{"id":10634,"date":"2012-08-20T14:14:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T14:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=10634"},"modified":"2012-08-20T14:27:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T14:27:48","slug":"book-auctions-are-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=10634","title":{"rendered":"BOOK AUCTIONS ARE BACK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The management committee of the FFFAIF are pleased to announce the auctioning of more books donated by Craig Laffin and his family.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/about\/john-laffin-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Laffin\u00a0Memorial Fund<\/a> (JLMF) is once again the beneficiary of the generosity of Craig Laffin and his family. Craig has donated a collection of books from the professional library of his father, the late <a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/about\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Laffin<\/a>. These books include\u00a0soldiers\u2019 stories and humour,\u00a0unit stories, battles and campaigns as well as\u00a0official histories and reference sources.\u00a0 They will be auctioned over the coming months on line through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">eBay<\/a>,\u00a0with profits\u00a0from the sales\u00a0going to the JLMF.<\/p>\n<p>The books, listed below, are being auctioned on eBay from Monday 20 August with final bidding taking place on Friday\u00a024 August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com.au\/itm\/271040333264?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&amp;_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>\u00a0Ships That Saved The Empire<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nWritten by Charles R. Gibson<br \/>\nPictured by Charles J. De Lacy<br \/>\nPublisher: Collins Clear-Type press London and Glasgow, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Edition, circa 1919.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10636\" title=\"Ships That Saved The Empire_1\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_1.jpg 336w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_1-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10640\" title=\"Ships That Saved The Empire_2\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_2.jpg 448w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_2-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10641\" title=\"Ships That Saved The Empire_3\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_3.jpg 291w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_3-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10642\" title=\"Ships That Saved The Empire_4\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_4.jpg 336w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ships-That-Saved-The-Empire_4-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com.au\/itm\/271040346393?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&amp;_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Strategic Camouflage<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>by Solomon J. Solomon, R.A.<br \/>\n1st Edition<br \/>\nPublisher: John Murray, Ablemarle Street, London 1920.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Strategic-Camouflage_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10637\" title=\"Strategic Camouflage_2\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Strategic-Camouflage_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Strategic-Camouflage_2.jpg 448w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Strategic-Camouflage_2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Strategic-Camouflage_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10643\" title=\"Strategic Camouflage_3\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Strategic-Camouflage_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Strategic-Camouflage_3.jpg 448w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Strategic-Camouflage_3-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com.au\/itm\/271040329498?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&amp;_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With The Australians In Korea<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>by Norman Bartlett<br \/>\n1<sup>st<\/sup> Edition<br \/>\nPublisher: Australian War Memorial, 1954.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10638\" title=\"With the Australian In Korea_1\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_1.jpg 336w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10644\" title=\"With the Australian In Korea_2\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_2.jpg 448w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_2-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10645\" title=\"With the Australian In Korea_3\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_3.jpg 448w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/With-the-Australian-In-Korea_3-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com.au\/itm\/271040310677?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&amp;_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An English Woman \u2013 Sergeant in the Serbian Army<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>by Flora Sandes<br \/>\n1<sup>st<\/sup> Edition<br \/>\nPublisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London, New York, Toronto. 1<sup>st<\/sup> Edition 1916.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10639\" title=\"An English Woman in the Serbian Army_1\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_1.jpg 331w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_1-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10646\" title=\"An English Woman in the Serbian Army_3\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_3.jpg 432w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_3-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10647\" title=\"An English Woman in the Serbian Army_4\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_4.jpg 448w, https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/An-English-Woman-in-the-Serbian-Army_4-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The management committee of the FFFAIF are pleased to announce the auctioning of more books donated by Craig Laffin and his family. The John Laffin\u00a0Memorial Fund (JLMF) is once again the beneficiary of the generosity of Craig Laffin and his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=10634\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10634"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10654,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10634\/revisions\/10654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}