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Twelve Years in the Foreign Legion

Twelve Years in the Foreign Legion

by Cooper, A.R; and Tremayne, Sydney

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Used - Good-
Published
1933
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ix, 278 pages, plus 26-page bookseller's catalogue at rear. Frong hinge starting. Endpapers slightly foxed. Original orange boards, ruled and with titling on the uper board and spine (worn and marked). No dustrapper. Rare.
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Air Commando
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Air Commando

by Vaculik, Serge

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Fair
Edition
Reprint
Published
1954
Binding
Hardcover
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£47.34

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London: Jarrolds, 1954. 303 pages. Translated from the French by Edward Fitzgerald. Frontispiece and many other b/w photos. Original maroon cloth with gilt titling on the spine. The dustwrapper lower panel has a large piece out of it. *Scarce account of the author's adventures mostly in France in World War Two.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.
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The Household Knights of King John
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The Household Knights of King John

by Church, S.D

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1999
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780521553193
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£49.97

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xix, 177 pages. Bibliography and index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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Australia's Gibraltar: Victoria's Defence Heritage

Australia's Gibraltar: Victoria's Defence Heritage

by Jeffreys, Max

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2011
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780980777437
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£18.41

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Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2011. xxii, 202 pages. Many b/w photos, maps, plans and diagrams. Appendices and index. Pictorial card wrappers. *This book explores the built heritage used for defence of the State of Victoria since 1856 and includes chapters on: Norris Park, Portsea; Victoria Barracks, South Melbourne; Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown; HMVS Cerberus, Black Rock; Port Phillip Bay… Read more about this item
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Empire's Noble Son

Empire's Noble Son

by Moran, Daryl

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2019
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9781925908671
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£15.78

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Canberra: Australian Self-Publishing Group, 2019. viii, 298 pages. Bibliography, section of b/w photos and index. Pictorial card wrappers.. Signed and Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.
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Madness and the Military: Australia's Experience of the Great War

Madness and the Military: Australia's Experience of the Great War

by Tyquin, Michael

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2006
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781876439897
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£20.25

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Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2006. xv, 180 pages. Many b/w photos. Appendix, bibliography and index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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There's Always Bloody Something

There's Always Bloody Something

by Bryant, Frank

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1991
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780646065977
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£39.45

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Benalla: Samaria Concepts, 1991. 205 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Many b/w photos. Pictorial card wrappers. *The author's World War Two adventures as an RAF heavy bomber flight engineer and as a prisoner of war in Stalag IV B.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.
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The Circumstances Surrounding the Siege of Elands River Post. A Boer War Study

The Circumstances Surrounding the Siege of Elands River Post. A Boer War Study

by Wallace, Robert L

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Thus
Published
2000
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781876439019
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£26.30

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Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2000. xii, 210 pages. Royal 8vo. Maps and b/w photos. Appendices, bibliography and index. Laminated pictorial boards. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine.
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£26.30
Mercenaries: The Scourge of the Third World
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Mercenaries: The Scourge of the Third World

by Arnold, Guy

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
1st U.K. edition
Published
1999
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312222031
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£28.93

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London: Macmillan, 1999. xiii, 198 pages. Appendix and index. Remainder dot on bottom edge. Laminated boards. As good as new.. 1st U.K. edition. Hard Cover. Fine.
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Padre Gault's Stunt Book

Padre Gault's Stunt Book

by Gault, James A

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Paperback
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£131.50

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London: The Epworth Press. Not dated (circa 1920). 188 pages. B/w portrait frontispiece and b/w illustrations. Crimson pictorial wrappers chipped and worn. Spine sunned. Previous owner's details on flyleaf. Rare. *Lt-Col James A. Gault was a chaplain with the AIF in Egypt and France.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good.
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The War with Johnny Boer. Australians in the Boer War 1899-1902

The War with Johnny Boer. Australians in the Boer War 1899-1902

by Chamberlain, Max; and Droogleever, Robin (editors)

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2003
Binding
Hardcover
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£47.34

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Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2003. xxiii, 631pages. Many maps, battle plans and b/w illustrations. Appendices and indices. Pictorial laminated boards. *This book weighs 2kg.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.
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The War with Johnny Boer. Australians in the Boer War 1899-1902

The War with Johnny Boer. Australians in the Boer War 1899-1902

by Chamberlain, Max; and Droogleever, Robin (editors)

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Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2003
Binding
Hardcover
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Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2003. xxiii, 631pages. Many maps, battle plans and b/w illustrations. Appendices and indices. Pictorial laminated boards. *This book weighs 2kg.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.
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£47.34
Craftsmen of the Australian Army: The Story of RAEME
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Craftsmen of the Australian Army: The Story of RAEME

by Barker, Theo

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1992
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781863330572
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£207.77

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Bathurst: Crawford House Press, 1992. Quarto. xvi, 333 pages. Many b/w and colour photos and text illustrations. Indices. Blue papered boards with gilt titling on spine and upper board. Dustwrapper. Limited edition of 250 copies, this being No. 182. Signed by Brigadier J.W. Kingston (Director General of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering - Army) on half-title page. *The first history of… Read more about this item
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Alte Scheibenwaffen. German Target Arms 1860-1940. Volume 2

Alte Scheibenwaffen. German Target Arms 1860-1940. Volume 2

by Thompson, Jess; Dillon, C. Ron; Hallock, Allen; Loos, Bill; and Rowe, Tom (compiler)

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1999
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780970760845
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£65.75

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Rochester: Tom Rowe, 1999. Oblong quarto. 422 pages. Maps on endpapers. B/w frontispiece. Profusely illustrated in b/w and colour. Index. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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Killer Caldwell: Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot
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Killer Caldwell: Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot

by Watson, Jeffrey

Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
Published
2005
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780733619298
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£18.41

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Sydney: Hodder, 2005. xiii,282pp. Many b/w photos. Appendix and index. Pictorial laminated wrappers.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. New.
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The Tide Turned at Alamein. Impressions of the Desert War with the South African Division and the Eighth Army, June 1941 - January 1943

by Bernstein, B.L

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1944
Binding
Hardcover
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South Africa: Central News Agency, 1944. 144 pages. Maps on endpapers. Frontispiece and many b/w photos. No dustwrapper. Original brown cloth (lightly worn at extremities) with black titling on upper board and spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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The Prussian Race Ethnologically Considered. To Which is Appended Some Account of the Bombardment of the Museum of Natural History, Etc, By the Prussians in January, 1871
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The Prussian Race Ethnologically Considered. To Which is Appended Some Account of the Bombardment of the Museum of Natural History, Etc, By the Prussians in January, 1871

by Quatrefages, Jean-Louis Armand de; and Innes, Isabella (translator)

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Used - Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1872
Binding
Hardcover
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£115.72

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London: Virtue and Co, 1872. 87 pages, plus 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Original brown cloth with gilt rules on upper and lower boards and gilt titling (faded) on the spine. Rubbed at extremities. Previous owner's printed details on front pastedown. Rare.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.
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£115.72
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Vessel of Sadness

by Woodruff, William

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1970
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780701116828
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1970. 190 pages. Maps on endpapers. *Based on the author's experiences with a British Infantry Brigade that landed on the beaches north of Anzio, Italy, in January, 1944.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.
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£13.15
You, Me and This War (Daily Telegraph War Book, No. 1)

You, Me and This War (Daily Telegraph War Book, No. 1)

by Sydney Daily Telegraph

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1941
Binding
Paperback
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Sydney: The Consolidated Press, 1941. 18.3cm x 12.5cm. 221 pages. Original card wrappers. . Soft Cover. Very Good.
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£13.15
The Boers and the British. A History  of the Events Leading to the Hostilities in South Africa

The Boers and the British. A History of the Events Leading to the Hostilities in South Africa

by Anonymous

Condition
Used - Fair
Edition
First Edition
Published
1899
Binding
Paperback
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£115.72

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Melbourne: A.N. Smith, 1899. 19.8cm x 12.9cm. iii, 139 pages. Fold-out map tipped in at the front. Original paper wrappers (torn and chipped). Rare. *"The admirable accompanying map has been placed at the disposal of the publisher by the proprietor of the Melbourne 'Leader', and will be found of great service in following the course of events" (from the… Read more about this item
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