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![FOR KING AND COUNTRY: The 1914-1918 War Diaries of J.M. Laidlaw](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/779/848/1581848779.0.m.jpg)
FOR KING AND COUNTRY: The 1914-1918 War Diaries of J.M. Laidlaw
by Laidlaw, J.M. (Edited By J.G. Rogers)
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition (Paperback)
- Published
- 1985
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780959119107
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 16.46
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Victoria, Australia: Janette G. Rogers , 1985. (x), + 222pp., illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plates, facsimiles, and line-drawn maps. Book clean. Spine firm, mildly sunned, title clearly legible. Leaves clean and unmarked, soft corner crease to several. Illustrated card wrapper has corresponding sunned strips adjacent to spine on front and rear panels, corner crease to lower foredge corner of front… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.46
![CHRISTIE: The Wartime Recollections of Christopher James 'Christie' Johnstone, OAM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/058/757/1569757058.0.m.jpg)
CHRISTIE: The Wartime Recollections of Christopher James 'Christie' Johnstone, OAM
by Clancy, William (Bill) AM
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Paperback
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 22.86
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Flinders, Victoria, Australia: Flinders District Historical Society 105pp. B/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. From the rear panel: "The story of a young man from Flinders, a farming community on the Mornington Peninsula, who volunteered to join the army with his mates from school, and found himself in the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 22.86
![MY SIDE OF THE KWAI: Reminiscences of an Australian Prisoner of War of the Japanese](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/100/545/1495545100.0.m.jpg)
MY SIDE OF THE KWAI: Reminiscences of an Australian Prisoner of War of the Japanese
by Atkinson, Les
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- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Published
- 2001
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780731810116
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 16.46
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East Roseville, N.S.W., Australia: Kangaroo Press, 2001. (xii) + 226pp. Unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper minimally bumped and edgeworn. A tiny speck on foot of textblock, else leaves unmarked. In this Japanese prisoner-of-war memoir, young Australian soldier Les (Leslie Norman) Atkinson (1922-2001) recounts his and his fellow prisoners' time with… Read more about this item Item Price
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![THE MUSIC MAKER: One POW Provided Hope for Thousands](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/699/844/1445844699.0.m.jpg)
THE MUSIC MAKER: One POW Provided Hope for Thousands
by Byrne, Jaci
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2018
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781925675481
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 29.26
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Newport, N.S.W., Australia : Big Sky Publishing Pty. Ltd. , 2018. 230pp. Photographic, montage-illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated, monochrome and duo-tone halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Using his WW2 diary entries and photographs, his grand-daughter Jaci Byrne has compiled a fascinating insight into the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 29.26
![ADMIRAL OF THE PACIFIC: The Life of Yamamoto](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/799/564/1425564799.0.m.jpg)
ADMIRAL OF THE PACIFIC: The Life of Yamamoto
by Potter, John Deane
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 27.44
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London: Heinemann, 1965. xvii, + 332pp. North Pacific Region endpaper maps. Unpaginated b/white halftone plates throughout (all called-for plates extant and attached, including frontispiece subject portrait). Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over nominally bumped spine. Plain black, original cloth boards undamaged. Textblock flecked on edges, else unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket price-clipped, edgeworn and nipped, with several closed… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.44
![AGAINST THE SUN: The Story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/784/661/1376661784.0.m.jpg)
AGAINST THE SUN: The Story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont
by Lanchbery, Edward
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- Used - Good+
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1955
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 20.12
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London: Cassell and Company , 1955. 270pp. Unpaginated b/white halftone plates throughout, including frontispiece (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over minimally bumped and colour-flecked spine. Blue cloth boards very good. No dustjacket. A former owner's name on front pastedown, a faint, original seller's stamp on front free endpaper, else textblock unmarked.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.12
![KHAKI CRIMS AND DESPERADOES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/835/455/1345455835.0.m.jpg)
KHAKI CRIMS AND DESPERADOES
by Robinson, Russell
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2014
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781742614151
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 14.63
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Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Macmillan, 2014. 314pp. Unpaginated (16 page) b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Textblock unmarked. When Australia, as a member of the British Empire, entered World War I, volunteers swarmed to enlist. Among the recruits, however, were criminals with extensive police records . . . This interesting… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 14.63
![RESCUED FROM VIETNAM: A Veteran's Recovery from PTSD (Signed Copy)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/148/669/1302669148.0.m.jpg)
RESCUED FROM VIETNAM: A Veteran's Recovery from PTSD (Signed Copy)
by Hosking, Michael
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Revised
- Published
- 2016
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781514442678
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 29.26
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Australia: Xlibris, 2016. xii, + 258pp., b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, but mildly canted. Colour-illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped only. A brief ('To W . . . '), dated personal inscription, signed by author on title page, else textblock very good. The author, in this engrossing book, relates his early years, his time in the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 29.26
![THE BOYS WHO CAME HOME: Recollections of Gallipoli](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/307/229/1258229307.0.m.jpg)
THE BOYS WHO CAME HOME: Recollections of Gallipoli
by Broadbent, Harvey
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- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780733300332
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 14.63
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Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia: ABC Enterprises, 1990. xiii, + 140pp., intext, b/white halftone plates and line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm, trivially faded. Illustrated (montage style) card wrapper minimally bumped on foredge corners. Textblock unmarked. 'The Boys Who Came Home' is a compilation of personal narratives recalling individual experiences on Gallipoli by soldiers if the A.I.F., Lancashire… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 14.63
![MONASH: The Outsider Who Won a War. A Biography of Australia's Greatest Military Commander](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/006/484/1255484006.0.m.jpg)
MONASH: The Outsider Who Won a War. A Biography of Australia's Greatest Military Commander
by Perry, Roland
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus, 5th Impression
- Published
- 2007
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781741668476
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 18.29
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North Sydney, Australia: Random House Australia, 2007. xxi, + 596pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections, plus several intext theatre maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper undamaged. Textblock unmarked. This book tells the story of Australia's greatest military commander and tactician who, post-war as an engineer, oversaw the growth of Victoria's State Electricity Commission. The immense… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 18.29
![BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS: Australia's WWII Remembered by the Men and Women Who Lived It](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/453/843/1239843453.0.m.jpg)
BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS: Australia's WWII Remembered by the Men and Women Who Lived It
by Geddes, Margaret
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Published
- 2004
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670040896
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 22.86
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Camberwell, VIC, Australia: Viking (Penguin), 2004. viii, + 503pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections. Patterned endpapers: security bar affixed to rear pastedown. Book clean and square. Red title over lightly bumped spine. Plain beige boards undamaged. Textblock edges flecked, leaves tanned. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn and colour-faded on spine. " . . . brings together the first-hand accounts of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 22.86
![VERY ORDINARY OFFICER: The Social and Navy Story of a Yorkshire-born Australian](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/187/506/1214506187.0.m.jpg)
VERY ORDINARY OFFICER: The Social and Navy Story of a Yorkshire-born Australian
by Feasey, Geoff
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780646368153
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 18.29
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Fisher, A.C.T., Australia : Author (Geoff Feasey), 1999. (vii), + 318pp., one unpaginated colour plate section, plus an unpaginated b/white halftone plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly chipped. Art-illustrated (Geoff Feasey, Caribbean,1967 by Mrs Marian Melin) card wrapper slightly edgeworn, and has a sticker ghost on front wrap. Minimal fleck on head of textblock, else leaves… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 18.29
![KNIFE FIGHTS: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/509/155/1188155509.0.m.jpg)
KNIFE FIGHTS: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice
by Nagl, John A.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Published
- 2014
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781594204982
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 21.95
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New York: The Penguin Press, 2014. (xv), + 269pp., line-drawn maps (Jeffrey L. Ward), plus intext b/white halftone plates throughout. Book clean. Vivid silver title over slightly canted spine. Grey boards nominally bumped on upper foredge corner of rear board. A small brown remainder dot on head, else textblock unmarked. Printed dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. 'Knife Fights' is the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 21.95
![BLACK WATCH: Liberating Europe and Catching Himmler . . .](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/436/650/1173650436.0.m.jpg)
BLACK WATCH: Liberating Europe and Catching Himmler . . .
by Renouf, Tom
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- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 2011
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781408702727
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 16.46
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London (Printed in Australia): Little, Brown, 2011. (viii), + 312pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections (archival and private sources), plus intext, line-drawn theatre maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped only. Textblock lightly tanned, else unmarked. " 'Black Watch' is both the epic story of the Scottish 51st Highland Division, and a searing personal… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.46
![TO JAPAN TO LAY A GHOST](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/787/319/1129319787.0.m.jpg)
TO JAPAN TO LAY A GHOST
by Rhodes, Peter S.
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- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 2008
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789810814595
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 23.78
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Singapore: Changi University Press, 2008. 228pp., art and photographic b/white illustrated section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Textblock unmarked. The author, who was born in 1919 and died in 2009, was studying architecture at the University of Liverpool when war broke out in 1939. He was a gunner-surveyor with his regiment, the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 23.78
![LONG JOURNEY TO THE BORDER: A Life of John Mulgan](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/511/953/1088953511.0.m.jpg)
LONG JOURNEY TO THE BORDER: A Life of John Mulgan
by O'Sullivan, Vincent
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st Impression
- Published
- 2003
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780143018711
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 32.92
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Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin Books, 2003. 368pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections, plus intext line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped and edgeworn. Textblock has a remainder stripe on foot, else unmarked. 'Long Journey to the Border' is the incredible story of New Zealand author and heroic soldier, John Alan Edward Mulgan (1911-1945).… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 32.92
![ONE MORE RIVER. The Final Campaign of The Second New Zealand Division in Italy](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/589/516/907516589.0.m.jpg)
ONE MORE RIVER. The Final Campaign of The Second New Zealand Division in Italy
by Slatter, Gordon
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- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Published
- 1995
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780908990252
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 45.72
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Auckland, New Zealand: David Ling Publishing, 1995. 175pp., two unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections, plus an intext theatre map. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Art-illustrated (detail, 'Infantry Advance Senio River', Peter McIntyre) card wrapper trivially bumped on foredge corners, else minimal colour fade on spine. Textblock unmarked. " . . . charts the official course of the New Zealand… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 45.72
![MY WAR 1939-1945](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/213/759/898759213.0.m.jpg)
MY WAR 1939-1945
by Clarke, Michael
- Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780731695126
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 36.58
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Toorak, VIC, Australia: Michael Clarke Press, 1990. viii, + 527pp., b/white, author-portrait frontispiece, intext halftone plates and two colour-maps, throughout. Book clean. Bright gilt title over mildly canted and bumped spine. Plain ochre-brown boards lightly edgeworn. Textblock flecked on edges, else leaves clean. Portrait-illustrated dustjacket slightly edgeworn and colour-faded on spine. " . . . utterly candid, personal story of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 36.58
![CALLSIGN HADES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/142/488/878488142.0.m.jpg)
CALLSIGN HADES
by Bury, Patrick
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- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Published
- 2010
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781847378606
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 14.63
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London: Simon & Schuster, 2010. 303pp., plus 1 x 8 page colour photographically-illustrated section, two b/white maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edge-rubbed only, faint price-sticker ghost to front panel. From the rear panel: "As part of Ranger Company, a hand-picked group of 1 Royal Irish soldiers, Patrick deployed to Sangin, Afghanistan's most dangerous… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 14.63
![ONE COMMON ENEMY. The Laconia Incident: A Survivor's Memoir](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/203/094/722094203.0.m.jpg)
ONE COMMON ENEMY. The Laconia Incident: A Survivor's Memoir
by McLoughlin, Jim (with Gibb, David)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2006
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781862546905
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- 1
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Korumburra, Victoria, AUS
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SGD 14.63
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Kent Town, SA, Australia: Wakefield Press, 2006. 200pp., plus 1 x 12 page b/white illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: "Jim McLoughlin recounts how the chaos and carnage of war at sea in the Norwegian and Mediterranean campaigns led him to a fateful rendezvous with a much-loved ship… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 14.63