THE ANZACS: Gallipoli To The Western Front

Camberwell, VIC, Australia: Viking (Penguin), 2007. (vi), + 447pp. Tinted endpapers. Illustrated throughout: colour, monochriome, and b/white halftone plates (some images are quite confronting). (Mostly AWM sources). Book clean and square. Spine firm, minimally bumped head and heel. Plain brown boards nominally bumped on lower foredge corner, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated (Australian Gunners on a duckboard track, Chateau Wood, France, 29 October, 1917. Photo: Frank Hurley, courtesy AWM) dustjacket a trifle edgeworn, and colour-faded (no text loss) on spine. Combining detailed battle narratives with soldiers accounts, "This important book traces the evolution of the Australian Imperial Force from the enthusiastic amateurs of Gallipoli to the skilled warriors of the Western Front, where fighting in conditions of unspeakable horror and brutality they won their legendary reputation as 'the best infantrymen of the war and perhaps of all time". By war's end the Australian Corps - a mere 9 per cent of the total British force - accounted for 22 per cent of total captures: a massive, and disproportionate, contribution to victory." Contents include: Prelims., Introduction. 19 chapters. Abbs., Notes. Bibliography. Acks., Sources (Ills.). Index. LEST WE FORGET. Book weight approx. 1.8KG. *Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. . First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 4to - (approx. 25cm x 21cm).