Melbourne, City of Melbourne YMCA, 1912. The military camps were organised with the Second Infantry Brigade and the Third Light Horse; a short article on their involvement appears on page 14. More

Melbourne, Government Printer, 1914. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 52 of 1914 (Second Session); only 1000 copies printed. The Commissioners were Alfred Deakin, Dugald Thomson and G.H. Knibbs; with a detailed 11-page list of imports from Germany and Austria-Hungary considered in the light of probability of supply by local production. More

Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1914. More

Cairo, F. Diemer (printed by John Swain & Son, Ltd., London), [1914]. Provenance: 'Chas. Barrett. Cairo, 24/5/18' is written in ink on the inside front cover. Charles Leslie Barrett (1879-1959), naturalist and journalist, enlisted in June 1916 'in the Australian Imperial Force and joined the Camel Brigade Field Ambulance which..... More

Melbourne, Government Printer, 1915. Commonwealth Parliamentary Paper Number 68 of 1914-15; only 950 copies printed. More

South Melbourne, Popular Publications, [circa 1915]. With the ownership signature of a captain of the 2/48th. Cover title: 'Easy Conversational Arabic and French for the Australian Soldier. An Indispensible Guide for the Soldier Abroad'. More

(London), Daily Telegraph... 1915. More

Sydney, William Brooks, 1916. The rare, and very attractive, deluxe edition. Dornbusch 355; Fielding and O'Neill, page 242; Trigellis-Smith 190. More

[London], By Permission of the 'Manchester Guardian', [1916]. A piece of hemmed white linen (overall dimensions 610 × 465 mm), the map (510 × 382 mm) printed in black, within a decorative blue and red border; in fine condition. The area depicted is roughly from Arras, Pozieres, Albert and Rosieres-en-Santerre..... More

Rouen, The Editors, September 1917. Melbourne-born William Farrow described himself as a 'Black & White Artist' on his enlistment form in March 1916. He was in the 3rd Division Cyclists' Corps, before transferring to the 2nd Battalion and going to France in September 1916. His service records indicate that for..... More

London, Macmillan, 1918. 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 (courtesy of the invaluable National Archives of Australia..... More

Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1918. More

Adelaide, Hussey & Gillingham Limited, Printers (for The College), 1918. 'First Speech Day. HRA' is written in pencil at the head of the front cover; we presume this is a later inscription by the H.R. Adamson who was awarded third prize in Junior A at the Preparatory School that year..... More

Adelaide, W.K. Thomas, 1919. Perceptive contemporary thoughts on the value of war cemeteries. More

Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, fourth edition [circa 1919]. Inscribed and signed to E.J. Bowen by the author ('Mrs Wordsworth James, Febry 27th 1919'). A genuine oddity - a personal anthology in praise of the humble coo-ee, the 'Call of my Country' - featuring verse, art, crafts, limericks and yarns. Military..... More

London, Constable and Company, 1919. With the ownership signature of Professor Heinz Kent. More

Melbourne, Salvation Army, 1919. Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill, page 241. More

[Melbourne, Gordon and Gotch, circa 1919]. Primarily a picture book; there is one introductory page of text, and a two-page prose piece, 'The March Past' at the rear. Trove correctly attributes authorship of this work to Roy Bridges. Not in Dornbusch; not in Fielding and O'Neill. More

Adelaide, Department of Repatriation, 1919 [fourth edition]/ 1919. In our experience, this is a presentation binding. Charles Duguid (1884-1986), a Scottish-born doctor, was appointed captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force, in February 1917. 'He treated casualties in the Middle East (March-July) before returning to Australia in..... 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

Ballarat, [The Author, circa 1920s] (printed by S.L. Vale). The photographer, 319 Private William Edwin Leslie Clapham, was at Gallipoli at the time of the landings, in which he almost certainly took part. Evacuated to Malta with a gunshot wound to his hand on 14 May 1915, he served there..... More

London, Printed at The Field Press 'For Private Circulation Only' [by Charles Alma Baker], [1920]. Inscribed in pencil on the initial blank page 'With the compliments of the Honorary Organiser, C. Alma Baker'; mounted above this inscription is an original pencil drawing (approximately 160 × 210 mm, dated 1918 and..... More

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [circa 1920]. With a foreword by Marshal Foch. The book is not identified as such, but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson (1886-1950), Commanding Officer of the 39th Battalion AIF, and the author of that battalion's history. Dornbusch 311; Fielding and..... More

Adelaide, Lonnen and Cope, 1921. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill, page 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. More