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The Proud Eagles [W. R. Bennett series, #23]

By: Bennett, W. R.

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1965)

Seller ID: 21879

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Some creasing to spine. Some foxing to covers. Bookstore rubber stamp on first page. ; [4], (7)-130 pages. Page dimensions: 178 x 114mm. This title is number 23 in the single author series of 28 titles for W. R. Bennett, of which the first 11 had PB series numbers, rather than single author series numbering. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide" (1994), pp. 90-91. - "William R. Bennett was the company's main air war novelist."]
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Bush-Whacking and Other Sketches

By: Clifford, Hugh

Price: NZ$148.50

Publisher: London, William Blackwood and Sons: 1901

Seller ID: 21901

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Bubbling and lifting to cloth on boards. 10mm chip to cloth at head of rear joint, 15mm tear at tail of rear joint. Gutter broken at rear hinge. Previous owner's inscription. Bookseller's ticket partly removed from front endpaper. Moderate foxing. Browning to spine. ; First printing. viii, [2], 324 pages + 32 pages advertisements. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, black lettering on front board. Page dimensions: 190 x 125mm. This volume is a substantially different collection to the similarly titled 1929 collection published by William Heinemann: "Bush-whacking and Other Asiatic...
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Are Pigs People [Humorbooks #H49]

By: Cox, Harry

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Humorbooks / Ure Smith: (1966)

Seller ID: 21838

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

No signatures. Some peeling to clear laminate at corner of rear cover.; 1968 paperback reprint of a title originally published in 1966. 159, [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 185 x 114mm. Cover title: "Are Pigs People ??" Autobiography of an Australian pig farmer. The "day-to-day, crisis-to-crisis story of a small Australian farming community, seen through the keenly observant eyes of a journalist-become-pig-breeder." This title is # H49 in the Humorbooks series.
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Torment in Eruption

By: Gibson, Owen

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Calvert Publishing Co.: [c1968?]

Seller ID: 21872

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Fading to spine. Bookstore rubber stamp on first page.; No date [c1968?]. 128 pages. Page dimensions: 178 x108mm. Fiction, World War Two. "The island of Krell was one of the Japanese hell-holes of the Pacific War. Men held prisoner there had little prospect of surviving, and for women shipped to the camp from Singapore the prospect was worse." - from blurb on rear cover. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", p. 192 - "The Calvert Publising Company [. . .] published a considerable amount of fiction, mainly romance and war, during the 1950s and 1960s [. . .]"]
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The Bitter Taste of War

By: Gibson, Owen

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Calvert Publishing Co.: [c1968?]

Seller ID: 21870

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Some fading and creasing to spine and covers. No signatures. Some foxing. ; No date [c1968?]. 128 pages. Page dimensions: 178 x108mm. Fiction, World War Two. "After Japanese bullets had toppled Lieutenant Beecroft from the rocky platform halfway up to the Japanese gun position it left Sergeant Randall in charge of the small Australian force . . . and Randall did not believe in wasting lives needlessly." - from blurb on rear cover. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", p. 192 - "The Calvert Publising Company [. . .] published a considerable amount of fiction, mainly romanc...
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Devils of the Desert Hell

By: Gibson, Owen

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Calvert Publishing Co.: [c1968?]

Seller ID: 21873

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Some creasing to spine and covers. No signatures or stamps.; No date [c1968?]. 127, [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 178 x108mm. Fiction, World War Two. "Jim Deacon learned about the Desert Raiders the hard way, when he went on a mission with them to destroy the New German installation at Fanduh oasis. The Raiders had been told to take a German officer prisoner, but none of them had bargained on catching the greatest prize of the war. When the small force left the blazing wreckage at Fanduh, it had with it Germany's top-ranking commander of the African campaign." - from blurb on rear cover....
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Battleground - The Deeps

By: Gibson, Owen

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Calvert Publishing Co.: [c1965?]

Seller ID: 21874

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Some creasing covers. Bookstore rubber stamp on title page.; No date [c1965?]. 128 pages. Page dimensions: 178 x114mm. Fiction, World War Two. "The prettiest of the hapless young women from the infamous Nazi concentration camps were behing shipped to North Africa. It was indelibly tattooed into their flesh that they were to be the slaves of Goering's elite dive-bomber units, the famous and feared Fliegerkorps X." - from blurb on rear cover. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", p. 192 - "The Calvert Publising Company [. . .] published a considerable amount of fiction, mai...
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Deeds That Made The A.I.F. [#PB88]

By: Holledge, James

Price: NZ$18.90

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1961)

Seller ID: 21857

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Creasing to covers. Some abrasions to spine. Some foxing.; First printing. 130 pages. Page dimensions: 179 x 112mm. Series number: PB 88 [Pocket Books]. This title is also the first title in the single author series of 47 titles for James Holledge, of which numbers 1, 2, and 15 were printed with PB series numbers, rather than the single author series numbering. "Diggers in action in two World Wars" - from front cover. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide" (1994), pp. 29, 92. - "Horwitz published 45 non-fiction books by James Holledge in which the subject matter ranged from...
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For Valour [James Holledge series, #35]

By: Holledge, James

Price: NZ$24.30

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1965)

Seller ID: 21866

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Rubbing to edges of spine. Bookstore rubber stamp on first page. ; First printing. [4], (7)-129, [1 (blank)] pages. Small vignette illustrations at beginning of each chapter. Page dimensions: 178 x 113mm. This title is number 35 in the single author series of 47 titles for James Holledge (Numbers 1, 2, and 15 in this series were printed with PB series numbers, rather than the single author series numbering.) "The Story of Australia's V.C.'s" - from front cover. "Because it can be won only for outstanding valor, this medal has no equal in the world. It takes precedence over all other orders, de...
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Code Name Moloch

By: Janes, Gene

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Calvert Publishing Co.: [c1968?]

Seller ID: 21854

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

No signatures. Some foxing. ; No date [c1968?]. 128 pages. Page dimensions: 176 x108mm. Fiction, World War Two. "The orders sent out from Japanese intelligence H.Q. were explicit and final: Find and kill the British agent known as Moloch." - from blurb on first page. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", p. 192 - "The Calvert Publising Company [. . .] published a considerable amount of fiction, mainly romance and war, during the 1950s and 1960s [. . .]"]
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Devil's Eden

By: Johns, Michael

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Calvert Publishing Co.: [c1969?]

Seller ID: 21853

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Creasing to front cover. Small ink scribble on rear cover. Previous owner's initials? on first leaf. ; No date [c1969?]. 127, [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 178 x108mm. Fiction, World War Two. "The Australians were cleaning up stragglers on the small islands which had been hopped over by the Allies during their advance." - from blurb on first page. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", p. 192 - "The Calvert Publising Company [. . .] published a considerable amount of fiction, mainly romance and war, during the 1950s and 1960s [. . .]"]
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The Recommend

By: Macdonnell, J. E.

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1960)

Seller ID: 21827

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Foxing to page edges. Some creasing to covers. Book exchange rubber stamp on first leaf. ; First printing. 160 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Page dimensions: 177 x 112mm. This title is No. 22 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-82 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels, J. E. (James Edmond) Macdonnell was born in North Queensland in 1917."]
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Battle Line

By: Macdonnell, J. E.

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1962)

Seller ID: 21828

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name on front cover and on first leaf. Creasing to spine. ; First printing. 162 pages. Page dimensions: 178 x 115mm. This title is No. 39 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-82 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels, J. E. (James Edmond) Macdonnell was born in North Queensland in 1917."]
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U-boat

By: Macdonnell, J. E.

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1962)

Seller ID: 21829

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Moderate foxing. No signatures or stamps.; First printing. 130 pages. Page dimensions: 178 x 113mm. This title is No. 43 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-82 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels, J. E. (James Edmond) Macdonnell was born in North Queensland in 1917."]
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Big Bill the Bastard [#142]

By: Macdonnell, J. E.

Price: NZ$18.90

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1976)

Seller ID: 21839

ISBN: 0725503467

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Foxing to covers. Some creasing to spine. Foxing. Ink price at corner of first leaf. ; First printing. 130 pages. Page dimensions: 177 x 108mm. This title is No. 142 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-84 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels, J. E. (James Edmond) Macdonnell was born in North Queensland in 1917."]
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Come Die With Me [JD 1]

By: Macdonnell, J. E.

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1965)

Seller ID: 21830

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Small price at corner of first leaf.; First printing. 162 pages. Page dimensions: 177 x 115mm. Series numbering: JD 1 in the publisher's Spy Series for this author. This series ran from JD 1 to JD 13. Crime fiction. "It began so quietly for Mark Hood. It seemed at first to be almost a pleasure jaunt to the sundrenched Bahamas to investigate the strange disappearance of an MTB. But events moved with terrifying swiftness. Suddenly and unknowingly, Hood finds himself entangled in a devilish Nazi plot, brilliantly masterminded by a cold and ruthless fanatic." - from blurb on rear cover. [Reference...
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The Trap [#129]

By: Macdonnell, J. E.

Price: NZ$18.90

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1972)

Seller ID: 21840

ISBN: 0725501758

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Spine had a 30mm tear, with an adhesive tape repair. Ink price at corner of first leaf.; First printing. 127, [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 178 x 108mm. This title is No. 129 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-84 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels, J. E. (James Edmond) Macdonnell was born in North Queensland in 1917."]
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This Ship Is Mine [#128]

By: Macdonnell, J. E.

Price: NZ$18.90

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1972)

Seller ID: 21841

ISBN: 072550714X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Previous owner's rubber name stamps. Price on first leaf. Ink doodle on rear cover. ; First printing. 127, [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 177 x 106mm. This title is No. 128 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-84 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels, J. E. (James Edmond) Macdonnell was born in North Queensland in 1917."]
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Most Immediate [#127]

By: Macdonnell, J. E.

Price: NZ$20.25

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1972)

Seller ID: 21842

ISBN: 0725501731

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Previous owner's rubber name stamp. Price on first leaf. Ink doodle on corner of rear cover. ; First printing. 128 pages. Page dimensions: 178 x 108mm. This title is No. 127 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-84 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels".]
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The Brave Men [#125]

By: Macdonnell, J. E.

Price: NZ$18.90

Publisher: Sydney, Horwitz Publications: (1972)

Seller ID: 21845

ISBN: 0725501677

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Previous owner's rubber name stamp. A couple of ink marks on first leaf. ; First printing. 125, [2 (advertisements), [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 178 x 108mm. This title is No. 125 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. "The destroyer sighted a hump-backed object momentarily surfaced on the horizon. She increased to thirty knots and swung towards." - from blurb on rear cover. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-84 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels".]
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Category: Australian Vintage Paperbacks