FEDERAL SPECIAL SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION CAMP. (Australia) Commonwealth Military Forces 1911 by Commonwealth of Australia - 1911: Albury 1911

CSIRO, 1968. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A very good copy with ex-library markings; slight wear to wraps. Small 4to 96 Uncommon.b/w illus by Mary Petty.

Sydney: A. H. Pettifer, 1955. first edition, v, [i], 483 pp., original printed fabric covers slightly frayed or rubbed, library marks, text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Commonwealth of Australia Post Master-General's Department, Melbourne, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Drawings. The text is illustrated with occasional black-and-white illustration. Age coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the front panel. The title says it all, instructions for use by telephone traffic officers. This book is very much showing its age. Heavy rubbing to the book panels along with handling and other varied marks and stains. Previous owners name can vaguely be seen just below "Metropolitan Section". There is all so faint remains of a purple coloured rubber stamp. browning and foxing to the first few and lusty pages of the book with age toning of the pages. Purple coloured stamp to the lower edge of the title page and the top edge of the verso of the rear panel. The covers have almost completely come away from the text body and the first page is very, very loose. Size: 4to… Read More

A. C. Brooks, 1965. Soft Cover - VG - Book is clean and tight with light wear - Illustrated.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Commonwealth of Australia Post Master-General's Department, Melbourne, No date. Edition Unstated. Softcover (Side-stapled). Good Condition. Illustrator: Drawings. The text is illustrated with drawings and schematics – all illustrations are foldout. Plain card cover with black coloured titles. The title actually says it all, a maintenance circular put out by the then Postmaster-General Department (telephones), on the fixing of interference of the telephone system and by radio noise. No readily ascertained date of publication – but probably 1930s. Creasing to the book corners and spine edges. Rubbing of book panels, with previous owners name to the top left-hand corner of the front panel (in a faint blue coloured pencil). A small pieces missing from the lower edge of the front panel, which has also affected the first page of the book. Browning of the pages with quite substantial foxing. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 8, [10] pages.. Please refer to… Read More

Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1973. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Good Condition. Blue coloured card covers with black coloured titles to the front panel. The Australian Constitution, as altered on 31st. December 1973. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Some creases to the front panel and sunning of the back strip. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the front panel and various browning internally. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 74, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Australian Constitution; Australia; Inventory No: 0121742. .

Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. illustrated with a photograph the joint committee on foreign affairs and defence 34th Parliament 1986. This volume, recommend strategies and policies contains it including chapters 21 and 22 of the report from the Joint Committee of Foreign Affairs and Defence into Disarmament and Arms Control. It is hoped that the publication of these chapters in a separate document will result in a more widespread dissemination of the committee's analysis and principal recommendations. – From the preface page V Clean copy slight rubbing of the edges of the softcover binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XXXI, 617-715, VI pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Politics & Government; Australia; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 064405669X. ISBN/EAN: 9780644056694. Inventory… Read More

Cornell University Library, 2009-12-15. Paperback. Good.

Postmaster - General's Department, Melbourne, 1936. 96 pp, frayed at spine, else good copy.

Melbourne: Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, 1914. First Edition. Softcover Paperback. Very Good Condition. 33cm x 21cm. 1 page. Single sheet. 3 cablegrams regarding a payment of 100,000 pounds in aid from the Commonwealth of Australia to Belgium shortly after the outbreak of WWI. Minor wear to edges. Shipped Weight: .01 kilos. BZDB407 Military & Warfare; Military & Warfare::WWI; Unbranded The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia Belgium - Grant in Aid to the Government of.

Trumansburg, NY: Out of Step Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Numbered Edition; First Printing. Pamphlet. The author's non-linear poem about the billeting of soldiers in civilian homes in wartime. Copy 89 of a limited edition of 250. Folded into the form of a letter, the work was letterpress printed in wraps of handmade "combat paper" made from military uniforms. The author says: "Some time ago-maybe a year, maybe two? I had a conversation with some of my Combat Paper brothers (well, the kids call them their combat paper uncles, so it follows…) that led to me writing the poem "Quartering." Which was informed by them, of course, and by all the rooms I'm in, and by imagining what is really required of all the caregivers I love. It's a thought experiment: if we tore down the barracks at military hospitals and offered incentives for Americans in the surrounding neighborhoods to quarter injured service members, what would the honest instructions… Read More

Pelican, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Bishop, Randy : Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields: A Guide to Their History and Preservation. Gretna (LA) : Pelican Publishing, 2012. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth, silver lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dj features John Paul Strain's 'Raid on the L&N'. 368 numbered pp; maps, photos, illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: light wear to dj, no tears or chips; binding square and tight, no notes or highlighting. A fine copy to carry with you on your Kentucky excursions. We personally inspect every book we offer.

NY: Harper & Row, 1984. Signed by one of the authors on fep: To Jack, Best Wishes, William M. Wiecek. Price clipped dj in new mylar, overall minimal edge wear, bottom spine edge w/two small chips. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight and square, page edges w/just a hint of dust soiling. Navy blue boards, silver lettering on spine, blind stamped publisher logo on cover. The authors cover the development of the atom bomb, what Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and their advisers thought about its use, Truman's attitude of it being "just another piece of artillery"; the formation of the Atomic Energy Commission and the escalation of the arms race. Other chapters cover "atoms for peace", the policies of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter, the arms limitations agreements and the history of arms negotiations. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All… Read More

Fort McNair, Washington, DC: National War College, 2009. Yearbook of the National War College Class of 2009. Very Good. Spine is square and tight. Interior is pristine. Mild foxing to top closed edge. Not from a library. 4to. 200 pages.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with owner's bookplates to inner front board and FFE, light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG conditon with light rubbing to edges else bright, intact and whole.

Kobenhavn: Christian F. Romer's Forlag Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 16 continuous-fold pages of col. illustrations of Danish uniforms and badges, ca. 1900. The covers have separated, but both they and the contents are in excellent condition. Bookplate of a former owner on the (blank) front endpaper, otherwise an excellent copy of a very scarce publication. Captions in Danish..

Greenwood Pub Group, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Frank, Joseph Allan; Reaves, George A. : "Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh (Contributions in Military Studies). New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, white lettering to spine. Matte gray dj. Plain white endpapers. Bibliography, index. X pp prelim material, 215 numbered pp, 12 pp unnumbered illustrations to center, three pp unnumbered following (one blank, one author info, one blank). Condition notes: a clean copy, marred by six pages having red underlining (about two lines each). Slight rippling to dj, which also has a price sticker to front and is covered in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Macmillan, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Nolan, Alan T. : The Iron Brigade: A Military History. New York : Macmillan, 1961. First edition. Size is demy octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt lettering imprinted on spine, gilt insignia of the Iron Brigade and its constituent regiments on front board. Semi-glossy dj, white background with black/gold/blue photo of the brigade's brimmed "slouch" hat. Front endpaper features map of where members of the brigade came from (Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin); rear endpaper shows map of where the brigade fought. Xviii pp prelim material, 412 numbered pp, 16 glossy b&w unnumbered pp throughout text, plus two blank unnumbered at end. Maps (by Wilson K. Hoyt III), photos, appendices (counties from which brigade members originated, commanders and officers, biographical note, uniform of the brigade, source materials for battle of Brawner Farm); notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: quite a nice unmarked first edition; corners… Read More

Brenthurst Press, 1983 Hardcover Limited Edition of 850 copies in red cloth boards, EX-LIBRARY with very minimal lib markings (no pockets, barcodes or call letters - only a few small neatly blacked-out 'discard' stamps), no text markings, no dj, minor shelf wear & soil to boards, touch of foxing to page block, else clean tight very nice copy; ob 4to; 275pp indexed & illus, some color. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy oversize book (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). First Edition / Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

PeKo Publishing Kft., 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 396pp, including 116p of b/w & col. maps, documents and photographs. An n excellent copy. (Due to the size/weight of this book, an extra shipping charge may apply.).