Melbourne, Melville & Mullen Pty. Ltd., 1919. The author was a Catholic priest attached to the 48th Battalion as chaplain; he was awarded the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre. Dornbusch 309; Fielding and O'Neill, page 230; Trigellis-Smith 246. More
Brisbane, Allen Green, 2008 (facsimile edition)/ 1926. More
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
Brisbane, Boolarong Publications for the 9th Battalion Association, 1985. Number 10 of only 118 copies of the rare deluxe limited presentation (or perhaps subscriber's?) issue, with a bookplate numbered and signed by the author mounted on the front flyleaf. The name 'Edward C. Werda' (QX55210 Sergeant Edward Colin Werda) is..... More
Brisbane, Boolarong Publications for the 9th Battalion Association, 1985. 'Clarrie Wrench is now in his 88th year. He served in the ranks and as a Lieutenant with the 9th Battalion in the First World War'; he was 'awarded the Military Cross on the 19th July 1918 at Meteren, in one..... More
[Perth, John Burridge, 1991] (facsimile edition)/ 1916, 1917 and 1919. The three original parts are here bound as one, in this facsimile reprint limited to a mere 200 copies. Our catalogue notes for the first edition are not out of place here: 'These three volumes reproduce the brigade's typescript journals..... More
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1990 (facsimile edition)]/ 1919. The limitation is not stated, but the Burridge editions were typically limited to between 200 and 300 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 239 (giving '1970/80' as the date of this facsimile edition). More
Melbourne, History House, 2002 (extensively revised and augmented edition)/ 1921. 'This revised edition does not attempt [to] nor cannot change the 1921 record of events. It does however offer significant enhancements to the original edition due to the inclusion of background information, a nominal roll, an index and many formerly..... More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [circa 1920]. The foreword, in French, is by Marshal Foch (four pages, including the translation). A contemporary gift inscription 'To Mother and Father with love from Enid. September 4th 1920' is written in ink on the front flyleaf. Mounted on the front pastedown is a contemporary..... More
London, H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., 1919. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More
London, H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., 1918. Loosely inserted is a small mimeographed slip reading 'With the Author's Compliments'. James (later Sir James) Barrett (1862-1945), a leader of the medical profession in Melbourne and an able publicist, was Assistant Director of Medical Services, Australian Forces, in Egypt until August 1915..... More
Sydney, W.C. Penfold & Co. Ltd., 1919. Dornbusch 379; Fielding and O'Neill, page 232; Trigellis-Smith 277. More
Dublin, James Duffy and Co. Limited, 1919. The history of the 53rd Battalion AIF, by its (Roman Catholic) chaplain, Father John Joseph Kennedy DSO CF. The names and ranks of a dozen related servicemen are written in ballpoint pen on the rear endpaper (apparently aides-de-memoire). Dornbusch 318; Fielding and O'Neill..... More
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1980s (facsimile edition)]/ 1934. One of only 200 copies. See Dornbusch 334; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228 (giving the author as P.V. Allen, credited in the editor's foreword with laying much of the groundwork for the book); Trigellis-Smith 236 (giving '1980s' as the date of this facsimile..... More
Melbourne, G.W. Green and Sons Pty. Ltd., 1934. Dornbusch 334; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228 (giving the author as P.V. Allen, credited in the editor's foreword with laying much of the groundwork for the book); Trigellis-Smith 236. More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1920. Dornbusch 305; Fielding and O'Neill, page 229; Trigellis-Smith 241. More
Swanbourne, John Burridge, [1980s (facsimile edition)]/ 1920. Number 119 of only 200 copies (and a much better production than the original). See Dornbusch 305; Fielding and O'Neill, page 229; Trigellis-Smith 241 (giving '1980s' as the date of this facsimile edition). More
Sydney, Errol G. Knox, 1935. A previous copy we have handled had a bookseller's pencilled note on the flyleaf stating 'Only 75 copies printed'. The purchaser on that occasion recalled being told that the book had to be pre-ordered before publication: we know from long and painful experience how hard..... More
Hobart, John Vail, Government Printer, for the 40th Battalion Association, 1922. Dornbusch 314; Fielding and O'Neill, page 229; Trigellis-Smith 238. More
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1986 (facsimile edition)]/ 1922. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 238 (giving '1980s' as the date of this facsimile edition). More
Brisbane, A. Green, 2009 (facsimile edition)/ 1927. Number 11 of 400 copies. More
Sydney, Mortons Ltd. [for the 45th Battalion Association, 1927]. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink on the front flyleaf: 'With the compliments of the 45th Bn History Committee, Sydney Herring, Chairman, 26/8/29'. Brigadier General Sydney Charles Edgar Herring (1881-1951) was the battalion's Commanding Officer, and contributed the second of the..... More
Bendigo, 38th Battalion History Committee (printed by the 'Bendigo Advertiser' Pty. Ltd., and the Cambridge Press), 1920. Dornbusch 312; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228; Trigellis-Smith 235. More
Bendigo, 38th Battalion History Committee (printed by the 'Bendigo Advertiser' Pty. Ltd., and the Cambridge Press), 1920. Dornbusch 312; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228; Trigellis-Smith 235. More
Melbourne, Victorian Education Department, [1921]. An important biographical and pictorial record of both 'the men who fell' and 'the men who returned'. This copy was presented to the next of kin of Captain Alfred J. Glendinning, 'killed in action [in Belgium] on the 3rd of August, 1917' (page 52; his..... More