Sell Books? Military Books Wanted

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

MILITARY HISTORY BOOKS WANTED

Do you have any Australian Military history books you no longer want and wish to sell?

On top of selling books, we also buy books to go towards our stock. We have many Customers after books, but cannot always supply them, so like the good old walk in book exchanges, we also want to buy books, to increase our range also.

So far we have purchased collections & single Military books. How much do we offer when yousell books to us? It depends on several factors: the book title, its condition, edition, etc. Send us the details, and we will let you know asap. From there you can decide if our price is acceptable.

Our main area of interest for purchase is Australian history in World War 1 and 2, Korea and Vietnam.


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February Newlsletter Part 3 – 2012

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

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February Newsletter Part 3

Military History Books (Australia)

Another small list of New & Used books that have arrived recently.

There is also a selection of more common titles, now back in stock!

For further specific details please head to the online store. Books listed in no particular order, with some titles still on the way.

If you have Military books to sell, please contact us!

JUST RELEASED

- Fighting The Kimberley

(The 3 Australian Corps Kimberley Guerrilla Warfare Group, 1942 to 1943)

The role of Major Mitchell’s 3rd Australian Army Corps Guerilla Warfare Group, 101 Field Security, Special Duties groups, Special Independent Guerilla Warfare Company, Volunteer Defence Corps, 11 North West Battalion, and the Derby Garrison in the defence of the Kimberley and the North West.

- Kurrah

(An Australian POW in Changi, Thailand & Japan, 1942-1945)

- That Ragged Mob

(The service record of the 3rd and 4th  Victorian Bushman Contingents in the Boer War, with a brief biographical sketch of each man who served)

- Nothing Over Us

(The Story of the 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion)

- Nothing Is Forever

(The History of 2/3 Commandos. Contains Honour Roll, Decorations and Recommendations for Awards, 2/3 Members Roll)

- The Ninth Australian Division VS The Africa Corps

- Tasmania’s A.I.F Lighthorsemen 3 Squadron 3rd Light Horse

(3 Copies / Limited Edition of only 250)

- Zero Hour In Broome 

(The Untold Story of the attacks on Northwest Australia in 1942)

- Darwin’s Submarine I-124

(The story of a covert Japanese squadron waging a secret underwater war against northern Australia)

- Submarine Six

(Australian Naval Heroes)

- Swan Street Sappers

(A history of the Engineer Training Depot, Swan Street Melbourne, and Sappers in Victoria)

- The Royal Australian Engineers 1835 to 1902

(Volume 1 – The Colonial Years)

- The Royal Australian Engineers 1902 to 1919

(Volume 2 – Making and Breaking)

- The Royal Australian Engineers 1902 to 1945

(Volume 3 – Teeth & Tail)

- The Royal Australian Engineers 1945 to 1972

(Volume 4 -Paving The Way)

 - A War at Home

(A comprehensive guide to the first Japanese attacks on Darwin)

- Every Man For Himself

(The last order given to members of the 2/22nd Battalion before the fall of Rabaul 1942. The Life of Edward Charles Harris, M.C.S. “Martyr” of Mal Mal. The man who would not retreat)


February Newsletter Part 2

Monday, February 13th, 2012

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February Newsletter Part 2

Military History Books (Australia)

Another small list of New & Used books that have arrived recently. Several of these are rarely seen on the market.

There is also a selection of more common titles, now back in stock!

For further specific details please head to the online store. Books listed in no particular order, with some titles still on the way.

If you have Military books to sell, please contact us!

2  new sub-categorys for our World War 2 Category.

- Darwin In World War 2 (Darwin Bombing)

- Anti-Aircraft, Searchlight Batteries & Anti tank Regiments

Just re-released

- Game To The Last (11th Infantry Battalion World War 1)

 

- What  We Have We Hold (A History of the 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945)

- Stass Star (B Company, 4 RAR in South Vietnam May – December 1971)

- Eagles Alighting (A History of 1 Australian Parachute Battalion)

- The Long White Finger (A Narrative history of the 73rd AASL Battery 1942-1945)

- From Alamein to Scarlet Beach (The History of 2/4th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Second A.I.F)

- Jungle Tracks – (Australian Armour In Vietnam)

- The Sparrows (79th Light Anti Aircraft Battery ‘Royal Artillery’ )

(This book is a unit history of the 79th Light Anti Aircraft Battery . What makes this unit history a great addition to any Australian Military history collection, is it contains a few chapters that deal with the connection between members of Royal Battery and Australia’s Sparrow Force in Timor 1942. Not only did members of the 79 LAA Battery join Sparrow Force, but  were also given the Australian Slouch Hat to wear in the jungle conditions. A rare one!)

- Training The Bodes (Australian Army Advisors training Cambodian infantry battalions – A postscript to the Vietnam War)

- Cooktown At War (A Record of the activities in Cooktown during World War 2)

- Men Of The Third (A Biographical Roll of the 2/3rd Australian Independent Company / Commando Squadron in World War 2. Limited Edition of 50 copies)

- Jackies Last Foray (Australian 7th Division at Balikpapan 1945)

- We’re Off To See The Wizard ( via Mungallala, Middle East, New Guinea, Borneo. Memories of Joe Heelan 1919-1946, 2/7th Field Company Royal Australian Engineers, 9th Division, AIF World War 2)

- The History of H.M.A.S. Maryborough (The history of HMAS Maryborough World War 2)

- 14/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945 (Australia, New Guinea, New Britain)

- Tunnel Rats (The thrilling story of the young Australian Army engineers of 3 Field Troop who were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam)

- Trackers (The untold story of the Australian Dogs of War)

- In Good Company (An enthralling account of an Australian infantryman and his companions in the Vietnam War)

- Shockwave (An Australian Combat Helicopter Crew in Vietnam)

- Men Who Persevered (The AATTV – the most highly decorated Australian Unit in the Vietnam War)

- The Battle of Long Tan (As told to the Commanders)

- On The Offensive ( The Australian Army in the Vietnam War 1967 – 1968)

- Not Now Tomorrow (Australian Civilian Nurses – Prisoners of the Japanese New Guinea and Japan 1942-1945)

- Fallen Sentinel (Australian Tanks in World War 2)

- I Confess (A Memoir of the Siege of Tobruk)

- Commando – Double Black (An Historical Narrative of the 2/5th Australian Independent Company (later the 2/5th Cavalry Commando Squadron) 1942-1945 )

- More than Bombs and Bandages (Australian Army Nurses at work in World War 1)


The Sparrows

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

 

The Sparrows

79th Light Anti Aircraft Battery (Royal Artillery)

This book is a unit history of the 79th Light Anti Aircraft Battery . What makes this unit history a great addition to any Australian Military history collection, is it contains a few chapters that deal with the connection between members of Royal Battery and Australia’s Sparrow Force in Timor 1942. Not only did members of the 79 LAA Battery join Sparrow Force, but  were also given the Australian Slouch Hat to wear in the jungle conditions.

Contact us if you would like to order this history.   $125.00 + postage


February Newsletter 2012

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Booksforever

February Newsletter

Military History Books (Australia)

 A small but nice list of New & Used books that have arrived recently, with some not often seen on the market these days.

For further specific details please head to the online store. One or two of these books may not have been listed yet, so if you can’t find what you are after, please contact us. If you are after a book but it is marked out of stock, we may be able to get another copy in for you!

If you have Military books to sell, please contact us!

Just released

- Wounds and Scars by Ron Austin (2nd Australian Field Ambulance)

- The Second Fourteenth Battalion (recently reprinted)

- Colour Patch (2/14th Machine Gun Battalion. An extensive history of this unit, covering their POW experiences. A mini biography of each member is included. World War 2.)

- Strike Swiftly, The Australian Commando Story (From World War 2 to the Cold War Era)

- Mosquito Monograph (A History of Mosquitoes in Australia & R.A.A.F Operations in World War 2).

- Swift To Destroy (An Illustrated history of 77 Squadron RAAF 1942-1992.)

- The First At War (The story of the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1945)

- Kilted Battalion (The history of the 16th Infantry Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia) This history covers from 1936-1960)

- Wheatbelt Warriors ( WA’s 15th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps World War 2)

- Of Storms and Rainbows Volume 1 (2/12th Infantry Battalion 1939-1942)

- Die Like The Carp (The Cowra Prison Escape)

- Milne Bay As We Lived It (By Former Members of the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade Signals Section {Formerly “J” Section 5th Division Signals)

- Escape (A thousand Miles to Freedom) & sequel Hunted (The Story of the Coast watchers)

- The Team (Australian Army Advisers in Vietnam 1962-1972)

- In All Respects  (Part of the service life of HMAS Ipswich)

- Up North In Forty Three (The Story of a Spitfire Squadron in the Island War ’79 Squadron’)

- Whereabouts Unknown (The story of those who disappeared after the fall of Rabaul 1942, and the woman who waited)

- The Duke (The Heroes Hero at Sandakan)

- Contact (A history of the Australian Army, Air Force & Navy personal served in the Vietnam war from 1962-1972)

- To The Green Fields Beyond (The Story of the 6th Division Cavalry Commandos)

- HMAS Bendigo-Corvette (By members of her ships company)

- Under Two Flags  ( The Story of French Reservists living in Australia who were called for war service in Indochina 1940-1941)

- The Independents (A very short, but interesting history of the training of the 2/2 Independent Company, mostly in Verse Narrative)

- History of the 2/2 Commando & 2/2 independent Company (World War 2)

- Double Reds of Timor (The history of the 2/2 Independent Company in Timor World War 2.)

- An abridged history and anecdotes of the 2/13th Australian Field Ambulance AIF 1940 – 1945.

- Wewak Mission (Coast watchers in New Guinea)

- Eight Hundred Million Candlepower (Journals of the 67th Anti Aircraft Searchlight Battery 1942-1945)

- All The Bulls Men (No. 2 Australian Independent Company (2/2 Commando Squadron)

- Gull Force ( Survival and leadership in captivity 1941-1945)

- City of Perth (The history of the 2/11th (City of Perth) Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1945, World War 2)

- Mud and Blood, Albury’s Own (The Second Twenty Third Australian Infantry Battalion, Ninth Australian Division)

- Mud Over Blood (Stories From The 39th Infantry Battalion 1942-1943. Kokoda to Gona)

- Mercy Trains (Australian Army Ambulance Trains in World War 2)

- Australia’s Forgotten Volunteers (North Australian Railway in World War 2. Interstate railway men at the top end of the Northern Territory World War 2)

- The Anzac Battalion 1967-68

- The Anzac Battalion 1970-71 (1st edition with dj, and extremely rare)

- Carrying On Under Fire And In Captivity (Stories from the 8th Division Australian Army Medical Corps Under Malaya Command)

- Little Hell (The story of the 2/22nd Battalion and Lark Force)

- Tobruk to Tarakan (The 2/48th Battalion, World War 2)

- Bravery Above Blunder (A dramatic account of the 9th Australian Division in New Guinea 1943-44)

- Curtin’s Cowboys (Australia’s Secret Bush Commandos)

- To Hellfire, Purgatory and Back (An account of the battle exploits and Prisoner of War experiences of Major A E Saggers, Commanding Officer ‘A’ Company, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion & Special Reserve Battalion AIF)

- Port Moresby to Gona Beach (History of the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion at Port Moresby and Gona Beach 1942)

- Silent 7th (A comprehensive textual and photographic history of the Australian 7th division)

- Commando White Diamond (Memoir of service of the 2/8th Commando Squadron. Australian and the Southwest Pacific 1942-1945)

- 13 Squadron Story (No 13 Squadron RAAF 1940-1946 World War 2)

- Medical Soldiers (2/10th Australian Field Ambulance 8 Division 1940 – 1945)

- Care, Courage & Comradeship (A History of the 2/10th Field Ambulance (AIF) in WW2)

- Story of J Force (300 Troops 8 Division A.I.F. Singapore to Japan. POW camps with American British & Allied troops)

- 2/4th Field Regiment (A History of a Royal Australian Artillery Regiment during World War 2. Limited edition of 300 copies)

- Australian Army Badges (Cloth Insignia of the Australian Army, 1860-1993)

- Vietnam: (A Pictorial History of the Sixth Battalion Royal Australian Regiment 1966-67)

- Grey Eight In Vietnam ( The History of the Eighth Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment November 1969 to November 1970)

- Kokoda Commander (The Life of Major-General Tubby Allen)

- Warrior of Kokoda (The Biography of Brigadier Arnold Potts)

- Australia’s Forgotten Army (Volume 2. Defending the Northern Gateways Northern Territory and Torres Strait 1938-1945)

- Purple Devils (A History of the 2/6th Commando Squadron, formally the 2/6th Independent Squadron 1942-1946)

- From Blue to Khaki, The Band of the 2/22nd Battalion. ( The story of the 2/22nd Battalion Bandsman and their fate at the fall of Rabaul)

- Brave Lads (3 RAR in South Vietnam 1967-1968)

- Milne Bay 1942 (The Story of Milne Force and Japans First Military Defeat on Land)


Southwest Pacific Campaigns

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

 

For a selection of Australia’s Military History in the Southwest Pacific Theatre World War 2, please click on the below link.

Books in this category include the New Guinea Campaign, Rabaul, New Britain and Kokoda.

World War 2 South West Pacific


Strike Swiftly The Australian Commando Story

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Strike Swiftly

The Australian Commando Story

by Peter Collins.

 

 

 

 

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Mercy Trains

Australian Army Ambulance Trains in World War 2.

 


Wounds and Scars

Friday, January 20th, 2012

 

Latest World War 1 Unit History by Ron Austin.

Order Here  >>   Wounds & Scars

The History of the 2nd Field Ambulance, 1914 -1919.

1st edition 2012

 


Silent Voices

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Silent Voices

The story of the 10th Battalion AIF, by Robert Kearney.

Order here : Silent Voices


The Second Fourteenth Battalion

Monday, January 9th, 2012

A new reprint of the 2/14th Battalions Unit History is now available.

The 1st edition of this history is rare, and expensive when found, so it is great to now offer a cheap alternative for those after this history.

To order: 2/14th Battalion Book

 


New War Books Added

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Three Rare Books Arrived Today!

- The Anzac Battalion 1970-1971 (with dust-jacket), 1st edition. This is the Unit History of the 2nd Battalion 2 RAR in South Vietnam int eh years 1970 to 1971.

- 3 RAR in South Vietnam 1967-1968,   1st edition. The Unit history of 3rd Battalion 3 RAR in South Vietnam 1967 to 1968.

- Game to the Last, 1st edition, 11th Australian Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli.