Products
Avonmore Books mission is to market high-quality and original works in our genre of interest, and we expect to retain a small but steadily growing product list.
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Pacific Profiles Volume 18 Allied Bombers: RAAF Beauforts and Beaufighters 1942-1945
Kevin Gogler, illustrations by Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 120 pages, Avonmore Books, 2025. ISBN 9780975642382 RRP $36.95 DUE LATE 2025
Coming Soon! (Price TBA)
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Pacific Profiles Volume 17 Allied Air Power: Netherlands East Indies 1940-1942
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 108 pages, Avonmore Books, 2025. ISBN 9780975642375 RRP $36.95 DUE LATE 2025
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South Pacific Air War Volume 6 Wau to Bismarck Sea January – March 1943
Peter Ingman and Michael Claringbould, softcover, 250 x 176mm, full colour, fully illustrated, Avonmore Books, 2025. ISBN 9780975642368 RRP $46.95 DUE 26 MAY 2025
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Pacific Profiles Volume 16 Allied Bombers: B-17 Flying Fortress series Australia, New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 124 pages, Avonmore Books, 2024 ISBN 9780975642351 $36.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$36.95 inc GST
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The Douglas Boston in RAAF Service - No. 22 Squadron 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, softcover, 250 x 176mm, full colour, fully illustrated, 148 pages, Avonmore Books, 2024. ISBN 9780975642344 $39.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$39.95 inc GST
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Solomons Air War Volume 3 Guadalcanal: From the Brink November - December 1942
Michael Claringbould & Peter Ingman; softcover; 250 x 176mm; 184 pages; full colour throughout, fully illustrated; 2024. 9780975642337 $46.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$46.95 inc GST
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The CAC Boomerang - Australia’s own WWII Fighter
Don Williams, softcover, 250 x 176mm, full colour, fully illustrated, 104 pages, Avonmore Books, 2024. ISBN 9780975642320 $36.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$36.95 inc GST
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Cyclone Warriors The Australian Defence Force and Cyclone Tracy December 1974 – June 1975
Tom Lewis, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 128 pages, Avonmore Books, 2024. ISBN 9780975642313 RRP $39.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$39.95 inc GST
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Admiral VAT Smith - The extraordinary life of the father of Australia’s Fleet Air Arm
Graeme Lunn, hardback with dustjacket, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 248 pages, Avonmore Books, 2024. ISBN 9780645700480 RRP $49.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$49.95 inc GST
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Pacific Profiles Volume 15 Allied Bombers: B-26 Marauder series Australia, New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1945
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 104 pages, Avonmore Books, 2024. ISBN 9780645700497 RRP $36.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$36.95 inc GST
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Pacific Profiles Volume 14 Allied Bombers: B-25 Mitchell series Australia, New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1945
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 136 pages, Avonmore Books, 2024 ISBN 9780645700473 $36.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$36.95 inc GST
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Pacific Profiles Volume 13 IJN Bombers, Transports, Flying Boats & Miscellaneous Types South Pacific 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 132 pages, Avonmore Books, 2024. ISBN 9780645700466 RRP $36.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$36.95 inc GST
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Regional Airlines of South Australia 1967 to 2017
Nigel K Daw, full colour, 189 mostly colour photographs, 280 x 210mm, 146 pages, Avonmore Books, 2024, 9780975642306 $34.95
$34.95 inc GST
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Solomons Air War Volume 2 Guadalcanal & Santa Cruz October 1942
Michael Claringbould & Peter Ingman, full colour, fully illustrated, softcover, 250 x 176mm, 192 pages, Avonmore Books, 2023 ISBN 9780645700459 $46.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$46.95 inc GST
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Pacific Profiles Volume 12 Allied Fighters: P-51 & F-6 Mustang series New Guinea and the Philippines 1944-1945
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 108 pages, Avonmore Books, 2023 ISBN 9780645700442 $36.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$36.95 inc GST
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The Skyhawk Years - The A-4 Skyhawk in Australian Service 1968 – 1984
Peter Greenfield and David Prest, hardback with dustjacket, full colour, 250 x 176mm, 216 pages, Avonmore Books 2023, 9780645700411 $49.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$49.95 inc GST
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Pacific Profiles Volume 11 Allied Fighters: USAAF P-40 Warhawk series South and Southwest Pacific 1942-1945
Michael Claringbould, softcover, 250 x 176mm, full colour, fully illustrated, 108 pages, Avonmore Books, 2023. ISBN 9780645700435 $36.95 NOW AVAILABLE
$36.95 inc GST
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Lake Boga at War - revised edition
Brett Freeman, softcover, black & white, 280 x 210mm, 80 pages, Avonmore Books revised edition 2023. 9780645700428 $29.95
$29.95 inc GST
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Solomons Air War Volume 1 Guadalcanal August – September 1942
Michael Claringbould & Peter Ingman, full colour, fully illustrated, softcover, 250 x 176mm, 248 pages, Avonmore Books, 2022 ISBN 9780645246933
$46.95 inc GST
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Pacific Profiles Volume 10 Allied Fighters: P-47D Thunderbolt series Southwest Pacific 1943-1945
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, Avonmore Books, 2023. ISBN: 9780645700404 RRP $36.95
$36.95 inc GST
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Bombers North - Allied bomber operations from Northern Australia 1942-1945
Tom Lewis, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 156 pages, Avonmore Books, 2023. ISBN 9780645246995 RRP $39.95
$39.95 inc GST
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Pacific Profiles Volume Nine Allied Fighters: P-38 series South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 124 pages, Avonmore Books, 2022. ISBN 9780645246971 RRP $36.95
$36.95 inc GST
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Black Sunday - When Weather Claimed the US Fifth Air Force (Second Edition)
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 136 pages, Avonmore Books, 2022. ISBN 9780645246988 RRP $36.95
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Pacific Profiles Volume Seven Allied Transports: Douglas C-47 series South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1945
Michael Claringbould, softcover, 160 pages, 250 x 176mm, full colour, fully illustrated, Avonmore Books, 2022. ISBN 9780645246919 RRP $38.95
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Pacific Profiles Volume Eight IJN Floatplanes in the South Pacific 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 124 pages, 250 x 176mm, Avonmore Books, 2022 ISBN 9780645246940 $36.95
$36.95 inc GST
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South Pacific Air War Volume 5: Crisis in Papua September - December 1942
Peter Ingman and Michael Claringbould, softcover, 250 x 176mm, full colour, fully illustrated, Avonmore Books, 2022. ISBN 9780648926290 RRP $46.95
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Pacific Profiles Volume Six Allied Fighters: Bell P-39 & P-400 Airacobra South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, softcover, 250 x 176mm, full colour, fully illustrated, Avonmore Books, 2022. ISBN 9780645246902 RRP $36.95
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Pacific Profiles Volume Four Vought F4U Corsair Series Solomons Theatre 1943-1944
Michael Claringbould, softcover, 250 x 176mm, 120 pages, full colour, fully illustrated, Avonmore Books, 2021, ISBN 9780648926238, RRP $34.95
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Pacific Profiles Volume Five Japanese Navy Zero Fighters (land-based) New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, softcover, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 120 pages, Avonmore Books, 2021. ISBN 9780648926245. RRP $34.95
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Pacific Adversaries Volume Four Imperial Japanese Navy vs The Allies - The Solomons 1943-1944
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 112 pages, Avonmore Books, 2021. ISBN 9780648926221 RRP $34.95
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South Pacific Air War Volume 4: Buna and Milne Bay June - September 1942
Michael Claringbould & Peter Ingman; softcover; 250 x 176mm; 180 pages; full colour throughout, fully illustrated; 2020. ISBN: 978-0-6486659-7-7 $44.95
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Pacific Profiles Volume Three Allied Medium Bombers: Douglas A-20 Havoc Series Southwest Pacific 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 112 pages, Avonmore Books, 2020. RRP $34.95. ISBN 9780648926207.
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Eagles over Darwin American Airmen defending Northern Australia in 1942
Tom Lewis, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 108 pages, Avonmore Books, 2020. RRP $34.95. ISBN 9780648665984.
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Pacific Profiles Volume Two Japanese Army Bombers, Transports & Miscellaneous Types New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 112 pages, Avonmore Books, 2020. ISBN 9780648665991 RRP $34.95
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Pacific Profiles Volume One Japanese Army Fighters New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 104 pages, Avonmore Books, 2020. ISBN 9780648665915
$34.95 inc GST
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Pacific Adversaries Volume Three Imperial Japanese Navy vs The Allies New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould, full colour, fully illustrated, 250 x 176mm, 102 pages, Avonmore Books, 2020 ISBN 9780648665953
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South Pacific Air War Volume 3 Coral Sea & Aftermath May-June 1942
Michael Claringbould & Peter Ingman; softcover; 250 x 176mm; 248 pages; full colour throughout, fully illustrated; 2019. ISBN: 978-0-9945889-9-9 $38.20
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South Pacific Air War Volume 2 The Struggle for Moresby March-April 1942
Michael Claringbould & Peter Ingman; softcover; 250 x 176mm; 232 pages; full colour throughout, fully illustrated; 2018. ISBN: 978-0-9945889-7-5 SOLD OUT - AWAITING REPRINT
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South Pacific Air War - Volume 1, The Fall of Rabaul, December 1941-March 1942
Michael Claringbould & Peter Ingman; softcover; 250 x 176mm; 248 pages; full colour throughout, fully illustrated; 2017 (revised edition reprinted 2022). ISBN: 978-0-9945889-4-4
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Pacific Adversaries Volume Two Imperial Japanese Navy vs The Allies New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould; softcover; 250 x 176mm; 108 pages; full colour throughout, fully illustrated; 2020. ISBN: 978-0-6486659-0-8 RRP $34.95
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Pacific Adversaries Volume One Japanese Army Air Force vs The Allies New Guinea 1942-1944
Michael Claringbould; softcover; 250 x 176mm; 112 pages; full colour throughout, fully illustrated; 2019. ISBN: 978-0-646-80314-2 RRP $34.95
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Darwin Bombed - A Young Person's Guide to the Japanese attack of 19 February 1942
Dr Tom Lewis, softcover, 185 x 248mm, 36 pages, full colour throughout, fully illustrated, Avonmore Books, 2020, ISBN: 978-0-6486659-6-0 $24.95
$24.95 inc GST
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Nemoto's Travels - The illustrated saga of a Japanese floatplane pilot in the first year of the Pacific War
Michael Claringbould; softcover; 250 x 176mm, 118 pages, full colour, fully illustrated, RRP $29.95, ISBN 9780648926252.
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The Spear and the Gun - Japanese Attacks on Arnhem Land: A Wartime History of Milingimbi 1942-45
Bob Baker, Avonmore Books, 2017 (reprinted 2024); paperback, 252 pages, ISBN 978099458820
$34.95 inc GST
Other Publishers
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Meteor Boys - True Tales from the Operators of Britain's First Jet Fighter – From 1944 to Date
Steve Bond, softcover, many colour & B+W photos, 234 x 156mm, 224 pages, 2020, Grub Street Publishing UK, 9781911621904 $34.95
$34.95 inc GST
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Canberra Boys - Fascinating accounts from the operators of an English Electric classic
Andrew Brookes, softcover, many colour & B+W photos, 234 x 156mm, 212 pages, 2021, Grub Street Publishing, 9781911667155 $34.95
$34.95 inc GST
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Hunter Boys - True Tales from Pilots of the Hawker Hunter
Richard Pike, softcover, many colour & B+W photos, 234 x 153mm, 185 pages, 2018, Grub Street Publishing, 9781911621034 $34.95
$34.95 inc GST
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Javelin Boys - Air Defence from the Cold War to Confrontation
Steve Bond, softcover, many colour & B+W photos, 234 x 156mm, 204 pages, 2022, Grub Street Publishing, 9781911667353 $34.95
$34.95 inc GST
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Valiant Boys - True Stories from the Operators of the UK's First Four-Jet Bomber
Tony Blackman and Anthony Wright, softcover, many colour & B+W photos, 234 x 153mm, 191 pages, 2019, Grub Street Publishing, 9781911621249 $34.95
$34.95 inc GST
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Sumatra 1944-45 The British Pacific Fleet's oil campaign in the Dutch East Indies
Angus Konstam, full colour, fully illustrated, 96 pages, Osprey Publishing, 2024, 9781472862419 $34.95
$34.95 inc GST
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Philippines 1944 Third Fleet's first victory over Japanese land-based airpower
Edward M Young, full colour, fully illustrated, softcover, 248 x 184mm, 96 pages, Osprey Publishing UK, 9781472860439 $34.95
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A Bird's Eye View
Steve Campbell-Wright & AZ Pascoe, full colour, full illustrated, 245 x 170mm, 219 pages, RAAF History & Heritage, 2024, 9781923144835, $19.95
$19.95 inc GST
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Australian Military Aircraft - A guide to the aircraft that have served the Australian Military Forces since 1914
David Coles, softcover, full colour, fully illustrated, 280 x 216mm, 358 pages, 2022. 9781922722881 $59.95
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The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941-42 Japan's Quest for Oil
Marc Lohnstein, softcover, 250 x 185mm, 96 pages, full colour, fully illustrated, 2021, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 9781472843524 RRP $34.95
$34.95 inc GST
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Early Pacific Raids 1942
Brian Lane Herder, full colour, fully illustrated, 96 pages, Osprey Publishing, 2023, ISBN 9781472854872 $32.95
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Truk 1944-45 the destruction of Japan's Central Pacific Bastion
Mark Lardas, softcover, 96 pages, full colour, fully illustrated, Osprey Publishing UK, 2022. ISBN 9781472845856 $32.95
$32.95 inc GST
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Spitfire Photo-Recce units of World War 2
Andrew Fletcher, softcover, 96 pages, full colour, 2023, Osprey Publishing UK, 9781472854612 $34.95
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Malaya and Dutch East Indies 1941-42 Japan's air power shocks the world
Mark Stille, softcover, 250 x 185mm, 96 pages, full colour, fully illustrated, 2020, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 9781472840592, RRP $32.95.
$32.95 inc GST
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Guadalcanal 1942-43 Japan's bid to knock out Henderson Field and the Cactus Air Force
Mark Stille, softcover, 250 x 185mm, 96 pages, full colour, fully illustrated, 2019, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 9781472835512, RRP $32.95.
$32.95 inc GST
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The RAAF Hudson Story (Book Two)
David Vincent; self-published South Australia, 2010; hard cover; 21.5 x 28cm; 424 pages; extensive illustrations, ISBN 9780959605235
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The RAAF Hudson Story (Book One)
David Vincent; self-published South Australia, 1999; hard cover; 21.5 x 28cm; 424p, 213 illustrations, ISBN 9780959605228
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Australian-built Aircraft and the Industry Volume One 1884 to 1939
Keith R Meggs, hardback in two books (includes bookcase), fully illustrated, 734 pages, published by author, Victoria, 2009. ISBN 9781920892777. RRP $220. IGNORE SOLD OUT TAG ... EMAIL US TO ARRANGE PURCHASE
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Australian-built Aircraft and the Industry Volume Two Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Keith R Meggs, hardback in two books (includes bookcase), fully illustrated, 1,784 pages, published by author, Victoria, 2020. ISBN 9780646996554. RRP $220. IGNORE SOLD OUT TAG ... EMAIL US TO ARRANGE PURCHASE
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Non-military titles
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By Derwent Divided
Tom Lewis, fully illustrated, hardback 273 x 210mm, Tall Stories, 2024 edition ISBN 9780957735118 $36.95
$36.95 inc GST