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Catalogue #226 – Donate to Firies

Posted On Jan 01, 2020 | Aviation,Military Biography,Military General,Napoleonic,Naval,SIMMO,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to 2020 and a January Catalogue #226 which I normally avoid so I can have a month off. But...the extenuating circumstances of the conflagration of bush fires along the east coast, Tassie and in south west WA caused me to step back from our normal Christmas and New Year celebrations and think about the hundreds of families who’ve lost e...

Catalogue 225 – 20% Christmas Discount

Posted On Dec 01, 2019 | Aviation,Espionage,Military Biography,Military General,Napoleonic,Naval,SIMMO,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to the 20% off Christmas catalogue—#225. Check out the bargains. As we head in to Christmas, we pause to think of our families and mates and make sure we check up on them and ensure they’re travelling well. It is up to us to support them when and how we can. As usual this list is dedicated to those on active service and those who a...

On Beersheba – Catalogue #224

Posted On Nov 01, 2019 | Aviation,Espionage,Military Biography,Military General,Napoleonic,Naval,SIMMO,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to Catalogue #224, November 2019. Today (31 Oct) we celebrate the wonderfully successful charge on Beersheba by the 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade in 1917. Known as ‘the last great cavalry charge’, they rode helter-skelter over 6 kms of open ground, jumped the leading Turkish trenches and stormed into Beersheba town (more a small c...

Imprimatur Books Spring Catalogue #223

Posted On Oct 11, 2019 | Aviation,Military Biography,Military General,Napoleonic,Naval,SIMMO,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to Catalogue #223, Spring 2019. Here in Perth the weather is heating up nicely and my controlled stagger around Hyde Park is a joy. We’ve been following the progress of a family of black swans, mum, dad and 5 babies (sadly there were only 4 babies this morning). They produce a clutch every spring and whilst initially very protective of t...

Military Books August List

Posted On Aug 03, 2019 | Aviation,Espionage,Military Biography,Military General,Naval,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to Catalogue #221, August 2019. We’ve had a pretty cool winter here in the wild west but things are looking up as spring approaches. As an experiment we’ve not used any heaters in the house downstairs and upstairs this winter. Wearing more clothes and blankets on the lounge is the answer. There are many recently acquired titles i...

Rare World War 1 Books

Posted On Jun 26, 2019 | Aviation,Espionage,Military Biography,Military General,Naval,Special Forces and Airborne,The Boer Wars 1880-1902,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to list #220, July 2019. As the dead of winter approaches here in Perth we wait the impending arrival of our Canadian family, Toby, Meg, Cormac and Brigid. Winter here will be a doddle for them as they are used to Canadian severe winters. But… their houses are all centrally heated whereas we just put on a house coat and a knee rug if req...

Rare books in Catalogue 219

Posted On Jun 04, 2019 | Aviation,Military Biography,Military General,Naval,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | 2 Comments

Welcome to Catalogue #219. You couldn't really call it the depths of winter yet but it’s still a bit chilly here in Perth of a morning. We’ve resolved to not use the heater much this winter as our contribution to the climate change debate. A good house coat and a blanket on the lounge at night do the job. So...to books. Quite a few rare t...

Recollections of Anzac Day

Posted On May 07, 2019 | Aviation,Espionage,Military Biography,Military General,Napoleonic,Naval,SIMMO,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to Catalogue #218, May 2019. ANZAC Day has come and gone and I must say the day is starting to get to me. The Dawn Service at Swanbourne was beautifully done by all concerned and the members we’ve lost since 1957 were respectfully commemorated with their images projected on a wall of the old MI building. It brought a tear to many a jaund...

April – Anzac Day and 50th Anniversary of 3 Sqn in Vietnam

Posted On Apr 03, 2019 | Aviation,Espionage,Military Biography,Military General,Napoleonic,Naval,SIMMO,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to Catalogue #217. Ah April! Doncha just love it! The autumn breezes have blown the WA heat away and we can at last rest easily at night. It’s a long haul here in WA, from September to April, as hot as hades in February and just hot the rest of the time. But...I’m not whinging knowing what thousands of people have gone through with...

Imprimatur Books – Summer fires, floods and rare books

Posted On Mar 04, 2019 | Aviation,Espionage,Military Biography,Military General,Napoleonic,Naval,SIMMO,Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to Catalogue #216 of March 2019. Whilst it’s only a short list this time, there are some memorable titles on it. Here in the West we’ve had some scorching weather (as February always is) but nothing to match the crazy weather in the Eastern states from floods and bushfires. The loss of life is always worrying especially losing thousand...

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