With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War
[Swanbourne, Burridge, 1989 (facsimile edition)]/ 1924. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 279 (giving 1989 as the date of this facsimile edition). More
[Swanbourne, Burridge, 1989 (facsimile edition)]/ 1924. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 279 (giving 1989 as the date of this facsimile edition). More
Brisbane, William Brooks & Co (Q.) Pty. Ltd., 1948. Provenance: the small ownership stamp of 'J. Fleet' appears on a handful of pages. 594 Company Sergeant-Major Francis John Fleet DCM, veteran of Gallipoli and the Western Front, was later treasurer of the Angels Remembrance Club, 15th Battalion AIF, and it..... More
Brisbane, 42nd Battalion AIF Association, 1938. Provenance: Miss Adela Dibdin, with the front flyleaf inscribed and signed to her 'from "one amongst those present", A.C. Dibdin, Xmas 1938'. Lieutenant Arthur Coleman Dibdin saw action on the Western Front. His elder brother, Major Edward John Dibdin DSO, was one of the..... More
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1980s (facsimile edition)]/ 1919. The limitation is not stated, but the Burridge editions were typically limited to between 200 and 300 copies. The author was a Catholic priest attached to the 48th Battalion as chaplain; he was awarded the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre. See..... More
Melbourne, Melville & Mullen Pty. Ltd., 1919. The author was a Catholic priest attached to the 48th Battalion as chaplain; he was awarded the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre. Dornbusch 309; Fielding and O'Neill, page 230; Trigellis-Smith 246. More
Sydney, The Motor Press of Australia Limited, 1926. 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..... More
Bassendean, [The Author], 2002 (first edition). 'Lieutenant Colonel H.B. Collett wrote "The 28th, A Record of War Service, Volume 1" in 1922. His volume covered the history of the Battalion from April 1915 to March 1916. It was always intended by the 28th Battalion Association that a second volume covering..... More
Brisbane, A. Green, 2010 (facsimile edition)]/ 1922. Number 12 of 400 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 227. More
Perth, Trustees of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1922. Colonel Herbert Collett was the first Commanding Officer of the 28th Battalion. The last leaf (verso blank) is a 'Compiler's Note' which goes a long way to explaining why no other volume was published. It states..... More
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1983 (facsimile edition)]/ 1922. Number 176 of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 227 (giving 1983 as the date of this facsimile edition). More
Brisbane, Boolarong Publications for the 9th Battalion Association, 1985. Number 10 of only 118 copies of the rare deluxe limited presentation (or perhaps subscriber's?) issue, with a bookplate numbered and signed by the author mounted on the front flyleaf. The name 'Edward C. Werda' (QX55210 Sergeant Edward Colin Werda) is..... More
Brisbane, Boolarong Publications for the 9th Battalion Association, 1985. 'Clarrie Wrench is now in his 88th year. He served in the ranks and as a Lieutenant with the 9th Battalion in the First World War'; he was 'awarded the Military Cross on the 19th July 1918 at Meteren, in one..... More
Brisbane, A. Green, 2009 (facsimile edition)/ 1942. Number 57 of 400 copies signed by the publisher. More
Brisbane, William Brooks and Co., 1942. This is a rare item, with provenance from two light horsemen. An inscription on the front free endpaper reads: 'Originally owned by the late [868 Corporal] Jack Ledlie but given to me by his widow Olive. Clive Kynaston. 512 - 12th ALH'. A second..... More
[Perth, John Burridge, 1991] (facsimile edition)/ 1916, 1917 and 1919. The three original parts are here bound as one, in this facsimile reprint limited to a mere 200 copies. Our catalogue notes for the first edition are not out of place here: 'These three volumes reproduce the brigade's typescript journals..... More
Sydney, Tyrrells Ltd. 'for the 13th Battalion, A.I.F., Committee', 1924. The title page is worth quoting in full: 'The History of the Thirteenth Battalion, A.I.F. By Thomas A. White, (Captain, 13th Bn., A.I.F.) (Author of "Diggers Abroad.") To "The Gamest Old Man" Our Honoured and Beloved Colonel Granville John Burnage..... More
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1989 (facsimile edition)]/ 1924. One of only 200 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 215 (giving 1989 as the date of this facsimile edition). More
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1990 (facsimile edition)]/ 1919. The limitation is not stated, but the Burridge editions were typically limited to between 200 and 300 copies. See Trigellis-Smith 239 (giving '1970/80' as the date of this facsimile edition). More
Melbourne, History House, 2002 (extensively revised and augmented edition)/ 1921. 'This revised edition does not attempt [to] nor cannot change the 1921 record of events. It does however offer significant enhancements to the original edition due to the inclusion of background information, a nominal roll, an index and many formerly..... More
Sydney, William Brooks, 1916. Dornbusch 355; Fielding and O'Neill, page 242; Trigellis-Smith 190. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [circa 1920]. The foreword, in French, is by Marshal Foch (four pages, including the translation). A contemporary gift inscription 'To Mother and Father with love from Enid. September 4th 1920' is written in ink on the front flyleaf. Mounted on the front pastedown is a contemporary..... More
London, H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., 1919. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More
London, H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., 1918. Loosely inserted is a small mimeographed slip reading 'With the Author's Compliments'. James (later Sir James) Barrett (1862-1945), a leader of the medical profession in Melbourne and an able publicist, was Assistant Director of Medical Services, Australian Forces, in Egypt until August 1915..... More
Sydney, W.C. Penfold & Co. Ltd., 1919. Dornbusch 379; Fielding and O'Neill, page 232; Trigellis-Smith 277. More
[Swanbourne, John Burridge, 1980s (facsimile edition)]/ 1934. One of only 200 copies. See Dornbusch 334; Fielding and O'Neill, page 228 (giving the author as P.V. Allen, credited in the editor's foreword with laying much of the groundwork for the book); Trigellis-Smith 236 (giving '1980s' as the date of this facsimile..... More