John Cribbin (27 results)

paperback in very good condition; 246 pages, b/w photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition 1995. This book is in fine condition. The dust jacket is in near fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents.

Hard Back. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. A firm straight unmarked book, appears unread.

Hardback. 1988, First edition. A very good copy only marked by light tanning of the edges and light rubbing on the spine ends. The d/w is near fine with only superficial shelf rubbing.

4to. 136pp. Maps. Original wrappers. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations; a near fine copy. . First edition. The creation of the epic television account of Australia in the Great War.

First edition (a paperback original in the UK). Octavo-size, sewn-bound paperback. A tiny ownership signature on the front free endpaper, otherwise fine in wrappers as issued. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Petersen helped recruit and train Montagnard tribesmen in Darlac Province in the central highlands of South Vietnam into a special guerilla force.…

4to; pp. x, 214; endpaper maps, numerous b/w. and coloured illustrations, chronology, bibliography, index, original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, a near fine copy. First edition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. With a map and illustrations, a good copy showing signs of wear at corners and spine ends. This is a Fictionalised account of punitive expeditions against Walbiri people led by Constable W. G. Murray and Nugget Morton in which; Criticism of the affair by missionary Athol McGregor and Anne Locke; Darwin trial; recent interviews with Walbiri survivors by M. Hartwig, P. Read and P. Wafer. A case study of a massacre of at least 33 Aboriginal people in Central Australia in 1928 which resulted in no convictions on the part of the offenders.; 200 x 130mm; 168 pages. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scarce title. Paperback. Lean to spine, has been well read, two creases to cover, toning from age to paper throughout. Still a good copy though. 20cm x 13.5cm 168pp.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Still sealed. 20 x 13 cm. 168 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 3rd edition, 1998. No marks. Nice clean used book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. F/VG. 4to. original red boards gilt in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & frayed, hinges and exposed surfaces sunned); pp. x, 214, with illustrations. Heavy item (1.25kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy.…

4to; pp. x, 214; endpaper maps, numerous b/w. and coloured illustrations, chronology, bibliography, index, original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, previous owner's name, otherwise a near fine copy. First edition, signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book in fine condition. Wrapper has been slightly nicked on top of spine.

*Sales/posting to the USA suspended*. Hard cover dust wrapper, 245pp, b&w plates. Light wear to dw/board edges, page edges lightly browned; a very good copy. In 1963, Captain Arthur Barry Petersen, then a member of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, was sent to Darlac Province to recruit and train a special force of Montagnard troops which were financed and supported by the CIA. The tiger men of the Truong Son Force developed into a highly efficient guerilla unit. Working in the highlands of Vietnam was a political education for Petersen. Antagonism between the Montagnard and the new Vietnamese settlers and overlords was high. He played an active role in defusing the revolt which resulted from the simmering resentment between the two peoples and was awarded the Military Cross. Intrigue between the CIA, the French and the bordering Cambodian and Laotian nations was also a dangerous background to his work. Despite his success, however, in 1965, CIA intervention led to his removal from the highlands. This is his story of the development of a highly successful concept of warfare.…

First edition. Hardcover. Top edge just slightly foxed, otherwise fine in fine dustjacket. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Petersen helped recruit and train Montagnard tribesmen in Darlac Province in the central highlands of South Vietnam into a special guerilla force. This British edition has used the Australian dustjacket (Macmillan, published the same year).…

246 pp including index, b&w photographic plates, maps, fine copy in pictorial, limp wrappers. Long inscription by Barry Petersen - and his business card .

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy large octavo xiv + 286pp., b/w plates, references.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New large octavo xiv + 286pp., b/w plates, references, Well illustrated & researched local history.

First Edition. Pp. x+246(last blank), 16 plates, 7 text maps, text illustration, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, lightly scuffed; half-title page and leaves browned; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. *The author relates his experiences as an AATTV officer in a secret war in the central highlands of South Vietnam where he recruited and trained a local force of Montagnard tribesmen.…

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New large octavo xiv + 286pp., b/w plates, references, Signed by John Cribbin on the title-page.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

214 pp including index, quarto, maps on end-papers, b&w and colour photographic illustrations, fine copy in like, illustrated d/j. Great old Real Estate brochures reproduced.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New large octavo xiv + 286pp., b/w plates, references, Signed by each of the Kingston Councillors on front end paper & by the author on the title-page.