War Diaries of Kenneth Slessor: Official Australian Correspondent, 1940-1944 by Editor-Clement Semmler - 1986-04

St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Shelf wear to the boards. Couple of small stains to the front endpapers. Toning around the page edges. Jacket has light edge wear and faint crease to the spine. 623 pages, including Appendixes (A: Cairo1941-42, B: The Work of an Official War Correspondent, and C: Slessor's Resignation as Official Correspondent), List of Abbreviations and Service Rankings, General Notes, Biographical Notes, and Index. Illustrated with black and white photos, maps, tables and copies of correspondence. One of Australia's finest poets, Slessor was appointed the nation's official war correspondent during World War II and served with Australian forces in Britain, Greece, the Middle East, and Papua New Guinea. This book publishes for the first time Slessor's private and uncensored views penned some 40 years earlier in tiny notebooks during the war..

Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1985 There is minor wear on the dust jacket and the page edges have minor tanning. 623 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size G: 10"-11" Tall (254-279mm).

University of Queensland Press, Queensland, 1985. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Used hardback in good condition. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages. Some age toning to pages. 394 pp. This book weighs 624 gms. These diaries are Slessor's own unofficial record of his four years 'at war' and give an unusual and highly readable perspective of his life and Australia's war effort. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military; Australian History; Autobiography; ISBN: 0702218790. ISBN/EAN: 9780702218798. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001493. . 9780702218798

Univ of Queensland Pr. very nice copy . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1985.

Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1985. viii-xlv, 623pp, b/w illustrations. Green photographic d/j with title in white and dull gilt to spine. Eps scuffed, inscription to previous owner at fep. Toning to page edges, shelfworn, small tear to top of d/j rear cover near flap.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

green: University of Queensland Press, 1985. Hardcover. Used: Acceptable. Ref ZKVQ Condition good, has dust jacket, pages are brown with age, dust to page edges, cover edges some shelf ware

Univ. of Qld Press, Australia, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Vol 1:The War Diaries of Kenneth Slessor, Official Australian Correspondent, 1940-1944, 1985 ISBN 0702218790 623 pages including index. Vol 2: The War Despatches of Kenneth Slessor, Official Australian Correspondent 1940-1944, 1987 ISBN 0702220760 493 pages, including index. Two Companion Volumes both with photos, minimal to none shelf-wear, pages tanned, mainly along the edges, normal on this type of paper, dj not price clipped, in protective cover. Handsome set. Size: Octavo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: World War 1939-1945; ISBN: 0702218790. ISBN/EAN: 9780702218798. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 100324. . 9780702218798