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London: Viking Kestrel, 1985. Illustrated by Caroline Binch. Foreword by Claire Rayner. Pp. 64, pictorial title page plus several full page illustrations; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards; Viking Kestrel, London, 1985. First U.K. edition. *A book about child abuse. With the Australian edition of the accompanying 20 page booklet by Oralee Wachter, A Note to Parents, loosely inserted.

London: Constable & Company Limited, 1933. A play. Pp. [vi]+58(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece, title page vignette; qr. vellum, brown cloth over bevelled boards, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, the upper board faintly marked; t.e.g., others uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly browned; scattered light foxing; Constable & Company Limited, London, 1933. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by the author. The Raven Miscellany series. *Printed at the Raven Press in Harrow Weald, Middlesex. The frontispiece was engraved by Horace Walter Bray.

Sydney: N, 1988. Text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; occasional slight soiling; Currency Press, Sydney, 1988.

New York: Weathervane, 1975. Pp. [iv]+156, text illustrations by Tom Keynton; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly chipped and split, the back flap creased; text block browned, a little light foxing; Weathervane Books, New York, 1975. Fourth printing thus.

Melbourne: Kestrel Books, 1983. Illustrations by Jeff Fisher. Pp. 28, illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial pastedowns; post 4to; pictorial papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed, the bottom fore-corners bruised; dust wrapper; edges lightly rubbed and split, with small tape repair on reverse at foot of backstrip, the front panel faintly soiled; Kestrel Books, Melbourne, 1983. First edition. White (Volume 2) 9374.

Melbourne: Viking, 1994. Pictures by Ron Brooks. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Viking, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. White (Volume 3) 14837.

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Kestrel Books, 1977. Illustrations by Ron Brooks. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial papered boards; dust wrapper with CBCA prize sticker on front panel, edges a trifle creased, tiny snag at head of backstrip; Kestrel Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1977. First edition. White (Volume 2) 9358. *Winner of the Best Australian Picture Book of the Year award, 1977. Loosely inserted in this copy is a postmarked Australian stamp featuring the cover illustration of the book (issued in 1996 to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Australian Children's Book Council awards).

Canberra: Army History Unit, 2008. An Australian Army Battlefield Guide. Pp. 136, coloured pictorial title-page, coloured and black & white text illustrations and maps (some full page), bibliography, CDROM in plastic sleeve tipped in on the verso of the upper wrapper; small demy 8vo; pictorial French fold stiff paper wrappers; Army History Unit, Canberra, 2008. First edition. Australian Army Campaigns Series - 4.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. viii+208, 32 plates, tables, list of abbreviations, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in white, edges of boards slightly worn; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1999. First edition. The Australian Army History series. *A study of Australia's military police, tracing their history 'from the origins of the Provost Marshal in the colony of New South Wales through to the formation of the Anzac Provost Corps in 1916 and the end of World War II' [wrapper blurb].

N: Macmillan, 1975. A poem. Pp. [viii]+56; printed paper wrappers, a trifle creased and marked; bottom fore-corner of leaves faintly creased; Macmillan, London, 1975. Uncorrected proof copy.

London: Macmillan, 1977. Pp. x+396, appendices, index; tall demy 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in silver; top edges maroon dust wrapper, foxed on reverse, edges lightly rubbed and split, tiny surface chip at head of backstrip, the laminate lifting at a couple of points near backstrip, front flap creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Macmillan, London, 1977. First edition. *The text is built around the first nine lectures delivered by John Wain as Oxford Professor of Poetry. Also included is a selection of poems written by Wain since 1973.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1978. Pp. 224, indices; demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, front panel a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly soiled; edges of leaves lightly foxed; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1978. First edition. *'An entirely personal anthology, a nosegay of Mr. Wain's favourite poems' [publisher's note].

N: William Hodge & Company, Limited, 1920. With an appreciation of the Editor by Sir Edward Marshall Hall. Pp. xliv+236(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 7 plates, title page printed in red & black; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in black, fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, backstrip and edges browned, extremities worn, creased and lightly split and chipped, with paper tape repairs on reverse; some foxing throughout; William Hodge & Company, Limited, Edinburgh, 1920. First edition.

Hitchin, Herts: Cellar Press, 1974. Illustration by Michael Pooley. Pp. [8], printed on one side only, title page vignette, plus full page illustration and tailpiece; printed paper wrappers; Cellar Press, Hitchin, Herts., 1974. One of 200copies. Cellar Press Poem Eleven.

Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1919. Complete in four volumes, comprising: Volume I: The New Zealanders at Gallipoli, by Major Fred Waite. With an introduction to the series by Sir James Allen and prefaces by Generals Sir Ian Hamilton and Sir William Birdwood. Pp. xx+332(last blank, colophon), numerous text illustrations and maps, multi-folding coloured map at end, appendices; Volume II: The New Zealand Division 1916-1919. A Popular History Based on Official Records, by Col. H. Stewart. Forewords by Field-Marshal Earl Haig, and Lt.-General Sir G. M. Harper. Pp. xvi+634, 82 plates (including several maps), one full page portrait, 16 folding maps (9 coloured), indices; Volume III: The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine, by Lieut.-Colonel C. Guy Powles, from material compiled by Major A. Wilkie. Introductions by Generals Sir John Maxwell, Sir Archibald Murray, Sir Edward Allenby and Lieut.-General Sir Harry Chauvel. Pp. xvi+284, frontispiece portrait, numerous text illustrations, 18 folding coloured… Read More

Tokyo: N, 1943. Dai Nihon Kaiyo Bijutsu Kyokai [Greater Japan Pacific Art Association]. 35 hand-tipped coloured plates, with lettered guards, --some foxing of mounts and guards throughout, upper fore-corners of leaves bumped; oblong folio; original Japanese binding, with string ties, the blue cloth covered boards rubbed with loss in two places, upper corners bumped, paper title label, which is browned and marked; Tokyo, 1943. *Japanese WWII propaganda. Translated from the Preface: 'The purpose to publish this book is nothing but to let the people in Japan understand well the bravery and activity of the Japanese Navy. Every picture contained in this book signifies how vigorous and brave our Navy is fighting a desperate battle in the Pacific.'.

Sydney: Harper & Brothers, 2001. Pp. x+310, 16 plates, appendices, bibliography, endnotes, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in white, edges of boards lightly worn, upper fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges worn and lightly split; edges of leaves a little browned; HarperCollins, Sydney, 2001. First edition. *Special hardback edition. 'A biography of our greatest war heroine' [wrapper blurb].

Sydney: Macmillan, 2011. Pp. x+206+[8](publisher's advertisements, last blank), 16 plates, index; small med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle worn; leaves browned; Macmillan, Sydney, 2011. *First published in by Sun Books in 1985. The autobiography of Australia's wartime legend [wrapper blurb].

Sydney: Harper & Brothers, 2001. Pp. x+310, 16 plates, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a little worn; margins of leaves browned; HarperCollins, Sydney, 2001. Second printing..

Melbourne: Macmillan, 1985. Pp. x+206, 12 plates, endpaper map, index; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in white, bottom edge of boards a trifle shelf worn; dust wrapper; leaves a trifle browned; Macmillan, Sydney, 1985. Second impression. *The autobiography of Nancy Wake, the woman the Gestapo called The White Mouse and of her exploits in the Resistance and SOE in Occupied France during WWII. The captions of the illustrations facing page 71 and 119 have been corrected in this second impression.