Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle
Boston: Da Capo, 2016. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp xxiii, 262. Fine condition in near-fine d.j.
Boston: Da Capo, 2016. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp xxiii, 262. Fine condition in near-fine d.j.
Melb. Lothian, 1978. Roy 8vo, pp. xviii, 283, Index, b/w plates, prev. owner's signature, or. bds., v.g. in sl. rubbed d.j.
Syd. Angus & Robertson, 1942. 1st ed., octavo, pp. xii, 304, b/w plates, or. bds., v.g. in torn, repaired & protected d.j.
London: Book Club Associates, 1978. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, endpaper maps, pp xv, 253. Near fine in very good d.j.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1919. Introd. Rt. Hon. W.M. Hughes. Octavo, original cloth boards, pp 121, vi. Boards stamped in gilt "Parliamentary Library W.A.", library stamp facing first page. Spine rubbed, good condition. The A.I.F. in WWI. Introduced by W.M. (Billy) Hughes, then Prime Minister.
New York: Random House, 1988. 8vo, cl bds, d.j., b&w plates, index, pp. (x) 166. Near-fine in like d.j. The story behind the massacre of 642 French civilians in June 1944.
London: Grub Street, 2001. New ed., 8vo, pp. xii, 206, b/w ills., original cloth bds., nr fine, in like d.j. Fictionalised collection of authentic incidents of the D-Day landings. Originally published in 1974 as 'Anatomy of a Battle.'.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Octavo, original red cloth boards, publisher's tint red top edge, dustjacket, b&w plates, folding maps, index, pp 543. Near fine condition in like d.j., protected. Journey through Russia, Central Asia, Middle East, Northern Africa. Describes travelling, often incognito, in Soviet Central Asia; fighting in the Western.....
Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1987. pp x, 149, orig dec boards, fine in like d.j. After the siege of Tobruk Major Mander of the Green Howards was captured, becoming a Prisoner of War in Northern Italy. A series of escapes and arrests took him on a long and dangerous march down.....
Syd: A & R, 1988. pp. xx, 380, Index, b/w ills. v.g. in d.j., split and taped at fold. A biography of Frederic Manning "Private 19022" the mysterious author of "Her Privates We", considered to be one of the finest WWI novels.
Sydney: Frank Johnston, 1944. Cr.8vo, pp.191, paper browned, or cl backed brds., spine and edges sunned, v.g Personal account of an Australian volunteer soldier and war correspondent during WWII.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1943. pp. vi - 168, maps, light scattered foxing t/out, or. cl, good in chipped, rubbed d.j., protected.
London: Peter Halban, 1990. 1st UK edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 267, map, original boards, very good, in d.j. few minor marks rear top edge, good. The Czech authors account of his WWII experiences. Martin, son of a Jewess, and linked with the Communist underground was a Nazi prisoner at Terezin.....
Wellington: Dept of Interrnal Affairs, New Zealand, 1954. 8vo, cl bds, d.j., b&w plates, col fold-out maps and diagrams, pp. (xxvi) 546. D.j. extremely worn/ tattered at edges, about a quarter of the back of d.j. missing. Green cl bds mottled at bottom edge, o/w good. Binding sound, text clean.....
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1941. pp 340, Index, b/w plates, cloth boards, slightly rubbed, otherwise good Accounts of heroic deed of the R.A.F.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1941. 1st ed., 340 p., index, b/w plates, owners name to frontis, foxing to edges, no d.j., good condn.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1943. 8vo, pp. 200, Index, b/w frontis, b/w plates, prelims to pp. 21 slightly waved at bottom, few minor marks fore-edge, original cloth bds., light fishing spine and few areas rear, small mar front, edge rubbed, in d.j. edges insect damaged with approx 1cm width loss.....
Edinburgh: The Pentland Press, 1988. 8vo, pp. (xiv) 357, b/w photos, maps, original cloth bds., slightly rubbed bottom edge otherwise very good, in like d.j. Exploits of the Regiment during WWII, including Dunkirk, the fall of Hong Kong, Burma, italy, and North West Europe. Collection of personal accounts, first published.....
Fremantle: NAM Publications, 1997. Foreword by Bob Reece. Second impression. Quarto, cloth boards with gilt titles upper board and spine, dustjacket, b&w illus, maps, nominal roll, index, pp xviii, 238. Signed by the author, with presentation inscription. Includes a loosely inserted typed copy of a letter from a reader praising.....
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1999. pp (viii), 418, b/w plates, orig boards, near fine, in v.g d.j. Australian soldier and diplomat, becoming Governor of N.S.W in 1966.
Melbourne: Thomas C. Lothian, 2004. 2nd impr., ocatvo, wraps, b&w illus, pp xviii, 366. Very good condition Revised edition of "War Cameraman: The Story of Damien Parer". Photographer WWII.
Kirkland, Cumbria: Bob Orrell Publications, 1997. 8vo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 104. With a letter loosely inserted referring to the author and Burma war service, and a loosely inserted extract from John Randle's book "Battle Tales from Burma". Near-fine condn. Memories and verse of a Burma veteran, with photographs...
Melb. Thomas Nelson, 1983. Roy 8vo, pp. x, 286, b/w photos, or. bds. in d.j., nr. fine.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1953. Illus Frank Norton. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, plates, pp xvii, 158. Boards bowed, fair in fair, chipped, d.j. HMAS 'Perth' and the battle of the Java Sea.
London: Arcturus, 2020. 1st ed., quarto, original pictorial boards, dustjacket, colour illus, b&w illus, pp 256. Slight edgewear to dustjacket. Near fine condition in like d.j, Copiously ilustrated history of conflict.