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| *a1248 Quartermaine, Peter and Watkins, Jonathan |
| A Pictorial History of Australian Painting |
| (L: Bison Books: 1989) Bds pp. 192 (370 x 268 mm) Selected Bibliography. Exhibition Catalogues. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1249 McGregor, Craig; Beal, David; Moore, David and Williamson, Harry |
| Australian Art and Artists in the Making |
| (Melbourne: Nelson: 1969) First Edition Cl. pp. 265 (340 x 260 mm) Richly illustrated. An owner's name whited out o/w fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a1251 Heysen, Sue |
| Heysen: Recollections of the Cedars |
| (North Adelaide: Sue Heysen: 1991) First Edition Pict. bds pp. x, 86 (300 x 215 mm) Illust. including colour reproductions of works by Hans Heysen. A bump to the top edges of the boards (does not affect the leaves of the book) o/w fine and signed by the author. |
| $30 |
| *a1257 Roberts, Captain Edric G |
| Somewhere in England and Other Hunting Verses |
| (L: Constable: 1929) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 79 (255 x 195 mm) With eight plates in colour by Lionel Edwards. Gift Inscription Lower edge uncut. Two heavy though smallish scuffs to back cover o/w about fine |
| $40 |
| *a1258 Lang, Andrew (Edited and with an Introduction by) |
| Border Ballads |
| (L: Lawrence and Bullen: 1895) Edition limited to 750 copies. Cl. pp. xxviii, 88 (295 x 225 mm) With twelve Etchings by CO Murray. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A very little external wear, internally about fine |
| $100 |
| *a1260 Rowe, Ron |
| Modern Australian Sculpture: Multi-Media with Clay |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 128 (284 x 220 mm) Richly illustrated. Gift inscription o/w fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1261 Dunlop, Ian |
| The Shock of the New: Seven Historic Exhibitions of Modern Art |
| (NY: American Heritage Press: Copyright 1972) Printed in Great Britain and written by London art critic. Bds pp. 272 (255 x 200 mm) Illust. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a1263 Stevens, FL |
| Through Merrie England |
| (L: Warne: 1928) First Edition Pict. cl (gilt bright) pp. x, 214 (218 x 170 mm) Illust. by Francis D. Bedford. Twelve superb colour plates plus pictorial title-page and endpapers, plus Headings and Tailpieces in black and white. 'The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Town'. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Prize label on verso of free front endpaper. Fine |
| $100 |
| *a1264 Edwards, Robert and Guerin, Bruce |
| Aboriginal Bark Paintings |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: 1969) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 32 (260 x 195 mm) Richly illustrated. Map on front endpapers. Fine in like pc dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1265 Read, Herbert |
| The Forms of Things Unknown: Essays towards an Aesthetic Philosophy |
| (L: Faber: 1960) First Edition Cl. pp. 248. Illust. Index. Gift Inscription About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. which is chipped at head of its spine. |
| $30 |
| *a1268 Thornbury, Walter |
| The Life of JMW Turner, RA: Founded on Letters and Papers furnished by his Friends and Fellow-Academicians. |
| (A New Edition, Revised and Mostly rewritten. This edition published by Ward Lock Reprints, London: 1970) Dec. cl. pp. xx, 636. Illust. About 48 mm thick. This edition was first published by Chatto and Windus in 1877. About fine |
| $40 |
| *a1271 Heintzelman, Arthur W |
| The Watercolour Drawings of Thomas Rowlandson From the Albert H. Wiggin Collection in the Boston Public Library |
| (NY: Watson-Guptill: 1971) Second Printing. Cl. pp. 127 (325 x 260 mm) With 52 plates, some in colour. Chronology. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1272 Gleeson, James |
| Australian Painters: Colonial 1788-1880; Impressionists 1881-1930; Modern 1931-1970 |
| (Melbourne: Lansdowne/Australian Art Library: This edition 1976) First omnibus publication of three titles in the Australian Painting Studio Series. Bds pp. 128; 128; 128 (250 x 190 x about 35 mm thick) Illust. Ownership Inscription Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a1273 Raspe, RE and Others |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
| (L: Harrap: 1985) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 139 (292 x 215 mm) 'Profusely Illustrated by Ronald Searle'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1336 Kuhn, Herbert |
| The Rock Pictures of Europe |
| (L: Sidgwick and Jackson: First published in this edition, 1956) Translated from the German by Alan Houghton Brodrick. Cl. pp. xxx, 226 (illustrated) plus XCI plates from photographs on art paper, 227-230 (Index). (Light) stain to fore ege; v.g. in good dust-jacket. which has a few clean tears. |
| $60 |
| *a1382 Swann, Bruce |
| South Australia with Swann |
| (Brighton, SA: Swann: 1975) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 112 (215 x 272 mm) Numerous reproductions, most full-page and some in colour, of works by Swann. Fine in clear dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a1397 Finey, George |
| The Mangle Wheel: My Life |
| (Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. x, 182 (245 x 182 mm) Illust. Index. Autobiography of Australian artist most noted as a caricaturist. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1274 Djambatan Ltd |
| A World on the Move: A History of Colonialism and Nationalism in Asia and North Africa from the Turn of the Century to the Bandung Conference |
| (Amsterdam: Djambatan International Educational Publishing House: 1956) First Edition in English with text translated from the Dutch by James S. Holmes and A. Van Marle. (The original text was prepared by the publishers in Dutch and Indonesian). Wrs pp. 264 (300 x 235 mm) With 675 illustrations. Maps. Extensive Chronological Table. About fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1275 Adams, Edward B |
| Through the Gates of Seoul: Trails and Tales of Yi Dynasty |
| (Seoul, Korea: Sahm-Bo Publishing Corporation: September 1970 and June 1971) In Two Volumes. First Edition. Cl. pp. 393 and 410 (both 262 x 192 mm and each about 35 mm thick). Illust. Maps and Charts. Each volume concludes with its own General Index. Jacket legend is 'A Complete Guide to Seoul Vicinity'. Spine of jacket of Volume II is mildly discoloured o/w about fine in v.g. d/js. |
| $60 |
| *a1392 Hoyle, Fred |
| Frontiers of Astronomy |
| (L: Heinemann: 1955) First Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 360. Illust. Index. Spine lightly sunned; a number of sunned circles near spine on front cover; we believe from being shelved in bookcase with corresponding holes; o/w fine copy of classic work. |
| $40 |
| *a1243 Gunn, Mrs Aeneas |
| We of the Never-Never |
| (Richmond, Victoria; Hutchinson of Australia: 1983) First publication of this edition with Memoir by Margaret Berry, and with illustrations from photographs of great interest (hailed as 'New Illustrated Edition' on jacket). Bds pp. 238 (244 x 167 mm) Map. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1246 Cottam, Susan |
| Jillaroo: Station Life in the Outback |
| (South Yarra, Victoria: Viking O'Neil: 1990) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 173 (260 x 180 mm) Illust. Map. Glossary. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1301 The National Capital Development Commission |
| The Future Canberra |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1965) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. x, 129. (286 x 220 mm) Illust. Maps. Selected Reading. Index. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1302 Coombs, HC |
| Trial Balance |
| (South Melbourne: Macmillan: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. x, 342. Illust. Chronology. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. This book has been a little twisted by some (mild?) concussion o/w fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1307 Wood, A. Harold (Edited by) |
| Seventy-Five Years at Methodist Ladies' College Hawthorn 1882-1957 |
| (Melbourne: Spectator Publishing Co. 1957) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 127 (250 x 192 mm) Illust. An owner's name. (Moderately) bumped at head of spine o/w fine. |
| $40 |
| *a1309 Wilkinson, HL, MCE, Melbourne University |
| The Trust Movement in Australia. With Appendix containing Anti-Trust Legislation in Australasia, South Africa and America |
| (Melbourne: Critchley Parker: 1914) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 260 & 6 publisher's adverts followed by printer's colophon. Bibliography. Index. Cancelled label of defunct Institute Library on fixed front endpapers; remnant of old library number near foot of spine; overall v.g. clean copy. |
| $30 |
| *a1310 Dunbabin, Thomas |
| The Making of Australasia: A Brief History of the Origin and Development of The British Dominions in the South Pacific |
| (L: A&C Black: 1922) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 258 and 2 publisher's adverts. Three folding maps. Index. The Making of the British Empire (series). A patch of (moderate) discoloration about the middle of the spine, overall v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1311 Bolton, GC |
| A Thousand Miles Away: A History of North Queensland to 1920 |
| (Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press in association with The Australian National University: 1963) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 366. Illust. Bibliography. Maps. Index. (Light) bump to foot of spine o/w about fine |
| $30 |
| *a1314 Barrett, Charles CMZS, FRZS |
| The Bunyip and other Mythical Monsters and Legends |
| (Melbourne: Reed and Harris: 1946) First Edition Cl. backed pict. bds pp. 120 (210 x 170 mm) Illust. an owner's name. Shaken copy whose rear inner hinge has split; front panel of dust-jacket. laid down on front cover; o/w v.g. and internally near fine |
| $45 |
| *a1322 Hosking, Clement |
| Old Tales in a New Land: Some European Customs and Legends |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. x, 213. Bibliography. Index. An owner's name-stamp. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1323 Dow, David M |
| Australia Advances |
| (NY: Funk and Wagnalls: January, 1938) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. x, 268. Map. Index. Maps on endpapers. Cancelled ex-Institute library copy, with front panel of jacket pasted on front; library label pasted on back; library number painted at foot of spine; good copy else. |
| $40 |
| *a1324 Brady, EJ |
| River Rovers |
| (Melbourne: George Robertson: n.d.) Cl. pp. 192 and pp. 22 of additional pieces plus folding map at rear. Illust. V.g. ex-library copy with label apparently removed from front cover and scattered stamps, the first cancelled. |
| $40 |
| *a1331 Garran, Sir Robert Randolph, GCMG, QC |
| Prosper the Commonwealth |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1958) First Edition Cl. pp. xviii, 444. Illust. Index. Autobiography of important Australia Gift Inscription on free front endpaper. V.g. in fair repaired dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1349 Clune, Frank |
| The Fortune Hunters: An Atomic Odyssey in Australia's Wild West, and Things Seen and Heard by the Way in a Jeep Jaunt |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. xiv, 250. Illust. Maps. Maps on endpapers. Gift Inscription on half-title page. Near fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a1350 Cusack, Frank |
| Bendigo: A History |
| (Melbourne: Heinemann: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 262 (248 x 155 mm) Illust. Pictorial maps on endpapers. A note on sources. Illustration sources. Bibliography. Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a1384 Gold, Geoffrey (Edited by) |
| Eureka: Rebellion Beneath The Southern Cross |
| (Adelaide: Rigby in assoc. with Widescope International: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 120 (310 x 160 mm) Illust. Index. Gift Inscription Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1386 Collins, Robert |
| A Great Way to Go: The Automobile in Canada |
| (Toronto: The Ryerson Press; 1969) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 152 (285 x 220 mm) Illust. Bibliography. Index. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1252 Baron (Photographs by) |
| Baron's Ballet Finale |
| (London: Collins: 1958) First Edition Cl. pp. 192 (284 x 220 mm) Introduction and Commentary by Arnold L. Haskell. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1253 Haskell, Arnold; Carter, Mark Bonham and Wood, Michael (Edited by) |
| Gala Performance |
| (L: Collins: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. 248 (284 x 220 mm) Richly illustrated. Foreword by HRH The Princess Margaret. 'A Record of The Sadler's Wells Ballet over Twenty-Five Years'. Concludes with Appendix which is 'A record of first productions, revivals, and their casts from the foundation of the Sadler's Wells Ballet until the present day'. Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a1108 Ludwig, Emil |
| Bismarck: The Story of a Fighter |
| (L: Allen and Unwin: 1927) First publication in English - translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Cl. pp. 648 Illust. Chronology. Index. Ownership Inscription on bookplate on free front endpaper. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1171 Aldington, Richard |
| Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry |
| (L: Collins: 1955) First Edition Cl. pp. 448. Illust. Maps. List of Sources. Bibliography. Index. About fine |
| $45 |
| *a1270 Lindsay, Ian G and Cosh, Mary |
| Inveraray and the Dukes of Argyll |
| (Edinburgh University Press: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 487 (300 x 212 x about 42 mm thick) plus folding genealogical table at rear. Illust. Map. Glossary. Note on Sources. Notes and References. Index of Architects and Craftsmen. General Index. Foreword by the Eleventh Duke of Argyll. Fine in like pc dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a1333 Mackin, Sally Britton Spottiswood (Mrs James Mackin), A Daughter of the American Revolution |
| A Society Woman on Two Continents |
| (NY: Continental Publishing Company: 1898) Third Edition. Dec. cl. pp. 358 and 2 Press Notices of the book. Illust. Presentation copy with signed inscription by the author (the first American woman to be made a countess by the Pope); the inscription is dated Paris 1899. Top edge gilt, others uncut. v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1340 Dunan, Renee |
| The Love Life of Julius Caesar |
| (L: Routledge and Sons: 1930) Translated (from the French) by Arabella Yorke. Cl. pp. viii, 236. Index. Both free endpapers pasted to fixed endpapers; some wear to head and foot of spine; internally v.g. |
| $25 |
| *a1346 Manvell, Roger |
| Sarah Siddons: Portrait of an Actress |
| (L: Heinemann: 1970) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 385. Illust. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index of Plays and parts in which Sarah Siddons Appeared. General Index. Gift Inscription Near fine in v.g. dj. |
| $30 |
| *a1351 Elliot, Elisabeth |
| A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael |
| (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Revell: 1987) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. 382. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Ownership Inscription Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1377 Mitchell, David |
| The Fighting Pankhursts: A Study in Tenacity |
| (NY: Macmillan: 1967) First American Edition. Cl. pp. 352. Illust. Select Bibliography. Index. Fore edge uncut. About fine in like pc dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1380 Furnas, JC |
| Fanny Kemble: Leading Lady of the Nineteenth-Century Stage - A Biography |
| (NY: The Dial Press: 1982) First printing. Cl. backed bds pp. xvi, 495. Illust. Notes. Sources. Index. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1395 McCaskill, LW |
| Molesworth |
| (Wellington: Reed: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. 292. Illust. Maps. Bibliography and Sources. Index. Maps on endpapers. History of Molesworth, then New Zealand's largest pastoral run, from the (white) explorers onwards. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1343 Cox, J. Stevens, FSA |
| An Illustrated Dictionary of Hairdressing and Wigmaking |
| (L: The Hairdressers' Technical Council: 1966) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. xxiv, 359 (247 x 151 mm) With 664 Illustrations, A Full Bibliography, and An Appendix containing Proverbs and Popular Sayings connected with Human Hair A long tear to upper external hinge repaired o/w v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1344 Cooper, Wendy |
| Hair: Sex Society Symbolism |
| (L: Aldus Books: 1971) First Edition Cl. pp. 240 (250 x 190 mm) Illust. Index. Fine in good dust-jacket. which has a few clean tears. |
| $40 |
| *a1119 Gilbert, Martin |
| Atlas of the Holocaust |
| (L Michael Joseph in assoc. with the Board of Deputies of British Jews: 1982) First Edition Wrs pp. 256 (252 x 180 mm) Illust. 316 maps. Bibliography. Index. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a1128 Hilberg, Raul and Others (Edited by) |
| The Warsaw Diary of Adam Czerniakow: Prelude to Doom |
| (NY: Stein and Day: 1982) First Scarborough Books Edition. Translated by Stanislaw Staron and the staff of Yad Vashem. Pit. wrs pp. xii, 420. Illust. Index. 'The most important diary of the Holocaust...The secret journal of the Jew who presided over the Warsaw Ghetto under the Nazis'. Fine |
| $25 |
| *a1389 Sewell, WB ('Tusmore') |
| The Romance of Racing in South Australia |
| (Printed by Tilbrook Brothers, Clare, South Australia for the Author: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 176. Illust. Signed by the Author on the title-page. Ownership Inscription on free front endpaper. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1294 Forrester, Rex and Illingworth, Ned |
| Hunting in New Zealand |
| (Wellington: Reed: 1968) Reprint. Bds pp. 256. Illust. A bookseller's stamp on free front endpaper. V.g. in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1299 Joll, Gary |
| Big Game Hunting in New Zealand |
| (Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs: July 1968) Reprint. Dec. cl. pp. 220. Illust. Maps. Index. Tape stains to endpapers o/w v.g. in dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1285 Niehof, Anke |
| Women and Fertility in Madura (Indonesia) |
| (1985) Pict. wrs pp. xviii, 373 (248 x 173 mm) Illust. Glossary. Bibliography. Author Index. Map. Text entirely in English and with brief Summary in Dutch. An owner's name. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1104 Dark, Eleanor |
| Sun Across the Sky |
| (L: Collins: 1937) First Edition Cl. pp. 336. Commercial bookplate on free front endpaper. Lower edge uncut. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *a1227 Scanlon, Herbert |
| The Deathless Army |
| (Sydney: HH Watson Ptg. Co: n.d.) Pict. wrs plus pp. 32 (177 x 122 mm) Illust. by P. Eagles. Fictional stories by ex-1st AIF soldier who was disabled in the Great War and honourably discharged. A few internal stains. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a1277 Niven, Penelope |
| Carl Sandburg: A Biography |
| (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons/Macmillan: 1991) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. xx, 843. Illust. Selected Bibliography. Notes. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1316 Favenc, Ernest |
| Tales of the Austral Tropics |
| (L: Osgood, McIlvaine: 1894) First Edition Replacement binding ie bds with the gilt-lettered title on the original cloth pasted at head of spine pp. viii, 276 and 3 publisher's adverts. The boards are clean; replacement or additional brown paper endpapers with cancelled Institute library label on fixed front endpaper; scattered stains o/w internally good copy and overall a useful study or reading copy |
| $40 |
| *a1321 Dennis, CJ |
| The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1916) Fifty-first Thousand. pict. green cloth pp. 136 (186 x 155 mm) and 24 publisher's adverts, being A&R's Catalogue for June 1916) With Illustrations by Hal Gye including coloured frontispiece and coloured pictorial extra title-page. Glossary. Strip about an inch deep cut from head of half-title leaf; an owner's name at head of free front endpaper and at head of pictorial extra title-page; o/w fine |
| $30 |
| *a1329 Thorndike, Russell |
| A Wanderer with Shakespeare |
| (L: Rich and Cowan: n.d.) Cl. pp. 382. Illust. Index. This book deals with the 'individual scenes' of Shakespeare's plays: London, Kent, Windsor, Staffordshire, etc etc An owner's name. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1332 Elbert Hubbard II (Gathered together by) |
| The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard: Mottoes, Epigrams, Short Essays, Passages, Orphic Sayings and Preachments |
| (NY: Wise and Co: Copyright 1927 by The Roycrofters) Done into a Book by The Roycrofters, at their Shops in East Aurora, NY. Dec. wrs and secured with a tie pp. 213 and extra title-leaves (267 x 212 mm) Index. Stain to foot of back wrapper affects rear endpapers and lower margins of the final few pages; some wear to the (vulnerable) edges of wrappers; o/w generally v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1337 Weekley, Ernest, MA |
| Surnames |
| (L: John Murray: 1916) First Edition Cl. pp. xxii, 364. Bibliography. Index. An owner's neat name stamp scattered about; a leaflet advertising this book loosely included has stained the two pages between which it has lain; a good, and perhaps v.g. copy |
| $30 |
| *a1338 Yevtushenko, Yevgeny |
| Poems: Chosen by the Author |
| (L: Collins and Harvill Press: 1966) First publication of this translation by Peter Levi and Robin Milner-Gulland. Bds pp. 96. English translation to end p. 52 followed by 'The Poems in the original Russian'. Introduction by the Translators. An owner's first name on free front endpaper; an annotation in ink on p. 50; good copy |
| $40 |
| *a1352 Howell, Roger |
| Sir Philip Sidney: The Shepherd Knight |
| (L: Hutchinson: 1968) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 308. Frontispiece. References. Index. Fine in like pc dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1353 Thomas, Donald |
| Swinburne: The Poet in his World |
| (NY: OUP: 1979) First American Edition. Cl. pp. viii, 256. Illust. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index. Fine in near fine pc dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1354 Williams-Ellis, Annabel |
| All Stracheys are Cousins: Memoirs |
| (L: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. x, 203. Illust. Book List. Source Notes. Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1106 Manchester, William |
| American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964 |
| (L: Hutchinson: 1979) First UK Edition. Bds pp. xviii, 793 (240 x 165 x about 53 mm thick). Notes. Bibliography. Index. Chronology on endpapers. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1107 Keegan, John (Edited by) |
| The Times Atlas of the Second World War |
| (L: Times Books 1989) First Edition Bds pp. 254 (370 x 272 mm) Military formations and units p. 13; Chronology pp. 14-27; Atlas of the Second World War pp. 28-207; Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Key to Map Symbols loosely included. Ownership Inscription on half-title page. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| *a1111 Browne, Malcolm W |
| The New Face of War: A Report on a Communist Guerrilla Campaign |
| (L: Cassell: 1965) First British Edition Bds pp. xvi, 284. Illust. Index. Preface by Henry Cabot Lodge. Vietnam War. Near fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a1117 Hogg, Ian V |
| The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Artillery: An A-Z Guide to artillery techniques and equipment throughout the world |
| (L: New Burlington Books: 1988) A Quarto Book. First Edition Bds pp. 256 (302 x 232 mm) Richly illustrated. Tabulated Guides throughout. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1120 Long, Gavin |
| The Final Campaigns |
| (Canberra: Australian War Memorial: 1963) First Edition Cl. pp. xx, 667. Illust. Maps. Sketch Maps and Diagrams. Index. Australia in the War of 1939-1945: Series One - Army, Volume VII. V.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a1125 Pogue, Forrest C. Director of the Research Center George C. Marshall Research Foundation (with the editorial assistance of Gordon Harrison) |
| George C. Marshall: Education of a General 1880-1939 |
| (London: Macgibbon and Kee: 1964) First (British) Edition. Bds pp. 447. Foreword by General of the Army Omar N. Bradley. Frontispiece and 2 maps. Bibliographical Note. Selected Bibliography. Notes. Index. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1129 Bell, AD (Edited by) |
| An Anzac's War Diary: The Story of Sergeant Richardson |
| (Adelaide: Rigby: This Edition 1981) Bds pp. 104 (243 x 185 mm) Illust. Maps. A first-hand account of World War One experience by young Australian Seageant TWV (Vic) Richardson. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a1133 no author |
| The German New Order in Poland |
| (L: Published for The Polish Ministry of Information by Hutchinson: n.d.) Signed 'WM Hughes 1943'. on free front endpaper. Cl. pp. xiv, 586. 'This book is the second volume of a publication known as the Black Book...' Contains two maps and 185 photographs and reproductions of authentic documents. Index. V.g. |
| $75 |
| *a1136 Wray, Christopher CH |
| Timor 1942: Australian Commandos at War with the Japanese |
| (Hawthorn, Victoria: Hutchinson Australia: 1987) First Edition Bds pp. x, 190. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1138 Burgess, Alan |
| The Lovely Sergeant |
| (L: Heinemann: 1963) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 183. Illust. Maps on endpapers (The Balkans in 1914). Account of the extraordinary life of Flora Sandes, daughter of an English country parson, who enlisted as a private in the Serbian army in World War One and won promotion as a sergeant and later as an officer in that service. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1140 Garrett, Richard |
| Great Escapes of World War Two: And some that failed to make it |
| (L: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1989) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 183. Acknowledgments. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1142 Graham, Brigadier-General CAL, DSO, psc, late Royal Artillery |
| The Story of the Royal Regiment of Artillery |
| (Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution: 1939) Fourth Edition. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 109. Illust. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *a1143 Day, David |
| The Great Betrayal: Britain, Australia and the Onset of the Pacific War 1939-42 |
| (North Ryde, NSW: Angus and Robertson: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. x, 388. Illust. Chapter Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1144 Young, John Robert |
| The French Foreign Legion: The Inside Story of the World-famous Fighting Force |
| (L: Thames and Hudson: 1984) First Edition thus. Includes 'The History of the Legion' by Erwan Bergot (translated from the French by Martin Windrow). Dec. bds pp. 212 (277 x 215 mm) Introduction by Len Deighton. Illust. Select Bibliography. Photography Notes. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1145 Fryer, Douglas |
| Antique Weapons A-Z |
| (L: G. Bell and Sons: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 114 (222 x 280 mm) Well illustrated. Bibliography. About fine |
| $30 |
| *a1146 Duffy, Christopher |
| The Army of Frederick the Great |
| (Melbourne: Wren: First Wren Edition: 1974) Bds pp. 272 (255 x 176 mm) Illust. Maps. Notes and References. Battle statistics. List of Regiments. Bibliography. Index. Historic Armies and Navies (series). Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1147 no author |
| New Guinea Victory |
| (Melbourne: Printed by Queen City Printers for the Australian Army Canteens Service: n.d.) (1944: 'War Diary Markham - Ramu - Hunon Campaigns 1943-1944') Pict. wrs pp. 100 (368 x 250 mm) Compilation of captioned black and white photographic studies. Some moderate external wear, internally v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1150 Patrick, Capt J. King, AAMC (Edited by) |
| Our Homeward Stunt on HMAT Port Macquarie March-May, 1919 |
| (Printer not named) Pict. wrs plus pp. 72 (278 x 220 mm) Illust. Includes extensive 'Ship's Roll' listing men aboard by number, rank, name and unit. Substantial publication of its type. V.g. |
| $200 |
| *a1151 Patrick, Capt J. King, AAMC (Edited by) |
| Our Homeward Stunt on HMAT Port Macquarie March-May, 1919 |
| (Printer not named) Pict. wrs plus pp. 72 (278 x 220 mm) Illust. Includes extensive 'Ship's Roll' listing men aboard by number, rank, name and unit. Substantial publication of its type. Some moderate marginal wear to covers; old tape backing to two clean tears to front cover; a few internal clean tears neatly repaired; o/w v.g. |
| $150 |
| *a1152 Snowden, Crawford (Introduced - and compiled? - by) |
| Hitler Passed This Way: 170 Pictures From the London Evening News |
| (L: The Evening News: n.d.) After 1945. Cover Price 2/6. pict. wrs plus pp. 96 (238 x 180 mm) Freely illustrated but also with considerable text about the damage done to London by German bombs 'during four years and seven months of relentless and intensive bombing'. Fine |
| $40 |
| *a1157 Kalnoky, Countess |
| The Guest House: A Nuremberg Memoir of Countess Kalnoky with Ilona Herisko |
| (Indianapolis/NY: Bobbs-Merrill: 1974) First printing. Cl. backed bds pp. viii, 248. Illust. 'The Witnesses at Nuremberg'. Fine in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a1158 Reed, Clarence (Collected by) |
| Prophecies about the War in Europe |
| (Philadelphia: W. Foulsham Co: Copyright 1941) (First Edition) Bds pp. 63. Fine in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1160 Garrett, Richard |
| POW |
| (Newton Abbot: David and Charles: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. 240. Illust. Select Bibliography. Index. A study of Prisoners of War from the days of the One Hundred Years War to Vietnam. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1163 Hall, Timothy |
| The Fall of Singapore |
| (North Ryde, NSW: Methuen Australia: 1983) First Edition Bds pp.223. Illust. Map. Bibliography. Index. Maps on endpapers. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1165 Dunning, George, DCM |
| Where Bleed the Many |
| (L: Elek Books: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Illust. Maps. Foreword by Lt-Gen Sir Brian G. Horrocks. In two sections: 'Prisoner' and 'Partisan'. Two gift inscriptions. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a1166 Chandler, David G |
| Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars |
| (L: Arms and Armour Press: 1979) First Edition Cl. pp. xxxviii, 570 (242 x 170 mm) Illust. Maps. Bibliography. 'The Soldiers, Strategies, Armaments, Movements, and Battles That Shaped Events During Napoleon's Reign'. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *a1169 Hart, BH Liddell (Edited by) |
| The Rommel Papers |
| (L: Collins: 1953) First Edition Cl. pp. xxx, 5445. Illust. Maps. Index. Maps on endpapers. V.g. or near fine copy |
| $30 |
| *a1172 Jackson, CO Badham |
| Proud Story: The Official History of The Australian Comforts Fund |
| (Sydney: FH Johnston: 1949) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xxxii, 336. Illust. About fine in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1173 Thomas, Lowell |
| Back to Mandalay |
| (L: Muller: 1952) First Edition Bds pp. 255. Illust. Map on front endpapers. An owner's name. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1175 Deacon, Richard |
| A History of the Chinese Secret Service |
| (L: Muller: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 523. Illust. Supplementary Notes to Chapters. Bibliography. Index. Crack to foot of spine; o/w v.g. in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1180 Robertson, John |
| Australia Goes to War 1939-1945 |
| (Sydney: Doubleday: 1984) First publication of this edition. Bds pp. 224 (285 x 210 mm) Illust. Includes Australian Armed Services Casualties totals. Further Reading. Index. An owner's name. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1181 Wood, W. Birbeck and Edmonds, Major JE |
| A History of the Civil War in the United States 1861-5 |
| (L: Methuen: 1905) First Edition Cl. pp. xxii, 552 and 40 publisher's March 1905 catalogue. With thirteen maps and eleven battle plans. Diary of the Principal Events in the Two Theatres of War. Index. Spine partly worn from old removal of institute label though library number remains; cancelled institute label on fixed front endpaper; stamps on endpapers and scattered internally; a good ex-institute library copy and textually v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1185 Owen, Lieut.-Col. Frank |
| The Campaign in Burma |
| (L: HM's Stationery Office: 1946) First Edition Pict. wrs plus pp. 176 (227 x 178 mm) Illust. Maps. V.g. |
| $45 |
| *a1192 Glover, Michael |
| Warfare in the Age of Bonaparte |
| (L: Cassell: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. 255 (254 x 192 mm) Illust. Chronology of the Wars, 1792-1815. Select Bibliography. Index. Cassell History of Warfare (series). Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1194 Piekalkiewicz, Janusz |
| The Cavalry of World War II |
| (L: Orbis: 1979) First publication of this English language edition. Bds pp. 256 (270 x 190 mm) Illust. Maps. Bibliography. Index. fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1197 Woodward, David |
| Armies of the World 1854-1914 |
| (L: Sidgwick and Jackson/Richmond Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. 189 (252 x 192 mm) Illust. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1198 Gourgaud, General Baron |
| The St. Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud 1815-1818: Being a Diary written at St. Helena during a part of Napoleon's captivity |
| (L: John Lane The Bodley Head: English edition first published 1932) Cl. pp. xl, 360. Bibliography. Index. 'Now translated into English for the first time by Sydney Gillard and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Norman Edwards. With a Preface by Hilaire Belloc and Five Illustrations'. Near fine |
| $100 |
| *a1199 Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar, VC etc |
| Forty-One Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief |
| (L: Macmillan: July 1900) Reprint of the Thirty-first (one volume) edition. Dec. cl. pp. xxiv, 601. With forty-four illustrations (including Plans). Index. Spine sunned (gilt lettering still quite legible); small Ownership Inscription; some flecking to covers; internally v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1201 Hart, Captain BH Liddell |
| The Real War 1914-1918 |
| (Boston: Little, Brown: 1964) Re-issue (first published 1930) Pict. wrs pp. xiv, 508. With 25 maps. Bibliography. Index. A Back Bay Book (Military History). Fine |
| $30 |
| *a1206 Picton, J. Allanson |
| Oliver Cromwell: The Man and his Mission |
| (L: Cassell, Petter, Galpin: 1883) Second Edition. Pict. cl. pp. xii, 516 and 8 publisher's adverts. 'With Steel Portrait' ie steel engraving of Cromwell as frontispiece. A cancelled Institute library label on fixed front endpaper o/w v.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1210 Loschburg, Winfried |
| Ohne Glanz Und Gloria: Die Geschichte Des Hauptmanns von Kopenick |
| (Berlin: Buchverlag Der Morgen: 1978) First Edition Cl. pp. 344. Illust. In German throughout. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1212 no author |
| The Eighth Army September 1941 to January 1943 |
| (L: HM's Stationery Office: 1944) First Edition Pict. wrs plus pp. 104 (227 x 176 mm) Illust. Maps. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a1218 Smart, HC (Edited by) |
| What Australia Has Done |
| (L: Eyre and Spottiswoode: 1944) First Edition Pict. wrs pp. 100 (216 x 142 mm) Freely illustrated. Map. V.g. |
| $25 |
| *a1219 Davis, Brian Leigh |
| German Uniforms of the Third Reich 1933-1945 In colour |
| (Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press: 1980) First Edition Bds pp. 224. Illust. by Pierre Turner. Table of Comparative Ranks. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a1220 Rodriguez, Helen |
| Helen of Burma |
| (L: Collins: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. 187. Illust. 'The Autobiography of a Wartime Nurse'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1221 Benes, Dr. Eduard (Czechoslovak Minister of Foreign Affairs) |
| My War Memoirs |
| (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press: First Greenwood Reprinting 1971) Originally published London, 1928. Cl. pp. 512. Frontispiece. References. Index. Translated from the Czech by Paul Selver. Author's name handwritten on spine o/w fine |
| $40 |
| *a1223 Hall, Timothy |
| New Guinea 1942-44 |
| (Sydney: Methuen Australia: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. 224. Illust. Maps on endpapers. Bibliography. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1231 Hachiya, Michihiko, MD, Director, Hiroshima Communications Hospital |
| Hiroshima Diary; The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6 - September 30, 1945. |
| (L: Gollancz: 1955) Proof copy stamped 'Uncorrected'; wrs pp. 256. Translated and Edited by Warner Wells, MD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine. A few stains to wrappers; o/w v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1234 Wood, Lieut. JER, MC (Royal Canadian Engineers) (Edited by) |
| Detour: The story of Oflag IVC |
| (L: The Falcon Press: 1946) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. xxiv, 191 (254 x 192 mm) Illust. from photographs and with Drawings by Lieut. JF Watton, Border Regt. Amendments slip present. An owner's name. About fine |
| $60 |
| *a1236 Turner, Ethel and Stevens, Bertram (Edited by) |
| The Australian Soldiers' Gift Book |
| (Sydney: The Voluntary Workers' Assocation: n.d.) World War I period piece: anthology of Australian authorship and artistry of the time. Dec. cl. pp. xvi, 146 (280 x 225 mm) Illustrated from photographs but predominantly with reproductions of works by such artists as Norman Lindsay, BE Minns, Hal Eyre, etc. A little flecking to covers; a few small stains to spine; scattered light foxing; overall rated v.g. copy |
| $100 |
| *a1238 Presidency of the Council of Ministers War Indemnities Office |
| Statement of War Losses and Damages of Poland in 1939-1945 |
| (Warsaw: 1947) Wrs pp. 88 (242 x 172 mm) Text in English and French in parallel throughout. Some wear to head and foot of spine o/w about fine copy of fragile production. |
| $40 |
| *a1287 Blond, Georges |
| Verdun |
| (L: Andre Deutsch: 1965) Translated from the French by Frances Frenaye. Bds pp. vi, 250. Illust. Maps on endpapers. A few stains at pp. 134-135 o/w v.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1288 Davidson, Phillip B |
| Vietnam at War: The History: 1946-1975 |
| (L: Sidgwick and Jackson: This edition 1988) Bds pp. xii, 838. Notes. Maps. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. A bookseller's mark to lower edge o/w fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1290 Irving, David |
| The Trail of the Fox: The Life of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel |
| (L: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. x, 448. Illust. Sources. Index. Fine in v.g. pc dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a1291 Dunlop, EE, CMG, etc |
| The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop: Java and the Burma-Thailand Railway 1942-1945 |
| (L: Nelson: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. xxiv, 401 (255 x 175 mm) Illust. Glossary. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1296 Kopf, Stanislaw |
| Lata Okupacji: Kronika Fotograficzna Walczacej Warszawy |
| Warszawa Institut Wydawniczy Pax: 1989) First Edition Dec. bds pp. 528 (323 x 242 mm) Lavishly illustrated. Bibliografia Selektywna. In Polish throughout but with Summary in English, German and French at rear. The conquest and degradation of Warsaw and its population by the Nazis; its continued role of 'the spiritual capital of Poland', and the eventual Warsaw uprising, etc. Related ephemera loosely included (Basztogram of two leaves dated 1989 and signatures on a sheet of manuscript). About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a1363 Carew, Tim |
| Wipers |
| (L: HH: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 230. Illust. Map. Bibliography The First Battle of Ypres, World War One. V.g. cancelled ex-library copy in dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1235 Wood, Lieut. JER, MC (Royal Canadian Engineers) (Edited by) |
| Detour: The Story of Oflag IVC |
| (L: The Falcon Press: 1946) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. xxiv, 191 (254 x 192 mm) Illust. from photographs and with Drawings by Lieut. JF Watton, Border Regt. Amendments slip present in facsimile. Near fine |
| $60 |
| *a1328 Collison, The Venerable WH, Archdeacon of Metlakahtla |
| In the Wake of the War Canoe: A stirring record of forty years' successful labour, peril and adventure amongst the savage Indian tribes of the Pacific Coast, and the piratical head-hunting Haidas of the Queen Charlotte Islands, BC |
| (L: Seeley, Service: 1915) First Edition Cl. pp. 352 and 16 and 16 publisher's adverts. With 24 Illustrations and a map. Index. Lacks rear free endpaper; remnant of library label on front where the gilt blocked picture has been uncovered; faint library number at foot of spine; good cancelled ex-Institute library copy |
| $60 |
| *a1369 Curran, Jim |
| K2, Triumph and Tragedy |
| (L: HS: 1987) First Edition Bds pp. 219. Illust. Maps. Selected Bibliography Index. Climbing the world's second highest mountain. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1330 Barrett, Charles, FRZS, CMZS and Burns, AN, BSc, FRES |
| Butterflies of Australia and New Guinea |
| (Melbourne: NH Seward: October 1951) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. x, 187. Illustrated, including colour plates. Index. The front panel of the jacket is pasted on the free front endpaper. About fine |
| $50 |
| *a1182 Hart, Albert Bushnell (Professor of the Science of Government in Harvard University) |
| The Monroe Doctrine: An interpretation |
| (L: Duckworth: 1916) First British Edition Cl. pp. xvi, 445. Coloured folding map. Index. Fine. |
| $40 |
| *a1379 Hanyan, Craig (with Mary L. Hanyan) |
| De Witt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men |
| (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press: 1996) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 419. Notes. A Brief Note on Bibliographies. Maps. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1348 Boreham, FW, DD |
| A Late Lark Singing |
| (L: The Epworth Press: 1945) First Edition Cl. pp. 208. Near fine in dust-jacket. which has a stain mainly visible on blind side only but is itself o/w v.g. |
| $25 |
| *a1396 Charlton, Bobby |
| Bobby Charlton's Book of European Football Number 3 |
| (L: Souvenir Press: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. 128 (235 x 185 mm) Illust. Foreword by Bill Shankly. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1280 Flower, Raymond |
| Raffles: The Story of Singapore |
| (Beckenham, Kent: Croom Helm Ltd: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. x, 374 (305 x 220 mm) Profusely illustrated. Good cancelled ex-library copy in dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1283 Clifford, Sir Hugh, GCMG, GBE of the Malayan Civil Service |
| Bush-Whacking and other Asiatic Tales and Memories |
| (L: Heinemann: 1929) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 386. Part I is 'Recollections of the Pahang disturbances of December, 1890-September, 1891'. Some wear to head and foot of spine and corners; old glue stain to inner margin of free front endpaper; o/w v.g. |
| $60 |
| *a1284 Hansen, Eric |
| Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo |
| (L: Century: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. 287. Illust. Map. Bibliography. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1295 Dutton, Geoffrey |
| Impressions of Singapore |
| (This limited edition published by Mobil Oil Singapore Pte. Ltd.: January 1981) Bds pp. 152 (255 x 255 mm) Photographs by Harri Peccinotti. Maps on endpapers. Stain to foot of jacket (visible only on the blind side) o/w near fine in good or v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1370 Macleod, Norman, DD, One of Her Majesty's Chaplains |
| Eastward |
| (London and NY: Alexander Strahan: 1866) First Edition Dec. cl. (bevelled boards) pp. viii, 304 (235 x 175 mm) With seventy illustrations from photographs, engraved by Joseph Swain. Account of Macleod's travels in tthe Middle East including 'To Malta and Alexandria', 'Cairo and the Pyramids', 'Cairo and the Red Sea', 'Jaffa', 'Neby Samwil', and six chapters on Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Samaria. Prize Inscription on fixed front endpaper. All edges gilt. Lower external hinge partly cracked, o/w v.g. copy |
| $100 |
| *a1373 Kelen, Stephen |
| I Was There! |
| (Melbourne: Popular Publications: n.d.) Author's Preface dated March, 1941. Cl. pp. 368 including publisher's adverts. Illust. from photographs. Travel book by Hungarian-born Australian author. Includes eg Turkey, 'Hitler in Prague', Port Said, Bombay, Japan, etc etc V.g. |
| $30 |
| *a1374 M'Killop, James (Author of 'Coal and American Coal Mining') |
| Observations by the Way |
| (Airdrie: Baird and Hamilton: 1884) First publication of this edition. Dec. cl. (bevelled bds) pp. viii, 184 and viii ('Opinions of the Press' of the book). The Land of the Dane; Pompeii etc. ('the fruit of his travels in Denmark and in Italy' - p. vi); Sabbath School Work; etc Presentation copy inscribed by the author. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *a1376 John, Evan |
| Time in the East: An entertainment |
| (L: Heinemann: 1946) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xvi, 230. Illust. Index. About fine |
| $25 |
| *a1189 Meissner, Hans-Otto |
| Magda Goebbels: The First Lady of the Third Reich |
| (NY: The Dial Press: 1980) First USA Edition. Translated from the German by Gwendolen Mary Keeble. Cl. backed bds pp. 288. Illust. Biographical Note. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine pc dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1190 Wyman, David S |
| The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945 |
| (NY: Pantheon Books: 1984) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. xvi, 445. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *a1191 Mitchell, Samuel W, Jr |
| Hitler's Field Marshals and Their Battles |
| (L: Leo Cooper Ltd: 1988) Reprint. Bds pp. 432. Illust. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a1298 Huss, Pierre, J |
| Heil! and Farewell |
| (L: Herbert Jenkins: First printing in England 1943) Cl. pp. 222 and 2 publisher's adverts. 'The amazing revelations of a correspondent who spent eight years in Nazi Germany as head of the Berlin bureau of a major news service, and who interviewed Hitler only a month before Germany declared war on America' ie he was American, head of the Berlin Bureau of International News Service who 'came to know not only Hitler, but all Nazi leaders more intimately than any other correspondent'. Gift Inscription Good to v.g. copy in fair, chipped dust-jacket. |
| $50 |