Official Histories from Andrew Barnes Booksellers

Sydney: The Author, 2001. 1st ed. thus. As New. small octavo. stiff wrappers 152 + ixpp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., index, Facsimile of the 1952 original edition

Blackpool: The Author, 1997. 1st edition. Nice Copy. small quarto. stiff wrappers 277pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, Over one hundred years ago, on 1 April 1915, the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade was formed and the Headquarters and the 25th and 26th Battalions were raised at Fraser's Paddock at Enoggera. Following a century of… Read more about this item

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1989. 1st edition. Very Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket xvi + 527pp., b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, Inc. Service in Borneo and alleged operations behind enemy lines in Vietnam. Dust jacket Some rubbing to edges of dust jacket o/w a nice copy of the scarce first edition

McCrae: Slouch Hat Publications, 2005. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket 303pp., b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., Recounts the stories of the men and their lives through enlistment, training, the fighting in Malaya, capture, and life at Changi and as slaves on the Burma Railway. A poignant and very readable account of the 2/29thÕs war. Inc.… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson, 1970. 1st edition. Nice Copy. 8vo.. chipped dust jacket 115pp., b/w plates, text ills.,, An Authoritative account prepared with the assistance of the Army Medical Department of the War Office. Unusual in dust jacket

Canberra: Royal Australian Corps of Signals, 1987. 1st edition. Very Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket xiii + 361pp., b/w plates, maps, appends., roll of Honour both World Wars, index, Nice copy. Scarce

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1995. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket 275pp., b/w plates, map, After a lifetime of impartial reporting for the BBC from the world's war zones and trouble spots, Martin Bell writes about the human misery and political cynicism that makes up the war in Bosnia. A veteran of ten earlier wars nothing has… Read more about this item

London: H. K. Lewis, 1918. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. orig. cloth xiv + 259pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, appends., index, Very detailed account of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt 1914-15. One stamp of the State Library of Victoria o/w a very nice copy

Canberra: A. W. M., 1958. 1st editions. Nice Copies. lge. octavo. orig. cloth 256, 256, 256, 256, 256pp., b/w plates, Photographic volumes to accompany the Official History of WW2 series. All first editions. Nice set in green cloth boards

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1990. 1st edition. Very Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket xxviii + 525pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index,

Canberra: A. W. M., 1953-63. 1st editions. Very Good. lge. octavo. orig. cloth xiv + 336, xiv + 587, xx + 854, xvi + 715, xiv + 656, xx + 851, xx + 667pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appends., indexes, Australia in the War of 1939-1945. All volumes are first editions. Japanese Thrust an ex-library copy… Read more about this item

Canberra: A. W. M., 1937-42. various editions. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth >8000pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appends., indexes, A very nice set; all volumes bright & tight.

Sydney: New Holland, 2005. 1st edition. As New. octavo. stiff wrappers 416pp., b/w plates, appends., bibliog., index, The story of the men of the Fighting Tenth - the 10th Battalion of the AIF during WWI. From its inception in Australia through to the operations in Gallipoli, Egypt, France, and Belgium, Kearney details how the battalion established an… Read more about this item

Swan Hill: The Guardian, 2002. 1st edition. Nice Copy. tall octavo.. stiff wrappers viii + 104pp., b/w plates, text ills., Covers the First, Second Victorian Contingents, & Third or BushmanÕs Contingent, Fourth Imperial Contingent, the 5th Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent. The 2nd, 4th, & 6th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1989. 1st ed. thus. Nice Copy. octavo. stiff wrappers xviii + 194pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, AustraliaÕs secret Bush Commandos : The 500-Man North Australia Observer Unit. They Patrolled the North from the Kimberleys to the Gulf of Carpentaria. living off the land and preparing to operate behind Japanese lines in the… Read more about this item

McCrae: R. J. & S. P. Austin, 1992. 1st edition. Very Good. lge. octavo. dust jacket xii + 273pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Scarce hardcover first edition. Ex-library copy with usual stamps & labels o/w VG reading/reference copy

Melbourne: Melbourne U. P., 1990. reprint. Very Good. small octavo. stiff wrappers xvi + 267pp., b/w plates, maps, appends.(inc. nominal roll), index, The most famous Australian ÔscratchÕ unit of WW2. Largely composed of 18 & 19-year-old boys with outdated weapons, they faced the full force of the resurgent Japanese in Papua. Neat ownership signature o/w a… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1944. 2nd printing. Nice Copy. small octavo. chipped dust jacket 200pp., illusts., Nice collection of Letters from members of the Queen AlexandraÕs Imperial Military Nursing Service on the front line inc. Tobruk, Greece & Singapore. Nice copy in grey boards in a rather worn dust jacket

London: Arms & Armour Press, 1979. 1st edition. Very Nice Copy. 8vo.. dust jacket 304pp., b/w plates, diags., maps, plans, appends., bibliog., index, Continuation of Liddell HartÕs work

Warrnambool: Warrnambool Inst. Press, 1985. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket ix + 206pp., b/w plates, maps, The 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion in WW2. Egypt, Libya, Syria & New Guinea