The Year of the Tigers : The Second Tour of 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam, 1969 - 70 by M.R. Battle and D.S. Wilkins - 2009

Swanbourne, Western Australia: John Burridge Military Antiques, 1987. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Second Edition. 220mm x 275mm. Jacket has moderate general wear plus some minor chipping to top edge. The front board has almost separated from the page-block but all pages are secure. Some light foxing to preliminaries and rear enpapers, otherwise very clean. 215pp plus maps.

John Burridge Military Antiques, Swanbourne WA, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size: 10"-12" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; ISBN: 0855810009. ISBN/EAN: 9780855810009. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 41204. . 9780855810009

Printcraft Press [for the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has smallish edge tears. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 208 pages + folding maps at end. Numerous illustrations including colour. Includes a Roll of Honour and Decorations and Awards.

5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1970. 207pp, profusely illustrated with photos in colour and in b/w, with map of South Vietnam showing 5 RAR operation area with legend followed by 16pp of folding operation maps at the rear with a location map of Phouc Tuy Province and surrounds to the east of Saigon inset in blue on each. Insription on the half title page: 'To Father John from Karl Richardson (RMO 5 RAR 1971-3)'. Decorated textured cloth boards, gilt, with 5 RAR crest on the front board. The upper corners and spine foot are bumped. With dust-jacket which is worn with creases in the laminate and wear at the edges with loss at the corners and at the spine head and foot. The book includes the Roll of Honour; Decorations and Awards: Citations; 5 RAR -- The Tigers: The Raising; Vietnam historically independent; Operations: 16 major oprations; Support: Armour, Artillery, Engineers and Air; The Enemy: The Vietcong and his supporters: A Pictorial Records: Peronalities, how the war was… Read More

5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1970. 207pp, profusely illustrated with photos in colour and in b/w, with map of South Vietnam showing 5 RAR operation area with legend followed by 16pp of folding operation maps at the rear with a location map of Phouc Tuy Province and surrounds to the east of Saigon inset in blue on each. Decorated textured cloth boards, gilt, with 5 RAR crest on the front board. With dust-jacket, which has a taped repair to a closed tear from the front panel to the spine foot. The jacket is lightly edge-worn with creases in the laminate at and by the spine. The book includes the Roll of Honour; Decorations and Awards: Citations; 5 RAR -- The Tigers: The Raising; Vietnam historically independent; Operations: 16 major oprations; Support: Armour, Artillery, Engineers and Air; The Enemy: The Vietcong and his supporters: A Pictorial Records: Peronalities, how the war was really won (pp122-200); The Nominal Roll.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to.