![The National Geographic Magazine. Vol LV. No 4, April 1929 [and] No 5, May 1929 [and] No 6, June...](/images/noimage.png)
National Geographic, 1929. Not least, Siepen on gliding in Germany (pp 751-780). The secret rise of the Luftwaffe. More about The National Geographic Magazine. Vol LV. No 4, April 1929 [and] No 5, May 1929 [and] No 6, June...
London, Simpkin Marshall, 1929. With the ownership signature of George Melrose Elton Mayo (1918-1994), then of the 2/ 7th Field Regiment (which participated in the battle of Alamein and the landing at Tarakan during WW2). There is a further (and enigmatic) inscription, possibly in Mayo's earlier hand. More about Cook's Traveller's Handbook for Egypt and the Sudan
London, William Clowes and Sons, [circa 1930s]. Both front and rear flyleaves are stamped 'Garrison Adjutant, Changi. No...... 31 Oct 1934'. Although its presence at Changi dates back to the peacetime military base developed in the early 1930s for the British Far East Command, the prayer book comes from the... More about The Book of Common Prayer
London, Lovat Dickson, 1933 (Cheap edition)/ 1933 (fourth and revised edition)/ 1933. 'Without a tremor Rintelen sent British ships to the bottom - yet still his story commands respect' (review in the 'Evening News', quoted on the dustwrapper). More about The Dark Invader. Wartime Reminiscences of a German Naval Intelligence Officer
Rome, The Bank of Rome, 1935. More about Roma. Guida per il Pellegrino
London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1935. With the ownership signature of a Lieutenant Colonel in the NZ Army. 110 plates (several folding) and numerous tables. More about Military Engineering Volume V. Roads
London, Temple Press, 1938. Many period photographic illustrations plus 8 folding plans, principally aviation. More about Power and Speed. The Story of the Internal Combustion Engine on Land, at Sea and in the Air
London, Lloyd's, 1939. Includes four pages of colour plates. Gilt-stamped 'With the compliments of Lambert Brothers (Insurance) Limited, Cunard House...'. Fascinating period piece, including advertisements for undersea salvage and Marconi radio. More about Lloyd's Calendar, 1940
London, Lloyd's, 1939. Includes four pages of colour plates. Gilt-stamped 'With the compliments of George Wills and Co'. Fascinating period piece, including advertisements for undersea salvage and Marconi radio. More about Lloyd's Calendar, 1940
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1939 (first edition, with the variant 'red question-mark' dustwrapper). More about Must Australia Fight?
Berlin, Broadcasting House, 1939. 'The German nation is one of the oldest cultural nations of Europe. Its contribution to human civilisation does not rest on the empty words of politicians but on timeless achievements, positive achievements. It has the same right to share the goods of the world as any... More about Asien-Australien-Programm des Deutschen Kurzwellensenders. Asia-Australia Programme of the German...
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1940. Stamped 'Draft Copy'. More about State Service of Intercession in Thankful Response to the Call to Prayer of His Majesty the King...
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Sydney, W.A. Cooney, Printer, [later 1940s?]. A short souvenir history of the Kamiri Branch of Australian Masons on active service on Noemfoor (Numfor) Island (now in Papua Province, Indonesia). 'Our numbers grew from 15 at our preliminary meeting [on 21 August 1944] to 68 at the second and progressively until... More about Kamiri Club, Noemfoor Island, Dutch New Guinea [cover title]. On Active Service. Kamiri Club,...
![Circular. Town Hall, Brighton, S.5, Victoria. 6th June, 1940 [drop title]. Australian Home Guard,...](/pictures/thumb/99375_00.jpg?v=1550893859)
[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 about Circular. Town Hall, Brighton, S.5, Victoria. 6th June, 1940 [drop title
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London, George Philip & Son, Limited, [circa 1940]. A British-made aeroplane identification chart; as either of the two smaller circular cards is turned, the indicator holes reveal a small line illustration of the selected aircraft, its type, power unit, number of engines, number of crew, rate of climb, service ceiling... More about British Warplanes [title on recto]. Enemy Warplanes [title on verso
Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1940. More about Sands & McDougall's South Australian Directory 1940
London, 1941 (the first volume, first edition) and Melbourne, 1942 to 1947 [Volumes 2-6, all first Australian editions]. More about War Speeches - the first six volumes]. Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the...
Sydney, Sands & McDougall, [1941]. A variant version is held in two Australian collections (NLA and SLWA); both of these copies have printed in the bottom right-hand margin 'This map can be used in conjunction with Sands & McDougall's 1941 map of the Far East'. More about Latest War Map, printed by Sands & McDougall Pty. Ltd., showing all Theatres of War
'Made in Australia', Ace, [circa 1941]. The bomber illustrated on the front cover is a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, emboldening us to suggest the date. Muir 7023 (undated). More about Spitfire and Bomber Squadron. Cut Out, Model Builder - 6 Sheets - No Glueing Necessary [cover title
Melbourne, Printed by The Argus and Australasian Ltd, December 1941. The signature 'W. Smith' is written in ink on the front cover. Apparently the book once belonged to N379927 Victor Smith, VDCHQ, who died of an illness in 1944. More about Illustrated Notes for Volunteer Defence Corps, Australia, 1942. Distribution: 1 Copy per Section ...
Sydney, Printed by Shipping Newspapers Limited, [1941]. + Free French Forces [cover title]. London, [1941]. Quarto, [28] pages, extensively illustrated. Decorated card covers; an excellent copy with a 'Free French Movement in Australia' inkstamp on the front cover). [2 items]. More about The Free French Movement in Australia
Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1941. More about Sands & McDougall's South Australian Directory 1941
London, Kgl. Norske Regjerings Informasjonskontor, c.1942. Text wholly in Norwegian language. Covers part of the period during World War 2 when Norway was under German occupation. More about Alt for Norge! Utgitt til Kong Haakons 70-arsdag. 3. august 1942
Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1942. A biennial series of lectures presented under the auspices of the University of Adelaide; the first lecture took place in 1904 and the series continues to this day. More about The Australian Economy during War. The Joseph Fisher Lecture in Commerce given in Adelaide on...
London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Limited, 1942 ('revised reprint')/ [1937]. One of the 'How to build Aeroplanes' Series. Having said that, the preface points out that 'No attempt has been made to suggest production methods, neither is it claimed that the machine illustrated would fly if built, or that... More about The Construction of Wooden Aircraft
[Melbourne, Australian Comforts Fund, circa 1942]. 'The cost of this booklet has been defrayed by Lane's Motors Pty. Ltd. 89 Exhibition Street, Melbourne' is printed on the outside rear wrapper. More about Deeds of the 2nd AIF
![What Red Cross means to our Prisoners [cover title]. Prisoners of War](/pictures/thumb/114148_01.jpg?v=1559636536)
Melbourne, Australian Red Cross Society, November 1942. More about What Red Cross means to our Prisoners [cover title
[Osaka], Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company, December 1942. A lavish propaganda production published in English by one of Japan's oldest newspapers (Asahi Shimbun: 'Morning Sun newspaper'). Presumably it was printed in large numbers, but it is clearly a very rare item these days. This copy carries the inkstamp of the (Australian)... More about Victory on the March. A Pictorial Record of the War of Greater East Asia. [A Pictorial Record of...
![Le Chancre qui a rongé la France [The Canker that has consumed France (cover title)]. Antisemitism](/pictures/thumb/115064_00.jpg?v=1561970473)
Paris, Institut d'Etudes des Questions Juives, [circa 1942]. A virulently antisemitic leaflet, with the cover artwork credited to Apis (the pseudonym of the French illustrator Jean Chaperon, 1887-1969), and it would appear that he was responsible for the entire content. The message is loud and clear from the first page... More about Le Chancre qui a rongé la France [The Canker that has consumed France (cover title
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 about 25 Ans de Bolchevisme. Fléau du Monde [25 years of Bolshevism. Scourge of the World (cover title
[Melbourne], Directorate of Public Relations for Personnel of the RAAF ... 1943, 1944 and 1945. The run comprises Volume 1, Numbers 1 to 12; Volume 2, Numbers 1 to 14; Volume 3, Numbers 1 to 13, Volume 4, Numbers 1 to 6 and the second birthday issue, Volume 5, Number 1. The magazine ran until Volume 6, Number 5, 15 March 1946. More about Wings. Incorporating Air Force News. Official Magazine of the RAAF. Volume 1, Number 1, [13...
![The Black Market is the Traitor's Market. [Coupons or Chaos (alternative title on verso)]. Rationing](/pictures/thumb/106625_00.jpg?v=1550894195)
Adelaide, Government Printer ('Issued by authority of the Minister for Trade and Customs and the Commonwealth Rationing Commission'), [1943]. A dotted line is printed across the middle of one side, where the sheet was apparently intended to be cut in half. The top half forms an oblong double-sided leaflet, 'The... More about The Black Market is the Traitor's Market. [Coupons or Chaos (alternative title on verso
Canberra, Department of Information, 1943 and 1944. The Australian Army at War series. More about The Australian Army at War. Brochure Number 1: The Battle of Wau. [Together with]: Brochure...
Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, [1943?]. 'The Aussies and the Yanks in Papua' (cover sub-title). More about Moresby Mice. A Souvenir of the Papuan Campaign
Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1943. More about Sands & McDougall's South Australian Directory 1943
Melbourne, National Press, [1944]. An account of a 15-week tour of the North Australian battle zones, and in particular the activities of the Army Farm Services. More about Our Fertile North. 'Porter's Mob' tour the NT
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1944. The cover illustration is by Norman Lindsay. More about John Bull Gets Tough. An Essay in Interpretation
London, The Pilot Press, 1944. Numerous illustrations - many unusual types; rare with the dustwrapper (illustration by A. Games). More about Target for Tomorrow No. VII: Civil Aviation
Leicester, Harborough/ Aircraft (Technical) Publications, [1944]. More about Aircraft of the Fighting Powers. Volume IV
New York, Robert M. McBride & Company, 1944. An extraordinary reference. More about Air Heraldry
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1944 (first Australian edition)/ 1943. The 'queens' are USAAF B-17s Flying Fortresses; from Pearl Harbor to the Philippines to Java, to Australia. More about Queens Die Proudly
Melbourne, RAAF Directorate of Training, 1944 to 1945. 'Restricted. This Bulletin is to be read by all Staff Officers and Instructors engaged in the training of aircrew'. This suggests a very limited print run, borne out by the fact that, to this day, Trove records only an incomplete set in... More about Flying Training. Volume 1, Number 1, April 1944 to Volume 2, Number 4, August 1945 [all published?
Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1944. More about Sands & McDougall's South Australian Directory 1944-45
[No Place], Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, South West Pacific Area, 14 December 1944. ATIS Publication Number 6. 'Confidential.... That the enemy be kept ignorant not only of the contents, but also of the very existence of this book, is imperative, for it may well be assumed that knowledge of... More about The Exploitation of Japanese Documents
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[Melbourne], Directorate of Training, RAAF, 1944. Volume 1, Number 2, April 1944. The note printed inside the front cover expands on the need for secrecy: 'Copies of the pamphlet must on no account be removed from units, and details of the statistical data must not be permitted to become known... More about Flying Accidents. December 1943, January 1944, February 1944. Secret [cover title
[Kuala Lumpur], GSI, HQ Land Forces/ Civil Affairs Service, 1945. 'This handbook has been written primarily for the use of officers and men of the Services who will take part in the reconquest of Malaya and in its administration during the period of military government'. More about A Handbook of Spoken 'Bazaar' Malay
Auckland, printed for Miss I. Oldfield and C.R. Howell, [1945, circa June]. The second page is headlined 'An Atrocity at Home. The Case of Harold McAuley'. The leaflet decries the ill-treatment of McAuley, a 'Conscientious Objector who has been in Detention Camp or in Prison since January, 1942'. The title... More about 'He hasn't a Belsen Horror Camp, but he does his best with Mount Eden Prison'
[Sydney, 27th Air Depot Group ('Photo-lithographed in Australia by S.T. Leigh ... Sydney'), 1945]. The 27th, comprising mainly repair and supply squadrons, was part of the US Army Air Force. This book contains the Group's full New Guinea history; the Group Headquarters at Port Moresby was officially closed on 20... More about A History of the 27th Air Depot Group. [New Guinea Diary, January 1942 to December 1944 (cover title
