Road To Victory. Winston S. Churchill 1941-1945
London, Heinemann, 1986. Volume VII of Gilbert's landmark biography of Churchill. More
London, Heinemann, 1986. Volume VII of Gilbert's landmark biography of Churchill. More
London, Vinton, 1900. 'A brief history of the horse in England'; with 9 plates. More
Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press, 1970. More
London, Peter Owen, 1985. A young officer of the Indian Civil Service in Burma. More
Prahran, Hardie Grant, 2009. 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, H.K. Lewis, 1870. Mounted on the pastedown is the presentation plate from Surgeon Major Fleming (late of the 4th Dragoon Guards) to the Royal United Service Institution, with the RUSI Library blindstamp on two leaves. More
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, [1916]. Wartime nursing staff feature in many of these well-executed and appealing illustrations. A couple in which they do not appear are more than topical: 'C is for Canada / gallant and true / whose sons make the Huns / look decidedly blue', and..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1954 (first thus). With an introduction by the editor. More
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, [1944]. A short story set 'in the jungle of New Guinea with a young soldier during the last hours before his death'. More
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, [1943?]. 'The Aussies and the Yanks in Papua' (cover sub-title). More
London, The Folio Society, 1981 (first thus). The introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan is new to this edition, which follows that of the 1957 revised edition, with new Prologue and Epilogue by the author. More
Cambridge, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, 1997. More
London, Robert Hale, 1946. With the contemporary initials of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018) on the front flyleaf, and his inscription indicating the book was a Christmas gift from a member of the pioneering Hubbe family. A companion volume to 'Surgeon's Mate'. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2023. The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk served with the Royal Australian Navy from 1968 to 1984; not least, aboard the aircraft carrier 'HMAS Melbourne'. More
South Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 2001. The Australian Centenary History of Defence. Volume 1. More
South Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 2006/ 2001. More
Australian Defence Force Academy, Department of History, University College, Australian Defence Force Academy, 1995. More
Nuremburg, Johann Ziegers, 1683. An early and well-illustrated work on military architecture and fortifications, presumably very rare if the standard online resources are any indication. More
Wayne, Avery Publishing Group, 1989. Not least, the atlas contains 135 pages of detailed colour maps. More
London, Jarrolds Publishers London Limited, [Circa 1938]. The 'portraits' include those of George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, George Moore, Oscar Wilde, Lord Kitchener, Roger Casement and William Butler Yeats. More
The mount below the photograph is signed by one captain and seven lieutenants (two of them Americans). Five also identify their disparate units, suggesting this group is on a training course, possibly at Seymour army camp during the Second World War. More
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, 1937. Chapter VIII: Putting the Capitalist on the Dole. More
London, I.B. Taurus, 2012 (revised)/ 2009. More
Adelaide, Gillingham Printers, 1985. A 'collection of thoughts and memories' of members of the Australian Army Nursing Service; of North Australian and Islands interest. More