covers, b/w plates, colour illustrations on inside covers, appendices, index, pp360, **following on from vol 1. Covers the factory work for the Korean, Borneo and Vietnam Wars with the introduction of the new rifle the L1A1(SLR) and the further introduction of the Steyr AUG (the F88) in 1984. In 1989 it was sold to private enterprise, new, A$34.

194/102. (5497) Harclerode, Peter. Fighting

Dirty: The Inside Story of Covert Operations from Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin Laden. Cassell, London, 2001. 1st ed, humungous (very thick) 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, glossary, biblio, index, pp625, **an investigation of the use of secret armies from Vietnam (commencing in the 'French period') to Afghanistan, new, A$28.

194/103. (9819) Hughes, Ben. They Shall Not Pass: The British Battalion at Jarama, the Spanish Civil War. Osprey Publishing, UK, 2011. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, colour & b/w plates, appendices show Order of Battle, chapte notes, biblio, index, pp272, **in 1937 a small group of idealistic British volunteers sailed from England to Spain to join the war against Franco. They became the British Battalion, a part of the International Brigades, new, A$32.

194/104. (9353) Livesey, Jack. The Illustrated Guide to Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World. Hermes House, London, 2006. 1st ed, large folio-sized in card-covers, fully illustrated in colour & b/w, glossary, index, pp256, **a complete history of over 170 tracked, semi-tracked and wheeled AFVs, their origin and evolution; An A-Z guide to armoured cars, APCs, SP artillery and other AFVs from WW1 to modern times, (700 photographs), vg cond, A$25.

194/105. (9749) Main, Jim & Allen, David.. Fallen: The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War. Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002. 1st ed, large folio size in d/w, fully illustrated, index, pp358, **a remarkable listing of 115 Australian Rules footballers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the Boer War (2), WW1 (67) and WW2 (46) including Ron Barassi (Snr) and Bluey Truscott, DFC & Bar, vg cond, A$48.

194/106. (10095) Masters, Chris. Uncommon Soldier: Brave,

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Compassionate and Tough, the Making of Australia's Modern Diggers. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2012. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, colour plates, chapter notes, index, pp374, **one of Australia's best investigative journalist turns a penetrating gaze on the modern soldier, vg cond, A$28.

194/107. (3451) McCormack, Gavan. Cold War, Hot War: An Australian Perspective on the Korean War. Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1983. 1st ed, 8vo in card covers, inscr in fep, plates, maps, index, pp191, **an interesting first hand account of the Korean stoush, good cond, A$22.

194/108. (9640) McHugh, Roger (ed). Dublin 1916. Arlington Books, London, 1966. 1st ed, large 8vo in pr.cl but protected d/w, appendix, a section of seven poems, pp399, **an anthology of accounts of the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916, vg cond, A$26.

194/109. (10081) McKenzie-Smith, Graham. Sappers in the West: Army Engineers in Western Australia. RAE Association WA, Perth, 2015. 1st ed, large 8vo in laminated boards, signed by the author, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w, appendices, index, pp355, **a new history of the Royal Australian Engineers in Western Australia since 1910 and before with the colonial 20 Coy Royal Sappers and Miners in 1851, a very credible history, new, A$45.

194/110. (8617) Molan, Major-General Jim. Running the War in Iraq: An Australian General, 300,000 troops, the Bloodiest Conflict of Our Time. Harper Collins Books, Sydney, 2008. 1st ed, trade 8vo in card covers, colour plates, alpha cast of characters, pp358, **a gripping insider's account of what modern warfare entails, vg cond, A$24.

194/111. (9845) Paget, Julian (ed). Second to None: The Coldstream Guards 1650-2000. Leo Cooper, UK, 2000. 1st ed, small 4to in d/w, colour and b/w plates, maps, page 97 cut out, biblio, index, pp350, **the Coldstream Guards, raised in 1650 by General Monck is the oldest regiment with continuous service in the British Army - motto Nulli Secundus, second to none, vg cond, A$28.

194/112. (8426) Seciu, Peter with Stuart Bates. Military Sun Helmets of the World. Authors, USA & Melbourne, 2009. 1st ed, 4to in laminated boards, full colour pictorial, appendix, biblio, pp93, **the Sun Helmet (or Pith as we know it) was a practical addition to the soldiers uniform and accoutrements. Still in use today it saw action all over the world in both World Wars and used by the NVA in Vietnam; an excellent reference for uniform collectors and historians, new, A$30.

194/113. (9712) Smith, Alan H. Gunners in Borneo: Artillery During Confrontation 1962-1966. RAA Historical Co, Sydney,

2008. 1st ed, large 8vo in laminated, illustrated boards, plates, colour & b/w maps and diagrams, appendices, nominal roll of 102 Battery, RAA, on 14 May 1965, biblio, map list, index, pp184, **the story of the use of artillery by FARELF forces in Borneo during 'confrontation' with Indonesia with an emphasis on 102 Battery RAA, new cond, A$35.

194/114. (9697) Smith, Alan H. Do Unto

Others: Counter Bombardment in Australia's Military Campaigns. Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2011. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, review included, plates and maps, appendices, endnotes, biblio, index, ppindex, pp406, **a comprehensive account of the history of counter-bombardment including the development of Australian techniques, equipment and procedures from 1899 (Boer War) through to the Vietnam War, vg cond, A$26.

194/115. (7628) Treloar, John & Shaw, Peter. The Kilted Battalion: The History of 16th Infantry Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia). Camerons Assn, Perth, 2006. 1st ed, 8vo in laminated boards, signed by Peter Shaw, plates, nominal rolls, appendices, biblio, index, pp236, **the 16th, a Militia battalion, was raised in Perth in 1936. The battalion kilts were discontinued as dress in 1942 when the Battalion became an 'AIF' unit. It saw Active Service in New Britain from 1944 to 1946. After WW2 it continued as a CMF unit until 1960 where it was amalgamated with other WA CMF infantry battalions to form the Royal Western Australian Regiment (WAUR), new cond, A$55.

194/116. (6842) Yumoto, John. The

Samurai Sword: A Handbook. Tuttle Publishing, USA, 1977 (fp1958). 14th printing, 8vo in mint & protected d/w, many b/w plates, biblio, rolls of sword makers, glossary, index, pp191, **the complete handbook of the Japanese sword. Covers the origins and development of the sword, various types, parts, styles, differences in construction, the art of the swordsmith, the famous makers, and care and maintenance, excellent reference, as new cond, A$35.

Napoleonic, Crimean and Victorian Eras

194/117. (8723) Barbero, Alessandro. The Battle: A New History of the Battle of Waterloo. Atlantic Books, London, 2005. (trans from the Italian - fp2003.). 1st English ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, notes, biblio, index, pp340, **a new account giving a voice to all nationalities involved, vg cond and uncommon, A$45.

194/118. (9505) Buttery, David. Messenger

of Death: Captain Nolan and the Charge

of the Light Brigade. Pen & Sword Military, UK, 2008. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates an maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp221, **full biography of the officer who conveyed the fatal order for the charge. A valuable insight into the Victorian Army and its officer class. An important contribution to the history of the Crimean War, new, A$38.

194/119. (6097) Chamberlain, Max & Droogleever, Robin. (eds) The War With

Johnny Boer: Australians in the Boer War, 1899-1902. AMHP, Sydney, 2003. 1st ed, roy. 8vo in illus boards, plates and maps, glossary, biblio, appendices list units deployed, index, pp631, **possibly the most complete history of Australian forces at the Boer War. An outstanding contribution to our Boer War history, new, A$55.

194/120. (10157) Cordingly, David. Billy Ruffian: The BELLEROPHON and the Downfall of Napoleon: The Biography of a Ship of the Line 1782-1836. Bloomsbury, London, 3003. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, colour and b/w plates, maps, appendicesglossary, biblio, chapter notes, index, pp355, **the British 74-gun ship of the line BELLEROPHON (known as 'Billy Ruffian') played an important role in the defeat of Napoleon's navy at Trafalgar (1805), vg cond, A$36.

194/121. (1138) Cox, Lindsay C. The Galloping Guns of Rupertswood and Werribee Park: A History of the Victorian Horse Artillery. Coonans Hill Press, Melbourne, 1986 1st ed, 4to in d/w, fully illustrated, index, appendices list all members who served in the Battery, pp91, **an early Victorian Militia artillery unit, vg cond, A$45.

194/122. (7900) Fletcher, Ian. Craufurd's

Light Division: The Life of Robert Craufurd and His Command of the Light Division. Spellmount Ltd, UK, 1991. 1st ed, large 8vo in vg d/w, brilliant colour plates plus b/w plates& maps, biblio, index, pp240, **Robert Crafurd was one of the finest officers in Wellington's Peninsular Army. Known as 'Black Bob' to his men he was also the most controversial. He led the division from 1808 till killed in action at Ciudad Rodrigo in 1812, vg cond, A$42.

194/123. (8815) Harvey, Robert. The War of Wars: The Epic Struggle Between Britain and France, 1789-1815. Constable, London, 2007 (fp2006). Reprint, very thick 8vo in card covers, plates, extensive biblio, index, pp962, **from the frozen plains of Moscow to the waters of the Caribbean and the muddy fields of Waterloo, the conflict between Britain and France can truly be called the first global war, vg cond, A$25.

194/124. (8816) Haythornwaite, Philip J. The Armies of Wellington. Arms & Armour Press, London, 1994. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, inscr in fep, appendices

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list army units as at 1815, glossary, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp318, **the most comprehensive account ever published of the effect of this one man on the British Army during the Napoleonic era, vg cond, A$34.

194/125. (8790) Hibbert, Christopher, Wellington: A Personal History. Harper Collins, London, 1997. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, inscr in fep, chapter notes, extensive biblio, index, pp460, **a richly delineated and masterly biography of the great man, Napoleon's nemesis, (1769-1852), vg cond, A$30.

194/126. (8103) Hibbert, Christopher. The

Destruction of Lord Raglan: A Tragedy of the Crimean War 1854-55. BCA, London, 1984 (fp1961). Reprint, 8vo in d/w, plates, maps,biblio, index, pp338, **the classic study of the destruction of an army and the reputation of its commander in one of the most futile and disastrous wars Britain has ever fought, vg cond, A$26.

194/127. (9634) Hibbert, Christopher. Redcoats and Rebels: The War for America 1770-1781. Grafton Books, London, 1990. 1st ed, large 8vo in good, protected d/w, colour & b/w plates, maps, bios of characters from John Adams to Anthony Wayne, biblio, index, ppindex, pp375, **from the 'Tea Party' in Dec 1773 to Cornwallis's defeat at Yorktown in 1781. It was a war of attrition which George Washington came close to losing and without the French he may well have, vg cond, A$35.

194/128. (9940) Humble, Richard. Napoleon's Peninsular Marshals. Book Club, UK, 1974. Reprint, large 8vo in reasonable d/w, plates, index, pp228, **an account of the performance of the French Marshalsboth to each other and their performances in the field , good cond, A$25.

194/129. (9820) Merriman, John. The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-de-Siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror. JR Books, London, 2009. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp259, **the Dynamite Club was a band of workers, intellectuals and radicals who embraced anarchy as an idealogical tool to overthrow the state. They planted bombs in public places, targetted civilians and assassinated the French President, new cond, A$28.

194/130. (9768) Montague, Ronald. Dress & Insignia of the British Army in Australia and New Zealand 1770-1870. Library of Australian History, Sydney, 1981. 1st ed, roy. 8vo in d/w, profusely illustrated in b/w, biblio, appendices, pp124, **some 29 infantry regiments together with support troops and technical corps served in the Australian Colonies between 1788 & 1870, vg cond, A$35.

194/131. (6167) Myerly, Scott Hughes.

British Military Spectacle: From the Napoleonic Wars through the Crimea. Harvard University Press, USA, 1996. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, colour and b/w plates, biblio, source notes, index, pp293, **the ornate sartorial creations of the many 'dandified' British Regiments, new cond, A$28.

194/132. (1430) Nicholls, Bob. Colonial

Guns. AMHP, Sydney, 1998. 1st ed, oblong 8vo in card covers, full illus, biblio, pp39, ** covers the range of artillery found in the Australian colonies over the first 110 years of white settlement. A useful reference, new A$24.

194/133. (10155) Nichols, Alistair. Wellington's Mongrel Regiment: A History of the Chasseurs Britanniques Regiment 1801-1814. Spellmount, UK, 2005. 1st ed, large 8vo in good d/w, plates and maps, appendices, biblio, index, pp248, **this book tells the story of the formation of 'the Mongrels' (the 7th) and their role in Wellington's many campaigns from 1811. They were drawn from many countries of Europe, vg cond, A$34.

194/134. (6460) Pearn, Colonel John. Arms & Aesculapius: Military Medicine in Pre-Federation Queensland: The Queensland Defence Force and its Doctor Soldiers. Amphion Press, Brisbane, 1996. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, profusely illus with historic photos, rolls, biblio, index, pp245, **documents the evolutionof the emergent armed forces in pre-Federation northern Australia, vg cond, A$48.

194/135. (10016) Pocock, Tom. The Young

Nelson in the Americas. Cllins, London, 1980. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates & maps, biblio, index, pp241, **it was the America ad West Indies Station that formed Nelson into a sea officer and fighting commander, newspaper article on 200th anniversary of Trafalgar loose at front, vg cond, A$32.

194/136. (9195) Snow, Peter. To War With Wellington: From the Peninsular to Waterloo. John Murray, London, 2010. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, colour plates, maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp384, **describes the horror and humanity of life in and out of battle, and how Wellington mastered the battlefield to defeat Napoleon and change the future of Europe, new, A$30.

194/137. (9143) Urban, Mark. Fusiliers: Eight Years with the Redcoats in America. Faber & Faber, London, 2007. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp384, **from Lexington Green in 1775 to Yorktown in 1781, one British regiment marched thousands of miles and fought a dozen battles to uphold British rule in America: the Royal Welch Fusiliers, as new cond, A$35.

194/138. (6137) Verney, Major-General G.L, DSO, MVO. The Devil's Wind: The Story of the Naval Brigade at Lucknow. Hutchinson, London, 1956. 1st ed, 8vo in poor d/w (now protected), plates (portrait of Capt. William Peel, VC, KCB, RN, HMS SHANNON in frontis), 2 fold-out maps, appendices, biblio, index, pp176, **from the letters of Edmund Pope Verney and other papers concerning the enterprise of the ship's company of HMS SHANNON in the campaign in India 1857-58, good cond and not often seen, A$28.

194/139. (8305) Williams, Captain John. The Bengal Native Infantry. Frederick Muller, London, 1970 (fp181). Facsimile reprint, 8vo in d/w, colour plate in frontispiece, appendices, pp387, **An historical account from its formation in 1757 to 1796 (with supplementary notes to the year 1814). vg cond, A$28.

194/140. (9922) Zieglar, Philip. Omdurman. BCA, London, 1973. Reprint, large 8vo in d/w, plates & maps, biblio. Index, pp240, **Kitchener avenged the death of Gordon at Khatoum in 1885 by attacking and defeating the Dervishes at Omdurman 14 years later, vg cond, A$26.

Naval

194/141. (10178) "Ship's Company", H.M.A.S BENDIGO: Corvette. Np?,nd? 1st ed? Small 8vo in card covers, profusely illustrated, nominal roll of ship's company, glossary, pp136, **BENDIGO was one of 60 Covettes built around Australia in WW2. She served mainly in the SW Pacific campaign, vg cond and hard to find, A$34.

194/142. (6672) Brenchley, Fred & Elizabeth. Stoker's Submarine: Australia's Daring Raid on the Dardanelles on the Day of the Gallipoli Landing. Harper Collins, Sydney, 2003 (fp 2001). Reprint, 8vo in card covers, colour and b/w plates and maps, list of those sailors who were lost off Rabaul in AE1, biblio, index, pp318, **Lieut.Cdr Dacre Stoker, captain of the Australian submarine AE2 breached the Turkish defences in the Dardanelles on 25 Apr 1915 with an intention of disrupting Turkish supply lines to the isolated Gallipoli peninsular. It was proclaimed at the time as 'the finest feat in submarine history, new, A$22.

194/143. (10068) Campbell, Hugh. Notable Service to the Empire: Australian Corvettes and the British Pacific Fleet 1944-45. Naval Historical Societ of Australia, Sydney, 1995. 1st ed, small 4to in card covers, plates and maps, appendices containing a summary of each ship, index, pp204, **the 21st and 22nd Flotillas of Corvettes number 18 ships in total. They were

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ostensibly mine-sweepers but spent most of their time escorting ships of the Fleet Train as it worked to fuel, supply and repair the front-line fighting ships, vg cond and scarce, A$32.

194/144. (7600) Carruthers, Steven. Australia Under Siege: Japanese Submarine Raiders 1942. Solus Books, Sydney, 1982. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and map, appendix, index, pp192, **the story of the Japanese midget submarine attack and the mystery surrounding the reactions of the Navy in dealing with the matter. It appears more went on than we thought, vg cond, A$28.

194/145. (9315) Cassells, Vic. For Those in

Peril: Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1995. 1st ed, 8vo in card covers, profusely illustrated, rolls of commanders and casualties etc, appendices, pp269, **a comprehensive listing of the ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy who paid the supreme sacrifice in the wars of the 20th century. Full descriptions of each ship, her casualties, battle honours and COs, vg cond and hard to find, A$30.

194/146. (8693) Cunningham, LCDR I.J. RAN. Work Hard Play Hard: The Royal Australian Naval College 1913-1988. AGPS, Canberra, 1988. 1st ed, large 8vo in good d/w, profusely illustrated, appendices contain maps, diagrams and full rolls of all intakes and staff from 1913 to 1987, biblio, index, pp161, **HMAS CRESWELL is the Royal Australian Naval College situated at Jervis Bay NSW, vg cond and hard to find, A$68.

194/147. (7585) Foster, John. AE1

Entombed but Not Forgotten. AMHP, Sydney, 2006. 1st ed, large 8vo in laminated boards, plates and maps, appendices, biblio, general index and nominal index, roll of honour with biographical notes, pp121, **an account of the very brief life of HMA Submarine AE1 which was mysteriously lost off New Britain on 14 September 1914 whilst on patrol with the destroyer PARRAMATTA searching for the German Pacific Fleet. Its location is a mystery to this day, new, A$28.

194/148. (5887) Foster, John. "Hands to Boarding Stations!" The Story of Minesweeper HMAS HAWK: Confrontation with Indonesia 1965-1966. AMHP, Sydney, 2003. 1st ed, large 8vo in illus boards, profusely illus plates and maps, appendices, nominal roll of Ship's Company, biblio, index, pp125, **the author's personal account of the ship's operations under his command. They served for 9 months in SE-Asian waters, new cond, A$34.

194/149. (8706) Franks, Norman, Dark Sky, Deep Water: First Hand Reflections on the Anti-U-Boat War in WW2. Grub Street, London, 1997. 1st ed, large 8vo in

d/w, inscr, plates, index, pp218, **an interesting volume of aircrew reminiscences in the fight against the U-Boats, vg cond, A$26.

194/150. (10180) Gardiner, Robert (ed). The Eclipse of the Big Gen: The Warship 1906-45. Conway Maritime Press, London, 1992. 1st ed, large 4to in d/w, fully illustrated narrative pictorial, biblio, glossary, index, pp223, **the definitive history of all the major warships in the period, vg cond, A$35.

194/151. (2873) Goodman, Rupert. Hospital Ships : Manunda, Wanganella, Centaur, Oranje. Boolarong, Brisbane, 1992. 1st ed, 4to in decorated boards, inscr in fep, illus in b/w, index, appendices list various ships and their voyages, pp170, **an excellent record of ships which rendered valuable service in WW1, WW2 and later, v g cond, A$35.

194/152. (2694) Hall, Timothy.. HMAS

MELBOURNE. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1982. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, index, chronology, pp223, **the Melbourne had a chequered career colliding with two ships, the VOYAGER and FRANK E. EVANS with the loss of over 150 men, vg cond, A$26.

194/153. (7983) Jenkins, David. Battle Surface! Japan's Submarine War Against Australia 1942-44. Random House, Sydney, 1992. 1st ed, large 4to in d/w (protected), profusely illustrated in colour and b/w, biblio, index, pp304, **a very complete account of the Japanese submarine efforts against Australia in WW2, vg cond and hard to find, A$65.

194/154. (9717) Lind, L.J. & Payne, A. Scrap Iron Destroyers: The Story of HMA Ships STUART, VAMPIRE, VENDETTA, VOYAGER & WATERHEN. Naval Historical Society, Sydney, 1976. 1st ed, 8vo in card covers, #111 of 1000, plates, diagrams, pp200, **the five Australian ships described herein served in the Mediterranean Campaign under Captain Waller, DSO, RAN as the 10th Destroyer Flotilla led by STUART. They were also known as the 'Wobbly 10th' and 'the Crocks' as by 1940 they were obsolete, vg cond, A$28.

194/155. (5409) Lind, Lew. Toku Tai - Japanese Submarine Operations in Australian Waters. Kangaroo Press, Qld, 1992. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w and mylar, plates, maps, appendices, index, pp160, **an account of the Japanese Special Attack Force in Australian waters in 1942-1943, vg cond and now scarce, A$45.

194/156. (6121) May, Commander W.E., RN & Annis, P.G.W. Swords for Sea

Service (in 2 volumes). HMSO/National Maritime Museum, London, 1970. 1st ed, 2 x folio vols in price-clipped but protected d/ws (sl bumped), inscr in fep, colour plates in frontis, illus in vol 1, 3 x colour plates, b/w plates in vol 2, vol 1 256pp; vol

2 from 261 to 398, **a continuation of Bosanquet's THE NAVAL OFFICER'S SWORD (1955); based on the sword collection of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. Contains photographs of over 150 swords, dirks and cutlasses; a monumental work, vg cond and scarce, A$150.

194/157. (3433) Nicholls, Stan. H.M.A.S.

SHROPSHIRE. NHSA, Sydney, 1989. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, #981 of 1,000 printed, inscr in fep, plates maps and illustrations index, pp315, **before she served in the RAN as a replacement for CANBERRA (lost at Savo) the HMS SHROPSHIRE was a line Cruiser with the British Fleet. Under the RAN flag she participated in 15 operations and battles in her 18 months in service. A Lucky Ship! vg cond and scarce, new cond, A$85.

194/158. (9784) Payne, Alan. H.M.A.S. PERTH: The Story of the 6inch Cruiser 1936-1942. Naval Historical Society of Aust, Sydney, 1978. 1st ed, small 8vo in card covers, linear diagram of the ship in frontis, signed by John Leggoe (author of 'Trying to Be Sailors), plates & maps, last 2 pages bound in upside down, pp124, **one of the NHS series on Australian ships. PERTH was lost in the Battle of Sunda Strait 1 Mar 1942, survivors were captured and made POWs, goo cond, A$25.

194/159. (9587) Pfennigwerth, Ian. Tiger Territory: The Untold Story of the Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia from 1948 to 1971. Rosenberg Publishing P/L, Sydney, 2008. 1st ed, trade 8vo in card covers, superior paper, plates and maps, biblio, chapter notes, appendix, index, pp317, **between 1948 and 1971 the RAN served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore, new, A$28.

194/160. (10105) Roskill, Captain S.W., RN. The War at Sea (in 4 vols) HMSO, London, 1954 to 1961. 1st eds all, small 4to in protected d/ws, complete in their original boxes, plates and fold-out charts, index in each vol, pp664+523+413+505, **the complete Roskill history of the Royal Navy in WW2 complete in the rare original card board boxes, an ideal library addition, sl foxing aroun the edges, A$500.

194/161. (1392) Ross, Lieut W.H, RAN. "Stormy Petrel": The Life Story of HMAS SYDNEY. Patersons, Perth, nd? 1st ed, small pocket-sized hard back book in blue cloth, plates, nominal roll of those lost, pp296, **the author served on the '2nd' Sydney in WW2 as part of the British Mediterranean Fleet, good cond and scarce, A$32.

194/162. (4503) Spurr, Russell. A Glorious Way to Die: The Kamikaze Mission of the Battleship YAMATO, April 1945. Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1982. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, index,

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biblio, appendices, pp341, **the biggest battleship ever built, the YAMATO was rendered obsolete before she saw action due to the success of carrier-borne planes. She was sunk on 7 Apr 1945 off Okinawa in one of the last desperate naval battles of the Pacific War, vg cond and scarce, A$32.

194/163. (9467) Stillwell, Alexander. The

Story of HMS REVENGE. Pen & Sword Books, UK, 2009. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plateschapter notes, biblio, index, pp218, **the story of all the RN ships named REVENGE from the Armada to Trafalgar, to the Battle of Jutland in WW1 to the Polaris submarine of the modern day, vg cond, A$30.

194/164. (1167) Stone, Peter. The Lady and the President: The Life and Loss of the SS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE. Oceans Enterprises, Victoria, 1997. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, index, pp310, signed by author, **the COOLIDGE was sunk off Espiritu Santo (Vanuatu) whilst operating as an American troop ship in WW2, it is now one of the best diving wrecks in the world, vg cond, A$34.

194/165. (8729) Tarrant, V.E. The U-Boat

Offensive 1914-1945. Arms & Armour Press, London, 1989. 1st ed, 4to in good d/w, profusely illustrated, biblio & source notes, index, pp190, **during the two world wars U-Boats sunk 8,209 merchant vessels with a gross tonnage of 27 million tons. In both wars they came close to bringing Britain to her knees, Originally conceived as coastal boats they were transformed into major weapons of global war, vg cond, A$36.

194/166. (8715) Whitley, M.J. Cruisers of WW2: An International Encyclopedia. Brockhampton Press, London, 1999. (fp1995). Reprint, large oblong 4to in d/w, fully illustrated, biblio, index, pp284, **illustrated with hundreds of archive photos and line drawings this book is the large-format, comprehensive reference on the subject, vg cond, A$26.

194/167. (9655) Zetterling, Niklas & Tamelander, Michael. TIRPITZ: The Life

and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship. Casemate Publishers, USA, 2009. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, notes, biblio, pp360, **the TIRPITZ was a sister-ship to BISMARCK. She was never able to be used in a direct role against the Allies but the mere threat of her was enough to enrage the British who threw everything at her in a Norwegian fjord, new, A$35.

Special Forces and Airborne

194/168. (9666) Adkin, Mark. Goose Green: A Battle is Fought to be Won: The Crucial Battle of the Falklands. Cassell, London, 2000 (fp1992). Reprint, small 8vo in card covers, plates and maps,

appendices, biblio, chapter notes, index, pp407, **the first land battle of the Falklands War fought by 2Para was the longest, hardest fought, the most controversial and the most important to win. CO 2PAR LtCol H. Jones won the VC (Post) in this action when he mounted a solo charge against an entrenched Argentine enemy, vg cond, A$24.

194/169. (1550) Blandford, Edmund L. Green Devils - Red Devils: Untold Tales of the Airborne in WW2. BCA/Leo Cooper, London, 1993. Reprint, 8vo in d/w, plates, appendix, biblio, index, pp204, **a remarkably vivid account of both side's airborne troops in action in WW2, vg cond, A$26.

194/170. (9999) Campion, Phil. Born Fearless: From SAS to Mercenary, My Life as a Shadow Warrior. Quercus Books, London, 2012. Reprint, small 8vo in card covers, colour plates, index, pp356, **a very readable account of his insanely dangerous life as a private military operator, new, A$22.

194/171. (9103) Cleary, Paul. The Men Who Came Out of the Ground: A Gripping Account of Australia's First Commando Campaign: Timor 1942. Hachette, Sydney, 2010. 1st ed, trade 8vo in card covers, plates, maps, appendices show the casualties of both 2/2nd company and the 2/4th company, chapter notes, index, pp382, **the perilous year of 1942 saw the 100 men of 2/2nd Independent Company (Sparrow Force) stranded on Timor. With little further help from Australia they waged a successful guerilla war against the Japanese, vg cond, A$28.

194/172. (9831) Donaldson, Mark, VC The Crossroad: A Story of Life, Death and the SAS. Macmillan, Australia, 2013. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, plates, index, pp432, **the life story (so far) of the remarkable Mark Donaldson, VC who life before joining the SAS was a rocky one and joining the great SASR with multiple tours of Afghanistan winning the VC on one of them. He was also wounded in action on a later tour, a must read book, vg cond, A$45.

194/173. (8062) Everett, David. (with Kingsley Flett). Shadow Warrior: From the SAS to Australia's Most Wanted. Penguin/Michael Joseph, Melbourne, 2008. 1st ed, thick 8vo in card covers, colour and b/w plates, pp438, **Dave Everett did serve in the Australian SAS but decided things were too docile in the '80s and went off to work with the Karens in Burma. This was while he was still serving (very naughty) and the Feds felt his collar when he came home; an interesting read, (Dave has since passed away), good cond, A$22.

194/174. (7420) Gaujac, Paul. Special

Forces in the Invasion of France. Historie & Collections, Paris, 1999. 1st Eng ed, trans from the French, trade 8vo in card covers,

plates and maps, annex, biblio, index, pp412, **in 1944, nearly 170 Allied Special Forces teams were parachuted into occupied France to assist the Resistance movements and their Maquis groups, to transmit orders from the Alied comand and to participate in the battle against the Occupying forces - the story of the JEDBURGHS, good cond, A$26.

194/175. (5205) Geraghty, Tony. Who

Dares Wins: The Story of the Special Air Service, 1950-1980. Arms & Armour, London, 1981 (fp1980). Reprint, 8vo, in d/w, many plates and maps, biblio, index, pp249, **good coverage of the British SAS in Malaya, Borneo, South Arabia, the 'mercenary period' of 1962-78, Oman, Northern Ireland and Prince's Gate, vg cond, A$24.

194/176. (8158) Harclerode, Peter. "Go To It": The Illustrated History of the 6th Airborne Division. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1990. 1st ed, 4to in good d/w, fully illustrated, biblio, pp192, **the British 6th Airborne Division was raised in 1943 and trained right up to their first action: D-Day. In 1945 it fought in the 'Battle of the Bulge', the Crossing of the Rhine and the Baltic, vg cond, A$30.

194/177. (1404) Hoe, Alan & Morris, Eric. Re-enter the SAS: The British Special Air Service and the Malayan Emergency. Leo Cooper, London, 1994. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, index, honours and awards, appendices lists operations conducted from Oct ‘50 to Oct ‘58, pp230, **Mike Calvert was instrumental in the re-raising of the SAS in 1950 for service in Malaya against the Communist Terrorists under Chin Peng, vg cond and now hard to find, A$36.

194/178. (6526) Kennedy, Michael Paul. Soldier 'I' SAS. Bloomsbury, London, 1989. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, glossary, pp257, **the author spent 18 years in 22 SAS Regt including Op Jaguar and Mirbat, Northern Ireland, Prince's Gate and many other hairy ops, vg cond, A$26.

194/179. (3144) Lambert, G.E. Commando: From Tidal River to Tarakan: The story of # 4 Australian Independent company, AIF (later known as 2/4th Aust Cdo Sqn, AIF, 1941-45). AMHP, Sydney, 1997. Reprint, large roy. 8vo in illus boards, plates and maps, nominal roll, casualty list, index, pp509, **the 4th Independent Company (2/4 Cdo Sqn) was raised in 1941 and served in the NT and then Timor in Sep 1942 where they reinforced the 2/2 Cdo. They further served in Milne Bay, Lae, Finschafen and Tarakan, vg cond and scarce, A$185.

194/180. (1733) Lloyd Owen, David. Providence Their Guide: The Long Range Desert Group 1940-45. Battery Press, USA, 1981. (fp 1980). 1st US ed, 8vo in vg protected d/w, plates, maps, index, biblio, pp238, **the LRDG did some famous work in 2

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-wheel drive Chev trucks in North Africa which included inserting SAS sabotage teams into enemy areas, David Lloyd Owen rose to command the unit, vg cond, scarce, A$65.

194/181. (1798) Long, Bob 'Operation

'SEMUT 1': Z' Special Unit's Secret War: Soldiering with the Headhunters of Borneo. Bob Long, Perth, 1989. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, plates, maps, appendices, glossary of terms, index of maps, pp607, **on active service in Borneo with the headhunters, 112 men died in service with Services Reconnaince Department (SRD), hard to find in hard back, vg cond, A$110.

194/182. (4288) Lord, Walter. Lonely Vigil:

Coastwatchers of the Solomons. Viking, NY, 1977. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w with mylar cover, plates, maps, index, pp322, **a complete account of the activities of the Coastwatchers in the Solomons who proved invaluable during the dark days of 1942-43, vg cond and becoming scarce, A$38.

194/183. (4853) Lucas, James. Kommando:

German Special Forces of World War Two. Guild, London, 1985. Reprint, 8vo in good d/w, plates, index, appendices, pp245, **Germany was the first to use the concept of 'special forces'. From Eben Emael to the rescue of Mussolini and many other significant operations, important reference, good cond, A$26.

194/184. (7214) O'Connor, John. Australian Airborne: The History and Insignia of Australian Military Parachuting. Author, Sydney, 2005. 1st ed, large 4to in laminated boards, (spine required reattaching) profusely illus in colour and b/w, rolls, lists, pp440, **a very detailed history of military parachuting in Australia including our efforts in WW2. The remarkable collection of colour plates is unique and a vital reference, gen good cond, A$65.

194/185. (10116) Owen, James. Commando: Winning WW2 Behind Enemy Lines. Little, Brown, London, 2012. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, chapter notes, index, pp413, **after Dunkirk it was realised there was a place for asymetric thinking in the pursuit of war with the Germans. Commandos were born as a result with David Stirling taking the idea to greater heights with his SAS, a very useful reference, new cond, A$28.

194/186. (4954) Ryan, Cornelius. A Bridge

Too Far. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1974. 1st ed, 8vo in good, protected d/w, inscr on title page, plates, tables, maps, index, biblio, pp492, **Operation Market Garden, the airborne assault on Arnhem in Sep 1944, which was a colossal disaster due to poor intelligence and Panzer divisions, the scarce 1st ed in vg cond, A$38.

194/187. (8936) Scholey, Pete. Who Dares Wins: Special Forces Heroes of the SAS.

Osprey Publishing, UK, 2008. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, colour & b/w plates, appendices, index, pp288, **the author served in 22SAS and here has recorded his memories of 20 SAS legends from Paddy Mayne to Vince Phillips, vg cond, A$28.

194/188. (8581) Shennan, Margaret. Our Man in Malaya: John Davis, CBE, DSO, SOE Force 136 and Post-War Counter-Insurgency. Sutton Publishing, UK, 2007. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp304, **John Davis was serving in the Federated Malay States Police when the Japanese invaded. He transferred to the SIS - MI6 and then in 1942, SOE. Escaping to India he planned and organised the infiltration of Chinese intelligence agents and British officers into Malaya. In 1943 he landed by sub at the head of Force 136. He later fought Cin Peng's Communists insurgents in the Emergency, vg cond, A$45.

194/189. (9677) Smith, LtCol Neil, AM (Retd). 2/2nd Independent Commando

Company WW2: Casualty List. Mostly Unsung Military History Research, Melbourne, nd? 1st ed? Large 4to in card covers (tape bindings), pp5, **66 members of the 2/2nd Cdo were casualties in WW2. Around 30 were KIA (or executed), many were WIA, others MIA/POW, others were accidentally killed or drowned, new, A$22.

194/190. (8944) Strawson, John. A History

of the SAS Regiment. Guild Publishing, London, 1985 (fp1984). Reprint, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, appendices, index, pp413, **the evolution of the SAS from wartime raiders to counter-insurgency experts, vg cond, A$24.

194/191. (7847) Thompson, Leroy. The All

Americans: The 82nd Airborne. David & Charles Publishers, UK, 1988. 1st ed, roy. 8vo in d/w, colour & b/w plates, Order of Battle of the Division, biblio, index, pp192, **the first comprehensive history of the 82nd Airborne from the battlefields of France (the famous Sgt York was in this Division), to parachute insertions in Sicily, Normandy and Holland in WW2 to the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Grenada & Honduras, vg cond, A$22.

194/192. (5378) Thompson, Peter & Macklin, Robert. Kill the Tiger: The Truth

about Operation RIMAU. Mavrick House, Ireland, 2007 (fp2002). Reprint, 8vo in card covers, plates, maps, biblio, pp306, **an epic Australian war story of bravery and betrayal. An expose of what really happened to the Z Special unit operatives on the second raid on Singapore Harbour, good cond, A$28.

194/193. (1828) Trigellis-Smith, S. The Purple Devils: A History of the 2/6 Australian Commando Squadron (formerly the 2/6 Australian Independent

Company, 1942-1946.). 2/6 Commando Squadron Association, Melbourne, 1992. 1st ed, 8vo in sl nipped d/w, signed by three members of the 2/6th Cdo (Williams, Ashford & Cabourne) letter inserted loosly from another member John Lucas, plates & maps, full nominal roll, honours and awards, biblio, index, pp305, **the 2/6th Cdo, AIF served in the New Guinea Campaign at Kokoda, Buna, the Markham-Ramu Valleys and finally at Balikpapan, Borneo, this is now a rare book in 1st ed, vg cond, A$300.

194/194. (7317) Vaux, Nick. March to the South Atlantic: 42 Commando, Royal Marines in the Falklands War. Buchan & Enright, London, 1986. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, appendices list casualties and honours and awards, index, pp261, **the role played by 42 Cdo (RM) in the 1982 Falklands War, vg cond, A$28.

194/195. (6574) Walpole, Brian. My War: An Australian Commando in New Guinea and Borneo 1943-1945. ABC Books, Sydney, 1st ed, trade 8vo in card covers, b/w and colour plates (one sepia-toned Ivor Hele portrait), pp285, **Walpole served with Z Special Unit in New Guinea and Borneo- an excellent account of operations with the head-hunters of Borneo, vg cond, A$24.

194/196. (1439) Williamson, Tony. Counterstrike Entebbe. Collins, London, 1976. 1st ed, 8vo in good d/w, plates, maps, index, pp184, **Operation Thunderbolt will go down as one of the most audacious rescues in special forces history, vg cond and scarce in this ed, A$35.

194/197. (10131) Wong Sue, DCM (AKR13) Jack. Blood on Borneo. L. Smith and Author, Perth, 2001. 1st ed, large 8vo in good d/w, limited edition #0229, plates, pp399, **Jack Sue, a Perth legend, served in SRD and Z Special in Borneo in WW2, vg cond and hard to find in h/b, A$55.

194/198. (5760) Wong Sue, Jack, DCM. (AKR 13) Blood on Borneo. Author, Perth, 2001. 1st card cover ed, 8vo, plates and maps, pp399, **the legendary Jack Sue (AKR 13) was a member of Z Special in WW2. His exploits were many and varied especially in Borneo as a member of the AGAS operation, vg cond, A$25.

194/199. (4669) Wright, Malcolm. If I Die:

Coastwatching and Guerilla Warfare Behind Japanese Lines. Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1965. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w and mylar, plates, maps, pp192, **a vividly-told exciting story of Australians and New Guinea natives fighting side-by-side against a common enemy, the Japanese - a great book vg cond and very scarce, A$65.

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Vietnam

194/200. (6351) Avery, Lieutenant-Colonel Brian. We Too Were ANZACS: The Sixth Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment/NZ (ANZAC), South Vietnam 1969 to 1970. Slouch Hat Publications, Victoria, 2004. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, glossary, roll of honour, full nominal roll, index, pp255, **6RAR/NZ (ANZAC) second tour of South Vietnam, new, A$48.

194/201. (1691) Chitham, Ted (ed). 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment: Vietnam Tour of Duty 1968-1969, On Active Service. 9RAR Ass, Brisbane, 1992. 1st ed, 4to in d/w, full narrative pictorial, honours and awards, honour roll (photos of all), full nominal roll, pp294, **the story of Australia’s youngest infantry battalion in Vietnam. (single tour). An excellent history, vg cond and now extremely hard to find, A$250.

194/202. (9102) Coulthard-Clark, Chris. Hit My Smoke: Targeting the Enemy in Vietnam. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1997. 1st ed, trade 8vo in card covers, ex lib, plates, maps, inscr in fep, appendix shows a nominal roll of RAAF FACs and Gallantry awards, pp199, **the story of the 36 RAAF Forward Air Controllers who flew small, slow and often unarmed aircraft and marked targets for attack with smoke rockets and grenades, good cond, A$24.

194/203. (9298) Ekins, Ashley (with Ian McNeill) Fighting to the Finish: The

Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1968-1975. Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975: A&U/AWM, Sydney, 2012. 1st ed, very thick small 4to in d/w, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w, appendices, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp1139, **it's taken close to 40 years to see this last volume (vol 9) in the series on Southeast Asian conflicts. A huge work which could have been produced in two separate volumes instead of this 2.7kg monster. Nevertheless it is a most comprehensive and competent work, new, A$120.

194/204. (8346) Ham, Paul. Vietnam: The

Australian War. Harper Collins, Sydney, 2007. 1st ed, thick 8vo in d/w, plates, appendices, source notes, biblio, index, pp814, **the Australian forces applied tactics a that were very different from those of the Americans. Guided by their commanders experience of jungle combat in Malaya and Borneo, Australian troops operated with stealth, deception and restraint, an outstanding contribution to the history of our most controversial conflict, vg con, A$45.

194/205. (5451) Haran, Peter & Kearney, Robert. Crossfire: An Australian

Reconnaissance Unit in Vietnam. New Holland, Sydney, 2001. 1st ed, small 8vo in

card covers, plates, maps, nominal roll, glossary, pp237, **the story of the Recon Pl of 5RAR on their 1st tour of Sth Vietnam,; a good read, creased cover else good cond,new, A$20.

194/206. (8445) Malone, M.J. OAM (ed). SAS: A Pictorial History of the Australian Special Air Service 1957-1997. Access Press/SAS Assn, Perth, 1997. 1st ed, large 8vo in green & gold laminated pictorial boards, signed by ed, inscribed, full narrative pictorial, index, pp415, **a 40th Anniversary project for the Australian SAS Association, vg cond and now very scarce, A$140.

194/207. (5379) McKay, Gary & Stewart, Elizabeth. Vietnam Shots: A Photographic

Account of Australians at War. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2002. 1st ed, large roy 8vo in card covers, fully illustrated in b/w, appendix contains a chronology of the war, end notes, biblio, index, pp199, **photos and narrative covering all aspects of the war - from the battlefields to the home front - an evocative account, vg cond, A$45.

194/208. (9792) Mills, Hugh L. Jr (with Robert A. Anderson) Low Level Hell: A

Scout Pilot in the Big Red One. Airlife, UK, 1993 (fp USA 1992). 1st UK ed, large 8vo in pr.cl but bright d/w, map in frontis, glossary, roll of Darkhorse personnel incl casualty list, pp305, **the Aeroscout Platoon were equipped with OH-6A helicopters whose role was to find the enemy at tree-top level. They formed hunter-killer teams with Cobra gun-ships, directed B-52 strikes and a multitude of other roles, vg cond and not often seen, A$28.

194/209. (10129) Nott, Rodney & Payne, Noel. The Vung Tau Ferry (HMAS SYDNEY) and Escort Ships (Vietnam 1965-1972). GAM P/L, Melbourne, 1999 (fp1998) Reprint, 8vo in laminated boards, profusely illustrated, signed and dedicated by one of the authors (Nott), nominal roll of all RAN members who served on Logistic Support Ops in the Vietnam War, biblio, pp258, **first hand accounts by sailors and soldiers who sailed on SYDNEY and escort ships in support of Australia's comittment to the Vietnam War, vg cond, A$45.

194/210. (1446) O’Neill, Robert. Vietnam Task: The 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 1966/67. Cassell, Australia, 1995. (fp1968). Reprint, 8vo in mint d/w, plates, maps, index, roll of honour, honours and awards, pp263, **5RARs 1st Tour of Vietnam 1966/67. The author was the Battalion Int Officer as Major O'Neill. Most of the book was written as it happened. He went on to become one of our best war historians, vg cond, A$42.

194/211. (6286) O'Brien, Michael. Conscripts and Regulars: With the

Seventh Battalion in Vietnam. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1995. 1st ed, 8vo in protected d/w, plates and maps, appendices list roll of honour (both tours), decorations and awards, key appointments (both tours), source notes, biblio, index, pp311, **an amalgam of the two tours served in Vietnam by 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, vg cond and scarce, A$175.

194/212. (10179) Perryman, John & Mitchell, Brett. Australia's Navy in Vietnam: Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965-72. Topmill P/L, nd? 1st ed?, 4to in card covers, fully illustrated in colour and b/w, honour roll, pp96, **the RAN did a lot of work in Vietnam from operating the HMAS SYDNEY bring troops and supplies to and from Australia, to Clearance Divers etc, vg cond, A$34.

194/213. (8020) Pound, Gordon. What Soldiers Do: An Australian Artilleryman in Vietnam. AMHP, Sydney, 2008. 1st ed, large 8vo in laminated boards, plates, appendices list nominal rolls of 105 & 107 Field Batteries deployed in Vietnam 1965 and 1970, index, pp289, **the experiences of a young British man who joined the Australian Army as a Gunner and served in Vietnam with both 105 and 107 Btys, an interesting perspective from a non-infantry participant, new, A$32.

194/214. (6947) Stanton, Shelby L. Vietnam

Order of Battle: A Complete, Illustrated Reference to the U.S. Army and Allied Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1961-1973. Galahad Books, NY 1987 (fp1981). Reprint, large folio-sized volume in good d/w, plates and maps, appendices, biblio, index, pp396, **covers organisation, commands, stations, deployments, operations, weapons, equipment casualties and insignia; an outstanding and complete reference, Australian & NZ content, vg cond and now hard to find, A$68.

194/215. (2739) Williams, Captain Iain McLean. Vietnam : A Pictorial History of

the Sixth Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment 1966-67. Sixth Battalion, 1967. 1st ed, 4to in d/w and mylar, fully illus with plates, maps, rolls, honours and awards, honour roll, pp250 **6RARs first tour of Vietnam, a valuable addition to our history of the war, bumped and shelf-word d/w else good cond,and now extremely hard to find, A$150.

The Great War 1914-1918

194/216. (1414) Austin, Ron. Forward Undeterred : The History of the 23rd Battalion AIF, 1915-1919. Slouch Hat Pub, Victoria, 2007 (fp1998). Reprint, large 8vo in dw, signed by the author, plates, full

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rolls, index, pp311, **the 23rd Bn, AIF served on Gallipoli and then the Western Front at Poziers, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge, Ville sur Ancre, Mont St. Quentin, and the Beaurevoir Line. A good solid recent unit history, vg cond, A$65.

194/217. (1416) Austin, Ron. Black and Gold: The History of the 29th Battalion, AIF, 1915-1918. Slouch Hat Pub, Victoria, 1997. 1st ed, 8vo in dw, signed by the author, plates, maps, full rolls, honour roll, honours & awards, index, pp231, **the 29th saw action on the Western Front at Fromelles, Beaumetz, Polygon Wood and Morlancourt among others; a good unit history, new, A$65.

194/218. (8104) Austin, Ronald J. Cycling to War: The History of the AIF/NZ Cyclist Corps 1916-19. Slouch Hat Publications, Victoria, 2008. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, signed by the author, plates, maps, nominal roll, honours and awards, honour rolls, biblio, index, pp176, **the Australian Cyclist Corps was formed in Egypt in April 1916 for service on the Western Front. This book looks at the role played by two ANZAC Corps Cyclist Battalions in 1916-17 and the Australian Corps and NZ cyclist units in 1918. They were ostensibly mounted infantry with roles in reconnaisance and patrolling, new, A$48.

194/219. (4901) Austin, Ronald J. RFD, ED. The White Gurkhas: The 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade at Krithia, Gallipoli. R.J. & S.P. Austin, Victoria, 1989. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, signed by the author, plates, biblio, index, order of battle of Turkish 5th Army, source notes, pp156, **in May 1915 the 2nd Brigade (5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Battalions) attacked the German and Turkish guns at the village of Krithia. Their name was given them by their allies in the battle commemorating the fierce way they launched into the fray, new, A$45.

194/220. (1420) Austin, Sue & Ron. The

Body Snatchers: The History of the 3rd Field Ambulance 1914-1918. Slouch Hat Pub, Victoria, 1995. 1st ed, 8vo in protected d/w, plates, signed by authors, full roll, honour roll, index, pp149, **Simpson and his donkey and the rest of the doctors, medics and stretcher bearers are further immortalised in this good unit history, new cond, A$48.

194/221. (10152) Beaumont, Joan. Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War. A&U, Sydney, 2013. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, appendices, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp628, **Beaumont brings the war years to life. The many battles, from Gallipoli to Hame, the conscription debate and the Spanish flu the soldiers brought home. A lucid account of all aspects of life for Australians, vg cond,

A$45.

194/222. (10117) Belford, Captain Walter C. "Legs Eleven", Being the Story of the 11th Battalion, (AIF) in the Great War of 1914-1918. Imperial Printing Co, Ltd, Perth, 1940. 1st ed, fully restored into quarter moroccan and green buckram in like slipcase, five raised bands to spine, all titles and decorations gilt, plates and maps, pp667, **the 11th Bn, AIF came from WA and was considered by MajGen Sinclair-Maclagan one of the finest battalions in the AIF.They fought at Gallipoli, the Western Front and Belgium. The battlion was immortalised in the Great Pyramid photograph, outstanding quality of a rare book, A$1,500.

194/223. (7709) Browning, Neville. For King and Cobbers: 51st Battalion AIF, 1916-1919. Author, Perth, 2007. 1st reprint, large 8vo in d/w, signed by the author, plates & maps, nominal rolls, roll of honour, honours and awards (incl Sadler, VC) with citations, nominal roll of POWs, appendices, biblio, nominal index, pp432, **the history of the Western Australian 51st Bn, AIF in WW1 from its formation in Egypt in early 1916 from veterans of the 11th Bn, AIF to its disbandment in 1919 after the Armistice. They saw action as part of 13th Bde at Mouquet Farm, Noreuil, Messines, Broodseinde Ridge, Polygon Wood, Dernacourt and the battle of Vilers Bretonneux in 1918, new, A$135.

194/224. (5652) Burke, Keast (ed). With Horse and Morse in Mesopotamia: The Story of ANZACS in Asia. Burridge, Perth, nd? (fp1927). Facsimile reprint, 4to in gilt titles on blue boards, profusely illus with plates and maps, full rolls incl NZ and Allies, pp200, **the histories of 1st Aust. Pack Wireless Signal Troop, the NZ Wireless Signal Troop, 1st Aust & NZ Wireless Signal Squadron, 1st Cavalry Div Signal Sqn, Light Motor Wireless Sections, the Australians of 'Dunsterforce' and Australian Nurses in India, new cond and scarce, A$275.

194/225. (2637) Burness, Peter. The Nek: The Tragic Charge of the Light Horse at Gallipoli. Kangaroo Press, NSW, 1996. 1st ed, trade 8vo in card covers, ex lib, map in frontisp, plates, chapter notes, index, pp168, **on 7 August 1915, in an ill-fated attempt to break the stalemate at Gallipoli, hundreds of Australian Light Horsemen repeatedly charged the massed rifles and MGs of the Turkish defenders; total disaster, good cond and now hard to find, A$26.

194/226. (2355) Carne, W.A. Lieutenant. In Good Company: Being a Record of the 6th Machine Gun Company, A.I.F. in Search of Peace 1915-1919. Burridge,

Perth, nd? (fp1937) Facsimile reprint, 8vo in printed boards, illus, maps, rolls, appendices, roll of honour, pp434, **the 6th MG Coy served through Gallipoli and the Western Front, a complete unit history, new and hard to find, A$68.

194/227. (7138) Cooksley, Peter G. VCs of

the First World War: The Air VCs. Wrens Park, UK, 1999 (1996). Reprint, large 8vo in d/w, profusely illus, biblio, index, pp204, **of the more than 600 VCs won in WW1, 19 were to airmen (one Australian F.H. McNamara - Palestine March 1917), vg cond, A$25.

194/228. (10008) Cutlack, F.M. (ed). War

Letters of General Monash. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1935. 1st ed, 8vo in protected d/w, inscr in fep, plates, maps, index, pp299, **Monash wrote many letters to his wife and daughter of which this book displays most. Later in the war a certain egoism is apparent in his writings which xemplifies the status of the Australian forces and their victories in 1918, vg cond and quite scarce, A$120.

194/229. (8496) Daley, Paul. Beersheba: A Journey Through Australia's Forgotten War. MUP, Melbourne, 2009. 1st ed, trade 8vo in card covers, plates, maps, order of battle of the Imperial Mounted Troops, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp339, **in Oct 1917 members of the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade charged the Turkish lines at Beersheba. They charged 6 km over open ground and took the wells at Beersheba, putting the Turks to flight and on to ultimate defeat, vg cond, A$22.

194/230. (9683) Deayton, Craig. Battle Scarred: The 47th Battalion in the First World War. Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2012 (fp2011 in h/b). Reprint, trade 8vo in card covers, plates and maps, nominal roll, casualty list, honours and awards, (VC, MM to Sgt Stanley McDougall), endnotes, index, pp426, **the 47th was one of the shortest-lived and most battle-hardened of the 1st AIF Battalions. Formed in Egypt in 1916 they fought in many of the hardest battles on the Western Front, at Pozieres, Mouquet Farm, 1st Bullecourt, Messines, Passchendaele and Dernacourt after which the battion was broken up and the survivors sent to other battalions, a very sad story, new cond, A$28.

194/231. (5573) Devine, W. The Story of a

Battalion: Being a Record of the 48th Battalion, AIF. Burridge, Perth, nd? (fp 1919). Facsimile reprint, 8vo in red cloth with titles gilt, plates and maps (drawings and maps by Darryl Lindsay, Official Artist with the AIF), full casualty lists, honours and awards (VC to Pte James Woods), pp179, **the 48th was formed at Tel-el-Kabir in March 1916 from elements (4 officers and 350 ORs) of the 16th

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Bn recently evacuated from Gallipoli. It fought with great distinction on the Western Front (Somme, Pozieres, Mouquet Farm, Flanders, Bullecourt etc), scarce unit history in mint cond, A$150.

194/232. (7584) Edgar, Peter. To Villers-Bretonneux: Brigadier-General William Glasgow, DSO and the 13th Australian Infantry Brigade. AMHP, Sydney, 2006. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, endnotes, biblio, index, pp284, **traces the progress of Glasgow's 13th Australian Infantry Brigade from its formation in Egypt in 1916 to its costly double encounter with the enemy at Mouquet Farm; an excellent account, new, A$48.

194/233. (8430) Gill, Ian. Bloody Angle: Bullecourt and Beyond: 16th Battalion, AIF, 1914-19. Author, Perth 2008. 1st ed, thick 8vo in d/w, plates & maps, chronology, biographical honour & awards list, honour roll, POW roll, embarkation roll etc, glossary, biblio, nominal index, pp715, **the mainly West Australian 16th Bn, AIF distinguished itself at Pope's Hill and Quinn's Post in the early fighting on Gallipoli. They suffered appalling losses in the attempt on Baby 700 at Bloody Angle on 1 May 1915. They went on to play an important role at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm, Bullecourt, Messines, Passchendaele, Hebuterne, Villers-Bretonneus, Hamel and Amiens, vg cond, A$110.

194/234. (5337) Hall, Rex. The Desert

Hath Pearls. The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1975. 1st ed, large 8vo in mint d/w and mylar, plates (one coloured), index, pp219, **an excellent first hand account of service on Gallipoli, with the Australian 2nd Light Horse Regiment, AIF and then service with the Imperial Camel Corps in the Sinai Desert in 1916 - many other valuable reminiscences of life during and after the War, vg cond, A$75.

194/235. (6212) Hogue, Oliver. Trooper

Bluegum at the Dardanelles. Andrew Melrose, London, nd? 1st ed, 8vo in dark blue buckram, red titles, lacks d/w (was there ever one?), plates, pp287, **Oliver Hogue used the nom-de-plume of Trooper Bluegum to describe events concerning the 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade on Gallipoli 1915, gen good cond, A$65.

194/236. (9777) Holt, Toni & Val Mai. In Search of the Better 'Ole: The Life, the Works & the Collectables of Bruce Bairnsfather. Milestone Publications, UK, 1985. 1st ed, 4to in good d/w, profusely illustrated, pp255, **the Bruce Barnsfather story and his creation 'Old Bill'. Humourosities from the trenches in WW1, a most useful reference for the Old Bill collector, vg cond, A$55.

194/237. (1701) Joynt, W.D, VC. Breaking

the Road for the Rest. Hyland House, Melbourne, 1979. 1st ed, 8vo good d/w, VC citation in prelims, plates, index, pp206, **the autobiography of one of Australia’s famous VCs. He wrote this after 'Saving the Channel Ports 1918', vg cond, A$30.

194/238. (4913) Joynt, W.D, VC. Saving

the Channel Ports 1918. Wren Publishing, Victoria, 1975. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w and mylar, signed by the author, plates, maps, personal diary entries, biblio, pp233, **Lt Donovan Joynt, VC, 8th Bn, AIF gives a vivid and most accurate picture of the 1st Division in action at a time when the British 2nd and 5th Armies were crumbling before the German Spring Offensive, excellent stuff, vg cond and scarce with signature, A$85.

194/239. (9192) Kipling, Rudyard. The Irish Guards in the Great War (in 2 volumes). Spellmount, UK, 1997 (fp1923). Reprint, large 8vos in d/ws, plates and maps, vol 1 the 1st Bn, vol 2 the 2nd Bn,honours and awards (3 VCs), casualty lists, index, pp320 & pp223, **Kipling's forgotten masterpiece. His son John joined the Irish Guards and was KIA in France aged 18 - his fate was not known till 1992. This work is his father's monument to his beloved son, vg cond, A$65.

194/240. (3559) Lee, Major J.E, DSO, MC. The Chronicle of the 45th Battalion, A.I.F. Burridge, Perth, nd? (fp1927) Facsimile reprint, 8vo in buckram with gilt titles, plates, maps, nominal roll, honours and awards with citations, casualties, pp132, **the 45th was born from remnants of the gallant 'Fighting' 13th Bn, AIF, 4th Bde, after Gallipoli at Tel-el-Kabir in Egypt and fought with distinction on the Western Front at Pozieres, Messines, Bullecourt, Passchendaele and Villers Bret among others, new, A$65.

194/241. (5664) Massey, W.T. The Desert

Campaigns. Constable, London, 1918. 1st ed, small 8vo in red buckram with embossed Camel Corps design, plates (one in frontis, one loose - illus by James McBey), large fold-out map of Egypt and environs at rear, considerable minor foxing, rear hinge sprung, index, pp178, **Massey was an Official Correspondent for London newspapers with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. Chauvel and the Australian Mounted Division figure prominently especially at the Battles of Maghdaba and Romani, slight foxing to prelims els vg cond, scarce, A$48.

194/242. (9682) Massey, W.T. How Jerusalem Was Won: Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine. Constable & Co Ltd, London, 1919. 1st ed, large 8vo in navy buckram cloth, new end papers, plates and maps, appendices,

index, pp295, **this narrative of the work accomplished by General Allenby's Army is carried as far as the occupation of Jericho. The capture of that ancient town and a line of hills north of Jerusalem prevented the Turks from attempting to retake it, some foxing to the half-title page else good cond and scarce, A$45.

194/243. (4067) Newton, L.M. The Story of the Twelfth: A Record of the 12th Battalion, AIF, During the Great War of 1914-1918. Burridge, Perth, 2000 (fp1925). General facsimile reprint of the fat little 1925 1st ed in the larger 4to format in d/w, additional nominal index, portraits of the officers of the 12th, **the 12th saw much action on Gallipoli and the Western Front. It comprised companies from Tasmania, Sth Australia and WA. It suffered the second highest casualties of the AIF from 1914-1918 (3531) but lost the most on the Western Front (2927), new, A$60.

194/244. (6976) Parsonson, Ian M. Vets at War: A History of the Australian Army Veterinary Corps 1909-1946. AMHP, Sydney, 2005. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, appendices, endnotes, biblio, index, pp224, **for 37 years the Australian Army Veterinary Corps played an important role in the fabric of Army service - it was phased out when mechanisation took over, new, A$34.

194/245. (8001) Pedersen, Peter. The ANZACS: Gallipoli to the Western Front. Viking/Penguin, Melbourne, 2007. 1st ed, large roy. 8vo in protected d/w, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w, chapter notes, extensive biblio, index, pp447, **Australian historian Dr. Peter Pedersen (ex CO 5/ 7RAR post Vietnam) has produced an important book tracing the evolution of the AIF from the enthusiastiv amateurs of Gallipoli to the skilled warriors of the Western Front where in brutal and unspeakable conditions won their reputation as 'the best infantryen of the war and perhaps of all time', vg cond, A$65.

194/246. (5156) Perry, Roland. The

Australian Light Horse. Hachette, Sydney, 2009. 1st ed, thick 8vo in protected d/w, plates & maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp550, **The magnificent Australian force and its decisive victories against the Turks in the Sinai-Palestine Campaign of WW1, new, A$42.

194/247. (9158) Pitt, Barrie. Zeebrugge:

Eleven VCs Before Breakfast. Cassell, London, 2003 (fp1958). Reprint, 8vo in card covers, plates, diagrams & maps, bios of all VC winners, index, pp239, **another glorious failure. The Royal Navy's attempted to blockade the port of Zeebrugge on the Belgian coast to prevent German submarines getting into the English Channel. It was a suicide mission hence the VCs. It didn't take long to remove the blockading

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ships and the submarines escaped into the Channel, heroic stuff, new, A$20.

194/248. (8099) Powles, LtCol C. Guy, CMG, DSO and Wilkie, Major A. The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, Auckland, 1922. 1st ed, 8vo in tan buckram cloth, volume 3 of the Official History, plates, numerous fold-out maps, appendices, pp284, **the New Zealand Mounted Brigade consisted of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, Wellington Mounted Rifles and various smaller units such as 1st MG Sqn, 2nd MG Sqn, Field Engineers, Signals, Field Ambulance etc small stain to cover else vg cond and uncommon here, A$125.

194/249. (3925) Putkowski, Julian & Sykes, Julian. Shot at Dawn: Executions in WW1 by Authority of the British Army Act. Wharncliffe Publishing Ltd, UK, 1989. 2nd impr, 8vo in d/w, illus, rolls, index, biblio, source notes, pp352, **the Brits shot over 350 of their own men for 'cowardice & other crimes' in WW1. Australia refused to shoot any! vg cond A$35.

194/250. (8341) Rees, Peter. The Other ANZACS: Nurses at War, 1914-1918. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2008. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, plates, honour roll of Australian and NZ nurses, source notes, biblio, index, pp363, **a story of extraordinary compassion and courage shown by a group of Australian and NZ women whose contribution to the ANZAC legend has barely been recognised in our history. Forty five lost their lives, vg cond, A$40.

194/251. (10053) Schneider, Kristin. Pompey Elliott's Left Hand Man: Lieutenant Colonel Charles Denehy, 7th, 58th & 57th Battalions, AIF, Gallipoli & France. Author, Melbourne, 2015. 1st ed, trade 8vo in superior paper, signed by the author, plates and maps, biblio, notes, nominal index, pp365, **an officer trained by Pompey Elliott in leadership and command, new, A$28.

194/252. (6317) Snelling, Stephen. VCs of the First World War: Passchendaele 1917. Wren Publishing, UK, 2000 (fp1998). Reprint, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, sources and biblio, index, pp280, **60,000 Allied soldiers were killed at Passchendaele and 61 VCs were won, vg cond, A$25.

194/253. (6314) Snelling, Stephen. VCs of

the First World War: Gallipoli. Wrens Park Publishing, UK, 1999 (fp1995). Reprint, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, sources & biblio, index, pp264, **thirty-nine VCs were won on Gallipoli - including the 'six before breakfast' to the

Brits; the seven Australians at Lone Pine; Albert Jacka at Courtneys; the Kiwi Bassett at Chunuk Bair and Hugo Throssell (10th LH) at Hill 60, vg cond, A$25.

194/254. (9036) Stanley, Peter. Men of

Mont St Quentin: Between Victory & Death. Scribe, Melbourne, 2009. 1st ed, trade 8vo in card covers, plates, extensive chapter notes, biblio, index, pp298, **the story of 9 Platoon of 21st Bn, AIF and their families. On 1 Sep 1918 9 platoon rose from Elsa Trench and walked across a beet field towards the German defenders of Mont St Quentin - 3 were KIA and 5 WIA, one dying later - the collected papers of one family, the Roberts, used as the basis for the story, new cond, A$28.

194/255. (9612) Stannley, Dr Peter. Digger Smith and Australia's Great War: Ordinary Name - Extraordinary Stories. Pier 9/Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2011. 1st ed, 4to in d/w, superior paper, colour & b/w plates, appendix lists all Smiths and Schmidts in the book, index, pp368, **inspired by C.J. Dennis's Digger Smith of 1918 traces all of the Smiths in the 1st AIF (9OO of them died). Some great stories of Smiths in every unit of the AIF, every rank every job etc. vg cond, A$30.

194/256. (9009) Taylor, F.W & Cusack, T.A. Nulli Secundus: A History of the Second Battalion, AIF, 1914-1919. Burridge, Perth, 1992 (fp1942). Reprint, 8vo in blue cloth boards, titles gilt, portrait of 1st CO LtCol G.F. Bround in fronispiece, colour patch on title page, plates,honours and awards (VC toCpl T.J. Kenny), pp357, **the 2nd Bn, AIF was raised in NSW and served on Gallipoli (the Landing) and the Western Front in France (Somme, Amiens and the Hindenburg Line ) and through Flanders in Belgium; new cond, A$70.

194/257. (7905) Tyquin, Michael. Madness and the Military: Australia's Experience of the Great War. AMHP, Sydney, 2006. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, clean & tidy ex lib copy, plates, end-notes, biblio, index, pp180, **a scholarly analysis of Australian soldiers who suffered psychologically in the First World War, vg cond, A$25.

194/258. (10182) Walsh, Doug. The Black

ANZACS: The AIF's First Trench Raid on the Western Front. Author, Perth 2016. 1st ed, trade 8vo in card covers, signed by the author, many plate (one gate-fold), maps, nominal roll, bio sketches of each man, biblio, index, pp270, **on the night of 6/7 June 1916, 73 men drawn from the 26th and 28th Bns, AIF slipped across no mans land and into the German trench lines and creating havoc. They had blackened faces and clothing thus the title. A great ANZAC story, new, A$38.

194/259. (1706) Wilson, Brigadier-General L.C. and Wetherell, Captain H. History of the Fifth Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 1914-1919. Burridge, Perth, nd? (fp1926) Facsimile reprint, (limited ed, this is #30 of 200), 8vo in printed boards, nominal roll, casualty lists, fold-out maps at rear, pp232, **the 5th LH served on Gallipoli as infantry and throughout the Sinai-Palestine Campaign in their premier role, mint cond and very scarce, A$180.

194/260. (26) Wilson, L.C. C.M.G., D.S.O. (Brig-Gen.) Operations of Third Light Horse Brigade, A.I.F. from 27th October 1917 to 4th March 1919. Burridge, Perth, nd? np? (fp in the 20s) Facsimile reprint in green boards, plates, maps, **an important account of the 3rd LH Bde which included WA 10th LH Regt, new cond, A$75.

194/261. (10118) Wren, Eric. Randwick to Hargicourt: History of the 3rd Battalion, AIF. Ronald G. McDonald, Sydney, 1935. 1st ed, large 8vo in fully restored bindings, quarter moroccan and blue buckram in like slipcase, 5 raised bands to spine, all titles and decorations gilt, plates, maps, footnotes, nominal roll incl casualty list, complete with many photos, pp399, **the 3rd Bn, AIF was raised in NSW and saw active service on Gallipoli, the Western Front. This book was deaccessioned from the library of the Official Historian at Victoria Barracks Paddington (could this have been C.E.W himself?), an outstanding rescue of a very valuable unit history, RARE, A$1,500.

194/262. (4304) Wrench, C.M. (MC). Campaigning With the Fighting 9th: In and Out of the Line with the Ninth Battalion AIF. Boolarong, Qld, 1985. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, general index, personal index, biblio, extensive endnotes, appendices, honour roll, honoursd and awards, pp598, **the 9th was the first unit ashore at ANZAC. It served with distinction on Gallipoli and the Western Front losing 3,525 men KIA and WIA, vg cond, A$145.

194/263. (2174) Yandoo Management The 7th Field Artillery Brigade Yandoo, Vol 3, Active Service Issue. Yandoo management, 1919. 1st ed, large 8vo in flimsy pamphlet, profusely illustrated in colour & b/w, (fold-out colour plates and maps), nominal rolls, roll of honour, pp36, **the 3rd in the set of three - this volume covers the 7th FAB, AIF, in action on the Western Front. The YANDOO was designed as a 'trench newspaper' for the troops enjoyment. This is a rare example of the Active Service issue, vg cond, A$65.

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World War 2 1939-1945

194/264. (1707) Angolia, LTC John R. On the Field of Honour: A History of the Knight’s Cross Bearers. Vol 1. R. James Bender, USA, 1979. 1st ed, 8vo in printed boards, inscr, full pictorial and bio listing of each recipient, biblio, pp285, **Vol 1 of the Knight's Cross Bearers. Now rare and much sought-after collector’s item, vg cond, A$110.

194/265. (5030) Angolia, LTC John R. On

the Field of Honour: A History of the Knight's Cross Bearers. Vol 2. R. James Bender, USA, 1980. 1st ed, 8vo in decorated boards,an A to Z biographical listing of all recipients (with photos), pp365, ** Volume 2 deals with the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, excellent reference, vg cond and now rare in 1st ed, A$110. ($200 the pair)

194/266. (6958) Asada, Teruhiko. The Night of a Thousand Suicides: The Japanese Outbreak at Cowra. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1970 (fp1967 - trans from the Japanese). 1st English ed, 8vo in good d/w, plates, pp125, **on the 5th August 1944, 1,000 Jap POWs attempted to escape from the Cowra POW camp - 231 met their deaths with many more wounded. Told from the Japanese side, vg cond and scarce, A$28.

194/267. (6642) Ball, Reg A. Torres Strait Force: Cape York, Thursday Island and Merauke, 1942-1945. AMHP, Sydney, 1991. 1st ed, 4to in illus boards, profusely illus with maps, plates and drawings, biblio, index of units and names, pp300, **the defence of Torres Strait and Dutch New Guinea played a vital part in ensuring that the enemy did not make a landing on Cape York or areas close to our critical bases. The defences came under constant air attacks, sl bumped bottom corners else vg cond, A$66.

194/268. (9774) Bender, Roger James & Odegard, Warren W. Uniforms, Organisation & History of the Panzertruppe. Bender, USA, 1980. 1st ed, large 4to in black bindings, fully illustrated in b/w and some colour, biblio, pp336, **in 1931 LtCol Heinz Guderian was appointed Chief of Staff of the Inspectorate of Motorised Troops and in 1934 he became Chief of Staff of Panzer Troops. He was able to develop the doctrine for fast, maneuverable armoured units and the rest is history, vg cond and scarce, A$120.

194/269. (5994) Brigg, Stan & Les. The

36th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1945: Ike's Marines. (AIF) 36th Bn Assn/AMHP, Sydney, 2003 (fp1967). Reprint, 8vo in laminated boards, plates and maps, casualty lists, index, pp231, **the 36th Battalion (St George's English Rifle Regiment)

was composed of AIF, Regular and CMF soldiers and fought in New Guinea and environs from 1942 to 1954. Battle Honours - Buna-Gona, Sanananda Road, Liberation of Australian New Guinea & SW-Pacific, vg cond, A$65.

194/270. (5293) Brune, Peter. Those Ragged Bloody Heroes: From the Kokoda Trail to Gona Beach, 1942. Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1991. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, illus, biblio, source notes, index, pp309, **an excellent account of Maroubra Force (2/14th Bn, 2/16th Bn, 2/27th and 39th Bns) and the desparate fighting on the Kokoda Track and at Gona in 1942, vg cond and now very hard to find in this cond, A$55.

194/271. (7746) Campbell, John. Machine Gunners: A History of Six Machine-Gun Battalion, AIF, 1942-1944. AMHP, Sydney, 2007. 1st ed, large 8vo in laminated boards, plates, nominal roll, honour roll, index, pp326, **the 6th MG Bn, AIF was raised in NSW and trained at Dapto before serving in the New Guinea Campaign including the Ramu Valley, new, A$45.

194/272. (8518) Chan, Gabrielle (ed). War

on Our Doorstep: Diaries of Australians at the Frontline in 1942. HGB/The Australian, Sydney, 2003. 1st ed, trade 8vo in d/w, plates, pp318, **1942 was the most turbulent year for Australia in WW2. This is a series of personal stories told month by month on peoples situations and how they coped, vg cond, A$28.

194/273. (7790) Cody, Les. Ghosts in Khaki: The History of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion, 8th Australian Division, AIF. Hesperian Press, Perth, 1997. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, clean ex lib copy, new eps, plates & maps, nominal roll, honours and awards, casualty list, pp374, **the 2/4th MG Bn, AIF was part of the 8th Division and the catastophic fall of Singapore in WW2. In 5 short weeks of bitter fighting the Division lost nearly 2,500 men killed in action, one third of all battle deaths during the three and a half years of the Pacific War, vg cond, A$45.

194/274. (1460) Cooper, Matthew. The German Army 1933-1945: It’s Political and Military Failure. Macdonald and Jane’s, London, 1978. 1st ed, thick 8vo in d/w, inscr, index, plates, extensive biblio, source notes, pp597, **why, after so many startling successes, was the German Army beaten so completely? The answers are here, vg cond and scarce, A$28.

194/275. (1958) Crouch, Joan. A Special Kind of Service: The Story of 2/9th Australian General Hospital 1940-1946. Alternative Publishing Co-Op, 1986. 1st ed, 8vo in protective d/w, plates, maps, index, rolls, honours and awards, pp173, **the 2/9th AGH served with distinction in the

Middle East and New Guinea during WW2, vg cond and now scarce, A$36.

194/276. (5118) Dank, Milton. The French Against the French: Collaboration and Resistance. Cassell, London, 1978 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, plates, source notes, extensive biblio, roll 'dramatis personae', chronology, index, pp365, **known in France as 'The Time of Shame' - why did the vast majority of the French support Marshall Petain and his Vichy government that tied France to the Nazis? Eventually there came a civil war with many thousands killed, an excellent overview, vg cond, A$26.

194/277. (10139) Dean, Peter J. (ed) (foreword by Kim Beazley). Australia

1942: In the Shadow of War. Cambridge Uni Press, Melbourne, 2013. 1st ed, large 8vo in good d/w, plates, ,aps and diagrams, endnotes, biblio, index, pp248, **an examination of why 1942 was such a pivotal year for Australia by some of our best war historians, vg cond, A$28.

194/278. (4734) Draydon, Allan W. Men of Courage; A History of 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1940-1945. AMHP, Sydney, 2001. (fp2000) 1st ed, large 8vo in laminated boards, plates, maps, nominal rolls, honours and awards (incl VC citation for Private Richard Kelliher), index, pp382, **the 2/25th saw service with the 7th Division in Syria, New Guinea and Borneo, vg cond and hard to find, A$68.

194/279. (7670) Elliott, Di & Silver, Lynette. A History of 2/18th Battalion,

AIF. AMHP, Sydney, 2006. Based on the original book 'Against All Odds', thus revised, large 8vo in laminated boards, plates and maps, nominal roll, honours and awards, endnotes, biblio, index, pp296+, **2/18th Bn, AIF was raised in north western NSW and Sydney in 1940 as part of 8th Div; it was one of the battalions captured in Malaya, new, A$65.

194/280. (7795) Evans, Geoffrey. Slim as

Military Commander. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1969. 1st ed, large 8vo in chipped d/w (now protected), plates, maps (many fold-out), two newspaper articles loose at front, appendices, biblio, index, pp239, **Field-Marshal the Viscount Slim as he was later known was considered one of the finest generals WW2 produced. He commanded the British 14th Army in Burma against the Japanese. The author was a Divisional commander under Slim in Burma, vg cond and hard to find, A$32.

194/281. (9201) Fisher, David. The War Magician: The Man Who Conjured Victory in the Desert. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 2004. 1st ed, large 8vo protected d/w (fep price-clipped), plates, pp342, **the story of Jasper Maskelyne and his

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Magic Gang who worked very hard in the Western Desert to fool the Germans into thinking the British had far more tanks and vehicles than they really had, vg cond, A$28.

194/282. (8687) Goodman, Rupert. Voluntary Aid Detachments in Peace and War. Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, 1991. 1st ed, 4to in laminated pictorial boards, profusely illustrated, appendices, biblio, index, pp231, **the history of Voluntary Aid Detachments in Australia during the 20th Century, slight evidence of moisture exposure at top rear else good cond, A$32.

194/283. (9591) Ham, Paul. Sandakan: The Untold Story of the Sandakan Death Marches. William Heinemann, Sydney, 2012. 1st ed, thick 8vo in protected d/w, plates, maps, chapter notes, appendices list the honour roll of Australian and British soldiers who died at Sandakan or on the Sandakan-Ranau death marches, biblio, index, pp656, **the story of the most infamous chapter in Australia's WW2 history where over 2,500 POWs were systematically beaten and starved to death with only 6 surviving. The most comprehensive rendering of the Sandakan story thus far, vg cond, A$38.

194/284. (4795) Hunter, Doug. My Corps Cavalry: A History of the 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment 1915-1918. Slouch Hat Publications, Victoria, 1999. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, biblio, index, appendices, nominal roll, pp181, **after serving for a few months on Gallipoli they were sent to the Western Front with their horses, the only LH unit to do so; a new and dramatic insight into the previously ignored role of the 13th LH Regt and their part in the victories of 1918, vg cond, and now hard to find, A$110.

194/285. (10115) Johnston, Mark. ANZACS in the Middle East: Australian Soldiers, their Allies and the Local People in World War 2. Cambridge Uni Press, 2013. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp255, **by Nov 1939, 20,000 Australians had signed up for the 2nd AIF. Eventually, over 100,000 servd in the Middle East theatre. This book examines the relationship between our soldiers , their Allies and the local peoples, as new cond, A$38.

194/286. (8249) Kaltenegger, Roland. Weapons & Equipment of the German Mountain Troops in WW2. Schiffer Military, USA, 1995. 1st English ed, 4to in card covers, fully illustrated, pp49, **the gear issued to the Gerbirgs Division of the Wehrmacht whose three main components were Gerbirgsjager (infantry), Gerbirgsartillerie (artillery) and Gerbirgspioniere (engineers), vg cond, A$22.

194/287. (2726) Keogh, Colonel E.G. The

South West Pacific 1941-45. Grayflower Productions, 1965. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, maps, biblio, appendices, biblio, pp479, **a concise and authorative account of the Australian AIF in the SW Pacific Campaign in WW2, vg cond, A$25.

194/288. (4643) Laffin, John. Forever Forward: The History of the 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion, 2nd AIF 1940-45. AMHP, Sydney 2002 (fp1994). Reprint, large 8vo in laminated boards, plates, maps, nominal roll, roll of honour, index, pp333, **the 2/31st fought in Syria New Guinea and Borneo; a good unit history, new cond,, A$55.

194/289. (4441) Long, Gavin. The Final Campaigns: Australia in the War of 1939-1945, (Army) Series 1 (V11). AWM, Canberra, 1963. 1st ed, thick 8vo in sl chipped d/w, plates and maps, appendices detail statistics and orders of battle, extensive foot-notes, index, pp667, **the 7th and final volume in the official 'Army Series' of the Australian Army's involvement in WW2. Deals with New Guinea, Bougainville and New Britain. Extremely hard to find, vg cond and very hard to find in this condition, A$95.

194/290. (9023) Lucas, James. War on the Eastern Front: The German Soldier in Russia 1941-1945. Greenhill Books, London, 1991 (fp1979). Reprint, large 8vo in protected d/w, plates & maps, biblio, index, pp214, **told through the experiences of men who endured these nightmarish years of warfare and the terrifying conditions they were forced to fight in, vg cond, A$28.

194/291. (8115) McAulay, Lex. The Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 3 March 1943. Banner Books, Qld, 2008. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, map, appendices, glossary, biblio, index, pp262, **30 minutes that changed the balance of power in New Guinea. A battle for land forces, fought at sea, won by air. new, A$38.

194/292. (9669) McDonald, Neil. Kokoda

Front Line: From Tobruk to Kokoda, the Amazing Story of Legendary Australian War Cameran Damien Parer. Hachette Australia, Sydney, 2012, (fp1994). Revised ed, trade 8vo in card covers, a review copy (review included), plates, maps, notes, index, pp366, **Damien Parer was a brave and resourceful war cameraman who came close to death many times before meeting it in New Guinea, good cond, A$22.

194/293. (9263) McFarlane, Cyrus C. Tojo's Fate: Australia's Secret War. Sid Harta Publishers, Melbourne, 2009. 1st ed? 8vo in card covers, plates, map, appendices, honour roll, honours & awards, pp203, **as many operations against the Japanese were compromised and destroyed, secret RAAF squadrons were formed to

counter the perceived 'mole' in Australia's high command. It worked and many operations were successfully completed, vg cond, A$25.

194/294. (8527) Neillands, Robin. The Battle of the Rhine 1944: Arnhem and the Ardennes: the Campaign in Europe. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 2005. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates & maps, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp335, **casts a new and informed light on the long-drawn-out and costly struggle for the Rhine, vg cond, A$25.

194/295. (7018) Oakes, Bill. Muzzle Blast: Six Years of War with the 2/2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion. AMHP, Sydney, 2002 (fp1980). Reprint, oblong 8vo in laminated boards, spine sunned, profusely illus, maps, full nominal roll, honours and awards, roll of honour, pp301, **the 2/2nd MG Bn, AIF served at El Alamein, the New Guinea Campaign and Borneo, vg cond, A$45.

194/296. (5359) Oakes, Bill. Muzzle Blast:

Six Years of War with the 2/2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion, AIF. 2/2nd MG Bn Assn, Sydney, 1980. 1st ed, oblong 8vo in protected d/w, presentation copy to MajGen John Broadbent, signed by three members, fully illus with plates and maps, nominal roll, honours and awards, roll of honour pp305, **the 2/2nd, a 9th Div MG battalion, served at Tobruk, Alamein and the South West Pacific, slight moisture exposure else a good copy with provenance, A$85.

194/297. (9821) Parrish, Thomas. To Keep the British Isles Afloat: FDR's Men in Churchill's London, 1941. Smithsonian/Collins, USA, 2009. 1st ed, large 8vo in d/w, plates, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp324, **the story of US assistance (short of war) in 'staying afloat' in their war against the Axis powers. The US did everything they could to help supplying millions of tons of war supplies. On 7 Dec 1941 they were themselves in the war, new, A$28.

194/298. (8788) Paxton, Robert O. Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944. Columbia University Press, NY, 1982 (fp1972). Reprint, 8vo in card covers, plates, appendices, biblio note, index, pp399+xix, **this classic study of Vichy France utilizes captured German archives and other contemporary materials to construct a strong and disturbing account, fair cond, A$22.

194/299. (9980) Peters, Mike & Buist, Luuk. Glider Pilots at Arnhem. Pen & Sword Military, UK, 2010 (fp2009). Reprint, large 8vo on d/w, plates & maps, chapter notes, appendicesnominal and casualty rolls, biblio, index, pp356, **the men of the Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR) and

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their experiences at Arnhem. They suffered the highest casualty rates of any 1st Airborne Division unit, vg cond, A$48.

194/300. (5888) Ramsay Silver, Lynette. Sandakan: A Conspiracy of Silence. Sally Milner, Sydney, 2002 (fp1998) Revised and updated edition, trade 8vo in card covers, inscr in title page, plates, maps and illus, appendices, nominal rolls, lists of Japanese war criminals, biblio, index, pp400, **the Japanese massacred 2,428 Australian and British POWs at Sandakan in North Borneo; only six escaped and survived; a very disturbing story, vg cond, A$25.

194/301. (9829) Sandes, Lieut. Colonel E.W.C. DSO, MC, RE (Retd). From Pyramid to Pagoda: The Story of the West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) in the War 1939-1945 and Afterwards. War Office, London, 1951. 1st ed, large 4to in bumped d/w, (now protected), colour plate of Mary, The Princess Royal in frontis, complimentary note & receipt loose in fep, fold-out maps, index, pp306, **the West Yorkshire Regiment was part of General Slim's 14th Army in Burma during WW2. This book concentrates on the 1st & 2nd Battalions from 1938-1948, vg cond and uncommon, A$86.

194/302. (176) Slim, Field-Marshall Sir William. Unofficial History. Cassell, London, 1960 (fp1959). 4th ed, 8vo in pr/cl d/w, fold-out maps, pp242, **what an excellent writer he was, this is a great read. It was Slim who said 'Wars are generally fought up-hill, at night, in the rain and at the junction of 4 maps which are 300 yards out!' vg cond and becoming scarce, A$26.

194/303. (4294) Slim, Field-Marshall Sir William. Defeat Into Victory. Cassell, London, 1956. 1st ed, thick 8vo in good d/w and mylar (some loss to spine at top of d/w - inscr), plates, numerous fold-out maps, index, pp576, **one of the best accounts of a Campaign (14th Army in Burma) to come out of WW2. The inscription reads "Perret, Hamstead, 1956 - 1st ed - highly valued* - Please return to owner - *not financially - sentimentally! - it was given to me by Slim himself/ J.S, Nov 1956". Curiously, not signed by Slim, vg cond, A$45.

194/304. (6005) Smith, Alan. Convoys up the Track: A History of 121st Australian General Transport Company (AIF) 1941-1946. Author, Adelaide, 2000 (fp1991). Revised ed, large 8vo in d/w, profusely illus, maps, nominal rolls, appendices, biblio, index, pp300, **the author was a member of the 121st and served as a Convoy Platoon Officer (56 return trips 'up the track'). A good unit history of a mostly un-sung unit, vg cond and scarce in 1st ed, A$66.

194/305. (4513) Smith, LtCol Neil, AM. TID-APA: The History of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment (AIF). Mostly Unsung, Melbourne, 1992. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates, maps, appendices, rolls, honours and awards, index, pp231, **the 4th Anti-Tank Regt 8th Div, (less one battery) was captured by the Japs in Malaya, new, A$55.

194/306. (9582) Smith, Peter C. The Battle of Midway: The Battle That Turned the Tide of the Pacific War. Spellmount, UK, 1996 (fp1976). Revised ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, plates, maps, appendices, biblio, index, pp192, **Midway, a tiny atoll in the Pacific, was a vitally strategic target for the Japanese in their quest to command the Pacific. The US Navy however, had other plans and so on 4 June 1942 began the most decisive sea and air battle of WW2, vg cond, A$25.

194/307. (1477) Turrell, A.N. Never Unprepared: A History of the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion, (AIF) 1939-1946. 26th Bn Assn, Qld, 1992. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, signed and dedicated, many plates, maps & illus, full rolls, honour roll, pp194, **the 26th was raised by Harry Murray, VC, DSO & Bar, DCM, in Longreach Qld, and served in the Solomons, Nth Bougainville and Rabaul, a good unit history, vg cond and scarce, A$180.

194/308. (5942) Wall, Don. Singapore and Beyond: The Story of the Men of the 2/20th Battalion. Don Wall, Sydney, 1985. 1st ed, large 8vo in protected d/w, plates, maps and illus, appendices list rolls of various 'forces', pp377, **the 2/20th Bn, AIF, 8th Division was captured on Singapore - very few survived and none from the Sandakan death marches; a good unit history and a harrowing story, vg cond, A$85.

194/309. (1744) Wall, Don. Abandoned?

Australians at Sandakan 1945. Don Wall, NSW, 1990. 1st ed, 8vo in d/w, plates and maps, biblio, notes, index, pp152, **describes the events which contributed to the terrible fate of the Australian 8th Division POWs at Sandakan in North Borneo in WW2, vg cond, A$32.

194/310. (7081) Williamson, Gordon. Infantry Aces of the Reich. Arms & Armour Press, London, 1991. 1st ed, 8vo in protected d/w, plates, appendices, biblio, index, pp154, **an account of the outstanding feats of bravery performed by 32 Infantry aces such as Major Rudolph Witzig, who was awarded the Knight's Cross for the attack on the Belgian fortress Eben Emael, vg cond, A$55.

Late inclusions:

194/311 (nc) Gomm, Kevin. Red Sun on the Kangaroo Paw: Japanese Air Raids and Attacks on Western Australia During World War 2. Helvetica Publishing, Perth, 2010. 2nd ed, 4to in card covers, fully illustrated in colour and b/w, chronology, biblio, pp251, **the little-known war history of WA—Japanese air raids and submarine attacks on WA coastal towns during WW2, vg cond, $38.

194/312 (nc) Treadwell, Terry C. & Wood, Alan C. German Knights of the Air 1914-1918: The Holders of the Order Pour le Merite. Brassey’s, London, 1997. 1st ed, roy. 8vo in protected d/w, inscr in fep, fully illustrated, glossary, tables of comparative ranks and aircraft, biblio, index, pp208, **a very useful compilation of all the ‘Blue Max’ winners in WW1. 81 German flyers won the award. Vg cond, $42.

194/313 (nc) Hallion, Richard P. Rise of

the Fighter Aircraft 1914-1918. Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co, USA, 1984. 1st ed, large 8vo in edge-worn d/w now protected, b/w plates, appendices, chapter notes, biblio, index, pp200, **an examination of the development of the fighter as a military weapon in WW1, vg cond, A$32.

194/314. Hart-Davis, Duff. The War That Never Was: The True Story of the Men who Fought Britain’s Most Secret Battle. Century, London, 2011. 1st ed, 8vo in protected d/w, colour and b/w plates, map, biblio, chapter notes, index, pp382, **the secretive and deniable campaign waged by the British against Egyptian forces in the Yemen in 1963. Led by an ex SAS Colonel Jim Johnson, his team of mercenaries organized and trained a rag-tag force of tribal warriors killing 20,000 Egyptians in the process. Nasser saw Yemen as ‘his Vietnam’, a great story, vg cond, A$34.