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The Great War 1914-1918

A great selection of Australian Unit Histories plus 100’s of books on Gallipoli, and the Western Front. A lot to choose from.

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Almost Summer Catalogue #269

Posted On Oct 31, 2023 | Aviation,Military Biography,Military General,Naval,SIMMO,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to Catalogue 269 November 2023. Spring is really upon us with the city trees burgeoning. William Street down through China Town is a joy to behold except at night when the trees obscure the street lights. My weekend was taken up with sports with the Rugby World Cup (won by South Africa over NZ), the Rugby League Pacific championships won b...

October Catalogue #268

Posted On Oct 08, 2023 | SIMMO,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to Catalogue #268, October 2023. This is the season of Kambarang—a transformational time of the year with the acacias, banksias and the earth bursting with the colour of unique wildflowers for which WA is famous. For much of Australia, it’s bush fires and flooding plains. Here in WA we are enjoying a mild spring with signs the summer w...

Spring Catalogue #267

Posted On Sep 03, 2023 | Aviation,Military Biography,Military General,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to our Spring catalogue September 2023. The much-welcome rain has again settled in here in Perth although not heavy, it is continuous. Skies will clear up from here on into a beautiful, sunny spring. I watch a fair bit of TV these days as I’m not as mobile as I once was. I’m appalled at the deluge of gambling ads that seem to prevai...

New Imprimatur Books Catalogue #266

Posted On Aug 02, 2023 | Military Biography,Military General,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to Catalogue 266, in the winter of 2023. We’ve had a cold and wet one this winter with sunny and bright days ahead. We’ve had none of the dramas of the east coast, no floods of fires but all the rain we’ve had here would regenerate our forests and grasslands, setting us up for a big fire summer. We sit in thrall watching our...

Imprimatur Books – a Mid Winter’s tale Catalogue #265

Posted On Jul 02, 2023 | Military General,Napoleonic,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Once again, a new FY is upon us – and a new Catalogue #265. It will be interesting to see how the powers spread the largesse to the masses in this ‘winter of our discontent’ (apologies to the Bard). There are a lot of people out there doing it hard especially those with mortgages and small kids. Grocery prices appear to go UP on a daily basi...

Imprimatur Books Winter Catalogue #264

Posted On Jun 04, 2023 | Aviation,Military Biography,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

At last the rain has come here in the parched West. This is the June catalogue, #264, another list of good books. Talking about good books, Michael Treloar in Adelaide has just published the most extraordinary list of WW1 unit histories and associated ephemera. It was great to see all the 1st editions and the Burridge and Green reprints all togeth...

May Catalogue #263

Posted On May 06, 2023 | Aviation,Naval,SIMMO,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to Catalogue 263, May 2023. Autumn is now sprung on us here in Perth with cool days and cold nights. We have the first signs of rain whilst the main population areas of Australia, ie, the east coast, are again subjected to heavy down pours. April was a month of remembrance—our 48th wedding anniversary and my birthday, and the big o...

Anzac Day Catalogue

Posted On Apr 02, 2023 | Aviation,Naval,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

This Catalogue (#262) represents and memorializes the fateful month of ANZAC. In April 1915, hundreds of young men were landing in Egypt to do their part against the Germans and Turks They hadn’t heard of this place ‘Gallipoli’ until Churchill and the powers in London decided they would take Turkey out of the war by attacking her southern fl...

March Edition Catalogue #261

Posted On Mar 06, 2023 | Aviation,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

At last the first glimpse of autumn here in the very dry West. This is Catalogue #261 of March 2023. Whilst the eastern states have been inundated with heavy rain and ironically, some bush fires, we’ve had none of the former with a modicum of the latter. Hopefully, our winter here will be the wettest on record. Our local lake in Hyde Park is lo...

Catalogue #260

Posted On Feb 06, 2023 | Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Catalogue #260 is presented amid the scorching heat of a WA February whereas my son’s family in Toronto Canada are coping with minus 20 degree days. It’s as dry as a Methodist Picnic here in the West with the temp hovering between 35 and 40c. The ‘commander’ here loves the heat and is out walking in it daily. I much prefer the calm of cold...

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