Colonel Arthur Graham BUTLER: The Digger A Study in Democracy / Signed 1st 1945

by BUTLER, Colonel Arthur Graham

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The Digger. A Study in Democracy Author: BUTLER, Colonel Arthur Graham Title: The Digger. A Study in Democracy Publication: Sydney, Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1945 Edition: First Edition Description: Octavo, 52 pages plus 5 plates (reproducing artwork by Bowles, Dyson, Hele and Lambert). Papered boards; trifling surface abrasion to the front top corner; an excellent copy. The front free endpaper is inscribed in pencil 'With Compliments (after reading "Searchlights in Australia"). Canberra ACT 15/5/46. A.G. Butler'. Presumably the reference is to 'Talks given in Radio Programmes: Searchlights on Life and Searchlights on Australia, by Various Speakers' (cover title). Trove records this title, published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1944 (octavo, 63 pages), with contributions by Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (1879-1968), Alexander Boyce Gibson (1900-1972), Sir Walter Murdoch (1874-1970), and Lloyd Ross (1901-1987). The author is best remembered for his monumental work, 'The Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services in the War of 1914-1918' (three volumes, 1930 to 1943). Seller ID: 121881 Subject: Australia, Militaria, Signed Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, established in Adelaide, South Australia, in March 1976, is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Terms All orders ship with

• Publisher: Angus and Robertson Ltd
• Year: 1945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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