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Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Welwyn, Herts, 1917. 1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., 20pp., 18 photos. The Arden Press. Contemp.  #66947
[HLMainPic] Good quality illustrated souvenir of No. 4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Digswell Place, Welwyn, an idyllic ivy-clad minor country house used as a convalescent home for wounded AIF officers. Photos. include staff & patient groups, gardens, mess room, hospital car, sports, &c. Orig. printed wraps., little chipped, some staining, sound & scarce. See illustration on our website.   £75
No. 5 Australian General Hospital (Base Hospital) Melbourne. 1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., 22x15cm, [64]pp., photos. throughout. Melbourne: Speciality Press Pty. Ltd. nd (c.1916)  #67068
[HLMainPic] An illustrated souvenir of the hospital "Authorized by The State War Council & The Lord Mayor of Melbourne... Proceeds in Aid of Red Cross Society." Contains photos. of buildings, social & medical amenities, portraits of senior staff, groups of other staff & patients, &c., with letterpress account of the evolution of the establishment & its work. Attractive illus. wraps., somewhat creased & worn, overall generally VG. See illustrations on our website.   £65
The 7th Field Artillery Brigade Yandoo: Containing publications of the organ of the 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces, whilst on Active Service in France, & the return journey to Australia, Brigade Roll of Honour, Battery Casualty Lists, Nominal Roll, Brigade History, Maps Xmas Cards, Novelty Programme, Menu Cards, etc. Volumes I, II & III. By the Yandoo Management, Bombardiers S.E. Rohu & E. Harding, Gunners B.C. Duckworth & S.W. Hodge. 3 Vols., 1st Eds., orig. dec. wraps., 36pp., num. photos., 52pp., num. photos., & 200pp., 132 portraits of fallen, 119 other photos., num. sketches, 3 fldg. maps, col. fold-out plate of unit Chistmas cards. Sydney. 1916-1920.  #68505
[HLMainPic] Contemp. reproduction of the unit magazine, complete in three Parts i.e., I: Troopship Issue; II: Camp Life in England; III: Active Service Issue. A superb unit journal recording the events & experiences of the 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade abroad, inc. interesting historical records, complete nominal rolls, casualty rolls (killed, wounded, gassed &c.), portraits of the fallen, numerous photos. in & around the Front Line areas, awards; also sports, humorous articles & sketches, &c. VG & rare original editions. See illustrations on our website.   £145
The ANZAC Book: Written & Illustrated in Gallipoli by men of ANZAC. 1st Ed., xv+169pp., 4to, 11 col. & 2 b/w plates., illus. throughout. Cassell. 1916  #61048
[HLMainPic] Collection of stories, rhymes, recollections of Gallipoli &c., sold for the benefit of patriotic funds connected with ANZAC. Attractive work, little rubbed but entirely sound orig. blue cloth with col. onlay on front board depicting an ANZAC in martial pose. Nice ink presentation inscrip. "Norman Campell Maughan from W.R. Matthews A.I.F. Baiuleul [sic] 1918." The only person with the name of the recipient that I can locate was born 1908 & died 1987; the giver was William Robert Matthews, a farm labourer from South Australia who enlisted in 1916, served with the 50th Bn. AIF & was wounded by gunshot on 20/10/17 & again on 16/6/18. A copy of his service record is included.   £50
The ANZAC Book: Written & Illustrated in Gallipoli by men of ANZAC. 1st Ed., xv+169pp., 4to, 11 col. & 2 b/w plates., illus. throughout. VG in dw. Cassell. 1916  #61084
[HLMainPic] Collection of stories, rhymes, recollections of Gallipoli &c., sold for the benefit of patriotic funds connected with ANZAC. Attractive work, very nice copy in sl. chipped (but scarce) dw with oval cut-out to front revealing the heroic wounded yet still fighting Aussie from the coloured illustration on the front cover. See illustration on our website.   £120
The Gallant Legion. Complete set of 12 Vols. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1930s.  #66392
[HLMainPic] Angus & Robertson was the most prolific publisher of war memoirs in Australia after the Great War & produced a number of notable & several classic texts recording the experiences of Australian men & women in the Army, Naval, Nursing & Air services. At some point during the late 1930s, presumably to give a new lease of life to unbound sheets, the publisher reissued all these works in a series called The Gallant Legion. The sheets of various (but not 1st) editions were bound in excellent quality blue cloth with the series title at the head of the spine, plus the number of the volume in the series, with the individual volume title & author below, & a fighting soldier motif at the foot of the spine. All the volumes in this edition are complete as per the original texts, with all maps & photos. as originally published. This fine body of work, complete here in 12 volumes, includes: IDRIESS (Ion L.) The Desert Column; MAXWELL (J., VC, MC, DCM) Hell's Bells & Mademoiselles; WHITE (T.W.) Guests of the Unspeakable; RULE (E.J., MC, MM) Jacka's Mob; WILLIAMS (H.R.) The Gallant Company; TILTON (May) The Grey Battalion; REID (Frank) The Fighting Cameliers; MORROW (Edgar) Iron in the Fire; BURTON (O.E., MM) The Silent Division: New Zealanders at the Front 1914-1919; JONES (T.M.) Watchdogs of the Deep: Life in a Submarine During the Great War; SUTHERLAND (L.W., MC, DCM) Aces & Kings; MONASH (Gen. Sir John) The Australian Victories in France in 1918. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG throughout & excellent complete set. See illustrations on our website.   £425
The National Bank of Australasia Limited. Record of War Service of Bank & Staff 1914-1919. 1st Ed., 164pp., 4to,19 plates (of war scenes), approx. 500 portraits. Melbourne: Osboldstone & Co., Pty., Printers. 1921  #68391
[HLMainPic] Contains portraits of all but eleven men who served, out of total of 508, of whom 90 were killed & 107 wounded. Brief service details are provided in the captions to the portraits. Orig. khaki cloth, gilt title to front, VG but for small ink blot on front, printed on art paper throughout. rare. See illustrations on our website.   £245
The Navy List for December 1918. Royal Navy & Marines gradation list, also Coast Guard, Australian Navy, RNR, RNVR &c. This excellent end of WW1 edition includes full ship listings (noting appointments in the ship &c.). Much interesting detail. Contemp. blue cloth, gilt, sl. splitting of cloth, minor wear, lacking title page o/w VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.  #48451
[HLMainPic]   £80
The Path of Honour: Sgt. Basil T. Wilmer's Experiences in the Great War, 1914-1918. 1st Ed., 160pp., portrait frontis., 17 photos., plate of original battlefield grave, diagram, sketch map. Launceston, Tasmania: A.W. Birchall & Sons. 1919  #65462
[HLMainPic] Diary from enlisting in August 1914 in 11th Bn. AIF, 1st Australian Div., training then landing at Gallipoli where wounded on the first day; rejoined after a few weeks convalescence then proceeded to Western Front where he exchanged into the Australian Field Artillery & was KiA with 3rd Battery AFA near Zillebeke on 21st July 1917, & buried at Reninghelst. Rare & detakled diary containing much of interest. Orig. dec. paper covd. boards, sp. chipped, generally VG. See illustrations on our website.   £250
[ALLAN (Robert Marshall) Ed. by his father, James Allan] Letters from A Young Queenslander. 2nd Ed. (enlarged), [v]+157pp., portrait frontis., 3 plates, map. Brisbane: Watson, Ferguson & Co. Ltd. 1916  #67122
[HLMainPic] Letters of Robert Marshall Allan (1896-1946), a doctor born in Brisbane, from September 1914 when he was posted to the 9th (S) Bn. KRRC in training at Aldershot until November 1915. After just a couple of weeks with the KRRC - inoculating the men, &c. - he was posted to France where in January 1915 he joined a Field Ambulance in the Lahore Division of the Indian Corps. He remained with the Indians throughout 1915 including participating in the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, second Ypres, the Indian diversionary attack during the Battle of Loos, &c. For several periods he was attached to the Connaught Rangers as MO. Interesting letters describing his experiences with observations on Indian troops &c. His letters were privately published by his father in 1915 & this second edition (augmented by further letters) in February 1916. Both editions are rare (two copies on JISC/Library Hub [formerly COPAC]), both the original 1915 edition. Note: when the Indian Corps left France he proceeded with it to Mesopotamia, the subject of a second volume of war letters published later in 1916. Modern green cloth, gilt title to sp., VG thus. See illustrations on our website.   £225

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