Military History from Diversity Books, IOBA

Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.: iUniverse, 2011. xix, 235pp. Book clean. Spine firm, slight slant. Leaves clean and unmarked. B/white illustrated card wrapper (Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Nautilus on a burning Japanese aircraft carrier during the early afternoon of 4 June, 1942 as seen through the submarine's periscope) has minor edgewear, small soft crease to corner… Read more about this item

Carrolton, Texas, U.S.A.: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1977. 49pp. Colour art illustrations, b/white photographs and line-drawings, diagrams. Book clean. Saddle-stitch, staplebound format. Staples firm, minor rust. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-art illustrated card wrapper has a tiny spot to bottom edge of front panel, else mild rubbing. Aircraft No. 30 in the Squadron/Signal Publications series. Book weight approx. 185g. (This book will… Read more about this item

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: HarperCollins, 2011. x, 374pp., plus 3 x 8 page colour illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. A personal penned inscription ('To Jim'), signed by author Ian McPhedran on first (author biog.) page, corner crease to several leaves, else pages clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated card wrapper has a soft crease, minor surface indentations.… Read more about this item

Richmond, Victoria, Australia: William Heinemann Australia, 1984. xxxiii, 225pp. B/white halftone plate frontispiece and like, unpaginated plates throughout (all called-for plates extant and attached). Intext, line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Signed and dated (May 1984) on title page by author Bernard Callinan, else textblock mildly edge-tanned. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn, small surface scratch. Introduction… Read more about this item

Port Moresby: South Pacific Post , 1992. 248pp. B/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Side-stapled spine firm. Light marking to textblock foredge, else leaves clean and unmarked. Montage-illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, soft creases to plain rear panel and small, faint edge stain to same. 50th Anniversary, World War II, Papua New Guinea 1992-1995. "This diary of events and selections… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: C.E. and D.J. Finkemeyer, 1994. viii, 352pp. B/white illustrated endpapers and frontis, two b/white maps. Book clean. Spine firm, slight lean, bright gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. A personal inscription to named previous owner, signed by author/editor Colin Finkemeyer, on title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edge-creased, tiny spot of… Read more about this item

Ashwood, Victoria, Australia: Clipper Press, 1997. xi, 305pp. B/white photographic frontis, b/white photographic illustrations throughout, b/white maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on, light bump to head. Tan boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated ('Front: C' Troop 25 Pdr at full recoil in action Waitavalo - New Britain; Rear: Crew of 18 Pdr MkII training… Read more about this item

London: Robson Books, 1997. 205pp. B/white maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: "For journalist Stephen O'Shea, the legacy of the Great War is personal and cultural. Stunned by viewing the battlefield of the Somme, and feeling that 'history is too important to be left to the… Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. 242pp., plus 1 x 8 page b/white illustrated section. Blue/white map printed endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain tan boards undamaged. Leaves clean, crisp and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge nicked, small black felt pen mark to front flap (over original price), and the previous owner has applied neat… Read more about this item

Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Australian War Memorial, 2004. 172pp. B/white illustrations. Book clean, Spine firm. Colour-illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease to lower front panel, Corresponding soft corner crease to several leaves, else clean and unmarked. Parallel text in English and Japanese. Australia-Japan Research Project. Contents include: Foreword. Introduction. Japan in the Pacific War and New Guinea ((Tanaka… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 2001. xiv, + 270pp. B/white maps. Unpaginated (16 page) b/white illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright silver title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves mildly edge-tanned, else clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased and surface scuffed. From the jacket flap: "From the Chilean missile crisis to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the… Read more about this item

Washington DC, United States: Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1978. 78pp. Book clean, square. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format. Staples firm but showing rust. Mild foxing to edges, else leaves clean and unmarked. Soft card covers have minor edgewear and marks. A stand-alone title in the 'Guideline Series'." 'Sea Legs' was prepared in response to requests from Navy wives around the… Read more about this item

Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Books, 2010. xx, + 150pp. B/white maps, plus 1 x 16 page b/white illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean and unmarked. Plain black boards undamaged. Illustrated dustjacket very good+. From the jacket flap: "When the turning point in the Burma campaign is discussed, the historic… Read more about this item

Kilmore, Victoria, Australia: National Biographic Australia, 2009. ix, + 265pp. B/white illustrations, facsimiles and maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm. A short personal inscription, signed and dated by author Mackenzie Gregory, else leaves clean and unmarked. Slight wave to several pages. Illustrated card wrapper (front panel photo: Crew HMAS Shropshire, Lingayen Gulf, The Phillipines, January 1945) very mildly surface… Read more about this item

South Australia: Author (Iris Nesdale), 1993. xiv, + 253pp. Intext, b/white halftone plates throughout (archival and private sources). Book clean and square. Spine firm, nominally bumped on head. Colour-art illustrated (Les Olsen) gloss boards undamaged. Sticker removal abrading at top of half-title page, signed by author on title page, else textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated (as boards) dustjacket minimally edgeworn… Read more about this item

South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Macmillan, 1978. vii, + 112pp. Line-drawn, map endpapers (different front and rear). Four unpaginated leaves of colour-plates (courtesy AWM), plus intext b/white halftone plates (and one sketch-art) (various sources) throughout. Book clean and square. Backstrip firm. Plain black boards undamaged. A former owner's name on ffep., else textblock good. Colour-art illustrated (detail, 'Into Damascus', H.… Read more about this item

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, U.K.: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984. 184pp. Illustrated endpapers, plus intext b/white halftone plates (various sources) and line-drawings throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain blue boards bumped on lower foredge corner. Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn, with a repaired closed tear and crease on lower front foredge fold. This book tells… Read more about this item

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Hachette Australia, 2009. 550pp. Monochrome, illustrated endpapers. Two unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections. Security sticker affixed to rear pastedown. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain brown boards undamaged. Textblock minimally age-toned only. Illustrated (photographs courtesy of Australian War Memorial) dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. Vastly experienced and highly awarded Australian historian… Read more about this item

London: Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Limited , 1999. 303pp. B/white halftone plate section (archival and private sources), plus line-drawn maps throughout. Book clean. Bright gilt title over minimally bumped and canted spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated dustjacket slightly edgeworn only. Publisher's catalogue printed on verso. Edited by Ian Knight, 'Marching To The Drums' presents eyewitness… Read more about this item

Newport, New South Wales, Australia : Big Sky Publishing, 2011. ix, + 358pp. Intext, b/white halftone plates and line-drawn maps throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper minimally bumped on lower foredge corner of front panel, else undamaged. Textblock ditto. "This book is the first book since Charles Bean's 'Official History' to provide a detailed narrative… Read more about this item