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Malone’s Last Catalogue #273

Posted On May 18, 2024 | Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to the very last catalogue from the Malone’s. IMPRIMATUR BOOKS will be handed over to the safe hands of Jim and Julie Phillipps and will set up in Canberra in the coming months. We have included a note from Jim in the catalogue. It’s been a hard but pleasant slog for 32 years. We’ve enjoyed it immensely, meeting some amazing p...

Imprimatur Books Catalogue #272

Posted On Mar 04, 2024 | Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

Welcome to our Autumn Catalogue #272 March 2024. Apologies for the paucity of categories in this one but the truth is we’ve been working like galley slaves on our book ’TWO RANKS ON THE ROAD 35 Years of Australian Special Forces Service’ which is to be launched on Sunday 21 Apr 24 at Boffins Books at 88 William Street Perth. It will be launc...

Summer Catalogue #271

Posted On Feb 07, 2024 | Aviation,Espionage,Human Endeavour,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 #271 from a sweltering Perth. What a summer its been here and we’ve just entered our hottest month, go figure! Our sympathies go out to the Eastern seaboard especially NQ which has been hit with serious floods. I’m surprised that the Defence Force hasn’t been mobilized in its entirety. Even if they go in with truck loads...

Imprimatur Books Christmas Catalogue #270 – 20% OFF

Posted On Dec 10, 2023 | Special Forces and Airborne,The Great War 1914-1918,Vietnam,World War 2 1939 - 1945 | No Comments

 Here we are at the end of another tumultuous year 2023.     Welcome to Catalogue #270, December 2023 - the Christmas 20% off catalogue.    I’m in the process of completing my autobiography titled ‘TWO RANKS ON THE ROAD’ - My 35 Years of Special Forces Service’. We hope to launch it by ANZAC Day 2024—details yet to be finalized. Suf...

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...