The 28th : A Record of War Service with the Australian Imperial Force 1915 - 1919, Volume 1 : Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Colonel H.B. Collett

Swanbourne: J. Burridge, 1983. Facsimile/Limited Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w photo illustrations/maps Facsimile Edition, limited to 200 copies (No. 20) of the 1922 first ed.; unit history (vol 1) of The 28th Australian Infantry Batallion in the First World War - Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, and Sinai Peninsula 1914-1919, by Colonel H.B. Collett (First C.O.) with foreword by The Archbishop of Perth; b&w photo illustrations, 4 fold-out maps; green cloth boards with gilt titling and unit colour patch (laminated white and blue lozenge with '28' in gilt) set in centre of front board, gilt titling to spine; stamped 20/200 to front endpaper, and with separate edition slip laid in; publisher's label to front pastedown; mild rubbing to gilt titling (foot of spine), o.w. Very Good clean copy

Perth: John Burridge Military Antiques, 1983. xv, 219pp, appendices, folding maps, bw ills. Or green cloth, no jacket as issued. Some of gilt titling worn off, some foxing to edges and endpapers, moderate foxing to maps and adjacent pages. Publishers label on front free endpapers with associated offset toning. #116 of an edition of 200 copies. This volume was the only one produced-plans for further volumes were never fulfilled.. Limited Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

Perth: Trustees of Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia. 1922. 8vo, original decorated cloth boards, b&w plates, folding maps, pp xv, 221. Some restoration to boards (old cloth over new to spine). Inscription and ink stamp of the 16th Battalion, stamp of bookseller. Occasional tick mark in margin, traces of tape marks, small closed tear to large folding map, professional repair to large folding map. Good copy of the very scarce first edition. History of the Western Australian battalion, from its formation through its service in the Middle East. (Complete in one volume.) Includes nominal rolls, roll of honour. 1st edition. Boards.

Perth: Trustees of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia. 1922. 8vo, original green cloth boards (stamped in gilt and with the colours of the 28th), folding b&w photographic frontis plate, b&w plates, folding maps, b&w text illus, pp xv, 221. Spotting to boards, particularly to spine. Offsetting to endpapers. Small closed tear to the edge of the largest folding map (the the Australian Sector at the Gallipoli Peninsula). Very good condition. The history of the Western Australian battalion. Includes nominal rolls, roll of honour. The scarce first edition. (Note: although the title states Volume I, this is the only volume, complete in itself: planned subsequent books were never published.) 1st edition. Boards.

Perth: Trustees of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia. 1922. 1st ed., pp.xv, 221, orig cl. bds., cocked, fading to upper front bd, cnrs bumped, stamped in gilt and with the colours of the 28th, folding b&w photographic frontis plate, b&w plates, folding maps, small closed tear to the edge of the largest folding map (the Australian Sector at the Gallipoli Peninsula) and pp.61 & 63, offsetting to endpapers, gd condition. The history of the Western Australian battalion. Includes nominal rolls, roll of honour. The scarce first edition. (Note: although the title states Volume I, this is the only volume, complete in itself: planned subsequent books were never published.) 1st edition. Boards.