History of the Fifth Light Horse Regiment (Australian Imperial Force) from 1914 to October, 1917, by Brigadier-General L.C. Wilson ... (formerly Commanding Officer of the Regiment) and from October, 1917, to June, 1919, by Captain H. Wetherell (an Officer of the Regiment)
Sydney, The Motor Press of Australia Limited, 1926.
Octavo, 232 pages with a facsimile letter plus 3 plates (portraits of the Commanding Officers) and 7 folding maps (on 4 leaves in an end-pocket).
Printed papered boards later rebacked in brown cloth lettered in gilt; original boards marked, stained and worn at the extremities, with a heavy bump to the leading edge of both covers; new endpapers and rear endpocket; edges foxed, with scattered foxing throughout; small light tidemark to the top margin of the plates and a few leaves; folding maps tidemarked and worn, with some chipped edges stabilized with archival tape; signs of age and use, but overall, a presentable copy of a very rare book.
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 early page). 'Saddler/Sergeant Urban James Cunneen' appears in the nominal roll (see page 176). Dornbusch 404; Fielding and O'Neill, page 232; Trigellis-Smith 276.
Item #129485
Price (AUD):
$650.00