Big sky publishing sydney (144 risultati)

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 259 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 293 pages.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 358 pages. The first book since Bean's Official History to provide a detailed narrative of the bloody and tragic battle for Hill 60 and other engagements that went on in the last days of Anzac - viewed from both sides of the trenches.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. First Trade Paperback. 310pp, col ills. Or pictorial card covers. Small corner crease on rear cover. Review copy with review sticker on half-title page. The experiences of an Australian SAS soldier including time in Rwanda, PNG, Solomon Islands, Iraq and post-tsunami Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Size: 8vo.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Fine Condition. As new. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 255 pages.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Fine. First Paperback. 519pp, bw ills. Pictorial card. Near new. The turue experiences of 11 young men from one extended family during World War I. From Gallipoli to the Western Front, these brothers and cousins stepped forward to do their duty. Size: 8vo.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Fourth Edition. 96ppnum bw & col ills, maps. Slight curl to bottom corner of front cover, else as new. A niceloy presented and much revised short history of the Australian Army beginning with pre-European / Aboriginal resistance; through colonial forces in the Sudan and Boer Wars; both World Wars, Korea, Vietnam and on to Afghanistan. Significant section on hisotry and traditions including patches, badges, the slouch hatRising Sun badge, and more. Size: 4to.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Near Fine copy. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 306 pages. "Captain Watt was the first Australian military officer and probably the first overseas Colonial officer to fly.".…

Trade Paperback. Reprint. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 234 pages. Originally published in 2018 as "War in the Far East Volume 1 Storm Clouds over The Pacific 1931-1941 by Casemate Publishers.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy. Signed by the author (Alex, to Reg). Pp. viii, 199. Escape from a German POW camp. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 318pp, index, bibliography, endnotes, bw ills, maps. Boards in jacket. Sticker remnant to front otherwise near new. Examines Churchill's role as First Sea Lord in the decision-making process that led to the Gallipoli landings in 1915. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book condition is very good. Hard cover. Dust jacket is near fine. Front and back cover of the dust jacket clean and no tears. Ex-library copy has top of library slip on first fly leaf page, reference number on bottom of dust jacket and bar code on bottom of dust jacket. Light mark of first fly leaf page middle right. Title page two light marks as-well on top right corner page and above middle right side. Text body clean. Book block clean and very light on right side. Over-all a great copy and neat as-well.…

Hardback. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Part of the Australian Army History Collection. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 344 pages. This book offers an intriguing, and at times gut-wrenching insight into the work of the Australian Army Nursing Service [AANS] during WW1. …

Hardback. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Part of The Australian Army History Collection. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 408 pages. This book draws on previously inaccessible records - including interviews conducted by the late David Chalk as well as private papers and unpublished manuscripts [all part of the Chalk collection]. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy. Pp. 506.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. v, 408pp, index, bibliography, endnotes, appendices, bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or black boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by author (To Craig Happy Birthday) on half title page. Australian Prisoners of War during the First World War. Size: 8vo. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. …

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 376pp, index, bibliography, endnotes, appendices, tables, bw ills, maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Near new. Size: 8vo.

Hardback. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Part of the Australian Army History Collection. 464 pages. Comprises the personal stories of sixty-five individual nurses, their voices preserved and their words, often fraught with emotion and mired in distress at what they have seen, endured and railed against, carefully retained.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Pp. xxvi, 464.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. v, 426pp, index, Roll of Honour, Nominal Roll, endnotes, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, maps, pictorial endpapers. Or black cloth in jacket. Gift note on half-title page otherwise excellent. The 47th served at Pozieres, Messines, Passchendaele, Amien,Bullecourt, and Villers-Bretonneux. Size: 8vo.…

Hardback. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy in 'as new' condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 601 pages. Was Beersheba the last great cavalry charge in history? Did the AIF storm the red light district of Cairo and burn it to the ground while fighting running battles with the military police? Was the AIF the only all-volunteer army of World War I? This book shines a critical light on these and other well-known myths of the AIF in World War I, arguing that these legends simply serve to diminish the hard-won reputation of the AIF. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Trade Paperback. 1st Edition. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 181 pages. In 1966, the author was a RAAF helicopter pilot stationed in Vietnam. This book is written from the logbook he kept while working in Nui Dat and is a fascinating look at life during the war - the dangers, the challenges and the mundaneness.…

8vo. 426pp. B/w illustrations. Original wrappers, a near fine copy. . First edition.

Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, front cover corner tips little scuffed, minor edgewear. 247 pp. A memoir written by the editor's grandfather, Major General John Joseph Murray, in 1945 to record his experiences as Commander of the 20th Brigade, 9th Division, during the siege of Tobruk. The foreword outlines John Murray's military service with particular attention to the siege of Tobruk. An epilogue also expands the context of John's life and family. There are papers and photos kept by John after WW2 that were clearly important to him.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. xii, 430pp, index, endnotes, appendices (inc Honor and Nominal Rolls)bw ills, map. Black cloth in jacket. Near new. The Royal Queensland Regiment, 25th Battalion fought at Milne Bay, Madang and Bougainville among other operations. Size: 8vo.…

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. viii, 181pp, sources, bw ills. Or pictorial card. Near new. The first Japanese soldier to escape from Cowra Prisoner of War Camp, Maseo Naka's escape was the precursor for the more than 1000 Japanese prioners who escape in the bloodiest outbreak of WWII with 234 Japanese and 4 Australian guards killed. Size: 8vo.…

1st ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white drawings, top edge lightly marked, minor edgewear. 309 pp. Jason Foster writes the chilling true story of Australia's first serial killer, who kept the colony of New South Wales fearful as the police hunted for him. Australia's Gold Rush period is brought vividly to life in this compelling story of a cold and calculating killer.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine condition. The Devil's Butterfly is the harrowing true story of the killer conman, Frank Butler, whose deception and duplicity sent the colony of New South Wales into a state of fear and panic. Advertising in the Sydney papers, the charismatic Butler lured his prey towards the western goldfields with exaggerated tales of untold wealth and riches. Five men answered, three men went missing. Fearing capture and searching for new killing grounds, Butler flees Australia, headed for San Francisco. Two detectives, certain they are hunting Australia's first 'true' serial killer, steam across the Pacific on a speedier ship. A third detective traverses the globe, racing to America via London. Desperate to reach San Francisco before a sociopathic killer disappears once again; will they capture their man or will the now notorious Butler escape forever? (back cover).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book condition is fine. Soft cover. No dust jacket. Front and back clean. Text body clean. Book block clean. Spine intact. Overall an excellent and neat copy.

8vo. 426pp. Maps. Nominal Roll. Honour Roll. Original boards in dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations; a fine copy. . First edition.