National Geographic, 1929. Not least, Siepen on gliding in Germany (pp 751-780). The secret rise of the Luftwaffe. More

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

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

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

Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1939 (first edition, with the variant 'red question-mark' dustwrapper). More

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1940. Stamped 'Draft Copy'. 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

Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1940. More

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

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

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

[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

[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

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

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

Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, [1943?]. 'The Aussies and the Yanks in Papua' (cover sub-title). More

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

Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1944. The cover illustration is by Norman Lindsay. More

Leicester, Harborough/ Aircraft (Technical) Publications, [1944]. More

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

[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

Sydney, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Limited, [1944]. 'Reprinted from "The Dental Journal of Australia", November, 1943 ...; December, 1943 ...; January, 1944 ...; February, 1944 ...; and March, 1944 ... Cost of reprints defrayed by donation from Australian Army Dental Corps Comforts Fund'. More

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

Melbourne, Headquarters, Australian Military Forces, May 1945. Not surprisingly, for restricted circulation at the time. More

Melbourne, Georgian House, 1946. Inscribed (in part, 'In a weak moment I promised you a copy of this little book - now I apologise for the infliction') and signed by the author under his real name, John L. Preece (of the Adelaide bookselling family). The 'story of the little ships..... More