Collett Colonel H B (10 results)

stiff wraps. Facsimile Edition. Facs. edition, octavo, stiff wraps, b&w illus, pp xv, 219, i. Near fine condition. Facsimile edition of the unit history of the Western Australian battalion. Appendices include nominal rolls, roll of honour. (Note: although the title states Volume I, this is the only volume, complete in itself: planned subsequent books were never published.).…

hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Edition, limited to 200 copies (No. 20) of the 1922 first ed.; unit history (vol 1) of The 28th Australian Infantry Batallion in the First World War - Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, and Sinai Peninsula 1914-1919, by Colonel H.B. Collett (First C.O.) with foreword by The Archbishop of Perth; b&w photo illustrations, 4 fold-out maps; green cloth boards with gilt titling and unit colour patch (laminated white and blue lozenge with '28' in gilt) set in centre of front board, gilt titling to spine; stamped 20/200 to front endpaper, and with separate edition slip laid in; publisher's label to front pastedown; mild rubbing to gilt titling (foot of spine), o.w. Very Good clean copy no dustwrapper. 219pp. 8vo. Very Good. b&w photo illustrations/maps (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Very Good. Limited Facsimile Edition. xv, 219pp, appendices, folding maps, bw ills. Or green cloth, no jacket as issued. Some of gilt titling worn off, some foxing to edges and endpapers, moderate foxing to maps and adjacent pages. Publishers label on front free endpapers with associated offset toning. #116 of an edition of 200 copies. This volume was the only one produced-plans for further volumes were never fulfilled. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, profusely illustrated throughout, with 3 folding maps and a folding frontispiece; original cloth. A very good copy. We will advise postage costs and delivery times, which will vary from those quoted by Abe.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A substantial and highly regarded regimental history of the 28th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, documenting its service from 1915 to 1919. Written by Colonel H.B. Collett and published in Perth in 1922, this first volume covers the Battalion's formative campaigns in Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, and the Sinai Peninsula . It provides a detailed narrative of operations, movements, command structure, and the lived experience of the men who served, supported by maps and illustrations. Minor wear to edges of dust jack, spine is tanned. Wear marks to edges of cover, some loss (color only). Inscription inside front cover. Includes frontis piece and fold out maps. Internally an exceptionally clean copy.…

Boards. 1st edition. 8vo, original green cloth boards (stamped in gilt and with the colours of the 28th), folding b&w photographic frontis plate, b&w plates, folding maps, b&w text illus, pp xv, 221. Spotting to boards, particularly to spine. Offsetting to endpapers. Small closed tear to the edge of the largest folding map (the the Australian Sector at the Gallipoli Peninsula). Very good condition. The history of the Western Australian battalion. Includes nominal rolls, roll of honour. The scarce first edition. (Note: although the title states Volume I, this is the only volume, complete in itself: planned subsequent books were never published.).…

Boards. 1st edition. 8vo, original decorated cloth boards, b&w plates, folding maps, pp xv, 221. Some restoration to boards (old cloth over new to spine). Inscription and ink stamp of the 16th Battalion, stamp of bookseller. Occasional tick mark in margin, traces of tape marks, small closed tear to large folding map, professional repair to large folding map. Good copy of the very scarce first edition. History of the Western Australian battalion, from its formation through its service in the Middle East. (Complete in one volume.) Includes nominal rolls, roll of honour.…

HARDCOVER. The Trustees of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1922. First edition. A very good copy on the spine and top board and the battalions colour patch on the top board. The boards are unmarked apart from light shelf rubbing. The edges and endpapers are age tanned and there is light spotting on the edges. Apart from a previous owners details on the front free endpaper the contents are fine and undamaged. A superior copy. Scans available if required.…

Boards. 1st edition. 1st ed., pp.xv, 221, orig cl. bds., cocked, fading to upper front bd, cnrs bumped, stamped in gilt and with the colours of the 28th, folding b&w photographic frontis plate, b&w plates, folding maps, small closed tear to the edge of the largest folding map (the Australian Sector at the Gallipoli Peninsula) and pp.61 & 63, offsetting to endpapers, gd condition. The history of the Western Australian battalion. Includes nominal rolls, roll of honour. The scarce first edition. (Note: although the title states Volume I, this is the only volume, complete in itself: planned subsequent books were never published.).…

Perth: The Trustees of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1922. (Facs. Edition Swanbourne: John Burridge, 1983). 8vo. Orig. green cloth with gilt and illust. (xvi, 222pp.). With fold. frontisp., illusts. and 3 fold. maps. Limited edition of 200 copies, this being No. 114. Fine. NOTE: Despite being planned as the first in a set, Volume 1 was the only one produced. …