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 the Second Boer War in South Africa in 1899. This sheet invites members of the Parramatta Wesleyan congregation to meet for a...... More

Frenchs Forest: published by the 2/18th Battalion Association, 1991. Octavo, hardcover, 296 pp., maps and photo plates. Near-fine copy with the dust-jacket, previous owner's label to front endpaper. Official history of the 2/18 Battalion in the Second World War. Stationed in Malaya and hopelessly outnumbered and out-gunned by the Japanese..... More

Kingsgrove: P. M. Fowler, 1980. Octavo, green hardcover with spine lettering, [xiv], 450 pp., maps and illustrations throughout. Localised blue ink stains, otherwise a near-fine copy in mildly rubbed dust-jacket. Scarce. Official presentation copy. Inscribed and signed by the author. The 2/3 Battalion served with distinction across many theatres of..... More

Melbourne: H.H. Champion for the Australasian Authors' Agency, 1919. Quarto, original papered boards with cloth backstrip, titling labels to the spine; 132 pp., frontispiece and 34 full-page photo plates. Lacks front free endpaper and the half-title page, mild preliminary foxing, boards rubbed and worn at extremities, front joint partially split..... More

London: Air Publication, 1936. Octavo, papered-boards, iv, 502 pp. Boards stained and worn, Station Technical and Reference Library stamp on front board, School Library R.A.F. Gosford stamp on inner front board, some spotting, otherwise a good copy. A historical account of the Royal Air Force divided into eleven chapters which..... More

Dayton, Ohio: Central Printing, 2003. Folio, printed wrappers, 216 pp., illustrated with black and white photographs. A fine copy. On the outskirts of Dayton, Ohio, and just three miles from Huffman Prairie, where the Wright Brothers perfected controlled flight in 1904 and 1905, is the US Air Force Museum -..... More

Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 1996. Quarto, hardcover, xv, 302 pp., illustrated throughout. Small label 'History Unit' stuck on spine end, cover extremities slightly bumped, otherwise a near fine copy. A history of the operations of a number of units which eventually became the nucleus of the Torres Strait Force..... More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1935-1941. Twelve volumes, large octavos in original maroon cloth with gilt lettering, maps, plates and charts throughout. Occasional light external wear and a touch of flecking, but a most handsome near-fine set with solid and consistent cloth colouration. The last and final volume, being the photographic..... More

Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2001. Small quarto, black cloth, xxiv, 684 pp.,illustrated. Cover shows external wear, bottom-edge worn, otherwise a very good copy in dust jacket. This is the sixth volume in The Australian Centenary History of Defence series. It aims to provide the reader with a guide to the..... More

Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995. Quarto, blue papered-boards, xxiv, 432 pp., illustrated with photographs. A fine copy. An informative account of No. 2 Squadron from its formation in Egypt in 1916 to its disbandment in 1982. More

Sydney: W.C. Penfold, 1919. Octavo, original decorated yellow cloth, 180 pp., numerous photo plates (some folding). Some preliminary foxing, otherwise a fine copy. Official history of the Australian Sixth Light Horse Regiment in the Middle East, and signed by the author on the title page. The first chapter outlines training..... More

Shrewsbury England: Airlife Publishing, 1990. Octavo, blue cloth hardcover, dust-jacket, iv, 170 pp., illustrated in black-and-white throughout. A very fine copy. Edward Bishop, war history author and director of the de Havillard Museum Trust, exquisitely articulates the creation, development and success of the Mosquito. Affectionately known as The Wooden Wonder..... More

Gloucestershire: The History Press, 2009. Octavo, illustrated hardcover, vii, 120 pp., profusely illustrated with colour. As new copy. First Edition. Martin W. Bowman recounts the service of the Hercules from its first flight in 1954 to the modern day's humanitarian relief operations. More