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Enigma Traitors: The Struggle to Lose the Cipher War
Second World War code-breaking turned on its head - the aces were German and the British were too weak for words. Everyone knows the story of Enigma and code-breaking in...
Paris France
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books \"All Frenchmen know you have to become civilised between eighteen and twenty-three and that civilisation comes upon you by contact with...
The Girl with the Suitcase
The enthralling new novel from the 10-million-copy, No. 1 bestselling author London 1941 When Mary meets a glamorous stranger named Elizabeth she realises their lives couldn't be more different. But...
We Will Not Go to Tuapse: From the Donets to the Oder with the Legion
We Will Not Go to Tuapse: From the Donets to the Oder with the Legion Wallonie and 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade 'Wallonien' 1942-45
A Handful of Hacks
Here are some of the stories of the towering giants of World War II journalism: Wilfred Burchett, Richard Hughes, George Johnston, Alan Moorehead, Kenneth Slessor, Chester Wilmott and Lorraine Stumm....
His Finest Hours: The War Speeches of Winston Churchill
The greatest British statesman and a truly outstanding orator, Winston Churchill steered his nation through the bloodiest war in history. His famous speeches raised the morale of an anxious people...
Genesis, Employment, Aftermath: First World War Tanks and the New
The employment of the first tanks by the British Army on the Western Front in September 1916, although symbolic rather than decisive in its effects, ushered in a new form...
The Fighter of Auschwitz: The incredible true story of Leen Sanders
**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'He had the dream again last night... He taps the gloves of his unbeaten Polish opponent. There are rumours that the loser will be sent to...
SBS The Invisible Raiders
$30.00 AUD
Author: James D. LaddBinding: HardbackPublished: Arms and Armour Press., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerShrouded in secrecy, the SBS has hitherto been subject to much conjecture and...
Dieppe: The Dawn Of Decision
$30.00 AUD
Author: Jacques MordalBinding: HardbackPublished: Souvenir Press., 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Sticker from previous owner in FEP, minor yellowing to...
Battle Exhaustion
$30.00 AUD
Author: Terry Copp & Bill McAndrewBinding: HardbackPublished: Mc-Gill Queen's University Press., 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded DJ with some...
Warships of World War II
$35.00 AUD
Author: H. T. Lenton And J. J. ColledgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Ian Allan, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded spine. This comprehensive reference...
Under Siege: Literary Life In London 1939-45
$15.00 AUD
Author: Robert HewisonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped and first page top edge clipped, dust jacket...
The Past & Future People: Tradition and Change on a New Guinea Island
$20.00 AUD
Author: Romola Mcswain; Preface by Peter LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAn insightful ethnographic and ethnological study of the Karkar Islanders of Papua...
The Two World Wars
$35.00 AUD
Author: Susanne Everett/Brigadier Peter YoungBinding: HardbackPublished: Bison Books, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light wear to dust jacket, light tanning along spineThis comprehensive historical account, "The...
Keep Smiling Through: The Home Front 1939-45
$25.00 AUD
Author: Susan BriggsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Fontana/Collins London, 1976Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling...
The Little Digger 1914 - 1952
$70.00 AUD
Author: L.F. FitzhardingeBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson , 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumped spine and edges. Loose spine. Tight...
I Remember Blamey
$25.00 AUD
Author: Norman D. CarlyonBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography offers an intimate portrait of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia's most senior military commander...
Of Love And War: The Letters And Diaries Of Captain Adrian Curlewis And His Family 1939-1945
$15.00 AUD
Author: Philippa PooleBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner dedication written insideThis compelling work of historical non-fiction presents an intimate chronicle of World...
Defeat To Victory: No.453 Squadron RAAF
$50.00 AUD
Author: John BennettBinding: PaperbackPublished: Royal Australian Air Force Museum, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling work of military history chronicles the...
Not To Be Shot At Or Exported: An Airman's Letters Home 1942-1945
$25.00 AUD
Author: Leslie Harold SullivanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Royal Australian Air Force Museum, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis non-fiction collection presents a poignant look...
A Very Private War
$20.00 AUD
Author: Jon ClearyBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket chipped in a couple places on spine, general wear to...
The War In The Pacific: A Hand Held Illustrated History (SIGNED)
$60.00 AUD
Author: Allan SeidenBinding: PaperbackPublished: Legacy Archive Press, 2017Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, SIGNED BY AUTHORThis concise military history offers a vivid, illustrated...
Letters Of Heartache And Hope: A Story Of Emigration After World War II (SIGNED)
$30.00 AUD
Author: Edith TörökfaloyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Edith Törökfalvy, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis poignant historical account chronicles the true story of Edith Torolefaly's family...
Human Smoke: The Beginnings Of World War Ii, The End Of Civilization
$15.00 AUD
Author: Nicholson BakerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, New York, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Light creasing on spine and cover. Nicholson...
The Illustrated Hitler Diary: 1917-1945
$30.00 AUD
Author: Stuart LaingBinding: HardbackPublished: Marshall Cavendish, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanning/foxing on top paper edge. This compelling work of...
The Victors
$20.00 AUD
Author: Brigadier Peter YoungBinding: HardbackPublished: AP Publishing, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerHistorians examine sixteen Battles in which some of the most famous Generals in modern history made...
Who Sank The Sydney?
$15.00 AUD
Author: Michael MontgomeryBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell Australiaq, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumped/loose spine. No loose pages.This compelling work of military history meticulously reconstructs the...
Dunkirk
$50.00 AUD
Author: A.D. DivineBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, 1945Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the dramatic evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk during World...
Mavis The Little Plane Spotter
Mavis is a feisty ten-year-old who lives in rural Australia with her mum, dad and sister, Doreen. It's World War Two, and Darwin is bombed. Life as she knows it...
A WWII Soldier in the Pacific: During and After 1943-1945
Anyone familiar with WWII studies in the Pacific will recognize the name Eugene B. Sledge. The author, who corresponded with Sledge 30 years ago, shared the experience of serving on...
The Blue Door: A little girl's incredible story of survival in the
A unique and heartbreaking memoir of a child's imprisonment in a Japanese POW camp during World War II. 1942: It was towards the middle of the year when my friends...
Canary Girls: A Novel
Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini's lively and illuminating novel about the "munitionettes" who built bombs in Britain's arsenals...
FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved The Way For The Invasion Of
Nineteen months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR sent twelve "vice consuls" to Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia on a secret mission. Their objective? To prepare the groundwork for what...
The Snow Hare
'Wonderful . . . a vivid and endearing pictures of family life' The Times 'Heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure, this is an esquisite, compelling study of survival and emotional...
I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that
'I SEEK A KIND PERSON WHO WILL EDUCATE MY INTELLIGENT BOY, AGED 11.' In 1938, Jewish families are scrambling to flee Vienna. Desperate, they take out adverts offering their children...
Mercury Pictures Presents
Chosen as a BOOK OF THE YEAR in the Sunday Times , Stylist and Observer 'A multifaceted novel that is funny, verbally inventive and moving' Sunday Times, Book of the...
Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood In Nazi Germany
$40.00 AUD
Author: Ilse KoehnBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis poignant memoir, "Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood In Nazi Germany," chronicles Ilse Koehn's extraordinary experiences growing...
The Dam Busters
$15.00 AUD
Author: Paul BrickhillBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club, 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Some moisture damageMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bottom of page edges has water staining and some light foxing, doesn't interfere with...
Hitler's Miracle Weapons Volume 3: From The 'America Rocket' To An Orbital Station; Germany's Efforts To Develop Intercontinental Weapons And The First Space Programme
$250.00 AUD
Author: Friedrich GeorgBinding: HardbackPublished: Helion & Company Ltd, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light bumping on corners and spine....
The Guns Of Navarone
$15.00 AUD
Author: Alistair MacleanBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumped spine. Small ink mark on fixed rear end paper.A classic of wartime adventure,...
Cheshire V.C.
$15.00 AUD
Author: Russell BraddonBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club, 1956Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumped/weak spine.This compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire V.C.,...
South By Java Head
$15.00 AUD
Author: Alistair MacleanBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small pen mark on rear fixed end paperA gripping work...
Squadron Airborne
$15.00 AUD
Author: Elleston TrevorBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club, 1957Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed end papers. Bumped spine.Elleston Trevor's "Squadron Airborne" is a gripping work of historical...
The One That Got Away
$15.00 AUD
Author: Kendal Burt & James LeasorBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Age stains on end papers. Light foxing.This gripping work...
Ruin From The Air: The Atomic Mission To Hiroshima
$20.00 AUD
Author: Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan WittsBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Strong, clean hardback. Light foxing.This gripping work of historical...