Military History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the aftermath of the Second World War, thousands of Australian women were left to navigate a future irrevocably altered by loss — and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the early days of battlefield observation balloons to the thundering rotor blades of the modern assault helicopter, The Army and Aviation: A Pictorial...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Light foxing on blockAt the darkest hour of the Second World War, when Britain stood virtually alone against the Nazi onslaught, the...

Edition: Third ImpressionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew stories in the annals of wartime Britain burn as brightly as that of Douglas Bader, the indomitable...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the frozen wastes of northeastern Siberia, where temperatures plunge to lethal extremes, the Soviet state...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the smouldering embers of the 1848 Young Ireland rebellion to the sectarian bloodshed of the twentieth century, Political Violence in Ireland: Government and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersAt the epicentre of one of history's most consequential moments, General Raymond E. Lee...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA compelling record of service, sacrifice, and command, Adversity in Success chronicles the remarkable career of Air Vice Marshal J. E. Hewitt, CBE, RAAF...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Tape around edges of jacket. At twenty years old, Miles Tripp climbed aboard a Lancaster...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew accounts of the Second World War carry the raw immediacy of a diary kept in the thick of battle, and Adversity...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingStanding as a solemn tribute to the fallen of two World Wars, Courage Remembered is the definitive account of the Commonwealth War...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingWhat does it mean to be human, and how has that question shaped the course of Western civilization? History and Human Nature by...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFrom the cabarets of Weimar Berlin to the bright lights of Broadway, The Days Grow Short: The Life...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingWhen the shadow of fascism fell across Europe in the 1930s, a generation of brilliant composers, conductors, and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingBehind barbed wire, in the shadow of watchtowers and relentless uncertainty, one man's story of survival unfolds with...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of medieval Europe's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the turbulent summer of 1940, Winston Churchill issued a sweeping order that would upend the lives of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA young man in uniform, standing before a worn wooden door — this single image encapsulates the quiet...

Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Some silverfish damage to back of DJ.One of the most gripping true accounts to...

Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the intersection of industry, politics, and military strategy stands William Weir, the First Viscount Weir...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionA life lived at the intersection of medicine, military service, and public administration, Sir Victor Hurley: Surgeon, Soldier and Administrator 1888-1958 chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAt the intersection of combat and art, Camera at War presents an extraordinary firsthand account of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Minor fading to cover.To mark a century of courage, innovation, and national pride, the 70th Anniversary Royal Australian Air Force: Art Exhibition...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the turbulent years leading up to World War II, a single confrontation on the Australian...

Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Cover is rubbed with some minor creasing.A toast made under fire...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Minor stain to top-edge.High above the frost-bitten skies of wartime England, young American fighter pilots escort bomber formations deep into Nazi-occupied...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhen Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933, one of the Third Reich's first and most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCollar the Lot! is a damning indictment of one of Britain's most shameful wartime secrets — the mass internment and forced deportation...

Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingA legend of the skies puts pen to paper in Never Look Back, Cecil Lewis's sweeping memoir that charts an...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in Australian history command the reverence afforded to Sir John Monash — the civil engineer who...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the fractured, uncertain decades following the Second World War, Western thought embarked on one of its most...

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Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionFrom the cockpit to the command room, Adversity in Success presents an unfiltered, first-hand account of one of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodA life defined by duty, discipline, and distinction — Sir Victor Hurley: Surgeon, Soldier and Administrator 1888–1958 chronicles the remarkable career of one of Australia's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodOne of the most flamboyant and extraordinary figures of the twentieth century, Baron Philippe de Rothschild lived a life so vast in its ambition and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingBehind the ancient stone walls of Windsor Castle lies a thousand years of intimacy, intrigue, and power —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingBeneath the glittering chandeliers and behind the gilded carriages of Victorian and Edwardian England, a world of scandal, ambition, and elaborate social...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAt the heart of one of the most turbulent centuries in English history stood Sir Edward...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew figures in British royal history court as much fascination and controversy as George IV, a man whose extravagance, romanticism,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBeneath the sun-drenched skies and cobblestone piazzas of early twentieth-century Italy, Maxim Gorky — Russia's most celebrated literary voice —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the gilded drawing rooms and country estates of Victorian and Edwardian England, a new and audacious social transaction was...

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