Add this copy of They Dared Mightily to cart. $27.60, good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1963 by Australian War Memorial.
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Near Very Good in Poor jacket. Large 8vo. xv, 317pp, coloured frontis and coloured plate of the Victoria Cross and the George Cross, b/w portraits of recipients, maps and sketch maps, appendices, index to Australian V.C. and G.C. winners, pictorial end-papers. Title page foxed. Decorative cloth boards, gilt, in worn dust-jacket which has two tears (one 6 cm, one 2 cm) from the upper edge and the loss of a triangular section from the lower edge of its front panel. The book contains accounts of the military careers of the Australian holders of the Victoria Cross and the George Cross and histories of the two decorations. The connecting narrative is a history of Australian participation in the South African War and the two World Wars, and points to the influence of those wars upon the Australian defence system.
Add this copy of They Dared Mightily to cart. $40.00, like new condition, Sold by Great Expectations Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Staten Island, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1963 by Australian War Memorial.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7æ"-9æ" tall. Hardcover, gray cloth lettered in gold, in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 317pp., Index. Illustrated with photographs, color frontispiece and pictorial endpapers. First edition. Brief biographies of the circumstances surronding the winning of the Victoria Cross and George Cross by members of the Austrailian armed forces from 1900 to 1960. Typed letter from old comrade in arms [from Australia] laid-in. Addressed to friend in USA and mentions Lord Montgomery to attend the next re-union of the 9th Division to be held in Sydney, October, 1968. No previous ownership marks. Dust-jacket in reinforced mylar covers. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.
Add this copy of They Dared Mightily to cart. $72.00, like new condition, Sold by Book Gallery / Mike Riley rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1963 by Australian War Memorial.
Add this copy of They Dared Mightily to cart. $66.95, like new condition, Sold by Kulturas books west rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pacific Palisades, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1963 by Australian War Memorial.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition (1963). Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine, As New, gift-giving condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. One small closed tear to jacket. Book discusses Australian participation in the South African War, World War I, and World War II. Map and photo illustrations. Large 8vo. 317 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.
