Welcome to
Alexander Fax Booksellers
We specialise in quality secondhand military history books
The Mawson shop is closing.
From 2 November 2025 we will be trading
online and mail order only. Our inventory, however, will be on vacation while we complete the move from the shop.
ABOUT US
Alexander Fax Booksellers
Kristen Alexander and David Fax first met at a public service personnel management meeting too long ago now to remember exactly when. We fetched up in the same department in 1991, found we got on well (starry-eyed etc), and married in April 1994. In 1997, we purchased a small suburban post office in Canberra which soon became Hughes Post Office and Secondhand Books. We began selling books online in December 1998. We opened Alexander Fax Booksellers, a dedicated bookshop, in 2004, specialising in quality secondhand and selected new military books. We closed the shop on 1 November 2025 and now sell online and through our fortnightly emailed military e-catalogues.
David will continue to be the ‘front man’ while Kristen will work behind the scenes and dabble in writing. You can check out what she is up to via her website http://www.kristenalexander.com.au
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Kristen Alexander
Kristen is a former public servant (but we won’t go into that). She left the service in 1996. She is Alexander Fax Bookseller’s behind the scenes person. She likes to think she is an author, and currently has six books to her credit. You can read all about them on Kristen’s website http://www.kristenalexander.com.au/
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David Fax
David is also a former public servant and specialised in resource management through most of his employment with the Commonwealth (no wonder we got together!). He says he is looking forward to semi retirement now the shop is closed but we all know that isn’t going to happen … he will be writing our catalogues.
Our collection
We specialise in Australian military history.
Our collection includes a broad selection of conflicts from ancient to modern times, and covers areas such as military aviation, naval history, land warfare, military intelligence and espionage, prisoners of war, biographies, unit histories, women in war, and weaponry/technology/transport.
ORDER
Ordering with confidence
Our stock database is linked to a secure ordering system, via AbeBooks which also hosts our search engine. We request payment; you will be prompted to input credit card details through the ordering system.
Ordering is easy, please refer to our following tips;
- Please click on ‘search’ on the blue navigation/menu bar above. You will be automatically directed to our AbeBooks page. Just fill in the appropriate details in the title, author or subject/keyword fields, and click ‘search’.
- If the contents description is too long, it will be truncated. If you wish to see all of the description, click on ‘More+’.
- Select the book you wish to order by clicking on ‘Add to basket’. The book is now in your shopping trolley. The currency is in US dollars, but you can click to convert. You can either go back to ‘Continue Shopping’ of fill in preferred postage details then ‘Proceed to Checkout’. NOTE: ABEbooks charges set postage costs
- Then follow the prompts to complete the order, providing your address and credit card details where requested. Please note: We do not collect payment. AbeBooks does this on our behalf so the vendor details on your credit card statement will be Abebooks.Co. The amount will be charged in US dollars, but converted to AUS dollars on your statement. You will also be charged a small foreign currency conversion fee.
- You will receive an automatic system confirmation.
- We will also send you a confirming email indicating that we have received the order and will be processing it shortly. We use high quality packaging material to best ensure your book is not damaged in transit.
- We will post out your book/s as soon as possible.
If you require additional information about a book or the order process, or if you have any special requirements, please email us at alexfax@alexanderfaxbooks.com.au.
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SUBSCRIBE
Military e-Catalogue
Please email us at: alexfax@alexanderfaxbooks.com.au to receive our fortnightly e-Catalogue of second hand military books. These include books we have recently added to our inventory, repriced blasts from the past, and a small selection of bargain books (which are not listed on our inventory).
Please include your name, contact number, postal address, and your military history interests.
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CONTACT US
make contact
Please feel free to email. We try to respond promptly but if you haven’t heard from us within a week of electronic communication, please try again.
Postal Address
PO Box 746,
Mawson, ACT, 2607
Australia
Phone: 0418 22 666 4
alexfax@alexanderfaxbooks.com.au
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