Military Books at Dial a Book Sydney

Tobruk and El Alamein. Australia in the War of 1939-1945. Series 1 (Army) Volume III.
Maughan, Barton
Book Number: 68220
ISBN:
Publisher: Australian War Memorial Canberra 1st edition 1966.
Large 8vo. red cloth hardcover. 854pp. index. b/w illus. Very Good. / Very Good d/w.
Price: $40.00

Australia in the War of 1939 -1945: Series 3 Air Volume III Air War Against Germany and Italy
Herington, John
Book Number: 68224
ISBN:
Publisher: Canberra, Australian War Memorial, 1962.
8vo. hardcover. 731pp. index, b/w illus., maps. Very good. / No d/w.
Price: $25.00

River Kwai Railway. The Story Of The Burma-Siam Railroad.
Kinvig, Clifford
Book Number: 68216
ISBN: 0080373445
Publisher: Brassey's, London, 1992.
8vo. hardcover. 236pp. index, b/w plates. Very good, foxing to outer edge of text-block. / Very good d/w.
Price: $30.00

The Battle of the Generals. MacArthur, Blamey and the defence of Australia in World War II
Perry, Roland
Book Number: 68208
ISBN: 9781761470493
Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2024.
8vo. softcover. 370pp. index, b/w plates. Near Fine.
Price: $18.00

The White War : Life & Death on the Italian Front 1915-1919
Thompson, Mark
Book Number: 68188
ISBN: 9780571223336
Publisher: Faber & Faber London 2008.
8vo. hardcover. 454pp. index, b/w plates. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $35.00

Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II
Kershaw, Alex
Book Number: 68191
ISBN: 9780593183779
Publisher: Dutton, 2024.
8vo. hardcover. 345pp. index, b/w plates. Fine. / Fine d/w.
Price: $25.00

Krithia. The Forgotten Anzac Battle of Gallipoli
McLachlan, Mat
Book Number: 68207
ISBN: 9780733649103
Publisher: Hachette, Sydney, 2024.
8vo. softcover. 321pp. index, b/w plates. Near Fine.
Price: $15.00

Destiny in the Desert: The Road to El Alamein: The Battle that Turned the Tide
Dimbleby, Jonathan
Book Number: 68189
ISBN: 9781846684449
Publisher: Profile Books London 2012.
8vo. hardcover. 532pp. index, b/w plates. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $45.00

The Diggers of Kapyong: The story of the Aussies who changed the course of the Korean War
Gilling, Tom
Book Number: 68205
ISBN: 9781761068690
Publisher: Allen & Unwin, NSW, 2024
8vo. softcover. 278pp., b/w plates. Near Fine.
Price: $18.00

Zeebrugge. Eleven VCs Before Breakfast
Pitt, Barrie
Book Number: 68204
ISBN: 9798619715996
Publisher: Sharpe Books, 2020.
8vo. softcover. 204pp. Near Fine.
Price: $12.00

When God Made Hell : The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921
Townshend, Charles
Book Number: 68190
ISBN: 9780571237197
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London 2010.
8vo. hardcover. 591pp. index, b/w plates. Very good, light toning to page edges. / Very good d/w.
Price: $25.00

Guts Glory and Blunder. Noreuil, 1917 the forgotten fight
Faulkner, Andrew
Book Number: 68206
ISBN: 9781923144132
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing, Newport, NSW, 2024.
8vo. softcover. 283pp. index, b/w illus. Near Fine.
Price: $18.00

Total Germany: The Royal Navy's War against the Axis Powers 1939?1945
Wragg, David
Book Number: 68187
ISBN: 9781510708600
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, New York 2016.
8vo. hardcover. 272pp. index, b/w plates. Near Fine. / Near Fine d/w.
Price: $18.00

Heroes Denied - The Malayan Harrier Conspiracy
Frisch, Colin, foreword by Chris Hill
Book Number: 61817
ISBN: 1875165177
Publisher: Marlin Publications Wheelers Hill Victoria 1990
8vo. Softcover. 176pp. Very good. The amazing story of fifteen Australian soldiers who refused to surrender to the Japanese when they steamrolled the Malayan Peninsula in 1942. They evaded capture and enduring starvation, illness, and hardship returned to Australia. Far from being greeted as heroes they were met with disbelief, accused of deserting and given the title The Malayan Harriers. In 1990 with only nine of the original fifteen alive it was time for their story to be told.
Price: $6.00

To Sandakan: The Diaries of Charlie Johnstone, Prisoner of War 1942-1945 British North Borneo
Dawson, C
Book Number: 38698
ISBN: 1863738185
Publisher: Allen Unwin, Australia, 1995.
8vo. Pictorial softcover. 120pp illus. Very good. Within 7 fateful weeks, from the fall of Rabaul to the surrender in Java in March 1942, more than 22,000 Australians became prisoners of the Japanese. This was Austalia's greatest wartime disaster. This is the story how one man survived. Serving with the RAF. Singapore, capture in Java, moved to Jesselton, Kota Kinnabalu, brutal Sandakan, Kudat and Kuching, in Sarawak. His ordeal and revisit 50 years later.
Price: $14.00

The Invasion Before Normandy. The Secret Battle of Slapton Sands
Hoyt, Edwin P.
Book Number: 68158
ISBN: 070902598x
Publisher: Hale, London 1987.
8vo. hardcover. 210pp. index, b/w plates. Very good, owner's inscription on fep. / Very good d/w.
Price: $18.00

The war of the running dogs: How Malaya defeated the communist guerrillas, 1948-60
Barber, Noel
Book Number: 58140
ISBN:
Publisher: London Collins 1971
8vo hardcover 284pp index, b/w illus. very good / good d/w with a few tiny tears(repaired) & slightly faded spine.
Price: $15.00

From The Front: Being the Observations of Mr. A.B. (Banjo) Paterson Special War Correspondent in South Africa November 1899 to July 1900 for The Argus, The Sydney Mail, the Sydney Morning Herald
Paterson, A. B. (Banjo). edited by R. W. F. Droogleever
Book Number: 56471
ISBN: 0732910625
Publisher: Macmillan, Sydney, 2000.
8vo. hardcover. 488pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $18.00

Memoirs of the Second World War. (An abridgement of the six volumes of the Second World War)
Churchill, Winston S.
Book Number: 68103
ISBN: 0395522625
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Boston 1987.
8vo. hardcover. 1065pp. index. b/w maps. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $25.00

Monash: The Soldier Who Shaped Australia
Kieza, Grantlee
Book Number: 62281
ISBN: 9780733333538
Publisher: Sydney; ABC Books; 2015
8vo. hardcover. 714pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Fine, presentation pastedown on fep. / Near Fine d/w.
Price: $14.00

Monash: The Soldier Who Shaped Australia
Kieza, Grantlee
Book Number: 68097
ISBN: 9780733333545
Publisher: Sydney; ABC Books; 2016
8vo. softcover. 714pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $12.00

The Australian Light Horse (Australians at War S.)
Jones, Ian
Book Number: 68091
ISBN: 0949118060
Publisher: Time Life 1987
4to hardcover 168pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good.
Price: $18.00

Gallipoli: The Battlefield Guide
McLachlan, Mat
Book Number: 68046
ISBN:
Publisher: Hachette Australia, 2010.
8vo. softcover. 388pp. index, b/w illus. Very good.
Price: $12.00

A Short History of 9 Field Company R.A.E. [A.I.F] 1939-1945
Gietzelt, Ray
Book Number: 68061
ISBN: 187643970x
Publisher: 9 Field Company R.A.E. (A.I.F), Anna Bay, 2006.
4to. laminated boards, hardcover. 159pp. index, b/w illus. Near Fine, inscription on fep..."Compliments of the Shire Military History Club".
Price: $40.00

Australia's Battlefields in Viet Nam: A Traveller's Guide
McKay, Gary
Book Number: 68012
ISBN: 1865088234
Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin 2003
8vo softcover 218pp index, b/w illus. Very good, a few tiny foxing spots on edge of text-block. This traveller's guide to Australian battlefields, cemeteries, and war memorials in Vietnam is presented in an easy-to-follow geographic format, allowing visitors to the country to explore all of the sites in a region and follow the suggested itineraries. An introduction to the history of the Vietnam conflict and Australia's involvement is included.
Price: $12.00

Jungle Rules: A True Story of Marine Justice in Vietnam
Henderson, Charles
Book Number: 68013
ISBN: 042521186x
Publisher: Berkley Caliber, New York, 2006.
8vo. hardcover. 470pp. index. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

Scapegoats of the Empire
Witton, Lieut. George
Book Number: 26816
ISBN: 0207146667
Publisher: Angus & Robertson. 1982 reprint edition
8vo. hardcover. 247pp. b/w illus. very good+, light foxing to top outer page edges, minor shelf wear bottom of spine. / very good+ d/w.
Price: $40.00

The Strength of a Nation: Six Years of Australians Fighting for the Nation and Defending the Homefront in WWII by
McKernan, Michael
Book Number: 67993
ISBN: 978174114714x
Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Sydney 2006.
8vo. hardcover. 416pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.
Price: $10.00