Ill, maps, p.216non-fictionAn account of the battle for Tobrukworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - north africa, long range desert group - operation agreement

Index, maps, p.660.non-fictionField Marshall William Slim stands alongside Montgomery as the outstanding British Field commander of the Second World War. "Defeat into victory" is his classic account of the Burma campaign : a story of retreat, attrition and a final hard fought victory over the Japanese. Told by a commander always at the centre of events, this is a narrative that captures both the high drama and the harsh reality of war.world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - burma, sir william slim

Index, bib, ill, p.298.non-fictionA history of war in the air during the First World Warworld war 1914 - 1918 - aerial operations., aerial warfare - history

p.416.fictionBased on the author's own vivid experiences, The Cruel Sea is the nail-biting story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys during World War II.Darting back and forth across the icy North Atlantic, Compass Rose played a deadly cat-and-mouse game with packs of German U-boats lying in wait beneath the ocean waves.Packed with tension and vivid descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts, this tale of the most bitter and chilling campaign of the war tells of ordinary men who had to master their own fears before they could face a brutal menace--one which would strike without warning from the deep. world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - britain, world war 1939-1945 - fiction

Ill, p.208non-fictionA story of ordinary men who served in the submarine service in World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - naval operations - britain, submarines

non-fictionThe story of men who served in Corvettes in World War Twoworld war 1939-1945 - naval operations - britain, corvettes

Index, ill, maps, p.220.non-fictionAn account of the retreats of the British Army in France and Burmaworld war 1939-1945 - campaigns - burma, world war 1939-1945 - campaigns - france

Ill, p.259.non-fictionGerman atrocities in World war twoworld war 1939-1945 - atrocities, holocaust

Ill, p.314.non-fictionA satirical history of Englandengland - history, england - satire

Ill, p.349.non-fictionA satirical history of Englandengland - history, england - satire

Ill, p.117.non-fictionThe adventures of a British soldier in Indiaindia - sepoy rebellion, lucknow - siege - 1857

p.797., p.545 .non-fictionA German, English dictionarygerman language - dictionaries, english language - dictionaries

Ill, p.224.non-fictionA description of the various regions of Francefrance - description, france - travel

Index, ill, p.276.non-fictionThe history of the Mountbatten or Battenberg familymountainbatten family, great britain - royal family

Index, ill, maps, p.347.non-fictionA travellers guide to Genevageneva - description, geneva - travel

.Blue cloth-covered hardback with gold printing. Very worn, especially at corners. Front flyleaf missing. Title page foxing, torn, ragged edges. P. 1-2 missing. Front & rear covers detaching. Rear flyleaf missing. 394 pp. Loose pages towards centre. Yellowing. Poor condition.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library.

Blue cloth-bound hard cover book. Australian flag and title on front in black with decorative design. Beginnings of separation of cover from body at front & back. Minor damage to cover. 56 illustrations from photographs. 299 pp. Good condition.Label inside front cover, 'Glenaroua Public Hall and Library/No. 150/This book to be Returned Within One Month Undamaged'. Front flyleaf, Kilmore Mechanics Institute stamp.australian history, kilmore mechanics institute library.

First published 1862. This reprint 1908 for 'The People's Library'.Red cloth-bound hardcover book, spine decorated in gilt. Binding tight and square. 463 pp. Good condition.Half title page at top, 'R. Hiscock', handwritten cursive.adult fiction., whitburgh cottage collection

Magazine covering many aspects of art and design. Brown cloth-bound hardcover book. Decorative black print front cover, decorative embossed back cover, worn at extremities. Hinges broken & detached. Loose pages, front flyleaf torn. Foxing throughout. Pages gilt edged. Illus. 430 pp. Poor condition.Front flyleaf, 'Presented to J. Frisby/With all good wishes/From C.P. Hobson'. Botto left flyleaf, '"Carlsberg"/ Kilmore/April 1894'.art, magazine

A very badly damaged hardcover book, Little Folks: a British magazine for the young. This is a bound edition for children. The front cover has an illustration of two girls standing beside a fence feeding a pony leafy greens from a basket. The back cover has two advertisements: one for Pear's soap and one for Cadbury's cocoa. There are black and white illustrations throughout. The spine has come apart from the two loose covers and many pages are torn and dog-eared. Some are missing. 426p. Inside on p.179 there are pressed leaves.fictionA collection of magazine stories, poems, puzzles, music for young children bound into a hardcover book. It dates around late 1800's to early 1900's. children's fiction, children's stories

Index, bib, ill, p, 143.non-fictionA contemplative and thought-provoking collection of poetry spanning over a thousand years of Irish writing. ireland - poetry, irish - poetry

Index, bib, plates. p.422.non-fictionA biography of Yeats' beloved, a central figure of Irish politics and literature around the turn of the twentieth century.feminists - ireland - biography, maud gonne - biography

Index, ill, p.161.A biography of Edith Cavellnurses - great britain - biography, edith cavell 1865-1915

Index, ill, p.313.A biography of Lady Hester Lucy Stanhopelady hester lucy stanhope 1776-1839, archeologists - great britan

Ill, diagrams, p.376.non-fictionA scientific treatise on the sonsun, astronomy

Index, ill, diagrams, p.557.non-fictionA description of the solar system solar system, astronomy

Ill, p.396.fictionDickens' Barnaby Rudge is both an intensely private examination of the relationship between father and son and a grand tale of rebellion in the public arena. Set in the boiling agitation of 1780's London with a cast of truly Dickensian characters, Barnaby Rudge is Dickens' first historical novel, outlining the events of the Gordon Riots. english fiction, charles dickens 1812-1870

Index, p.601non-fictionVolume one of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership

Index, p.556.non-fictionVolume two of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership

Index, p.556.non-fictionVolume two of a six volume history of the second world warworld war 1939-1945 - history, winston churchill 1874-1965 - military leadership