Militaria

  • George Washington's war in caricature and print

    # 32088

    BAKER, Kenneth

    George Washington’s war in caricature and print

    London : Grub Street, 2009. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 224, extensively illustrated. A fine copy. A history of the American War of Independence in printed caricatures, broadsides, prints and ephemera.

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  • The Home. Vol. 22, No. 9. September 1, 1941

    # 31088

    GELLERT, Leon (editor)

    The Home. Vol. 22, No. 9. September 1, 1941

    Sydney : John Fairfax, 1941. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 64, spine defective, tape repair This issue includes an illustrated essay by Bernard Hesling, articles on Chinese doorways, Australian architecture, interior decoration, gardening, fashion, administering first aid, Jerusalem, donating Blood, etc. Striking advertisements for David Jones, Rosella, Journey Cosmetics, Penfolds, Cyclax, Bovril Qantas, Joyce, etc. ‘Sydney …

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  • Gun-running in Papua New Guinea : from arrows to assault weapons in the Southern Highlands

    # 30273

    ALPERS, Philip

    Gun-running in Papua New Guinea : from arrows to assault weapons in the Southern Highlands

    Geneva : Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International Studies, [2005]. Series: Special report (Small Arms Survey) ; no. 5. Quarto (295 x 210 mm), publisher’s printed wrappers and protective clear plastic cover, 137 pp, photographic illustrations, maps, tables; a good copy; from The Papuan Collection of Charles Fletcher (Melbourne), his bookplate to the inside …

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  • [A RELIC OF THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL] Razgovory francuzsko-russko-německie = Dialogues français-russes-allemands = Französisch-russisch-deutsche Gespräche.

    # 30705

    OLDEKOP, August von

    [A RELIC OF THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL] Razgovory francuzsko-russko-německie = Dialogues français-russes-allemands = Französisch-russisch-deutsche Gespräche.

    Sanktpeterburg : F. Bellizar, 1837. First edition. Octavo, contemporary half calf over papered boards (upper board detached, boards heavily scuffed and corners worn), original backstrip lettered in gilt (loss to leather at head and tail); front pastedown inscribed in ink ‘Found in Sebastopol, September 1855’; front free-endpaper with a presentation inscription in the same hand: …

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  • [WORLD WAR ONE] Wattler's Theatre. Some where in ..... Grand Christmas Pantomime "Robinson Crusoe". Nightly 6 p.m. Produced by The Wattlers. Presented at popular prices. Officers: 2 francs. Other ranks: 50 cents. Programme 1d.

    # 30087

    THE WATTLERS

    [WORLD WAR ONE] Wattler’s Theatre. Some where in ….. Grand Christmas Pantomime “Robinson Crusoe”. Nightly 6 p.m. Produced by The Wattlers. Presented at popular prices. Officers: 2 francs. Other ranks: 50 cents. Programme 1d.

    Hazebrouk : Imp. Stoven, [December, 1917]. Octavo bifolium (245 x 160  mm), lithograph printed on thickish green paper, centre pages with full cast for the evening’s entertainment, rear page with humorous notices such as ‘If you want anything done come to us [The Wattlers]. Our speciality is beershifting. We do this free providing you have …

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  • War or Peace. Twelve linocuts by Noel Counihan (signed edition)

    # 27106

    COUNIHAN, Noel (1913 - 1986)

    War or Peace. Twelve linocuts by Noel Counihan (signed edition)

    London: Collet’s Holdings Ltd., 1950. Later lettered paper portfolio (385mm tall), cut lettering from the original folio pasted on (foxed), 4pp. letterpress (long split along fold), twelve linocuts on separate sheets, very good examples. Limited to 300 copies signed by the artist, this is number 88. In this example, each linocut has been signed by …

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  • H.M. Special Service Squadron. Visit to South Australia, March 10 to 15, 1924 : memento

    # 27128

    SIDDALL, J.B.

    H.M. Special Service Squadron. Visit to South Australia, March 10 to 15, 1924 : memento

    Cover: With compliments and Greetings from the Citizens. Adelaide : J.B. Siddall, [1924]. Small octavo (180 x 117 mm), pictorial wrappers printed in sepia (mild foxing), lower wrapper with street map of Adelaide, inner wrappers with [2] sepia photographic plates; contains a concertina foldout with [18] black and white photographic views and [1] reproduction of …

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  • Jail-bird jottings : the impressions of a Singapore internee.

    # 25843

    PARFITT, Iris G.J.

    Jail-bird jottings : the impressions of a Singapore internee.

    [Cover title]. Also titled : Jailbird Jottings (title page). [Kuala Lumpur, Malaya] : [The Author?], printed by The Economy Printers, [1947]. First (and only) edition. Small square quarto, original stiff pictorial wrappers (a couple of short tears with small section of tape repair to head of the spine; some loss of paper along spine, traces …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC; SOUDAN CONTINGENT] The Harp of the Southern Cross : Australia's message.

    # 26140

    GOERGS, Karl Wilhelm

    [SHEET MUSIC; SOUDAN CONTINGENT] The Harp of the Southern Cross : Australia’s message.

    / by Karl Wilhelm Goergs. Author of Echoes of Australia &c. Cover: “For the Patriotic Fund”. Sydney : [K.W. Goergs?], 1885. Folio (345 x 250 mm), disbound, decorative covers featuring a diagram of the Southern Cross with the date March 3rd, 1885 (closely trimmed at top and bottom edges), [2] pp music notation (arrangement for …

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  • The Home. Vol. 21, No. 2. February 1, 1940

    # 25287

    GELLERT, Leon (editor)

    The Home. Vol. 21, No. 2. February 1, 1940

    Sydney : John Fairfax, 1940. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 64, a few creases. This issue includes illustrated articles on Sydney fashion and society, home and gardens, with numerous photographs and advertisements for Buick, Newlands Brothers, Elizabeth Arden and David Jones. ‘Sydney Ure Smith’s ‘The Home’ magazine was one of the most sophisticated and stylish design …

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  • The Home. Vol. 22, No. 9. September 1, 1941

    # 25286

    GELLERT, Leon (editor)

    The Home. Vol. 22, No. 9. September 1, 1941

    Sydney : John Fairfax, 1941. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 64, small tear with loss to lower wrapper This issue includes illustrated articles on Sydney fashion and society, home and gardens, with numerous photographs and advertisements for David Jones, Penfolds, Qantas, Bovril, the Helene Kirsova School of Russian Ballet, Hardy Bros., Lournay Cosmetics, etc. One interesting …

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  • A prayer to be used every day next after the prayer in time of war and tumults, in all cathedral, collegiate, and parochial churches and chapels throughout England and Ireland, during the war.

    # 24084

    A prayer to be used every day next after the prayer in time of war and tumults, in all cathedral, collegiate, and parochial churches and chapels throughout England and Ireland, during the war.

    London : George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1803. Quarto, pp. 4, single sheet, folded, a little worn. Ephemeral religious printing praising the English armed forces during the Napoleonic Wars.

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  • A group of humorous sketches by an Australian soldier, 1939-45.

    # 23415

    Anon.

    A group of humorous sketches by an Australian soldier, 1939-45.

    Pen and wash on faint-ruled paper, occupying 7 sides of 4 sheets removed from a notebook, with the artist’s captions in pen; a well-preserved group. The sketches depict scenes from the life of an Aussie soldier during military training.

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  • Asia Minor. Brusa

    # 22644

    WAR OFFICE

    Asia Minor. Brusa

    London : Geographical Section, War Office, April 1915 (corrected to August, 1915). Lithographed map, printed in colour, 565 x 625 mm (sheet), dissected and laid on linen, in a plain cloth case. War map of the coastline of the Sea of Marmara and northern Turkey to the east of Gallipoli following the Dardanelles Campaign.

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  • The Home. Vol. 19, No. 7, July 1, 1938

    # 22691

    GELLERT, Leon, URE SMITH, Sydney (editors); PRESTON, Margaret

    The Home. Vol. 19, No. 7, July 1, 1938

    Sydney : John Fairfax, 1938. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Hera Roberts (small amount of wear to spine), pp. 74, a fine copy. This issue includes illustrated articles social life, fashion and art, architecture, house and garden etc. Literary contributors include David McNicoll, this issue also includes full page advertisements, and photographs by Frank Hurley. Includes …

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  • The Home. Vol. 22, No. 3. March 1, 1941

    # 22696

    GELLERT, Leon (editor)

    The Home. Vol. 22, No. 3. March 1, 1941

    Sydney : John Fairfax, 1941. Quarto, illustrated wrappers by Douglas Annand (small amount of wear to spine), pp. 64, a fine copy. This wartime issue includes contributions from Hugh McCrae, Harry Tatlock Miller, Myra Morris, Donald Friend, with numerous illustrations, photographs, advertisements etc. ‘Sydney Ure Smith’s ‘The Home’ magazine was one of the most sophisticated …

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