The books for sale at the FFFAIF On-Line Book Fair have been kindly donated by Craig Laffin and family. The books formed part of the late John Laffin’s professional library. The funds raised from the sale of these books will go towards the John Laffin Memorial Fund.
Please take time to browse the list of titles. For more information on each of the books including sale price, publisher and edition click here.
If you are interested in purchasing a book please contact secretary@fffaif.org.au.
The titles of the books up for sale are listed below alphabetically. The books will be sold on a ‘first in – first served’ basis.
Payment for the books PLUS postage will be accepted by EFT, cheque, money order or PayPal within 5 days of receipt of your purchase email. If payment is not received within this time the book will automatically be relisted for sale. No returns will be accepted. Postage costs will depend on the size and weight of the book. All books will be sent by pre-paid Australia Post Packages, starting at $7.85. Combined postage and Express Postage will be available. Postal charges will be advised to successful buyers. We are happy to post internationally.
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AUTHOR |
TITLE |
| Aldrich, Mildred | A Hilltop on the Marne – Being letters written June 3 – September 8 1914 |
| Aldrich, Mildred | On the Edge of the War Zone – from the Battle of the Marne to the entrance of the Stars and Stripes |
| An Amateur Officer | After Victory Appended note by John Laffin on front cover |
| Atkinson, C. T. | The History of the South Wales Borderers 1914-1918 (Twenty Fourth Regiment) |
| Beaumont Harry Ed. Clarke-Kennedy A.E. | Old Contemptible – the true story of how a hero of Mons, wounded and left behind, survived for nine months in German occupied Belgium and escaped to England |
| Birdwood Lord Field | Khaki and Gown – An Autobiography by Field Marshal Lord Birdwood of ANZAC and Totnes. With a Foreword by Winston Churchill. Includes a handwritten note, on embossed Government of India notepaper, accepting a dinner invitation for Lord Birdwood from Capt Davis & the officers 1st K.G.O. Gurkha Rifles, dated Aug 19th ‘21. |
| By the Author of “Where’s Master?” and “Like English Gentlemen” | Jack Cornwell: The Story of John Travers Cornwell, V.C. ” Boy 1st Class” (The Battle of Jutland June 1916) |
| Bygott, John | Two Soldier Brothers: Lt. Bert Wood, M.C. and Bar, Hampshire Reg & RFC – and Lt. Ted Wood, 1st Royal Scot Fusiliers – compiled and chronicled from their letters, papers etc |
| Campbell, R. W. | The Mixed Division – A tribute to the Scottish Lowland Brigades |
| CAREY G and SCOTT H | An Outline History of the Great War |
| Cassar George H. | Kitchener: Architect of Victory |
| Chapman, Guy | A Passionate Prodigality: Fragments of Autobiography (July 1915 to demobilisation in 1919) |
| Cooper Duff | Haig |
| Cornwall James | Haig As Military Commander |
| CRASCREDO | No Joke – Mr Armour’s sketches from Punch and stories |
| Davidson Sir John Maj.Gen | Haig: Master of the Field |
| Dawson, A. J. (Capt) & Bairnsfather, Bruce (Capt) | Somme Battle Stories: Recorded by Captain A. J. Dawson and Illustrated by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather |
| Dewar George A.B. | Sir Douglas Haig’s Command Dec. 1915-Nov.1918 Vol.1 |
| DOS PASSOS John | Mr Wilson’s War |
| Durrell Rev.J.C.V. | Whizzbangs and Woodbines Tales of Work and Play on the Western Front (Chief Commissioner of the Church Army) |
| Edey John F. | From Lone Pine to Murray Pine: The Story of a Soldier Settler (Autographed by the Author) |
| Edmonds, Charles | A Subaltern’s War – being a memoir of the Great War from the point of view of a romantic young man, with candid accounts of two particular battles, written shortly after they occurred, and as an essay on militarism |
| ESHER Reginald | The Tragedy of Lord Kitchener |
| Falkenhayn, Erich (General) | General Headquarters 1914-1916 and its Critical Decisions |
| Field Officer | The Love Letters of a Subaltern (December 1915 to July 1916) |
| Hamilton Sir Ian General | A Staff Officer’s Scrapbook During the Russo-Japanese War by General Sir Ian Hamilton |
| Hankey, Donald | A Student in Arms: Lt. Donald Hankey’s articles published in the “Spectator” until KIA on the Somme in October 1916 |
| Hankey, Lord | The Supreme Command 1914-1918: Volume Two |
| Hargrave John | The Suvla Bay Landing |
| Harington Charles | Plumer of Messines by General Sir Charles Harington |
| Harney, W.E. | Bill Harney’s War (Introduced by Manning Clark) |
| Harvey H.E. | Battle-Line Narratives 1915-1918 – a collection of very short narrative passages from soldiers |
| Hay, Ian | The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of “K(1)” (Kitcheners New Army) by Ian Hay, “The Junior Sub” |
| Headley Brothers | The Year 1918 Illustrated: A Record of Notable Achievements and Events (10th Year of Issue) |
| Home, Big Gen Sir Archibald | The Diary of a World War 1 Cavalry Officer (Covering the retreat from Mons to the Armistice as seen by a Staff Officer and Brigadier General of the Cavalry Corps) |
| Hornung E.W. | Notes of a Camp Follower on the Western Front Inc. note on the cover by John Laffin about the book’s merits |
| Housman, Laurence (Ed) | War Letter of Fallen Englishmen |
| Junger Ernst | The Storm of Steel; From the Diary of a German Storm Officer on the Western Front |
| Junger, Ernst | Copse 125: A Chronicle from the Trench Warfare of 1918 |
| Longworth Philip | The Unending Vigil: History of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1917-1967 |
| Macquarrie, Hector (Royal Field Artillery) | How to Live at the Front: Tips for American Soldiers |
| Mann A.J. Wood William | The Salonika Front |
| Middlebrook, Martin (Ed) | The Diaries of Pte Worace Bruckshow Royal Marine Light infantry 1915-1916 (January 1915 through Gallipoli and the Western Front to November 1916 – KIA Capture of Gavrelle Windmill, Battle of Arras 28 April 1917) |
| Muir, Ward | The Happy Hospital |
| No. 31540 RAMC | Fields and Battlefields (Reflections from the Royal Army Medical Corps 1915-1916?) |
| Official Sources | A brief record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force July 1917-Oct 1918 |
| Phillip, Norman (Mjr) | Holland and the Canadians |
| Plummer Mary Lt. | With the First Canadian Contingent Inc. pasted in pictures |
| Price, G. Ward | The Story of the Salonica Army (Second Edition) |
| Rawlinson, George | A Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson (With an Introduction by Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar V.C.) |
| Sandes Flora | An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army |
| Sandes, Flora | An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army |
| Secrett Serg.T. | Twenty Five years with Earl Haig |
| Seeger, Alan | Letters and Diary of Alan Seeger (an American poet who joined the Foreign Legion and was KIA 31 July 1916 at Belloy-en-Santrerre |
| Seligman V.J. | The Salonika Side Show |
| Slater, Guy (Ed) | My Warrior Sons: The Borton Family Diary 1914-1918 – The story of Bosky (Arthur) V.C. and Biffy – Gallipoli, Western Front, RFC in Palestine as known to the family in the UK |
| SLOWE Peter and Woods Richard | Fields of Death |
| Smith, Aubrey | Four years on the Western Front, by a Rifleman – Being the experiences of a Ranker in the London Rifle Brigade (also winner of M.M. & Bar) |
| Smyth Sir John VC | Leadership in Battle 1914-1918 |
| SOMMERS Cecil | Temporary Heroes (Letters from February 1915 to July 1916) |
| The Countess Haig | The Man I Knew |
| Thornton Guy | With the ANZACS in Cairo The Tale of a Great Fight |
| Warner, Phillip | Passchendaele: The Story Behind the Tragic Victory of 1917 |
| Wavell Viscount | Allenby – Soldier and and Statesman by Field Marshal Viscount Wavell |
| Wedd, Monty | Australian Military Uniforms 1800-1982 |
| Weintraub, Stanley | A Stillness Heard Around the World: The End of the Great War: November 1918 |
| Woodward, David R | Lloyd George and the Generals |