The Deceivers
London, The Folio Society, 2008 (first thus: 'this Folio edition follows the text of the revised 2007 paperback edition, with some minor emendations'). A comprehensive history of Allied deception in World War Two. [2 items]. More
Militaria
A portrait photograph signed on the image 'D. Haig. F.M. 1919'
'The Battle of the Somme was the first campaign launched by Sir Douglas Haig after he took over command of the British Army on the Western Front. His leadership during the battle made him one of the most controversial figures of the war and has been intensely disputed ever since..... More
The Jap Was Thrashed. An Official Story of the Australian Soldier. First Victor of the 'Invincible' Jap, New Guinea, 1942-43
[Melbourne], The Director General of Public Relations, [1944]. Including Milne Bay, Owen Stanleys, Buna-Gona and Sanananda. More
Why Singapore Fell
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1944. More
The Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services in the War of 1914-1918. Volume I: Gallipoli, Palestine and New Guinea (spine title). Volume II: The Western Front (spine title)
Melbourne (Volume I) and Canberra, Australian War Memorial, 1938 (second edition)/ 1930 and 1940. The first two volumes of the three-volume medical companion to the twelve-volume 'Official History of Australia in the War, 1914-1918'. The third one, 'Problems and Services', was published in 1943; it is very scarce. Arthur Graham..... More
The Story of the ANZACs. An Historical Account of the Part taken by Australia and New Zealand in the Great War. From the Outbreak in August, 1914 until the Evacuation of Gallipoli, in December, 1915
Melbourne, James Ingram & Son, 1917. Minor pencilled editorial annotations to pages 55-58. Sir Archibald Thomas Strong (1876-1930), 'scholar, teacher and man of letters [was] rejected on medical grounds from active service in World War I, [but] gave unstinted civilian service in support of the allied cause. He spoke regularly..... More
Campanology, Europe, 1945-47. A Report on the Condition of Carillons on the Continent of Europe as a Result of the Recent War, on the Sequestration and Melting Down of Bells by the Central Powers; and on Research into the Tonal Qualities of Bells made accessible by War-time Dislodgment
Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1948. More
Your King & Country Want You. A Woman's Recruiting Song
Melbourne, Chappell & Co. Ltd., [copyright 1914] (Colonial Edition). The rear cover contains the words and music to 'Knitting' ('A Charming Patriotic Song. Dedicated by permission to The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire'). More
Call Us and We'll Soon Be There. Sung by John McGowan
Melbourne, Allan & Co. Pty. Ltd. (printed by Atlas Press Pty. Ltd.), [copyright 1914]. 'As sung in the film "The Fighting Forces of Europe" ... the Great Kinemacolour Film'. The inside rear cover contains an extract of the music and words for 'Where are the Lads of Australia Tonight?', written..... More
The Story of the 5th Pioneer Battalion AIF
Adelaide, The Collotype Co., Commercial Printers [for the Adelaide 5th Pioneer Reunion Club], 1937. The book includes a five-page Honor Roll, and a preface by Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Gordon Carter, DSO (1885-1963), the Battalion's Commanding Officer from August 1916 to the end of the war. The editor was 'late Sergeant "D"..... More
The Japanese Army, 1931-45 (1)
Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2002. Number 362 in the Osprey Men-at-Arms series, this volume covers 'the organisation, equipment, uniforms and character of Japanese ground forces in the Chinese and early Pacific campaigns'. More
Forward. The History of the 2nd/14th Light Horse (Queensland Mounted Infantry)
St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1989. More
I-400. Japan's Secret Aircraft-Carrying Strike Submarine. Objective: Panama Canal
Manchester, Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2010/ 2006. More
Broken Wings of the Samurai. The Destruction of the Japanese Airforce
Shrewsbury, Airlife, 1993. More
The New Zealand Wars, 1820-1872
Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2013. Number 487 in the Osprey Men-at-Arms series, this volume covers 'the two major 19th-century wars between the British settlers in New Zealand and the indigenous Maori'. More
The Golden Age of New Zealand Flying Boats
Auckland, Random House New Zealand Ltd, 1997. More
Fortress Europe. European Fortifications of World War II
Cambridge, MA, Da Capo Press, 2002 (first thus)/ 1999. More
Rising Sun, Falling Skies. The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II
Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2010. More
The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Imperial Naval Air Service
Barnsley, Pen & Sword Aviation, 2010. More
Carrier Attack, Darwin 1942. The Complete Guide to Australia's own Pearl Harbor
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2013. The most comprehensive story of the Darwin raid. More
Report of the Royal Commission 1970. To His Excellency Major-General Sir James William Harrison ...
Adelaide, The Commission, 1971. In 1970, Sir Charles Hart Bright (1912-1983), judge, 'was appointed royal commissioner to inquire into the anti-war demonstration organised by the Vietnam Moratorium Campaign, which, held in Adelaide in September of that year, ended in a violent confrontation with police. His recommendations formed the basis for..... More
New Zealand's First World War Heritage
Auckland, Exisle Publishing Limited, 2015. More
Escape from North Korea. The Ron Guthrie Story
Riverwood, Meteor, 2002. Signed in ink by both authors on the half-title. More
Defending Britain. Twentieth-Century Military Structures in the Landscape
Stroud, The History Press, 2011 (fourth impression)/ 2004. 'Explains both the form and purpose of structures such as anti-invasion defences, airfields, naval installations and barracks, munitions dumps, and firing ranges, Cold War bunkers, and radar sites, factories and stores, all of which are well illustrated' (rear cover). More
Pillboxes of Britain and Ireland
Stroud, The History Press, 2012 (third impression) / 2008. 'The pillboxes of Britain and Ireland are among the most important military structures employed in the history of the defence of these islands. This work presents the first thorough study and classification of pillboxes and related structures, including section posts, Seagull..... More