Pat Beale (11 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 161 pages. 1918 was a year of triumph for the Australian Corps in France yet today this is seldom recognised by most Australians. Our perceptions have been clouded by legends, built up over the past century, that have trivialised their achievement. Here an ex-soldier, Pat Beale DSO MC, uses his military background to help re-discover why and how the Corps was so successful and also the reasons their triumph has been ignored. This concise and knowledgeable account will not sit comfortably with everyone. As the author admits, he slaps a number of 'sacred cows' on the rump and challenges some deeply held perceptions, but he hopes it will encourage a better understanding of the great victory of those men and how they achieved it.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: front and back showing only light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, minimal wear along edges and at corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout, author's inscription on opening pages. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing less than 500g, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) will be less than what is shown here. Please email me if you would like a quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks. Inscribed by Author(s). …

HARDCOVER. 2003, First edition. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine, lightly edge rubbed d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Jacket has light general wear and no tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 142pp Size: 180mm x 250mm. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 161 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New octavo xiii + 161pp., b/w plates, maps, notes, bibliog., index, 1918 was a year of triumph for the Australian Corps in France yet today this is seldom recognised by most Australians. Our perceptions have been clouded by legends, built up over the past century, that have trivialised their achievement.…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, 141pp, b&w photos. A litte wear to edges of dw, donation inscription centre of front fep, stixker remnants centre bottom of front dw; a very good copy. Beale served in South-east Asia and Papua New Guinea. He was involved in anti-terrorist activities in Malaysia, action in Borneo during confrontation and then Vietnam with a Special Forces Unit. As well as telling of his own operations, Beale uses his own experiences to explore the old demons of combat stress, fear and fatigue and their interaction with courage and teamwork.…

1st edition dust jacket As New lge. octavo xii + 142pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., index, Author was involved in anti-terrorist activities in Malaya, in Borneo during the Confrontation, & with a Special Forces unit in Vietnam.

1st edition dust jacket As New lge. octavo xii + 142pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., index, Author was involved in anti-terrorist activities in Malaya, in Borneo during the Confrontation, & with a Special Forces unit in Vietnam. Signed by Pat Beale on the half-title.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Date is an estimate. Reprint of the first 24 issues of IBIDEM, originally published occasionally by P. Howard Lyons in Canada, 1950s-70s. Good, with slightly used covers. No prior owner markings. Each issue has its own front and back stiff paper covers. Not to be confused with the later reprint edition by Kaufman/Hermetic Press. These facsimile copies are the same format as the originals, but with b&w covers instead of the original color silk screens. A whooping 622 pages of cutting edge card conjuring by top names of the day including ED MARLO, STEWART JAMES and many others. Pat Lyons (illustrator).…

(Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2003). Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xii, 142pp.). With maps, and illusts. Fine. NOTE: Insight into Australia's military involvement in South-East Asia, and Papua New Guinea.