AUSTRALIAN ARMY UNIT HISTORIES

from the library of

The Hon David Levine AO RFD QC

Catalogue 235October, 2019

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REFERENCES CITED Dornbusch: Australian Military Bibliography. C. E. Dornbusch. Hope Farm Press, Cornwallville, New York, 1963.

Fielding and O'Neill: A select bibliography of Australian military history 1891-1939. Jean Fielding (Jean) and Robert O'Neill. The Australian National University, Canberra, 1978.

Trigellis-Smith: Shaping history. A bibliography of Australian Army Unit Histories. Including Army formations, establishments, associated organisations and a selection of campaign and area histories. Syd Trigellis-Smith, Sergio Zampatti & Max Parsons. The authors, Melbourne, 1996.

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FIRST WORLD WAR

DIVISIONS A.I.F.

5th Division:

1. Ellis (Capt. A. D.) THE STORY OF THE FIFTH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION.Being an Authoritative Account of the Division's Doings in Egypt, France and Belgium. W i t h m a p s , c h a r t s , photographs, and appendices. Foreword by Marshal F. Foch. Pp. xx+468, frontispiece portrait, 13 full page plates plus 2 tipped-in coloured plates ((unit colour patches), numerous maps and diagrams in text plus 3 folding maps, appendices; med. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in gilt & blind, the boards marked and lightly flecked, edges lightly worn, with small cloth loss to lower fore-edge of lower board, fore-corners slightly bruised; free endpapers and leaves opposite plates and inserted maps offset, some occasional foxing, including to edges of leaves, lower fore-corner of several leaves slightly bruised; Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d.[1920]. First edition. Dornbusch 311; Fielding and O'Neill, p. 244; Trigellis-Smith 188. *With a loosely inserted small white card, inscribed 'With the author's compliments. Rev. W. Devine, Lancefield, Vict.'. $750

LIGHT HORSE REGIMENTS

6th Light Horse Regiment:

2. Berrie (G. L.) UNDER FURRED HATS (6th A.L.H. Regiment).

Pp. 180(last colophon, issued without lower free endpaper), 44 full page and 2 folding plates, Honours and awards list, casualty list; cr. 8vo; tan cloth, lettered and decorated in black, with badge and colour patch on upper board, edges lightly worn, the cloth lightly soiled and marked; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, ownership and gift inscriptions on recto and verso of upper free

endpaper, which is browned, occasional soiling; W. C. Penfold & Co. Ltd., Sydney, 1919. First edition. Dornbusch 379, Fielding and O'Neill p. 232, Trigellis-Smith 277. $400

11th Light Horse Regiment:

3. Hammond (Ernest W.) HISTORY OF THE 11th LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT.Fourth Light Horse Brigade Australian Imperial Forces, War 1914-1919. Foreword by Genera l Si r Harry Chauvel. Pp. [xvi]+186, frontispiece plus 64 plates, colour patch on title page, 4 full page maps, appendices (including awards and decorations), Honour roll, Honours and awards, nominal roll; demy 4to; brown cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, lightly marked and flecked, edges slightly worn, fore-corners slightly bruised; endpapers lightly marked, old inked price and small scribble on upper free endpaper, hinge starting between frontispiece and title-page, fore-edges of leaves lightly marked; William Brooks & Co. (Q.) Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, 1942. First edition. Dornbusch 393; Fielding and O'Neill p. 233; Trigellis-Smith 282. *Inscribed by author on upper pastedown: "To my friends Mr & Mrs S. Martin with the author's compliments . . . Chernside 18/3/52". $1,200

AUSTRALIAN ARMY UNIT HISTORIES

The books in this catalogue are from the private library of The Hon. David Levine AO RFD QC—a dedicated and passionate bibliophile for more than half a century.

In a lecture delivered at the State Library of New South Wales in 2011, David declared that

. . . My principal areas of interest have been the humanities and the inhumanities. The former embraces literature, history, the arts including bibliography and press books, the law and the classics and naturally, baseball. The latter embodies military history, war as a persistent human enterprise, . .

This is the first of a series of catalogues devoted to David’s collection of military histories. It will be followed by catalogues of regimental histories of the British army, the Franco-Prussian and Russo-Japanese wars, and one of the finest private collections of military treatises published in England and Europe before 1641.

Most of the items bear David's bookplate or militaria book label, usually affixed to the upper pastedown or upper free endpaper.

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INFANTRY

5th Battalion:

4. Keown (A. W.) FORWARD WITH THE FIFTH.The Story of Five Years' War Service, Fifth Inf. Battalion, A.I.F.

Pp. 326+[2](blank, colophon), frontispiece and 21 (of 23) plates (lacking 'After Menin Road' and 'Broodse inde Ridge', with no evidence of these having been originally present in this copy); pictorial brown cloth, very slightly flecked; free endpapers quite browned and offset, edges of leaves slightly browned;

The Specialty Press Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, 1921. First edition. Dornbusch 319; Fielding and O'Neill p. 225; Trigellis-Smith 205 (noting that a bound & typed nominal roll was issued as a separate volume, not present here). $150

10th Battalion:

5. Lock (Cecil Bert Lovell) THE FIGHTING 10TH.A South Australian Centenary: Souvenir of the 10th Battalion, A.I.F. 1914-1919. With a foreword by Brigadier-General Stanley Price Weir. Pp. [viii]+320, Honours and awards list, roll of Honour, nominal roll, errata slip (quite browned and foxed) loosely inserted; demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered and ruled in black & blind, the boards lightly marked; red speckled edges; some foxing, mainly to endpapers and margins of outer leaves; Webb & Son, Adelaide, 1936. Second impression. First edition. Dornbusch 332; Fielding and O'Neill, p. 226; Trigellis-Smith 211. $400

13th Battalion:

6. White (Thomas A.) THE HISTORY OF THE 13th BATTALION, A.I.F.Pp. [ii](Battalion colours, blank)+168, portraits, text maps;

demy 4to; grey papered boards, the upper board lettered in black and with colour patch, rebacked with black cloth, new grey paper fore-corners, the boards lightly soiled and with a lightly frayed bump in lower edges; later endpapers; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, offset, several leaves lightly creased, closed tear from fore-edge and into part of text pp. 159/160; Tyrrell's Ltd., Sydney, 1924. First edition. Dornbusch 341;

Fielding and O'Neill p. 226; Trigellis-Smith 215. $1,200

16th Battalion:

7. Longmore (Captain C.) THE OLD SIXTEENTH.Being a record of the 16th Battalion, A.I.F., during the Great War, 1914-1918. With Foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash. Pp. [ii]+xii+274, 3 folding plates, numerous text illustrations and maps, appendices , Honours and awards, roll of Honour in respect of officers, nominal roll; med. 8vo; gilt lettered brown buckram, lightly faded, lower inner edge of lower board lightly worn; edges of leaves speckled; ownership signature on upper free endpaper, endpapers and a very small portion of fore-edges lightly foxed; The History Committee of the 16th Battalion Association, Perth, 1929. First edition. Dornbusch 324; Fielding and O'Neill p. 227; Trigellis-Smith 219. $750

17th Battalion:

8. MacKenzie (Lieutenant-Colonel K. W.) THE STORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH BATTALION A.I.F in the Great War 1914-1918.

Pp. 376, frontispiece, text il lustrations (several full page), maps, Honours and awards, roll of Honour, nominal roll, appendices, corrigenda slip; demy 8vo; green cloth, lettered in black, with wrap-around paper band ('Borrowed from Daily Telegraph Library') on boards and pastedowns, fore-corners lightly worn; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper

pastedown, endpapers and edges of leaves lightly browned, some leaves partially unopened at top fore-corners, a couple carelessly opened; Shipping Newspapers, Printers, Sydney, 1946. First edition. Dornbusch 328; Fielding and O'Neill p. 227; Trigellis-Smith 220. $800

22nd Battalion:

9. Gorman (Captain E.) WITH THE TWENTY-SECOND.A History of the Twenty-Second Battalion, A.I.F. With an Introduction by General Sir W. R. Birdwood. Front i sp iece by L ieut . Will Dyson. Pp. 132, 35 plates, appendix, Honours and awards list, roll of Honour; small cr. 4to; qr. brown cloth, lightly faded, printed labels on spine, lettering dull and faded, grey papered boards, lettered and decorated in purple & red,

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lightly soiled and browned, edges slightly worn, fore-corners lightly bruised and frayed; endpapers and edges of leaves lightly browned, occasional light soiling; H. H. Champion, Australasian Authors' Agency, Melbourne, 1919. First edition. Dornbusch 313; Fielding and O'Neill p. 227; Trigellis-Smith 223. *Originally from the library of J. Cluny Harkness, with his bookplate on upper pastedown. $250

24th Battalion:

10. Harvey (W. J.) THE RED AND WHITE DIAMOND.Authorised History of the Twenty-fourth Battalion A.I.F.

Pp. 340, frontispiece plus 22 plates, 4 maps (1 folding), title page decoration printed in red & black, appendix (roll of the Fallen, list of decorations, awards, &c.); demy 8vo; grey papered boards, lettered in navy, sp l i t (but holding) along portions

of joints, that at top of lower board repaired with glue, fore-corners lightly worn and bruised; leaves browned and brittle, hinge tender at a couple of points, short closed tear centre of pp. 267/8, and towards top of lower free endpaper, two leaves with some surface damage on reverse and with white paper offset onto following text pages; published for the 24th Battalion Association by Alexander McCubbin, Melbourne, n.d.[1920]. First edition. Dornbusch 316; Fielding and O'Neill p. 227; Trigellis-Smith 225. $900

27th Battalion:

11. Dollman (Lieut.-Col.) & Sgt. H. M. Skinner. THE BLUE AND BROWN DIAMOND.A History of the 27th Battalion Australian Imperial Force 1915-1919. Pp. 228, frontispiece, 14 plates, 16 plans of operation (several full page), appendices, Honours and awards list, roll of Honour, printed upper endpapers; demy 8vo; pictorial brown cloth, lightly marked and flecked, lightly frayed and split from head of spine along upper joint and lower edge of upper board, fore-corners lightly bruised and worn; the endpapers browned and offset, with 7 cm. split along lower portion of upper hinge from bottom edge, leaves quite browned, particularly at edges; Lonnen & Cope, Adelaide, 1921. First edition. Dornbusch 310; Fielding and O'Neill p. 227; Trigellis-Smith 226. $750

28th Battalion:

12. Collett (H. B.) THE 28TH: A RECORD OF WAR SERVICE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, 1915-1919.Volume I. Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula. [All published] . With Foreword by The Most Reverend C. O. L. Riley, Archbishop of Perth and Chaplain-General to the Forces. Pp. [xvi]+220+[2]

(Compiler's note, blank), fo lding f ron t i sp i e c e , text i l lustrations and maps, 3 folding maps, appendices (including rolls, decorations and awards), errata slip tipped in opposite p. 174; green cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, with white & blue Battalion diamond inlaid at centre of upper

board, edges very slightly worn and with a couple of spots of slight fading to boards; top edges of leaves slightly soiled, pastedowns lightly browned, free endpapers quite browned and offset, inner margin of one folding map slightly foxed; Trustees, The Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1922. First edition. Dornbusch 383; Fielding and O'Neill p. 228; Trigellis-Smith 227. *Battalion presentation copy, inscribed 'With the compliments of' above stamp on upper free endpaper. $750

37th Battalion:

13. McNicol (N. G.) THE THIRTY-SEVENTH."History of the Thirty-Seventh Battalion A.I.F." P p . [ x x i v ] + 2 5 6 ( l a s t colophon), frontispiece, 19 plates, 12 full page text maps (1 double page), battle Honours , Honour rol l , Honours and awards, A.I.F. figures, nominal roll; med. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & blind, 2 cm. split from top edge into upper joint, slightly frayed, edges and fore-corners lightly worn; gift inscription, dated 23/11/36, on upper free endpaper, lower hinge paper starting, endpapers browned and soiled, some foxing and light soiling throughout; Modern Printing Co. Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, 1936. First edition. Dornbusch 330; Fielding and O'Neill p. 228; Trigellis-Smith 233. $1,200

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48th Battalion:

14. Devine (W.) THE STORY OF A BATTALION.Drawings and Maps by Daryl Lindsay (Official Artist with the A.I.F.).

Pp. xii+180(last colophon), 12 plates, lettered tissue guards, 4 full page maps, appendices, including Honours and awards list, roll of Honour; demy 8vo; red cloth, lettered in black, lightly rubbed, edges lightly worn, slightly frayed at head of spine, fore-corners slightly bruised; leaves lightly browned, small split in fore-edge of two leaves, a couple of spots of light foxing, a 1936 newspaper clipping ('Where is Father Devine?') laid on recto of lower free endpaper; Melville &

Mullen, Melbourne, 1919. First edition. Dornbusch 309, Fielding and O'Neill p. 230, Trigellis-Smith 246. $750

SECOND WORLD WAR

2/1st Battalion:

15. Givney (E. C.) Editor. THE FIRST AT WAR.The story of the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-45. The City of Sydney Regiment. Pp. [ii]+xii+558, text illustrations and maps, appendices (Honours and awards list, Honour roll, casualties, nominal roll, bibliography); roy. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered and blocked in gilt, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, browned and foxed on reverse, edges lightly bruised, two closed tears along bottom edge; endpapers and top edges of leaves lightly foxed; The Editorial Committee, The Association of First Infantry Battalions, Earlwood, N.S.W., 1987. First edition. Trigellis-Smith 358. *The 2/1st First Battalion served in the North African, Greek & Crete, and New Guinea Campaigns. $350

2/3rd Battalion:

16. Clift (Ken) WAR DANCE.A story of the 2/3 Aust. Inf. Battalion A.I.F.

Pp. [xiv]+450, text illustrations and maps plus endpaper maps, battle honours with coloured illustration of the Battalion Colours, Honour roll, nominal roll; post 8vo; upper board slightly marked; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed; light vertical paper crease in upper pastedown, endpapers lightly offset; P. M. Fowler/2/3 Battalion Association, Kingsgrove, N.S.W., 1980. First edition. Trigellis-Smith 363. $250

2/14th Battalion:

17. Russell (W. B.) THE SECOND FOURTEENTH BATTALION.A history of an Australian Infantry Battalion in the Second World War. Pp. xx+336, frontispiece portrait plus 49 plates, 3 full page illustrations, 6 full page maps and 1 full page sketch printed in red & black, plus several black & white text maps, large folding coloured map tipped-in at end, decorative endpaper map, printed in blue & brown, appendix, Honours and awards, roll of Honour, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, colour patch to upper board, edges slightly worn; dust wrapper, browned and foxed, with pieces torn from head and tail of backstrip, edges rubbed, split and chipped, with large tear along front backstrip fold and across back flap, paper tape repaired on reverse; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, endpapers browned, margins of leaves and plates lightly browned, a few light spots of foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1948. First edition. Dornbusch 280; Trigellis-Smith 278. *With relevant newscutting (The Australian, Tuesday, September 23, 1952) loosely inserted. $200

2/17th Battalion:

18. Trebeck (Bruce) & others. Editors. WHAT WE HAVE WE HOLD!A history of the 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion 1940-1945.

Pp. xvi+464(last blank), 3 full page colour illustrations, pictorial title page printed in green & black, numerous text illustrations and maps, endpaper maps, appendices, including nominal roll with casualties, Honours and awards; cr. 4to; green cloth, lettered in gilt, gilt insignia to upper board, lower edge of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly browned; edges of leaves lightly browned; 2/17 Battalion Histor y Committee , Sydney,

n.d.[c.1990?]. First edition. Trigellis-Smith 385. $250

2/24th Battalion:

19. Serle (R. P.) THE SECOND TWENTY-FOURTH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION OF THE 9th AUSTRALIAN DIVISION.A history. Pp. xiv+378, frontispiece, 14 plates, 10 text maps, several full page, pictorial endpapers, battle Honours, roll of Honour, index; demy 8vo; dust wrapper, browned; endpapers and edges of leaves lightly browned; The Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1963. First edition. Trigellis-Smith 400. $200

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2/27th Battalion:

20. Burns (John) THE BROWN AND BLUE DIAMOND.The Story of the 2/27th Battalion.

Pp. xvi+260(last blank), 1 double and 34 single-page plates, 1 double and 1 single page coloured maps, plus folding map (Shaggy Ridge area) at end, 1 text illustration and 4 text maps, colour patch on title page, casualty lists, Honours and awards, nominal roll; med 8vo; beige cloth, spine lettered in brown, colour patch on spine and upper board, a couple of small marks on upper board; dust wrapper, edges lightly split, lightly rubbed and browned, light brown stain on

inside and lower edge of front wrapper; outer leaves lightly offset and foxed; 2/27th Battalion Ex-Servicemen's Association, Adelaide, 1960. First edition. Dornbusch 429; Trigellis-Smith 403 (noting that a supplementary nominal roll was issued after publication). $750

42nd Battalion:

21. Benson (S. E.) THE STORY OF THE 42 AUST. INF. BN.Pp. [xii]+220, 20 plates (2 folding), 6 full page text maps, awards, Honour roll; demy 8vo; purple cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, fore-corners very slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed and soiled, edges lightly split and worn; endpapers offset, some light foxing, mainly to edges of leaves, which are also lightly marked; Dymock's Book Arcade for the 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion Association, Sydney, 1952. First edition. Dornbusch 426; Fielding and O'Neill p. 229; Trigellis-Smith 434. $500

55th/53rd Battalion:

22. Budden (F. M.) THAT MOB.The story of the 55th/53rd Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F.

Pp. [viii]+168, text illustrations, 3 smaller double sided maps tipped-in, appendices (Some Statist ics 1942-1945, Some Extracts from Unit Publications, Honour roll, Thoughts on Anzac Day), bibliography; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly marked; some scattered foxing; the author, Sydney, 1973. First edition. Trigellis-Smith 437. *With front panel of original dust wrapper mounted on upper free endpaper. $250

MACHINE GUN BATTALION

2/3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion:

23. Bellair (John) FROM SNOW TO JUNGLE.A history of the 2/3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion. Pp. xxviii+298, text illustrations, 12 text maps, facsimile letter as endpapers, appendices, including Honours and awards list, Honour roll, nominal roll, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly browned, lightly foxed on reverse; some light foxing, mainly to edges of leaves; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1987. First edition. Trigellis-Smith 445. $200

KOREAN WAR

Royal Australian Regiment, 3rd Battalion:

24. Atkinson (James J.) THE KAPYONG BATTALION.Medal Roll of Third Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, Battle of Kapyong, 23-24 April, 1951.

Introduction by Colonel I. B. Ferguson.Foreword by Major General C. M. I. Pearson. Pp. 80, text illustrations, full page plan, 4 full page maps (3 printed in black & red), chronology of Third Battalion's service in Korea; pictorial papered boards, foxed; some foxing, mainly to upper leaves, including title page, and edges; New South Wales Military Historical Society, [Sydney], 1977. First edition. Trigellis-Smith 629. $60

AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

25. Barrett (Lieut.-Col. James W.) & Lieut. P. E. Deane. THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS IN EGYPT.An illustrated and detailed account of the early organisation and work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt in 1914-1915. P p . x + 2 6 0 ( l a s t c o l o p h o n ) , frontispiece, 36 plates, including plans and 3 two-colour maps, appendices, index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, lettered in gilt and ruled in blind, fore-corners slightly bruised, cloth lightly marked, with small bubble fore-edge of upper board; small annotation to top corner of upper pastedown, leaves lightly browned and foxed; K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., London, 1918. First edition. Dornbusch 253; Fielding and O'Neill p. 233; Trigellis-Smith 318. *Originally from the library of the Australian Native's Association, with stamp and markings on upper and lower pastedowns, and the initials 'ANA' in ink on fore-edges of leaves. $250