Sublet Col Frank (5 results)

Condition: Fine. Large 8vo. hardcover. 192pp. index, b/w illus. Fine. / Fine d/w.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, large octavo, 192pp, b&w photos. A little wear on edges else very good. Covers the period from the Japanese landing at Gona in 1942 until the clearing of the Japanese from the Gona area in 1943. The author was present during much of the fighting (2/16th Battalion). Here he critically analyses the campaign and highlights the blunders made by the Australian Government in neglecting Papua prior to the invasion; the conflicts between MacArthur and Blamey, and Blamey and Rowell; and strategic and tactical errors made by both sides during the Papuan campaign.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy tall octavo. 192pp., frontis., b/w pls., maps, plans, appends., bibliog., index, Author was a Company Commander with the 2/16th AIF & fought on the Kokoda Track.

1st edition dust jacket As New tall octavo. 192pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, plans, appends., bibliog., index, Author was a Company Commander with the 2/16th AIF & fought on the Kokoda Track.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy tall octavo. 192pp., frontis., b/w pls., maps, plans, appends., bibliog., index, Author was a Company Commander with the 2/16th AIF & fought on the Kokoda Track. Owner's signature & book-plate. Signed by Frank Sublet on the title-page.