WWI The Spirit of the Forty-Second. Vivian Brahms. Published by 42nd Battalion AIF Association, Brisbane 1938. 192pp. + 12 photographic plates. A record of the Battalion's service in France at all the major battles, Messines, Ypres, Passchendaele, Somme, Amiens etc. To finish, the usual rolls and lists plus thumbnail sketches of some of those decorated. Blue wrapper worn and soiled with loss to the head. Gilt stamped blue cloth boards a little dusty, raggy top to the spine. Contents clean and unhandled, binding good. Scarce first edition. (22x165cm)