{"id":6306,"date":"2009-09-16T00:15:01","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T13:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/?p=6306"},"modified":"2009-09-16T00:15:01","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T13:15:01","slug":"book-auction-27-sept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=6306","title":{"rendered":"*Book Auction 27 Sept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/about\/john-laffin-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Laffin\u00a0Memorial Fund<\/a> (JLMF) is 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&#8217; 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><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">The\u00a0<strong>third \u2018lot\u2019<\/strong> of books<\/span>, listed below, will be\u00a0auctioned on eBay from Sunday 20 September with final bidding taking place on Sunday\u00a027 September.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Hilltop on the Marne<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Mildred Aldrich<br \/>\nPublished by The Riverside Press Cambridge; Houghton Mifflin Company Boston &amp; New York<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"A Hilltop on The Marne_cover_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/a-hilltop-on-the-marne_cover_web.jpg\" alt=\"A Hilltop on The Marne_cover_web\" width=\"428\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6343\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/a-hilltop-on-the-marne_2_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6343\" title=\"A Hilltop on The Marne_2_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/a-hilltop-on-the-marne_2_web.jpg\" alt=\"A Hilltop on The Marne_2_web\" width=\"448\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6344\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/a-hilltop-on-the-marne_3_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6344\" title=\"A Hilltop on The Marne_3_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/a-hilltop-on-the-marne_3_web.jpg\" alt=\"A Hilltop on The Marne_3_web\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6340\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/a-hilltop-on-the-marne_cover_web\/\"><\/a><strong><em>On The Edge of the War Zone<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Mildred Aldrich<br \/>\nPublished by Constable and Company London<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6345\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/on-the-edge_cover_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6345\" title=\"On the Edge_cover_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/on-the-edge_cover_web.jpg\" alt=\"On the Edge_cover_web\" width=\"336\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><em><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6346\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/on-the-edge_2_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6346\" title=\"On the Edge_2_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/on-the-edge_2_web.jpg\" alt=\"On the Edge_2_web\" width=\"428\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6347\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/on-the-edge_3_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6347\" title=\"On the Edge_3_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/on-the-edge_3_web.jpg\" alt=\"On the Edge_3_web\" width=\"424\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><strong><em>\u00a0The Love of An Unknown Soldier<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Found in a Dug-out<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Published by John Lane Company London<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6352\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/the-love-of-an-unknown_cover_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6352\" title=\"The Love of an Unknown_cover_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/the-love-of-an-unknown_cover_web.jpg\" alt=\"The Love of an Unknown_cover_web\" width=\"300\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6355\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/the-love-of-an-unknown_1_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6355\" title=\"The Love of an Unknown_1_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/the-love-of-an-unknown_1_web.jpg\" alt=\"The Love of an Unknown_1_web\" width=\"428\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6353\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/the-love-of-an-unknown_2_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6353\" title=\"The Love of an Unknown_2_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/the-love-of-an-unknown_2_web.jpg\" alt=\"The Love of an Unknown_2_web\" width=\"297\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6354\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/the-love-of-an-unknown_3_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6354\" title=\"The Love of an Unknown_3_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/the-love-of-an-unknown_3_web.jpg\" alt=\"The Love of an Unknown_3_web\" width=\"334\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><em><strong>Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>With an introduction by A. Clutton-Brock and a Preface by Andre Chevrillon<br \/>\nPublished by Constable and Company London 1917<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6360\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/letters-of-a-soldier_cover_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6360\" title=\"Letters of a Soldier_cover_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/letters-of-a-soldier_cover_web.jpg\" alt=\"Letters of a Soldier_cover_web\" width=\"336\" height=\"447\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6361\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/letters-of-a-soldier_1_web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6361\" title=\"Letters of a Soldier_1_web\" src=\"http:\/\/fffaif.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/letters-of-a-soldier_1_web.jpg\" alt=\"Letters of a Soldier_1_web\" width=\"387\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\u00a0\u00a0If you are interested in bidding on any of these books click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to visit the auction \u2018house\u2019 and see how eBay works, and search for the books on or after\u00a0Sunday 20 September when they come up for auction.\u00a0A more detailed description of the books will appear on eBay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#008000;\">The <strong><em>Families and Friends of the First AIF <\/em><\/strong>applauds\u00a0the joint Australian\u2013UK decision, announced by The Hon Greg Combet AM MP and the Hon Kevan Jones MP, to conduct a full DNA testing program on the remains of Australian and British soldiers found in mass graves at Pheasant Wood (Fromelles), and for their continuing commitment to identify as many of the fallen as is possible. We also thank the Australian, UK and French governments for affording dignified individual reburials for these soldiers, buried by\u00a0German soldiers following the Battle of Fromelles\u00a0on 19\/20 July 1916, in the new Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery presently under construction at Fromelles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6340\" href=\"http:\/\/fffaif.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/16\/book-auction-27-sept\/a-hilltop-on-the-marne_cover_web\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The John Laffin\u00a0Memorial Fund (JLMF) is 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 John Laffin. These books include\u00a0soldiers&#8217; stories &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/?p=6306\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6306","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\/6306","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fffaif.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}