Redcoats and Rebels. The War for America, 1770-1781
London, The Folio Society, 2006 (first thus). 'This is a narrative history of the American War of Independence told largely from the British and Loyalist point of view' (from the blurb). More
London, The Folio Society, 2006 (first thus). 'This is a narrative history of the American War of Independence told largely from the British and Loyalist point of view' (from the blurb). More
At Sea, Printed by Walter Wade for the Expeditionary Force, October 1914. HMAT A19 'Afric' departed Sydney on 18 October 1914, and left Albany with the first convoy on 1 November. This first issue, on linen, is undated, but our research has unearthed the fact that the second issue, on..... More
At Sea, Printed by Walter Wade for the Expeditionary Force, October 1914. HMAT A19 'Afric' departed Sydney on 18 October 1914, and left Albany with the first convoy on 1 November. This first issue, on linen, is undated, but our research has unearthed the fact that the second issue, on..... More
London, Wightman & Co., Old Westminster Press [Printers], [1917]. HMAT A70 'Ballarat' was torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel on 25 April 1917 and sank the next day without loss of life. 'This souvenir was practically ready for publication on the eve of the disaster to the..... More
At Sea, The Editors (and printed by Cape Times Ltd., Printers, Capetown), 1918. The souvenir of the return voyage 'to our "Bright Australia" of several Nursing Sisters and Troops, most of whom have taken part in active operations on various fronts of this world war' (the introduction). The editors 'regret..... More
Sydney, O'Loughlin Bros. (for the Editorial Committee), [1919]. The quotas, Numbers 30 and 31, for repatriation to Australia on HMAT A72 'Beltana', were from the 4th and 5th Divisions; with a six-page 'Tentative Nominal Roll'. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More
[At Sea, The Societies, as above], 10 August 1918. Not surprisingly, we can find no record of this most ephemeral item. 'Pte C. Spencer Smith' is written at the head of the first page. The service record of 55891 Cecil Spencer Smith indicates that he hailed from the Adelaide suburb..... More
At Sea, SS 'Port Macquarie', [1919]. Provenance: Lieutenant Ivan Schroder Webley, AFC, with his signature at the head of the menu. The blank verso has been signed by 25 fellow passengers on this ship (renamed HMAT 'Port Macquarie' for the duration of the war) returning troops to Australia. Not least..... More
London, Printed by Cassell & Co., Ltd., [1918]. A souvenir of the voyage of the troopship HMAT A15 'Port Sydney', which left Melbourne on 9 November 1917 'carrying 1200 Field Artillery Reinforcements and about 300 of other units' (including elements of the Railway Section and the AFC). It arrived at..... More
Adelaide, 'Printed and Published for Lieut. A.T. Penglase, by J.L. Bonython & Co.', [1919]. A 'Chronicle of the doings of the last Australian troopship to reach South Africa and find that their services were not required, as an Armistice had been signed but a few days previously' (foreword). The extensive..... More
On this day, HMT 'Ivernia', formerly SS 'Ivernia' (a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line until August 1914 when she was hired by HM Government), was en route from Alexandria to Marseille. Less than seven months later, travelling from Marseille to Alexandria on New Years Day 1917 with..... More
Sydney, Finn Brothers, Printers, [1919]. A souvenir of the repatriation voyage of the troopship 'Port Darwin' in June and July 1919. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More
Stuttgart, Motorbuch Verlag, 1973. Text in German. More
Devizes, Lt. Col. and Mrs Robin Hodges, 2005. An essential reference, reproducing 'over 3,000 cap, collar, shoulder, arm and specialist badges of the [British] Army, Territorial Army, Cadets, Body Guards and Royal Companies, most at full size. It also features more than 1,000 photographs of soldiers, taken on operations or..... More
Fitzroy, Regimental Trustees, 1990. The title page is signed by the author. More
Portsmouth, Royal Marines Museum, [late 1980s]. More
Adelaide, [The Author], 1947. 'The comments and collection of incidents in this Book are intended as a brief defence on behalf of a section of the South Australian people who had to endure much odium during two Wartime periods' (introductory note). Sixty years on, it's still an uneasy read. Hermann..... More
Tunbridge Wells, Costello, 1985. With the bookplate of Grattan Wheaton [OAM]. More
[London, Printed by Waterlow & Sons (for the Author), 1915] (date at the foot of the introduction). Not to be confused with the author's 1901 prose publication of the same title, this is a collection of verse of the stockwhip-and-saddle-school by William Austin Horn (1841-1922), mining magnate, pastoralist and politician..... More
Sydney, George Allen & Unwin, 1984. Royal Australian Air Force prize binding with the bound-in award certificate: 'No. 38 Staff Course, 1984. The E.L. Heymanson Prize (for the best essay). Awarded to Squadron Leader J.R. Sampson, AFC'. More
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1992. Inscribed and signed by the author. A biography of Major-General George Vasey. More
Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service [for the Department of Foreign Affairs], 1986. More
London, Hugh Evelyn, 1974. More
New York, American Heritage Publishing Company, 1977. This issue also contains an article by Nigel Calder and one by H.R. Trevor-Roper. More
Sydney, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1885. The contingent, 'an infantry battalion of 522 men and 24 officers and an artillery battery of 212 men' (Australian War Memorial website) arrived in the Sudan on 29 March 1885; it saw little action before it departed on 17 May after the British Government..... More