Aplin Douglas (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. very nice copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Yes (illustrator). Ex.Lib. Library markings in and around the book Rubbing around the book cover and inside the book.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. 295pp, bw ills, map. Or pictorial card. Very small bump to top front corner. The tragic story of the 2/22nd Australian Army Infantry Battalion A.I.F., the men and women of Lark Force, including units of the RAN, RAAF, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles, 1st Independent Company etc and New guinea residents who were caught up in the calamity following the January 1942 Japanese invasion of the New Guinea islands. Size: 8vo.

8vo. 296pp. Maps. B/w illustrations. Previous owner's blindstamp. Original wrappers, a near fine copy. . Second edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition. This book is in very good condition - owner's name on half title page; slight lean to spine. The dust jacket is in very good condition - not price-clipped; protected by covering; slight edge wear; tiny closed tear back top right; small sticker on front and one on spine. Photographs available on request.

soft cover. No Jacket. 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. 295 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear and creasing to covers, name on flyleaf and short note on inside back cover.

Softcover. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Small ink mark in margin on page 139. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. List of personnel with known grave. List of personnel with no known grave. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 295 pages. The tragic story of the 2/22nd Australian Army Infantry Battalion AIF, the men and women of Lark Force, including units of the RAN, RAAF, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles, 1st Independent Company, etc; and New Guinea residents who were all caught up in the calamity following the January 1942 Japanese invasion of the New Guinea Islands.

8vo (22x15.5cm), paperback, prelims + 295pp. Good condition. Light wear, bumped upper corners, light scuff marks, non-authorial gift inscription at free front endpaper, pencilled notes at free back endpaper and verso of p295. Pictures available on request. The result of 2.5 years research, and based on the original diaries of escapees, an entirely authentic account of the Rabaul Force and the determination shown by all involved. Includes the 'Rabaul Memorial', a list of those with known and unknown graves, and civilians who were captured and lost in 1942.

2nd printing stiff wrappers Very Good octavo 295pp., b/w plates, maps, Honour Roll, 2/22nd Battalion 'Lark Force'. Covers every Member in Lark Force, RAAF, 1st Independent Company & Rabaul NGVR.

2nd printing stiff wrappers As New octavo 295pp., b/w plates, maps, Honour Roll, 2/22nd Battalion 'Lark Force'. Covers every Member in Lark Force, RAAF, 1st Independent Company & Rabaul NGVR.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 295pp, illus, maps, very scarce first edition in hardback of the history of Lark Force, the RAAF, the 1st Independent Company and the Rabaul N.G.V.R. End-paper maps, No marks or inscriptions, clean and firmly bound, book and jacket are in excellent condition.

8vo, 295pp, with black and white illustrations. A good hardback copy in edgeworn dust jacket, with closed tears. Binding slightly canted. Light foxing to fore edges.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo 295pp., b/w plates, maps, Honour Roll, 2/22nd Battalion 'Lark Force'. Covers every Member in Lark Force, RAAF, 1st Independent Company & Rabaul NGVR. Fine copy of the scarce first hardcover edition.

8vo (22x14.5cm), hardback, prelims + 295pp. Very good condition in goodish dustwrapper (general wear, bumped, chipped edges and corners, rubbed, several small tears with associated creasing). Maps at endpapers. Bumped, green leatherette cover, lightly age-toned, a little spotted. Gift inscription at half-title: ' "Keep the wheels turning Lawrence" - Best regards Maj. Alex Tolmer M.C., Melbourne April 1980'. (Major Tolmer was a lieutenant with the 2/22nd - he was captured by the Japanese in 1942, but somehow fooled the Japanese into giving him a boat and he and a small group escaped to Queensland.) Pictures available on request. The result of 2.5 years research, and based on the original diaries of escapees, an entirely authentic account of the Rabaul Force and the determination shown by all involved. Includes the 'Rabaul Memorial', a list of those with known and unknown graves, and civilians who were captured and lost in 1942.