The 28th. A Record of War Service with the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919. Volume I. Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula
by Collett, Colonel H.B
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Perth: Trustees of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia. 1922. 8vo, original green cloth boards (stamped in gilt and with the colours of the 28th), folding b&w photographic frontis plate, b&w plates, folding maps, b&w text illus, pp xv, 221. Spotting to boards, particularly to spine. Offsetting to endpapers. Small closed tear to the edge of the largest folding map (the the Australian Sector at the Gallipoli Peninsula). Very good condition. The history of the Western Australian battalion. Includes nominal rolls, roll of honour. The scarce first edition. (Note: although the title states Volume I, this is the only volume, complete in itself: planned subsequent books were never published.) 1st edition. Boards.
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- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92498
- Title
- The 28th. A Record of War Service with the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919. Volume I. Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula
- Author
- Collett, Colonel H.B
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Trustees of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia
- Place of Publication
- Perth
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- ANZAC, Gallipoli, History, Militaria, Unit History, Western Australia, WWI
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Muir Books
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Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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