History of the Women's Australian National Services, South Australia
[Kingswood, Women's Australian National Services of South Australia, 1981]. More
[Kingswood, Women's Australian National Services of South Australia, 1981]. More
Paris, Le Comité d'Action antibolchevique, [1942]. As antisemitic as it is anticommunist, and more pro-facist than either ... Two early pages feature Marx ('La doctrine de la Haine ... issue de cerveaux juifs' [The doctrine of Hatred from Jewish brains]) and Lenin ('propagée par un fou ... contamine le Monde'..... More
Atglen, Schiffer Military/ Aviation History, 1997. Indispensable reference, and essential for the modeller. More
[Brisbane], Simpson, Halligan & Co. Pty. Ltd., 1943. The 141 competitors are listed; the majority are American servicemen. More
The 18 signatures include at least five by women (Jill, Trudy, Jocelyn, Helen and Lucy), suggesting the event took place in Australia (most probably around Melbourne). More
[Brighton, City of Brighton, 1940]. The pamphlet comprises facsimile copies of two circulars (dated 6 June and 28 June 1940) from E.M. Young, Mayor of Brighton, accompanying draft proposals (the first dated 1 October 1939) for a volunteer Municipal Reserve, similar to Britain's Home Guard, to be administered and resourced..... More
Sydney, Printed by Publicity Press (1938) Pty. Ltd., 1942. The 1942 Red Cross Christmas Card Art Union is advertised on the last page. More
Many of the photographs appear to have been taken at Vickers' Brooklands factory near Weybridge, Surrey (the famous banked race track is visible in many images), and possibly also at the nearby Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire. Nearly all are dated, ranging from 1937 to 1946. The gelatin silver prints..... More
Paterson, Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1943 (first edition, second printing)/ 1943. This American-designed radial engine (formerly designated the GR-1820-G series) powered many well-known Second World War aircraft, including some produced by France and Russia. More
Numbers pencilled on the verso of all but the small print include '/43' so we will suggest 1943 as the date. The only caption is a later one in ballpoint pen identifying Darling Harbour; there are another two featuring the same general area. Eight feature Garden Island (prominently, in all..... More
London, Temple Press Limited, 1918. The introduction is by Major-General W.S. Brancker; there is a chapter on the medical aspects of aviation by H. Graem Anderson. Provenance: Sydney Dunstone (14 February 1936), with his ownership details on the front flyleaf. RAAF Wing Commander Sydney Morgan Lewis Dunstone (1917-1990) was a...... More
Adelaide, The Author, 1978 (first edition). Number 597 of 1000 copies; this copy is inscribed, dated (December 1978) and signed by the author. More
Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1982. Memorials which are as much architecture as sculpture; numerous illustrations, many in colour. More
Kent Town, The Author, in conjunction with Avonmore Books, 2017. Milingimbi island 'had fighter aircraft to defend it and Army troops on the ground. The island became a refuelling base for RAAF bombers as they refuelled and attacked the Japanese who had become entrenched in the islands north of Australia'..... More
Duntroon, History Department, Faculty of Military Studies, 1975. The 'Eden' in the title is the town in NSW. More
Melbourne, Macmillan, 1985. Not least, a chapter on Morotai in 1945, and flying the Australian POWs home. More
Melbourne, Macmillan, 1985. Not least, a chapter on Morotai in 1945, and flying the Australian POWs home. More
The original gelatin silver prints are approximately 75 × 100 mm each (some a little smaller, some a little larger). One of the photographs is of a blackboard inscribed '6 RSU [Number 6 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF] Balikpapan, Borneo. Coppersmiths & Welders. Honour Roll 1945', with a list of..... More
Loftus, Australian Military History Publications, 1996. Inscribed ('best wishes') and signed by the author. Also ith the ownership signature of anthropologist Peter Sutton (dated May 2001). More
Boulder, Westview Press, 1994. More
London, Chatto and Windus, 1957 (first edition). Dustwrapper bright and clear. More
London, John Murray, 1940. 'A book for the bombed - and for their unbombed relations!'. More
St Leonards, Allen and Unwin, 1994. Inscribed, dated (11 November 1994) and signed by the author. More
St Leonards, Allen and Unwin, 1994. Inscribed, dated (21 October 1994) and signed by the author. More