Handbook for all Branches of the Air Force
Edited by Sir John Hammerton
The Amalgamated Press Ltd - London
New and Enlarged Edition, 1942
Donated book
Hardcover.
Scruffy cover and worn spine but internal binding is still good.
Aged book in fair condition.
By Alexis Jenni Translated from the French by Frank Wynne
Publisher - Atlantic Books
2017
Donated book.
Please note that this is an “Uncorrected Bound Proof” copy of the book published in 2017.
Softcover in very good condition.
The original book was Winner of the 2011 Prix Goncourt
By Bernard O’Reilly
Sixteenth Impression April 1947
Donated book
Hardcover with wear and tear at spine and edges. Spine also has a small rip at bottom.
Dust jacket now in four pieces is folded at back of book. No attempt has been made to repair it.
Pages 13 through to 19 have some biro underlinings to words.
The following is handwritten on title page 11 “1988 The Riddle of the Stinson a telemovie starring jack Thompson Helen O’Connor”
A handwritten gifting inscription and a previous owner’s name sticker are both on the front-end paper.
Front end paper is split at the spine but the gauze is holding.
A used fair condition considering the book’s age.
Volume 1 edited by Norman Bartlett - Volumes 2 to 5 edited by Charles Meeking
Published by Australian War Memorial
Reprint 1959
Donated books
5 Volumes as a hardcover set
Green cloth covers are showing top and bottom scuffing along with wear marks.
Dulled gilt lettering on spines.
Some foxing on ½ title pages.
No inscriptions, stamps or stickers on any volumes. Clean end papers.
All spines intact.
A fair condition for all 5 volumes considering their age.
By Michael E. Haskew
Publisher - Hinkler Books
2008
ISBN - 978-1-7418-1990-8
Donated book
Hardcover with dust jacket
Back of dust jacket has some creasing at top edge.
Book is in very good condition.
James S. MacDonald
Boolarong Publications
1986
0-86439-017-3
Hardcover with gilt decoration. Sticky tape across the spine and cover. Last page coming away from spinal binding.
By Ian Jones
Publisher - Time Life Books in association with John Ferguson Publishing
1987
ISBN - 0-949118-06-0
Donated book.
Hard cover with dust jacket
From the Australians at War series
First edition 1987
Some fading to spine of dust jacket.
Some foxing to top of pages.
Book is in a good condition.
Has a small Australian Bi-Centenary sticker on bottom RH corner of front cover.
By Kit Denton
Publisher - Time-Life Books in association with John Ferguson Publishing
1986
ISBN - 0-949118-04-4
From the Australians at War series
Donated book
First edition 1986
Hard cover with dust jacket
Sun fading on spine of dust jacket. Some foxing on top of pages but end papers are still bright.
Book is in a good condition.
Ann Galbally
Landsdowne Press
1979
ISBN-0-7018-1027-0
Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex library stock with borrowing slip and sticker on inside. Small tears in dust jacket lamination and some wear visible on the physical book. Some underlining and written notes present throughout.
Despatches from the frontline in the War on Terror
By Paul McGeough
Publisher - Allen & Unwin
2003
ISBN - 1-74114-025-0
Donated book.
First edition.
Soft cover book.
Neat and tidy condition.
Yellowing pages
Maynard Waters
Boolarong Publications
1985
ISBN-0-86439-006-8
Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has a number of tears and creases. Physical book has a couple of small marks but otherwise in great condition.
The West Confronts Communism 1950-1953
By Michael Hickey
Publisher - John Murray Publishers
1999
Donated book
Hardcover with dust jacket
In very good condition - neat and tidy
War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World
By Phil Craig
Publisher - Hodder & Stoughton
2025
ISBN - 978-1-399-71450-1
Donated book
Soft cover in excellent condition.
Viking O’Neil
Penguin Books Australia
1987
ISBN-0-670-90004-4
Hardback with dust jacket. Ex library stock with borrowing slip and library barcode on the inside. Dust jacket is worn with lamination creases and library sticker.
The Western Australian Story
By Wes Olson
Publisher - University of western Australia Press
2006
ISBN - 978-1-920694-82-1
Donated book
First edition.
Hard cover with dust jacket in very good condition.
No inscriptions or markings.
From the Normandy Beaches to the Liberation of France
By Stephen Badsey
Publisher - Colour Library Books
1994
ISBN - 1-85833-095-5
Donated book.
Large hardcover format.
Some colour fading to cover and spine.
Paste down front-end paper is split along spine but gauze is holding.
Jennifer Joi Field
Melbourne Books
2008
ISBN-9781877096709
Paperback in good condition with a few small scuffs around the edge. Minor wear on the back cover.
Jennifer Isaacs
Landsdowne Publishing
1999
ISBN-1-86302-676-2
Paperback in very good condition
By Edward C Joslin
Publisher - Frederick Warne & Co Ltd
1974
ISBN - 0-7232-1538-3
Donated book.
From The Observer’s Series
Small hard cover book with dust jacket.
Some shelf scuffing to bottom of hard cover.
Dust jacket shows signs of yellowing and has a small rip but book is in good condition.
Introduction by David J. Bowman
Publisher - Bison Books Ltd
1989 First Publication
ISBN - 0-86124-565-2
Donated book.
Large format hard cover with dust jacket
Dust jacket has a rip on back cover
Book is in very good condition. No foxing or scuffing
Jack Manton
Introduction and notes on the paintings by Patrick McCaughey
Publisher - Oxford University Press
1980
ISBN-0-19-550592-1
Donated book
Hardcover with dust jacket
Slight discolouration to dust jacket
Small bookshop sticker on inside of front end
Book is in very good condition
By Alan Moorehead
Publisher - Macmillan Company of Australia
1975
ISBN 0-333-17535-2
Donated book.
Hard cover with dust jacket showing some signs of wear at top and bottom of spine position.
This copy is the illustrated edition first published in 1975
The grey coloured end papers show some evidence of silver fish.
Some foxing on outside edges of pages and inside of dust jacket.
The exterior of the hard cover (both front and back) depicts a map of ANZAC Cove.
Book is in a fair condition considering its age.
The ANZAC’s Own Story Battle by Battle
By Johnathon King
Publisher - Simon & Schuster Australia
First publication 2008
ISBN - 978-0-731813681
Donated book.
Hard cover with dust jacket in very good condition.
Has a small bookshop sticker on back of front end paper.
It is a thick book - 620 numbered pages.
Published to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the end of WW1.
By Patrick Lindsay
Publisher - Random House Australia
First publication 2006
ISBN - 978-1-74166-528-4
Donated book.
Soft cover with some light creasing on front cover.
Small stain on half title page otherwise book is in good condition.
By Peter Cosgrove
Publisher - Harper Collins Publishers
2006
ISBN - 978-0-7322-8384-1
Donated book.
Hard cover with dust jacket.
468 pages includes a glossary and index.
Small amount of shelf ware on bottom of hard cover otherwise book is in a very good condition.
Edited by Gary Sheffield and John Bourne
Weidenfeld & Nicolson - The Orion Publishing Group
ISBN - 0-297-84702-3
Donated book.
Hard cover book with dust jacket in very good condition.
Australian Classics series
By Charles White
Publisher - Lloyd O’Neil
1970
First published in this edition in 1970
Donated book.
Hard cover with dust jacket with clear plastic cover.
Previous owner’s name written inside front end paper and dated 16.6.1973
Small stain on outside edge at top of pages. Very light foxing on page edges but otherwise book is in very good condition.
By Brian Farrell
Publisher - Monsoon Books
2015
ISBN - 978-981-4423-88-5
Donated book.
Soft cover with French flaps.
This updated edition printed 2015.
Has a small bookshop sticker on rear cover.
In very good condition.
A Pictorial History
By A. K. MacDougall
Publisher - The Five Mile Press
2007
ISBN - 978-1-74178-957-7
Donated book.
Soft cover.
Revised and Updated Edition - Australia’s battles from the Boer war to Iraq 2007.
Has a gifting inscription dated 2008 on title page. Small stain on edge of page 6 and inside of back cover otherwise in good condition.
By John Masefield
Publisher - William Heinemann Ltd
1941
NOTE: This edition, numbered and signed by the Author, is No 468 of 500 copies originally for sale in Great Britain and Ireland.
Donated book
Original blue cloth cover with gold gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
Grey endpapers shaded with age/sunning.
Some foxing to internal pages. See photo of P6-7
Binding is good and firm.