Parramatta: Cumberland Argus Printing Works, 1899. Single printed sheet measuring 138 x 208 mm. Very good condition. Rare ephemeral notice relating to the departure of Australian troops for South Africa in 1899. This sheet invites members of the Parramatta Wesleyan congregation to meet for a special service dedicated to troops..... More

Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1991. Oblong quarto, hardcover, 120 pp., profusely illustrated. A fine copy in dust jacket. Published by the Northern Territory government for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Australia in 1942. More

Weston Creek, ACT: Aerospace Publications, 1995. Quarto, green hardcover with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 166 pp., numerous illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket. Airliners features the operational histories of sixteen of the famous airliners that established the Australian Aviation environment that is known today. This volume..... More

Sydney: A. H. & A. W. REED, 1975. Quarto, blue cloth, [ii], 108 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and diagrams. Light shelf wear on dust jacket and cloth, spotting on endpapers, otherwise a fine copy. First Edition. Peter N. Anderson traces the design, development, history and operational use of..... More

Australia: ANZ, [1990]. Quarto, stapled, 12 pp., colour illustrations throughout. Rubbed spine, slight tear on rear cover, otherwise a fine copy. A twelve page recollection of Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith and his work with the Southern Cross Trust. More

Perth: Hesperian Press, 1994. Octavo, printed wrappers, ix, 276 pp., illustrated throughout. Cover slightly rubbed at spine ends, otherwise a near-fine copy A scarce copy. This is an account of the No 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, which was formed in Britain on Anzac Day 1942 and which spent..... More

Melbourne: Government Printer for the Australian Council for Aeronautics, 1945. Quarto, original blue cloth boards, four page foreword followed by five successive reports with separate pagination, graphs and illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. This is the second annual volume of the Australian Council for Aeronautics, a milestone in the progress..... More

Canberra: Australian Transport Safety Bureau, 2008. Quarto, printed wrappers, viii, 54 pp., illustrated. Some spotting on the front and back cover, several leaves annotated in pencil in the margins; overall, a very good copy. Draft report on the in-flight break-up of BAC 167 Strikemaster VH-AKY twenty kilometres north-east Bathurst in..... More

London: The Field Press, 1920. Large quarto, original blue cloth with gilt lettering and crest to the front board; unpaginated preliminary leaves comprise the colour ornamental title-page, a photogravure portrait of C. Alma Baker and a further decorated leaf, followed by single leaf listing contents and plates; then 148 continuously..... More

Loftus, New South Wales: Australian Military History Publications, 2009. Octavo, printed wrappers, xvi, 196 pp., illustrated. A fine copy. Third edition. An account of the author's experience as he undertook the Kokoda Trek in 1994. More

Melbourne: Spectrum Publications, 1991. Quarto, red cloth with gilt lettering, [vi], 384 pp., profusely illustrated. Moderate foxing, otherwise a near-fine copy in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author. The story of the people of the 'Sigint' organisation. Their skill and dedication in analysing and decoding the enemy's signal..... More

Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1987. Octavo, printed wrappers, 190 pp., six double-sided plates in black and white. Some foxing, otherwise a good copy. 'Alone in the Sky' tells the story of Jean Batten's early life and of all her famous flights. The book is based on her earlier work 'My Life'..... More

Sydney: Jackson & O'Sullivan, 1934. Octavo, original blue cloth, [x], 256 pp., endpaper maps, photo plates and portrait, facsimile of the London to Sydney log book. A few external spots and a little foxing, overall a near-fine copy with a small cache of contemporary newspaper clippings loosely inserted. First Australian..... More