Militaria

  • The collected works of Sir Winston Churchill (34 volumes)

    # 34607

    CHURCHILL, Winston (1874 - 1965)

    The collected works of Sir Winston Churchill (34 volumes)

    London : The Library of Imperial History, 1973 – 1976. Centenary Limited Edition. Thirty-four volumes (complete, not including the Essays, which were published separately), bound in uniform vellum, lettered in gilt with armorial Churchill crests, housed in matching green leather slipcases (a few small dents and scuff marks), all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, internally clean, printed …

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  • The story of the Red Cross / written and compiled by Joan and Daryl Lindsay

    # 34561

    LINDSAY, Daryl and Joan

    The story of the Red Cross / written and compiled by Joan and Daryl Lindsay

    Written and compiled by Joan and Daryl Lindsay. [Melbourne] : Australian Red Cross Society, [1941]. Quarto, decorated cloth (toned, small split lower spine), illustrated endpapers, unpaginated (approx. 80 pp.), extensively illustrated by Daryl Lindsay, Lionel Lindsay, Napier Waller, Frank Medworth, Douglas Annand, and others. Of particular note is the vibrant double page colour reproduction of …

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  • The Anzac book. Written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of Anzac (first impression, first issue)

    # 25597

    A.N.Z.A.C.

    The Anzac book. Written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of Anzac (first impression, first issue)

    London : Cassell and Company, 1916. First impression, first issue. Quarto, contemporary binding of gilt-lettered cloth (a few light stains and chips to edges), image from the cover of the wrappers pasted to front pastedown endpaper, pp. 170, light toning, colour plates and other illustrations. First impression, the poem ‘Trojan War’ misattributed to J. Wareham, …

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  • The story of the Red Cross / written and compiled by Joan and Daryl Lindsay

    # 34175

    LINDSAY, Daryl and Joan

    The story of the Red Cross / written and compiled by Joan and Daryl Lindsay

    Written and compiled by Joan and Daryl Lindsay. [Melbourne] : Australian Red Cross Society, [1941]. Quarto, decorated cloth (toned, small split upper spine), illustrated endpapers, unpaginated (approx. 80 pp.), extensively illustrated by Daryl Lindsay, Lionel Lindsay, Napier Waller, Frank Medworth, Douglas Annand, and others. Of particular note is the vibrant double page colour reproduction of …

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  • In defence of Singapore

    # 34315

    TOZE, A. V. and STRANGE, Sgt. S.

    In defence of Singapore

    A series of drawings with brief Notes by L/Bdr. A. V. Toze, 122 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, and Sgt. S Strange, The Loyal Regiment. Preston [U.K.] : T. Snape, 1947.Qiarto, papered boards (a couple of stains), cloth spine, pp. [44], nineteen black and white plates showing Singapore before and during the Japanese invasion and occupation, drawn …

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  • Southwest Pacific sketchbook

    # 33991

    EMANUEL, Cedric (1906 - 1995)

    Southwest Pacific sketchbook

    New York : Prenticy – Hall Inc., 1945. Oblong quarto, lettered cloth (a few light stains), illustrated endpapers, approx. 60 pp., illustrated throughout by Cedric Emanuel. An artist-soldier’s view of New Guinea during the Second World War. From The Papuan Collection of Charles Fletcher (Melbourne), his bookplate to the front free endpaper (verso)

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  • Hank was a Yank

    # 34501

    DAVIES, Norman

    Hank was a Yank

    Melbourne : Pilven and Stephens, [1944?]. Small quarto, original pictorial limp covers (lightly marked, a little darkened along spine), [47] pp, illustrated with black and white line drawings throughout, a very good copy. The humorous story of an American sailor’s experiences in Australia during World War Two.

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  • Token zu [刀剣図]

    # 33244

    ISE, Sadatake (1717 - 1784)

    Token zu [刀剣図]

    Manuscript watercolour album in Japanese binding of cards with title label (rubbed and worn), 27.5 x 19 cms, 11 double page leaves illustrated in watercolour of Japanese swords, small Japanese collector’s stamp, a few old wormholes and paper repairs, a very good example. Ise Sadatake was a historian and author of a number of books …

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  • Under the banyan (signed presentation copy)

    # 33819

    JACKSON, Gladys (1881 - ?)

    Under the banyan (signed presentation copy)

    Hong Kong : privately printed, 1925. Octavo, lettered flushcut cloth wrappers (lightly stained and edge worn), presentation inscription to the front free endpaper ‘To Blanch and George, with best Xmas wishes from Gladys. 166, The Peak, Hong Kong. Dec. 1926.’ pp. [iv]; iv; [ii]; 114, light foxing to preliminaries else very good. Includes a number …

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  • Stella Bowen : art, love and war

    # 34035

    [BOWEN, Stella]; WILKINS, Lola

    Stella Bowen : art, love and war

    Canberra : Australian War Memorial, 2002. Quarto, illustrated laminated covers, 66 pp; colour illustrations throughout. A fine exhibition catalogue of the work of Australian war artist Stella Bowen.

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  • Pro Hart's Breaker Morant

    # 33958

    HART, Kevin Charles 'Pro'

    Pro Hart’s Breaker Morant

    Adelaide : Rigby, 1981. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 68, illustrated in colour.

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  • Grand Military Tattoo. Tendered to the Admiral Commanding and Personnel of the visiting United States Battle Fleet, at the Royal Agricultural Society's Ground, Sydney, New South Wales. Thursday July 30th at 8pm, 1925.

    # 33629

    MINNS, B. E. (Benjamin Edward) (1863-1937) (artist)

    Grand Military Tattoo. Tendered to the Admiral Commanding and Personnel of the visiting United States Battle Fleet, at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Ground, Sydney, New South Wales. Thursday July 30th at 8pm, 1925.

    [Drop title]. Sydney : The Motor Press Ltd., 1925. Octavo (225 mm), colour pictorial wrappers, the upper wrapper design signed in the image lower right ‘B. E. Minns’ and incorporating symbols of the United States of America and Australia, including the flags of both nations, the kangaroo and emu, and the New South Wales waratah; …

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  • Fuzzy-Wuzzies a la New Guinea. For the Sixtieth.

    # 33312

    UNITED STATES ARMY. 60th U.S.N.C.B.

    Fuzzy-Wuzzies a la New Guinea. For the Sixtieth.

    [Drop title]. [San Francisco, CA?] : 60th U.S.N.C.B., 1944. Square duodecimo (135 x 108 mm), printed yellow wrappers (water stained and creased, staples rusted), pp. [18], [1], with 18 photographic illustrations of indigenous Papuans accompanied by racist printed captions; inside front wrapper inscribed in pen by a Seabee: ‘These pictures were taken by the men …

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  • Light diet : a collection of caricatures & sketches

    # 26885

    THOMPSON, Sergt. E. H.

    Light diet : a collection of caricatures & sketches

    London : New Zealand War Records, [1918]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (stained and edge worn), pp. [44], illustrated. Cover subtitle: 150 caricatures and sketches perpetrated by a New Zealand artist in and out of hospital. Satirical caricatures of military personalities.

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  • Kenneth Jack. World War II paintings and drawings (signed copy)

    # 33402

    JACK, Kenneth (1924 - 2006)

    Kenneth Jack. World War II paintings and drawings (signed copy)

    Brisbane : Booralong Publications, 1990. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 104, illustrated. Signed by the artist on the title page. A very good copy.

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  • Psychiatric aspects of modern warfare

    # 32336

    [NOLAN]. ELLERY, Reg S.

    Psychiatric aspects of modern warfare

    Melbourne : Reed & Harris, 1945. Octavo, cloth in dustjacket with Sidney Nolan resproduction on front panel (light foxing), a very good copy of a scarce Reed & Harris publication which focusses on the lunacy of Nazi psychology during the second world war. Provenance : Warwick Reeder (1950 – 2015), curator, dealer and author Douglas …

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