Festberg (23 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Soft cover with spiral binding. Cover creased. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Soft cover with spiral binding. Cover creased. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardback. 1972. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by light shelf rubbing on the board edges. The d/w is good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Jacket has edge chips and tears. Copy is clean and free of inscriptions.

Card Cover. First Edition. Very Good with shelf worn covers , well rubbed and a small biro mark on the front occasional underlining under some ships names and at the ships index at the rear PP 195, Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

SOFTCOVER. 1981. First edition. A very good copy only marked by light rubbing of the wraps, light sun fading of the spine and light tanning of the edges. The contents are fine and unmarked. Scans available if required.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. An excellent account of the lineage of the regiments and other elements of the Australian Army. 120pp. Rubbing to edges of DJ. DJ spine sunned. Private bookplate to front pastedown. Rubbing to DJ corners. 1cm closed tear to lower rearDJ edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Includes nuerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 142pp. Light rubbing to edges of DJ, nicks to DJ corners and 1cm closed tear to head of DJ spine. DJ spine sunned. Private bookplate to front pastedown. GPO stamp to free endpaper. Addenda and second free endpaper have become attached and caused the loss of the lower corner of the endpaper, no loss of text. All pages heavily toned.

HARDCOVER. 1972. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by age tanning of the pages. The 2 page Addenda and Corrigenda is loosely tipped in. The d/w is very good with light shelf rubbing and a small chip from the head of the spine. Now in a protective cover. Scans available if required.

Hard Covers. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. Photos, Sketches (illustrator). 1st. The development and extent of insignia introduced to Australian Army units from 1903 to 1966 is covered in depth and detail by the author in this volume, published for the Victorial Branch of the Military Historical Society of Australia, Text material is limited with the emphasis of the book placed on illustrations of the many dozens of insignia issued. Most illustration are b/w photos, with some represented by detailed drawings. 140 pages including index, illustrated throughout. Red hard covers with gilt front decoration,front and spine titles with few spots to front but VG, small ink name/address top corner FFEP, the last paragraph of the introduction has been ringed with a light ball pen line. ( Owing to the binding method used three early pages have become loose and care will be required in handling the book. However, all pages are present.) Otherwise text block excellent.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the uniforms of the Australian Colonies, with a letter from Ross Campbell. First edition. Illustrated with twelve colour plates. Collated complete. A detailed account and study of the different uniforms of the Australian Colonies, intended to acknowledge and preserve Australian military dress and accoutrements through history. Written by Alfred N. Festberg, a German-born military historian who moved to Great Britain to escape the Nazi regime, and Barry John Videon, an Australian military historian and member of the Military Historical Society (UK), he is also a founding member of the Military Historical Society for Australia. With a letter sent from the desk of a Ross Campbell on 16th May 1974 to Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe, a senior British Army officer who, after retiring from the army, became the last British-born Governor of Victoria, Australia. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with a mark to the front board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. book.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Nice Copy folio 118pp., colour plates, Invaluable Guide.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Folio card covers 114pp b&w illustrations. A bit of wear and light creasing on covers. A little wear on edges else very good.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Folio card covers 195pp b&w illustrations. Covers rubbed and a bit worn on edges, rear cover has an approximate 20cm crease running down from top (close to free side edge). Previous owner's name at top of half-title page, else a very good copy Badges of RAN ships/units/shore establishments/organisations. Includes ship battle honours and foreign awards.

1st edition orig. cloth Nice Copy lge. octavo 140pp., b/w plates, Very nice copy in red cloth boards with bright gilt titles & decoration.

1st edition orig. cloth Nice Copy lge. octavo 140pp., b/w plates, Very nice copy in red cloth boards with bright gilt titles & decoration. Corner clipped from the front end paper o/w a very nice copy signed by Alfred Festberg on the title-page.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy folio 118pp., colour plates, Invaluable Guide. Some chipping to dust jacket o/w nice copy.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy lge. octavo 140pp., b/w plates, Very nice copy in red cloth boards with bright gilt titles & decoration with a very good slightly chipped dust jacket.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy folio 118pp., colour plates, Invaluable Guide. A nice copy signed & inscribed to Professor Don Kennedy with a nice inscription by both Barry Videon & Alfred Festberg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good to very good first edition hardcover copy in a good dustcover. The dustcover has some creasing, small edge tears and general shelfwear on it. The book covers have upper corner edge bumps and some marks on the upper cover edges also. The spine is straight, the binding is tight and the pages are bright, clean and spotting-free. A previous owner's bookplate is inside the front cover. Please see photos.

Melbourne: Hill of Content, (1971). Folio. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket (rubbed). (x, 58pp.). With title-vign. and 12 full-page col. plates. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy quarto 142pp., b/w pls., text ills., appends., Dust jacket a little faded with small chips o/w a nice copy of a very scarce title.

(Melbourne: Allara Publishing, 1972). Small 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket (edges lightly chipped). (xiv, 142pp.). Profusely illust. Associated newspaper articles loosely inserted. Tape marks on endpapers, otherwise a fine copy.