This catalogue focusses on all things military. We have a number of nice Napoleonics titles and a good array of Australian military history and ephemera, including unit histories. There are also some unusual Beans, books on espionage and the homefront, and a nice selection of military reportage. If anything here catches your attention, please contact us at moroccobooks1000@gmail.com for further information.
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Napoleonics
(68833)
Ugo Pericoli (with Michael Glover; A.S.W. Winkworth, trans.; Introduction by
Elizabeth Longford), 1815 – The Armies at Waterloo, Seeley Service &
Company, London, 1979.
Reprint:
royal octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles and decorative endpapers;
176pp., with 80pp. of colour plates and many monochrome illustrations. Minor
wear; spine extremities a little softened; text block edges faintly spotted and
top edge dusted. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by non-adhesive
polypropylene wrap. Very good.
$35
(69346)
Edward Ryan (Lucien Rousselot, illus.), Napoleon's Elite Cavalry - Cavalry
of the Imperial Guard, 1804-1815; The Paintings of Lucien Rousselot,
Greenhill Books Ltd., London, 1999.
First
edition: folio; hardcover, with gilt spine titling; 208pp, with many colour
illustrations. Minor wear; a slight bump to the bottom edge of the upper board.
Dustwrapper lightly rubbed. Very good.
Rousselot
was the Angus McBride of his day (and if that means nothing to you, you haven't
done enough miniatures wargaming!). He spent a long time cataloguing and
illustrating the various uniforms of Napoleon's armies - often from surviving
examples - and was able to attain a very high standard of portrayal. He
published his first collection in 1943 to wide acclaim. The cavalry plates were
gathered together for this new edition by Greenhill Books - noted publishers of
Napoleonic material and other militaria - and each image annotated by Edward
Ryan, an expert on the myriad military uniforms of the period. If you've ever
watched episodes of "Sharpe" and wondered what all those funny
hats were called, or pondered the changing fashion parade that is Ridley Scott's
"The Duellists", then this book is quintessential.
$100
(73819)
Richard Humble, Napoleon's Admirals - Flag Officers of the “Arc de
Triomphe”, 1789-1815, Casemate Publishers, Oxford UK, 2019.
Octavo;
hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 249pp., with many monochrome illustrations.
Minor wear. Light edgewear to the dustwrapper. Near fine.
$50
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Australian
Unit Histories:
Unit
histories are an odd phenomenon. They are produced on subscription to the
members of the unit which they cover and so are created in fairly limited
numbers; they contain all the history concerning the unit, along with some
personal material which might seem odd, or make no sense, to outsiders; and
they represent touchstones to family members who have passed on. Sometimes
these books are the only source for family members to discover what their military
relatives got up to during the wars they fought. As collectibles therefore,
they speak to very particular audiences and are generally overlooked; but they
are often the only surviving ‘boots on the ground’ records of many major
military engagements.
(68496)
Maj. R.F. Stuart (ed.), 3 RAR in South Vietnam, 1967-1968 - A Record of the
Operational Service of the Third Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, in
South Vietnam, 12th December 1967-20th November 1968, Printcraft Press Pty.
Ltd., Brookvale NSW, 1968.
Quarto;
hardcover, faux quarter-binding with gilt spine titles, upper board titles and
decorations and illustrated endpapers; 104pp., with maps and many full-colour
and monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; boards a little rubbed. No
dustwrapper. Very good.
$300
(68459)
Capt. M.R. Battle (ed.), The Year of the Tigers - The Second Tour of 5th
Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam, 1969-70,
Printcraft Press Pty. Ltd., Brookvale NSW, 1970.
Quarto;
hardcover, faux-leather binding with gilt spine titles and upper board
decoration and decorative endpapers; 208pp., with many full-colour and
monochrome illustrations and 16 folding colour maps. Moderate wear; bound
upside-down; some chips to the spine; some mild creasing to some of the maps.
No dustwrapper. Very good.
$300
(68495)
Maj. A. Clunies-Ross & Pvt. E.A. Morgan (eds.), Maj. N.T.J. Williams &
Capt. R.C Haines (Pvt. P.T. McKenna & Pvt. D.J. Nicholsen, illus.), The
Grey Eight in Vietnam - The History of Eighth Battalion, The Royal Australian
Regiment, November 1969-November 1970, The Courier-Mail Printing Service,
Brisbane Qld., 1970.
Quarto;
hardcover, with gilt spine and upper board titles and decorations; 160pp., with
maps and many full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; covers a
little rubbed. Dustwrapper rubbed and edgeworn; chipping to the spine panel
extremities; now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene wrap.
Very good.
$125
(70460)
Ian McNeill, The Team - Australian Army Advisers in Vietnam, 1962-1972,
The Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT, 1984.
First
edition: royal octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles and endpaper maps;
534pp., with maps, many monochrome illustrations and a colour folding map in
the rear. Minor wear; spine heel softened. Dustwrapper somewhat insect damaged
to the bottom edge of the upper panel; now backed by archival-quality white
paper and professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very
good.
$35
(68456)
Robin S. Corfield, Give Me Back My Dear Old Cobbers – The story of the 58th
and 59th Australian Infantry Battalions 1913-1942 (signed), Corfield and
Company, Lara Vic., 2008.
Royal
octavo; hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titles and decorative endpapers;
496pp., with maps and many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; signed by the
author in ink to the title page. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; a
small tear to the spine panel head. Very good to near fine.
$100
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(73876)
C.E.W. Bean, ANZAC to Amiens - A Shorter History of the Australian Fighting
Services in the First World War, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT,
1946.
Octavo;
hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titles; 567pp., with 52 monochrome plates
and 40 maps likewise, Mild wear; slightly rolled; some light insect damage to
the spine; text block edges toned and top edge dusted; offset to the endpapers;
previous owner's name in pencil to the flyleaf; light spotting to the
preliminaries. lacks dustwrapper. Laid in: a flyer for the 1956 Dawn Service
memorial gathering at Chatswood in Sydney.
$75
(70560)
Tim Bowden, One Crowded Hour - Neil Davis, Combat Cameraman, 1934-1985,
William Collins Pty. Ltd., Sydney NSW, 1987.
Octavo;
hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 436pp., with 14pp. of monochrome plates.
Mild wear; spine extremities softened; text block top edge a little dusty.
Dustwrapper is a little rubbed and scuffed; now professionally protected by
non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good.
$25
(74829)
Robert Fox, Camera in Conflict: Armed Combat/Bewaffnete Konflikte/Conflits
armes, The Hulton Getty Picture Collection/Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft
mbH, Koln Germany, 1996.
Quarto;
hardcover, full cloth with red spine and upper board titles and black
endpapers; 420pp., trilingual text (German, French and English) with many full
colour and monochrome illustrations. Moderate wear; a little shaken and rolled;
light softening to the text block edges. Dustwrapper is a bit rubbed and
edgeworn; now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very
good.
$50
(76647)
Neil McDonald & Peter Brune, 200 Shots - Damien Parer and George Silk
with the Australians at war in New Guinea, Allen & Unwin, Crow's Nest
NSW, 2004.
Royal
octavo; paperback; 197pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; text
block a little buckled; covers a little edgeworn; previous owner's name in ink
to the first page. Very good.
$20
(75977)
Neil McDonald, with Peter Brune, Valiant for Truth - The Life of Chester
Wilmot, War Correspondent, NewSouth Books/University of New South Wales
Press Ltd., Sydney NSW, 2016.
Octavo;
hardcover, full decorated cloth with upper board titles; 493pp., with maps and
16pp. of monochrome plates. Mild wear; spine heel a little softened.
Dustwrapper. Very good.
$30
(74915)
N.M. Parnell & C.A. Lynch, Australian Air Force since 1911, A.H & A.W.
Reed Pty. Ltd., Terrey Hills NSW, 1976.
Quarto; hardcover, with endpaper maps; 216pp.,
with many monochrome illustrations. Moderate wear; a little shaken and rolled;
spine extremities a little scraped; light toning to the text block edges; some
minor spotting to the endpapers. Dustwrapper a little rubbed and edgeworn; now
professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film Very good.
$30
(69064)
Colin Gray (Maurice Conly, illus.), Spitfire Patrol, Hutchinson/random
Century (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Milson’s Point NSW, 1990.
Octavo;
hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 166pp., with maps and 32pp. of monochrome
plates. Moderate wear; spine heel a little scraped; previous owner’s name in
ink to the title page; several relevant articles and handwritten notes taped in
to the early pages. Dustwrapper is a little rubbed and edgeworn. Very good.
$35
(69063)
Donald L. Caldwell (Foreword by Adolf Galland), JG 26 - The Epic Saga of
Germany's Legendary Fighter Wing, Orion Books/Crown Publishers Inc., New
York NY, 1991.
Reprint:
octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in cloth with gilt spine titles; 440pp., with
16pp., of monochrome plates. Mild wear; slightly shaken; spine heel softened;
light spotting to the text block edges; retailer's bookplate to the front
pastedown; a pen scribble to the rear free endpaper. Dustwrapper is mildly
rubbed and edgeworn; slight chipping to the flap-turns. Very good.
$65
(68461)
Stewart Wilson, Catalina, Neptune & Orion in Australian Service -
Recounting the exciting exploits and achievements of the three maritime patrol
aircraft which served Australia from World War II to the present, Aerospace
Publications Pty. Ltd., Weston Creek ACT, 1991.
Quarto;
paperback; 177pp., with schematics, charts and many full-colour and monochrome
illustrations. Minor wear; covers a little rubbed; light creasing and sunning
to the spine; some light spotting to the text block top edge; previous owner's
name in ink to the first page. Very good to near fine.
$80
(69060)
IBID., Boeing B-17, B-29 & Lancaster - The Story of the Three Classic
Bombers of WW2, Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd., Weston Creek ACT, 1995.
Quarto;
paperback; 189pp., with schematics, charts and many full-colour and monochrome
illustrations. Minor wear; covers a little rubbed; a sticker ghost to the front
cover. Near fine.
$50
(68494)
IBID., Mustang - Sovereign series: A new look at one of the most famous
fighters of WWII through a chronological history detailing the Mustang's career
in a unique diary form. Supported by specially produced colour artwork and
extensive easy to reference specifications and data tables, Aerospace
Publications Pty. Ltd., Weston Creek ACT, 2001.
Quarto;
paperback; 145pp., with schematics, charts and many colour and monochrome
illustrations. Minor wear; covers a little rubbed; light sunning to the spine.
Very good to near fine.
$30
(68837)
C.E.W. Bean, Flagships Three, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, 1916.
Octavo;
hardcover, full cloth with upper board titles and decoration; 262pp. Moderate
wear; somewhat shaken; spine extremities softened; hinges a little scraped;
light corner-bumping; spine a little faded; text block edges toned and top edge
a little dusty; light offset to the endpapers; previous owner’s name and an old
price in ink to the flyleaf; scattered foxing to the preliminaries. Lacks
dustwrapper. Very good.
$60
(71758)
Bruce Adams, Rust in Peace - South Pacific Battlegrounds Revisited,
Antipodean Publishers Pty. Ltd., Artarmon NSW, 1976.
Quarto;
hardcover, full bonded leather with gilt spine titles and upper board
decoration, and endpaper maps; 239pp., with many full-colour and monochrome
illustrations. Mild wear; rolled; some corner bumping; light spotting to the
text block edges. Dustwrapper sunned along the spine panel; light chipping to
the flap-turns; a few small tears to the spine panel extremities. Very good.
$50
(68344)
Monica Foster & Peter Stone, Rabaul's Forgotten Fleet, Ocean
Enterprises Yarram Vic., 1994.
Royal
octavo; paperback; 156pp., with 4pp. of full-colour plates, many monochrome
illustrations and diagrams, and maps. Mild wear; covers a little rubbed; some
marginal notations in ink. Very good.
$20
(69062)
Theodore P. Savas (ed.), Hunt and Kill - U-505 and the U-Boat War in the
Atlantic, Spellmount Ltd., Staplehurst Kent UK, 2004.
Octavo;
hardcover, full cloth with gilt spine titles; 290pp., with a map and 32pp. of
monochrome plates. Mild wear; magazine advert taped to the title page.
Dustwrapper. Very good.
$45
(76154)
Nancy Wake, The White Mouse - The autobiography of the woman the Gestapo
called the White Mouse, Sun Books/Pan Macmillan (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Sydney
NSW, 2001.
Octavo;
paperback; 206pp., with 16pp. of monochrome plates. Minor wear; text block and
page edges toned. Very good.
$16
(69370)
Antony Beevor, The Mystery of Olga Chekhova - Was Hitler's favourite actress
a Russian spy? Viking/Penguin Books Ltd., London, 2004.
Octavo;
hardcover, with gilt spine titles; 300pp., with 16pp. of monochrome plates.
Mild wear; text block edges lightly toned with some spotting; remainder mark to
the text block lower edge. Dustwrapper is a little rubbed and edgeworn. Very
good.
$30
(69357)
J.C. Masterman (Introduction by M.R.D. Foot; Foreword by Norman Holmes
Pearson), The Double-Cross System in the War of 1939 to 1945, The Folio
Society, London, 2007.
First
edition thus: royal octavo; hardcover, with illustrated upper board and gilt
spine titles and upper board decorations; 215pp., with a monochrome portrait
frontispiece and 12pp. of plates likewise. Minor wear. No dustwrapper as
issued. Near fine in like slipcase.
$45
(70687)
Richard Reid, “Just wanted to be there…” Australian Service Nurses,
1899-1999, Commonwealth Dept. of Veteran's Affairs, Canberra ACT, 1999.
Octavo;
paperback, perfect-bound with illustrated wrappers; 121pp., with many
monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; slight curling to the covers. Very good.
$20
(76995) Anne Sebba, Les Parisiennes - How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s, Weidenfeld & Nicolson/The Orion Publishing Group Ltd., London, 2016.
Reprint: octavo; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titles and illustrated endpapers; 457pp., with maps, 24pp. of full-colour and monochrome plates and many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; text block edges toned.. Dustwrapper now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good.
$25
(68763)
Melanie Oppenheimer, Australian Women and War, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Barton ACT, 2008.
Quarto;
hardcover, with upper board titles and decorative endpapers; 270pp., with many full-colour
and monochrome illustrations. Mild wear;
slightly rolled. Dustwrapper is a little rubbed and edgeworn. Very good. Laid
in: some promotional material about the book.
$40
(70527)
Marguerite Patten, Victory Cookbook - Nostalgic Food and Facts from
1940-1954, Imperial War Museum/Chancellor Press/Bounty Books/Octopus
Publishing Group, London, 2002.
Reprint:
octavo; paperback; unpaginated, with many monochrome illustrations. Mild wear;
some curling to the covers. Very good.
$25
(76374)
Steven L. Carruthers, Japanese Submarine Raiders 1942 – A Maritime Mystery
(signed), Casper Publications Pty. Ltd., Narrabeen NSW, 2006.
Revised
edition: octavo; hardcover, full cloth; 264pp., with maps and many monochrome
illustrations. Minor wear; signed by the author with a dedication in ink to the
flyleaf. Dustwrapper a little scuffed. Near fine.
$40
(72789)
Michael McKernan, Australians at Home - World War I, The Five Mile Press
Pty. Ltd., Scoresby Vic., 2014.
Quarto;
hardcover, with illustrated boards; 244pp., with many monochrome illustrations.
Minor wear. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn. Very good.
$50
(75986)
Graham Apthorpe, The Man Inside ...the Bloodiest Outbreak, Big Sky
Publishing Pty. Ltd., Newport NSW, 2017.
Octavo;
trade paperback; 182pp., with 16pp.of full-colour and monochrome plates. Minor
wear. Very good.
$15
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Ephemera
Several of the items in this grouping would seem to be anything but ephemeral;
however, they do fit the description in that they were designed and
created as promotional items and were made in limited numbers sent out to
subscribers, or to a specific audience. The ANZAC Book was published as
a fund raiser to help troops in the field, while Australian Chivalry was
issued as a fundraiser to help finance the creation of an Australian war
memorial, ultimately built in Canberra. Stand Easy was created as a
celebration of wartime victory and in order to raise funds for returning
soldiers. Regardless of their categorisation, these items are long-time
survivors and getting increasingly rare.
(69111)
[The Men of Anzac], The ANZAC Book - Written and Illustrated in Gallipoli by
the Men of Anzac, Cassell and Co. Ltd., London, 1916.
Quarto;
hardcover, with gilt spine titles and an upper board illustration; 170pp. with
a colour frontispiece and many colour and monochrome illustrations. Moderate
wear; boards rubbed and edgeworn; spine extremities softened; text block and
page edges toned and pages tanned; flyleaf removed; previous owner's ink
inscription to the verso of the frontis. No dustwrapper. Very good.
$90
(73345)
J. L. Treloar (ed.), Australian Chivalry - Reproductions in Colour and
Duo-Tone of Official War Paintings, The Board of Management of the Australian
War Memorial, Sydney NSW, 1933.
Landscape
quarto; hardcover, full patterned cloth with an upper board decoration;
unpaginated (7pp.), with 52 tipped-in colour and duotone plates. Mild wear;
boards a little rubbed and edgeworn with some minor marks; spine extremities
softened; text block and page edges toned; previous owner's ink stamp to the
flyleaf and the title page. No dustwrapper. Very good.
$400
(72451) R. Woolley, Navigation by the Stars, with prototype star chart proforma, Command of the Military Board, Army HQ: Melbourne Vic., 1942.
Octavo; stapled booklet, printed wrappers; 14pp., with many monochrome diagrams. Ex-library: 35th Battalion; mild wear; covers lightly rubbed and spotted with some creasing; inked library date-stamp to the front cover. Very good. Laid in: prototype of a pro-forma for star navigation to be used in the field, entitled “B2670”; graph paper, 1 sheet, 345 mm x 214 mm; details in ink and pencil.
An unusual find - the initial design for a form to be used as an aid in stellar navigation while in the field is included with this authorised military navigation guide.
$50
(68766)
[The Australian Military Forces], Stand Easy - After the Defeat of Japan,
1945, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT, 1945.
Quarto;
hardcover, full cloth with upper board titles and decoration and decorative
endpapers; 207pp., with a colour frontispiece and 23 colour and monochrome
plates and many other monochrome illustrations. Moderate wear; a little shaken;
spine extremities softened; boards a little rubbed and edgeworn; text block
edges toned; light offset to the endpapers; No dustwrapper. Very good.
$120
(75166)
Unknown (illus.), Four military prints: Napoleonic uniforms, circa. 1830 - "Light
Company Officer, the 93rd Foot, 2nd Bn., The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders"; "Private, The 23rd Foot, The Royal Welch
Fusiliers"; "Sergeant, The Royal Horse Artillery"; &
"Field Officer, The 60th Regiment, The King's Royal Rifle Corps",
unknown, np., nd.
Four
royal octavo leaves (279mm x 190mm); colour illustrations. Near fine.
$20
(75408)
Ramon Azaola (ed.), The Lead Soldier Collection: Men At War, 1914-1945 -
three titles: "2 The Afrikakorps - Sergeant, Pioneers: 1941"; "3
The Scots - Piper, Black Watch: 1914"; & "4 The French
Army, Blitzkrieg to Vichy - Captain, Armoured Troops: 1939", Osprey
Publishing Ltd./Del Prado Publishers, Madrid Spain, 2000.
Three
volumes: small folio; paperback, stapled booklets; 51pp. (17pp. + 17pp. +
17pp.), with many colour and monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; covers a
little rubbed and edgeworn. Very good.
$20
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Military Memoirs
In the aftermath of World War Two and into the ensuing Cold War, stories of wartime derring-do became mainstays of the publishing world. Publishers like Pan Books, New English Library, Fontana and others released small format editions of these biographical narratives for an eager readership - easy to read and able to be slipped into a pocket. Some of these titles were official histories bought as reprints and sometimes they were the remembrances of enemy fighters - published for the first time and only available in these sub rosa formats. We have a good array of these titles here at Morocco, as listed below.
(71250) Andrew Wilson, Flame Thrower - $10
(71270) H.E. Bates, The Stories of Flying Officer X - $10
(71271) Edward L. Beach, Submarine! - $10
(71265) Anthony Deane-Drummond, Return Ticket - $10
(71264) D.A. Rayner, The Enemy Below - $10
(71263) S.W. Roskill, H.M.S. Warspite: War at Sea - $10
(71257) Alexander McKee, Strike from the Sky: The Battle of Britain Story - $10
(69807) Charles Lamb, War in a Stringbag - $12
(71269) Alan Morris, Bloody April - $9
(71274) Col. Robert L. Scott, God is My Co-Pilot - $8
(71249) Alastair Revie, The Lost Command - $10
(71258) Paul Lund & Harry Ludlam, Out Sweeps! - $10
(71253) Alastair Mars, Submarines at War 1939-1945 - $10
(71248) Johannes Steinhoff, The Straits of Messina - $10
(71262) J.H. Brennecke, Ghost Cruiser HK33 - $10
(71255) Paul Lund & Harry Ludlam, PQ17: Convoy To Hell - $10
(71276) Ralph Baker, The Thousand Plan - $10
(71260) David A. Thomas, Crete 1941: The Battle at Sea - $10
(71267) John Killen, The Luftwaffe - $10
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NB: All prices are in Australian Dollars (AUD) and DO NOT include postage, which will need to be calculated according to individual circumstances at the time of sale.
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