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Soldiers of the Queen; War in the Soudan
Sutton, Ralph
ISBN: 0958932301
New South Wales Military Historical Society and the Royal New South Wales Regiment Sydney 1985 First Edition
Large Format Paperback Paperback 585 g.; XXVIII, 324 pages, last three pages blank, intentionally, foreword by Major-General G.L. Maitland, foreword by Brigadier E.J.H. Howard, acknowledgements, Battle Honours the Royal New South Wales Regiment, Appreciation, preface by author, short chronology of events, four appendices, a selected bibliography and index. At the rear of the book are 2 foldout maps -- 1 is showing country adjacent to Suakin and the other showing a map of Africa from Egypt to Uganda. On the half title page is a $.33 stamp is a first day issue of this particular set of stamps being "Colonial Uniforms" -- and has been cancelled at Paddington and New South Wales on the 25th of February 1985. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and illustrations, colour illustrations and photographs, maps and fortifications throughout the text. Colour illustrated front cover, showing a soldier from the New South Wales contingent to the Sudan, with music and words in the background against a white background with red titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and a few marks to the book panels. " A century has now passed since Major General Charles Gordon and his garrison were massacred in Khartoum on 26 January 1885. After receiving the news of Gordon's death the acting Premier of New South Wales, William Bede Dalley, offered to dispatch a force of infantry and artillery to assist the Imperial Army in the Soudan. The offer is of help was accepted and on March 3, 1885 a contingent of over 760 men, under Colonel J. F. Richardson, sailed for Suakin in eastern Soudan. The force included and infantry Battalion, a field artillery battery, an ambulance Corps and a band. The contingent saw little service and departed from Suakin for Sydney on 18 May, 1885. However, as New South Wales was the first colony of the Empire to dispatch a military expeditionary Force overseas in support of the mother country the precedent established a principle which would be followed again by dominions and colonies in subsequent wars. It also established the principle of forward defence to Australia. This book gives a short account of the events leading to the attempt to rescue Gordon, of subsequent operations and of the involvement of the New South Wales contingents with this force." -- from the verso of the front panel. Has been signed by the author on the title page will stop the book states that it is part of a limited edition of a thousand copies -- but does not give any details of the numbering of this particular book. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Military History Good
Price: $110.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0109780 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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What’s So Good About Stamps?
no author
Stamps and Philatelic Branch Australia Post 1978 second
thin, 8vo. 15pp. Very good. Stamp collecting story from Australia Post.
Price: $6.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 50115 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Stamps and Stamp Collecting 2nd edtion
no author
Stamps and Philatelic Branch Australia Post n.d.
thin, 8vo. 15pp. Very good. Stamp collecting How to and information from the Philatelic Branch of Australia Post.
Price: $6.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 50116 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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A Pretty Sticky Story
Penny Quick Q. Post with the help of Jeremy Press
Stamps and Philatelic Branch Australia Post 1981
thin, 8vo. 11pp. Very good. Stamp collecting story from Australia Post.
Price: $6.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 50114 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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Coming South; Australia’s Days of Sail
Day, David
ISBN: 0642281599
Australia Post 1998 First Edition
4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Photographic Boards 40 pp., further reading and acknowledgements. Pale yellow endpapers with faint cross hatching in pale grey. The text is printed on pale yellow paper and there is copious black and white and coloured illustrations decorating the text, along with examples of Australia Post stamps. Illustrated boards, showing two ships at sea, with maroon coloured writing on front panel and white on spine. Minor rubbing to the book corners. Inserted into the plastic envelope, along with the book, are 4 pristine stamps celebrating 'The Romance Of Sail'. The stamps are in their own packet. "Until the closing the years of the 19th century, sailing ships connected Australia with the wider world. They brought Macassan traders in search of trepang, explorers looking for the greatest south land, transported convicts and thousands of immigrants seeking a new life." A celebration of Australia's sailing past by Australia Post. Art/Australiana Good
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0100963 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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The Philatelist’s Companion
Gunston, Bill
ISBN: 0715363840
David & Charles Newton Abbot, London, Vancouver 1975 First Edition
8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Hard Cover 600 g.; VI, 7-256 pages, preface by author, glossary of terms and index. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white photographs, line drawing and black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Tan coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor bumping to the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners. The spine is slightly cocked. Browning and some marking of the text block edge. Light age toning to the internal text. Colour photographic dustwrapper with orange background and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little rubbing of the dustwrapper edges. Yellowing and a few handling marks to the rear dustwrapper panel. The remains of a sticker can be seen to the lower left-hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. " The Philatelist's Companion is meant to help primarily with the financial aspects of collecting stamps. The author promises that anyone who reads it and applies its principles will be able to invest in stamps with at least as much capital -- appreciation as if the money were put in the bank or any other profitable security. It does not matter whether the stamps are a hundred years old or a mere hundred days; the only essential is that the collector should understand precisely what they are and why they should be worth collecting. And this in turn demands that the collector should not collect blindly but should have knowledge." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Stamp Collecting Good
Price: $15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0107631 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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