AS YOU WERE - AUSTRALIAN SERVICES YEARBOOK SERIES, 1945-1950

A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF 5 CONSECUTIVE ANNUAL YEARBOOKS ( 2 × 1946) DOCUMENTING THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE SERVICES DURING THE IMMEDIATE POST-WORLD WAR II PERIOD. PUBLISHED BY THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL IN CANBERRA, THESE VOLUMES REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL RECORD OF AUSTRALIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL, UNIFORMS, AND SERVICE HISTORY FROM 1788 TO THE LATE 1940S.

OVERVIEW:
THIS SERIES COMPRISES SIX VOLUMES SPANNING 1945 THROUGH 1950, EACH PRESENTING A COMPREHENSIVE CAVALCADE OF EVENTS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN SERVICES. THE YEARBOOKS FEATURE DETAILED ILLUSTRATIONS OF MILITARY UNIFORMS, SERVICE DRESS, AND PERSONNEL ACROSS ALL BRANCHES OF THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE. EACH VOLUME IS BOUND IN CLOTH BOARDS WITH GILT LETTERING TO SPINE AND COVER, PRESENTING THE CHARACTERISTIC DESIGN AESTHETIC OF MID-20TH CENTURY AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- PUBLISHER: AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA, A.C.T.
- PRINTER: HALSTEAD PRESS PTY LIMITED, 9-19 NICHOLSON STREET, SYDNEY
- YEARS REPRESENTED: 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950
- FORMAT: HARDBOUND CLOTH BOARDS WITH GILT DECORATION
- CONTENT: ILLUSTRATED YEARBOOKS DOCUMENTING AUSTRALIAN MILITARY SERVICES FROM 1788 ONWARDS
- CONDITION: GOOD, WITH MINOR AGE-RELATED WEAR CONSISTENT WITH 75+ YEARS OF AGE

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
THESE YEARBOOKS SERVE AS PRIMARY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS RECORDING THE TRANSITION OF THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE SERVICES FROM WARTIME TO PEACETIME OPERATIONS. THE DETAILED UNIFORM ILLUSTRATIONS AND SERVICE RECORDS PROVIDE INVALUABLE REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR MILITARY HISTORIANS, COLLECTORS, AND RESEARCHERS STUDYING POST-WAR AUSTRALIAN MILITARY ORGANISATION AND PERSONNEL.

CONDITION NOTES:
THE BOARDS DISPLAY MINOR SURFACE WEAR AND LIGHT MARKING FROM HANDLING AND STORAGE. SPINES REMAIN INTACT WITH GILT LETTERING LARGELY PRESERVED. ALL PAGES ARE CLEAN AND LEGIBLE THROUGHOUT. THE BINDING IS SECURE WITH NO LOOSE SECTIONS. MINOR FOXING TO ENDPAPERS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AGE AND STORAGE CONDITIONS OF THESE PUBLICATIONS. NO MAJOR TEARS, LOSSES, OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IS PRESENT. THE SET REPRESENTS A WELL-PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF THESE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS.

Item Size: Height: 28cm, Width: 22cm, Depth: 14cm, Weight: 5Kg

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

TOORMINA
548799+8

Location of item: 9 Hi-Tech Drive, Toormina, NSW, Australia

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