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Monday, August 15th, 2011
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.
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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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
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
The Australian Commando Story
by Peter Collins.
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Australian Army Ambulance Trains in World War 2.
The Australian Commando Story
by Peter Collins.
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Australian Army Ambulance Trains in World War 2.
Wounds and Scars
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Latest World War 1 Unit History by Ron Austin.
The History of the 2nd Field Ambulance, 1914 -1919.
1st edition 2012
Latest World War 1 Unit History by Ron Austin.
The History of the 2nd Field Ambulance, 1914 -1919.
1st edition 2012
August Newsletter 2011
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Booksforever Newsletter
~Australian History Books~
(Military Books Newsletter)
If you see a book of interest please click on the title to be taken to that page.
If a book is marked out of stock by the time you view it, contact us anyway, another copy may be found or simply ordered in!
This Newsletter contains a small selection of new books, some recently released and out of print rare books.
If you require further information on any of these books, please contact us. On a few titles, cover pics will be added in the next day or two.
* Several of these titles are on the way to us, so there will be a delivery delay to you. Please see book description for any possible delivery delay time.
-World War 1-
The History of the 48th Battalion AIF 1916 – 1919.
- Ordinary Men – Extraordinary Service
(The World War One experiences of the 9th Battalion (Queensland) AIF & Reflections of the Gallipoli Campaign).
Being the Record of the 6th Machine Gun Battalion A.I.F.
-World War 1 Titles Now Back In Stock -
-Our Dear Old Battalion (The Story of the 7th Battalion AIF)
-Gallipoli Doctors (The Australian Doctors At War Series)
-Black & Gold (History of the 29th Battalion)
-Cobbers in Khaki (History of the 8th Battalion)
-As Rough As Bags (History of the 6th Battalion)
-Forward Undeterred (History of the 23rd Battalion)
-World War 2-
- North Australia Observer Unit
(Australia’s Bush Commando’s)
If you have read Curtin’s Cowboys, this book is also a must read on this Unit.
(The Unique Experiences of 20 Members of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment)
(Stories of the boys of the 4th Anti Tank Regiment, World War 2. Malaya & Singapore, and also who became POWs).
(The Forgotten Fifteenths Date With Rommel’s Champion. Queensland’s 2-15th Battalion in Tobruk).
(The Australian Commando Story) A highly recommended book for anyone interested in the Australian Commandos history).
(Storm Over Kokoda tells how Australian crews, in a handful of Hudson bombers and Catalina flying boats, took the fight to the Japanese).
(Recollections of the 2/10th Field Regiment, with POW history).
(In 1943, a small band of inexperienced Australian and British fighter pilots fought an ongoing air battle in defense of north-western Australia, flying against a formidably skilled and proficient opponent).
- 2/4th Australian Field Regiment
(A history of a Royal Australian Artillery Regiment during World War 2).
(The Story of the Australian 2/6th Infantry Battalion).
(This is the story of a battle few Australians have heard about, the first battle of WWII planned and fought predominantly by Australians. In January 1941, Australians of the 6th Division led a successful assault against the Italian colonial fortress-village of Bardia in Libya, a victory which was heralded at the time as one of Australia’s greatest military achievements).
- Mud and Blood – Albury’s Own
(The Second Twenty Third Australian Infantry Battalion, Ninth Australian Division).
- Roll Call of the Second Twenty Third 1940 to 1945
(With the 2/9th Battalion in the African Desert and the jungle of the Pacific)
(Australian airmen in the Pacific War. Mark Johnston, one of Australia’s leading experts on World War II, explains vividly how more than 130,000 Australian airmen fought Japan from the Pacific War’s first hours in 1941 to its last in 1945)
-Vietnam-
(The larrikin Aussie legends who discovered the Vietcong’s secret weapon)
(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).
(The Tour in South Vietnam of 4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion & 104 Field Battery June 1968-May 1969).
(A Pictorial record of the second tour in South Vietnam by 4 RAR/NZ (Anzac) Battalion 1971-1972).
(A bloody defeat in South Vietnam, 1968).
(An Australian Reconnaissance Unit in Vietnam).
(Seven young Australian soldiers find themselves caught up in the madness and brutality of the Vietnam War. Covering the events during their tours of duty between 1966 and 1972, Flashback vividly portrays the ordeals these men encountered while each man’s story is also a journey through the affects of post-traumatic stress and the dislocation of post-war service).
(The Second Tour of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam, 1969-70 by Edited by M.R. Battle, D.S. Wilkins).
-Miscellaneous-
- Military Badges of the Australian Colonies 1800-1903
(Counter Bombardment in Australia’s military Campaigns)
Counter Bombardment in Australia’s military Campaigns. Australian military historical accounts focus mainly on gunners supporting cavalry and infantry. Supporting fire includes that of engaging and knocking out enemy guns and mortars. This is known as ‘counter battery’ or ‘counter bombardment’. This is the story of the men in 1915 to 1918 who located the enemy guns, the airmen who engaged and photographed hostile batteries and commanders who formulated artillery tactics to reduce the horrendous casualty rates on the Western Front.
- Signaller Johnston’s Secret War
(More than a memoir, Peter Pinney’s acclaimed trilogy is a classic of the New Guinea Campaign. Written as Fiction, but based on true events. Three volumes combined into 1 book. “The Barbarians”, “The Glass Cannon”, “The Devils Garden”).
-WE BUY BOOKS ALSO! -
Below are the top 5 books we are after at present, to fill the growing demand for these titles. If you have a copy of these books you no longer want, and wish to sell, please contact us.
- Tobruk to Tarakan(2/48th Battalion)
- Doomed Battalion (2/40th Battalion)
- The 13 Squadron Story (13 Squadron R.A.A.F)
- Fiery Phoenix (2/7th Battalion)
- That’s The Way It Was (24th Battalion)
All Australian Unit histories are are wanted, so please contact us if you have other titles to sell.
Booksforever Newsletter
~Australian History Books~
(Military Books Newsletter)
If you see a book of interest please click on the title to be taken to that page.
If a book is marked out of stock by the time you view it, contact us anyway, another copy may be found or simply ordered in!
This Newsletter contains a small selection of new books, some recently released and out of print rare books.
If you require further information on any of these books, please contact us. On a few titles, cover pics will be added in the next day or two.
* Several of these titles are on the way to us, so there will be a delivery delay to you. Please see book description for any possible delivery delay time.
-World War 1-
The History of the 48th Battalion AIF 1916 – 1919.
- Ordinary Men – Extraordinary Service
(The World War One experiences of the 9th Battalion (Queensland) AIF & Reflections of the Gallipoli Campaign).
Being the Record of the 6th Machine Gun Battalion A.I.F.
-World War 1 Titles Now Back In Stock -
-Our Dear Old Battalion (The Story of the 7th Battalion AIF)
-Gallipoli Doctors (The Australian Doctors At War Series)
-Black & Gold (History of the 29th Battalion)
-Cobbers in Khaki (History of the 8th Battalion)
-As Rough As Bags (History of the 6th Battalion)
-Forward Undeterred (History of the 23rd Battalion)
-World War 2-
- North Australia Observer Unit
(Australia’s Bush Commando’s)
If you have read Curtin’s Cowboys, this book is also a must read on this Unit.
(The Unique Experiences of 20 Members of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment)
(Stories of the boys of the 4th Anti Tank Regiment, World War 2. Malaya & Singapore, and also who became POWs).
(The Forgotten Fifteenths Date With Rommel’s Champion. Queensland’s 2-15th Battalion in Tobruk).
(The Australian Commando Story) A highly recommended book for anyone interested in the Australian Commandos history).
(Storm Over Kokoda tells how Australian crews, in a handful of Hudson bombers and Catalina flying boats, took the fight to the Japanese).
(Recollections of the 2/10th Field Regiment, with POW history).
(In 1943, a small band of inexperienced Australian and British fighter pilots fought an ongoing air battle in defense of north-western Australia, flying against a formidably skilled and proficient opponent).
- 2/4th Australian Field Regiment
(A history of a Royal Australian Artillery Regiment during World War 2).
(The Story of the Australian 2/6th Infantry Battalion).
(This is the story of a battle few Australians have heard about, the first battle of WWII planned and fought predominantly by Australians. In January 1941, Australians of the 6th Division led a successful assault against the Italian colonial fortress-village of Bardia in Libya, a victory which was heralded at the time as one of Australia’s greatest military achievements).
- Mud and Blood – Albury’s Own
(The Second Twenty Third Australian Infantry Battalion, Ninth Australian Division).
- Roll Call of the Second Twenty Third 1940 to 1945
(With the 2/9th Battalion in the African Desert and the jungle of the Pacific)
(Australian airmen in the Pacific War. Mark Johnston, one of Australia’s leading experts on World War II, explains vividly how more than 130,000 Australian airmen fought Japan from the Pacific War’s first hours in 1941 to its last in 1945)
-Vietnam-
(The larrikin Aussie legends who discovered the Vietcong’s secret weapon)
(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).
(The Tour in South Vietnam of 4 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion & 104 Field Battery June 1968-May 1969).
(A Pictorial record of the second tour in South Vietnam by 4 RAR/NZ (Anzac) Battalion 1971-1972).
(A bloody defeat in South Vietnam, 1968).
(An Australian Reconnaissance Unit in Vietnam).
(Seven young Australian soldiers find themselves caught up in the madness and brutality of the Vietnam War. Covering the events during their tours of duty between 1966 and 1972, Flashback vividly portrays the ordeals these men encountered while each man’s story is also a journey through the affects of post-traumatic stress and the dislocation of post-war service).
(The Second Tour of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam, 1969-70 by Edited by M.R. Battle, D.S. Wilkins).
-Miscellaneous-
- Military Badges of the Australian Colonies 1800-1903
(Counter Bombardment in Australia’s military Campaigns)
Counter Bombardment in Australia’s military Campaigns. Australian military historical accounts focus mainly on gunners supporting cavalry and infantry. Supporting fire includes that of engaging and knocking out enemy guns and mortars. This is known as ‘counter battery’ or ‘counter bombardment’. This is the story of the men in 1915 to 1918 who located the enemy guns, the airmen who engaged and photographed hostile batteries and commanders who formulated artillery tactics to reduce the horrendous casualty rates on the Western Front.
- Signaller Johnston’s Secret War
(More than a memoir, Peter Pinney’s acclaimed trilogy is a classic of the New Guinea Campaign. Written as Fiction, but based on true events. Three volumes combined into 1 book. “The Barbarians”, “The Glass Cannon”, “The Devils Garden”).
-WE BUY BOOKS ALSO! -
Below are the top 5 books we are after at present, to fill the growing demand for these titles. If you have a copy of these books you no longer want, and wish to sell, please contact us.
- Tobruk to Tarakan(2/48th Battalion)
- Doomed Battalion (2/40th Battalion)
- The 13 Squadron Story (13 Squadron R.A.A.F)
- Fiery Phoenix (2/7th Battalion)
- That’s The Way It Was (24th Battalion)
All Australian Unit histories are are wanted, so please contact us if you have other titles to sell.