Sydney, The Motor Press of Australia Limited, 1926. The retained original front flyleaf carries the contemporary ownership details of 'Staff Sergt U J Cunneen, Late 5 L.H. 295' (June 1926); two other family members have added their details later (and one of them has put a relevant annotation on an..... More

[Klerksdorp, Printed and Published by H.M. Guest, 1902]. 'In the Battle of Tweebosch or De Klipdrift on 7 March 1902, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey defeated a British column under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Methuen during the final months of the Second Boer War........ More

Aldershot, Gale & Polden, Ltd., [circa 1923]. 'The amalgamation of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, in 1922, suggested the advisability of continuing the narrative up to the date of amalgamation' (preface). The latest date recorded in the relevant chapter is November 1922 (see page 145). More

[Cairo], Printed, by the Survey of Egypt, under Authority from the War Office ('Geographical Section, Government Staff, No. 2321'), 22 January 1917. In 1929, when Sir Harry Chauvel (1865-1945) was promoted general, he was the first Australian to attain this rank; he had been the first Australian to lead a...... More

The image, from the early 1850s, is in the original leather case gilt-embossed 'Mr Kilburn, 234 Regent Street'. The celebrated William Kilburn trained his brother Douglas, who established Victoria's first professional photographic studio in 1847. More

London, Cassell, 1921. Dated 1921, and with the pencilled ownership details ('Athelney') and signature (all twice) of Edgar Bristow Hughes (1866-1951). On 9 acres 'Athelney' was built in 1858 by P. D. Prankerd; Herbert Bristow Hughes (1821-1892) bought the house for his wife in 1864; Edgar Bristow Hughes purchased the..... More

London, Selwyn and Blount, 1933 [first edition]. More

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1920 [first edition]. A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the verso of the half-title 'To Lieut. L.W. Avery | In remembrance of the days of a great comradeship. | John Monash | Lieut. General | Nov. / 1925'. The recipient has later written in a neat..... More

He was educated at Adelaide High School, and 'was one of the first cadets to enter the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Federal Capital Territory, in 1911.... In April 1950 Rowell [was appointed Chief of General Staff], a significant event in the army's history inasmuch as he was the first Duntroon..... More

Sydney, Angus & Robertson Limited, 1935 (Australian edition)/ [1934]. More

Another relevant article in this issue is CROSS, J.: Wilton Hack and Japanese Immigration into North Australia (5 pages). More

London, John Cumming, 1800. George Washington (1732-1799) died on 14 December 1799; the four-page 'advertisement' at the beginning of this posthumous publication contains much pertinent information. 'The two letters of General Washington that are given entire ... were published in the "Recreations in Agriculture, [Natural History, Arts, and Miscellaneous Literature]"..... More

Lewes, The Author, [circa 1920s]. Loosely inserted is an original photograph of a horse and buggy. More