The Anzac Book. Written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the Men of Anzac
Melbourne, Sun Books, 1975 (first thus)/ 1916.
Quarto, xvi, 170 pages with numerous illustrations (several full-page, and one in colour) plus 10 plates.
Colour pictorial card covers a little rubbed; a very good copy.
The Anzac Book, overseen by Bean, is one of the most significant literary achievements of the war. The first paragraph of his 'Editor's Note' makes it easy to understand why: 'This book of Anzac was produced in the lines at Anzac on Gallipoli in the closing weeks of 1915. Practically every word in it was written and every line drawn beneath the shelter of a waterproof sheet or of a roof of sandbags - either in the trenches or, at most, well within the range of the oldest Turkish rifle, and under daily visitations from the smallest Turkish field-piece. Day and night, during the whole process of its composition, the crack of the Mauser bullets overhead never ceased. At least one good soldier that we knew of, who was preparing a contribution for these pages, met his death while the work was still unfinished'.
Item #130875
Price (AUD):
$30.00