Australian Military History from Diversity Books, IOBA

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: HarperCollins, 2011. x, 374pp., plus 3 x 8 page colour illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. A personal penned inscription ('To Jim'), signed by author Ian McPhedran on first (author biog.) page, corner crease to several leaves, else pages clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated card wrapper has a soft crease, minor surface indentations.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Brighton East, Victoria, Australia: SMK Enterprises (with assistance) , 1994. 130pp., (1)p. B/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Penned author signature and the numbers 111/1000 to title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has a very soft corner crease to front and rear panel. Number 111 in a limited edition of 1000 books. "In 1945, as… Saber más sobre este artículo

Richmond, Victoria, Australia: William Heinemann Australia, 1984. xxxiii, 225pp. B/white halftone plate frontispiece and like, unpaginated plates throughout (all called-for plates extant and attached). Intext, line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Signed and dated (May 1984) on title page by author Bernard Callinan, else textblock mildly edge-tanned. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn, small surface scratch. Introduction… Saber más sobre este artículo

Victoria, Australia: Janette G. Rogers , 1985. (x), + 222pp., illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plates, facsimiles, and line-drawn maps. Book clean. Spine firm, mildly sunned, title clearly legible. Leaves clean and unmarked, soft corner crease to several. Illustrated card wrapper has corresponding sunned strips adjacent to spine on front and rear panels, corner crease to lower foredge corner of front… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: C.E. and D.J. Finkemeyer, 1994. viii, 352pp. B/white illustrated endpapers and frontis, two b/white maps. Book clean. Spine firm, slight lean, bright gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. A personal inscription to named previous owner, signed by author/editor Colin Finkemeyer, on title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edge-creased, tiny spot of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Rydalmere, NSW, Australia: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. xv, 300pp., plus 24 page unpaginated b/white illustrated section. B/white maps, figures. Book clean. Spine firm, slight lean, bright gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards have a bump to upper foredge corner of rear panel. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-art illustrated dustjacket (detail from the painting 'Engagement of Hilfskreuzers, Kormoran and the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ashwood, Victoria, Australia: Clipper Press, 1997. xi, 305pp. B/white photographic frontis, b/white photographic illustrations throughout, b/white maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on, light bump to head. Tan boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated ('Front: C' Troop 25 Pdr at full recoil in action Waitavalo - New Britain; Rear: Crew of 18 Pdr MkII training… Saber más sobre este artículo

Queensland, Australia: Wayne Brown, 2006. 254pp. B/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Author signature to title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated (front panel: photo of oil painting by artist Mainwaring, which hangs in the Australian War Memorial; rear panel: decorations and service medals awarded to 'Blue' Reiter) has minor edgewear and chipping to lower edge. Contents… Saber más sobre este artículo

Altona, Victoria, Australia: Altona RSL Sub Branch , 2006. viii, + 102pp. Colour illustrated section, b/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated boards negligibly surface scuffed, minor surface abrasions. From the rear panel: "It was once a big, tumble-down tin shed with an abundance of beer piled in the attic, but is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Australian War Memorial, 2004. 172pp. B/white illustrations. Book clean, Spine firm. Colour-illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease to lower front panel, Corresponding soft corner crease to several leaves, else clean and unmarked. Parallel text in English and Japanese. Australia-Japan Research Project. Contents include: Foreword. Introduction. Japan in the Pacific War and New Guinea ((Tanaka… Saber más sobre este artículo

Newport, N.S.W., Australia: Big Sky Publishing, 2016. xii, + 195pp. B/white halftone illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has a 'Local Author' (Australian Booksellers Association) sticker affixed to front panel. From the rear panel: "Early one cold, wintry morning in late May 1942, the bullet-ridden body of Driver Roy Willis was… Saber más sobre este artículo

Mornington, Victoria, Australia: Self Published (S.G. Raggett), 1991. xiii, 196pp., b/white author portrait frontispiece, plus intext halftone plates, sketch-drawings and a map. Book clean. Nominally bumped spine firm, slightly canted, gilt title there-on. White titles to front panel of very good blue boards. Signed and dated (1991) by author on half-title page, else text-block unmarked. Printed dustjacket trivially shelfworn… Saber más sobre este artículo

Kilmore, Victoria, Australia: National Biographic Australia, 2009. ix, + 265pp. B/white illustrations, facsimiles and maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm. A short personal inscription, signed and dated by author Mackenzie Gregory, else leaves clean and unmarked. Slight wave to several pages. Illustrated card wrapper (front panel photo: Crew HMAS Shropshire, Lingayen Gulf, The Phillipines, January 1945) very mildly surface… Saber más sobre este artículo

Victoria, Australia: Publishing Solutions [2004] xi, + 196pp. B/white illustrations, maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper softly and minimally edge-creased at head. From the rear panel: "John McCredie was Minister at the Australian Embassy, Jakarta, when these letters were written to a fifteen year old daughter at boarding school in Victoria who… Saber más sobre este artículo

South Australia: Author (Iris Nesdale), 1993. xiv, + 253pp. Intext, b/white halftone plates throughout (archival and private sources). Book clean and square. Spine firm, nominally bumped on head. Colour-art illustrated (Les Olsen) gloss boards undamaged. Sticker removal abrading at top of half-title page, signed by author on title page, else textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated (as boards) dustjacket minimally edgeworn… Saber más sobre este artículo

East Roseville, N.S.W., Australia: Kangaroo Press, 2001. (xii) + 226pp. Unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper minimally bumped and edgeworn. A tiny speck on foot of textblock, else leaves unmarked. In this Japanese prisoner-of-war memoir, young Australian soldier Les (Leslie Norman) Atkinson (1922-2001) recounts his and his fellow prisoners' time with… Saber más sobre este artículo

South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Macmillan, 1978. vii, + 112pp. Line-drawn, map endpapers (different front and rear). Four unpaginated leaves of colour-plates (courtesy AWM), plus intext b/white halftone plates (and one sketch-art) (various sources) throughout. Book clean and square. Backstrip firm. Plain black boards undamaged. A former owner's name on ffep., else textblock good. Colour-art illustrated (detail, 'Into Damascus', H.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Australia: Hugh Dolan, 2012. 47pp. Colour-art (comic panel format) throughout by Tea Seroya, in a style in which a young adult can follow the story-line. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated (Tea Seroya) card wrapper mildly edgeworn and bumped on foredge corners. An inspiring quote (to an unspecified recipient) signed by David Howell on author bio. page, together… Saber más sobre este artículo

Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2006. xxiv., + 416pp. Unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section (Source: AWM, and Hood Collection, State Library of New South Wales), plus various line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain grey boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Monochrome, illustrated dustjacket trivially bumped only. " 'The Strength of A… Saber más sobre este artículo

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Hachette Australia, 2009. 550pp. Monochrome, illustrated endpapers. Two unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections. Security sticker affixed to rear pastedown. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain brown boards undamaged. Textblock minimally age-toned only. Illustrated (photographs courtesy of Australian War Memorial) dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. Vastly experienced and highly awarded Australian historian… Saber más sobre este artículo