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

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

[Adelaide, 1940]. More

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

London, 1941 (the first volume, first edition) and Melbourne, 1942 to 1947 [Volumes 2-6, all first Australian editions]. More

'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

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

Washington DC, Army Map Service, US Army (for the US Army Air Forces), December 1943. The Amboina map features primarily West Papua. Halmahera is the largest island in the Maluku Islands (the Moluccas) in Indonesia. These silk 'escape or evasion' maps were issued primarily for use by air force personnel..... More

Melbourne, Robertson and Mullens, [1944]. A short story set 'in the jungle of New Guinea with a young soldier during the last hours before his death'. More

[Melbourne, 1944]. More

New York, Robert M. McBride & Company, 1944. An extraordinary reference. More

Adelaide, Sands and McDougall, 1944. More

[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

Washington DC, Army Map Service (for the Aeronautical Chart Service), June 1944. These silk 'escape or evasion' maps were issued primarily for use by air force personnel. 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

New York, William Morrow, 1946. More