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We've got a nice list of new stuff for you this week, including the latest box sets for Team Yankee, and some new Battlefield Buildings releases.

We'll be attending the Claymore show in Edinburgh next weekend. As usual, if there's anything you want us to bring up don't hesitate to drop us a line and let us know.

We've also got all the latest Mantic Games and Games Workshop releases in stock – if you can't see what you're looking for on our website, drop us a line or pop into the shop and say 'hi'.

Finally, there's a cheap clear-out book list at the end of this article. All titles are £7.50 GBP each, post-free (£8.50 GBP each, post-free outside the U.K.).


H24771 - History of Napoleon/P.-M. Laurent de l'Ardeche - Original 1840 English edition, some foxing internally. Two volume re-bound in black cloth with paper title to spine. 500+ illustrations. - £49.50 GBP

H24773 - U.S. Battleships 1941-1963 an Illustrated Technical Reference/Scarpaci, Wayne - Paperback, 2nd edition 2009. 102 pages. Fully-color illustrated. New. Very light shelfwear with minor marks to front and rear cover. - £23.00 GBP

H24774 - Waterloo Letters/Siborne, H.T. (edited) Hardback, 1993 edition. 415 pages. Illustrated. Folding maps at rear intact. New. Light shelfwear with minor marks to dust cover and discolouration of page edges. - £35.00 GBP

H24775 - 14th (King's) Hussars 1715-1900/Hamilton, Colonel Henry Blackburne Hardcover, published 1997. 632 pages. Illustrated. New. Very minor shelfwear to dust cover. - £30.00 GBP

H24776 - BO-105P Anti-tank Helicopter Flight (x2) (Plastic) – Team Yankee German helicopter. Post-free worldwide. £18.00 GBP

H24777 - Leopard 1 Panzer Zug (x3) – Team Yankee post-free worldwide. - £20.00 GBP

H24778 - Jaguar Jagdpanzer Zug (x3) – £20.00 GBP

H24779 - Luchs Spah Trupp (x4) – £26.00 GBP

H24780 - Fuchs Transportpanzer (x3) – £15.00 GBP

H24781 - M113 Panzermorser Zug (x3) – Team Yankee. - £15.00 GBP

H24782 - Burn and Loot: Deus Vult Supplement – £18.00 GBP

H24783 - Against The Odds 46: The Golan Heights 1973 – Hex board wargames. Medium complexity, average solitaire. - £29.50 GBP

H24783 - Battlefield Buildings 28mm Watermill – Suitable for a variety of periods and space inside for figures. Note, painted price. Unpainted also available. - £29.50 GBP

H24784 - Battlefield Buildings 28mm Single Storey House (Solid) – Suitable for a variety of periods. Note, painted price. Unpainted also available. - £15.00 GBP

H24784 - Against The Odds 45: Red Dragon Blue Dragon 1948-1949 – Hex board wargame. The Chinese Civil war. Huaihai Campaign. Medium complexity, Average solitaire. Plus free Pocket Game: Air Battle Over Malta. - £29.50 GBP

H24785 - Mantic Kings of War Empire of Dust Army – An ancient empire punished for its hubris and fall into chaos. The cursed peoples of the Ahmunites are now a nightmare that haunt the parched, unforgiving lands of the south. 28mm plastic figures post-free worldwide. - £42.50 GBP

H24786 - Mantic Undead Mummies Troop – 28mm Plastic Figures. Perfect for a variety of games! Post-free worldwide if spending over £17.50 GBP. - £15.25 GBP

H24787 - Centuria: Ancient Rules – The game uses our well-known Action/Reaction mechanism but now includes exciting new rules to better simulate the dynamics of these battles and will allow you make many strategic and tactical decisions that will help you on your way to victory. Closing ranks at the right time, charging the enemy when he's disordered and making the most of his hesitation to break his lines, these are just some of the new ways of fighting that you'll find in these pages. The system allows you to play with any scale of miniature and keeps the base sizes fixed. - £23.00 GBP

H24788 - Wild West Chronicles/Torrianni Skirmish wargames rules. - £20.00 GBP

H24789 - Operation Squad: Evolution/Torriani 94 pages, large format. Operation Squad: Evolution is the new edition of well-known Operation Squad. - £25.00 GBP

H24790 - Arming The Glorious Cause: Weapons of the 2nd War of Independence/Whisker and Hartzle Confederate FIrearms in the ACW 170 pages, large format hardback. Very well illustrated. - £35.00 GBP

H24791 - Konflikt 47/New set of wargames rules from Warlord Games available to pre-order now. Bolt Action, but with Mechs. Exciting stuff! - £25.00 GBP

43543 - Campaign of Trafalgar 1803 – 1805/Lyon, David and other historians Hardcover, published 2001. 192 pages. Illustrated. Used, like new. Very small tear to upper left of front of sleeve. Interior as new. - £5.50 GBP

43544 - Victory of Seapower Winning the Napoleonic War 1806 – 1814/Woodman, Robert Hardcover, published 2001. 192 pages. Illustrated. Used, like new. Very minor shelf wear to dust cover. - £8.00 GBP

43545 - 50 Gun Ship A Complete History/Winfield, Rif Paperback, published 2005. 128 pages. Illustrated. Used like new. Includes large scale plans for model makers. Minor mark on spine only. - £32.00 GBP

43546 - Jackets of Green/Bryant, Arthur Hardcover with jacket. 1972 first publication printed in GB. 480 pages. Illustrated. Used, very good. Jacket is shelf worn to its edge. Book itself has very minor wear to spine ends. Interior is clean and tidy. - £5.00 GBP

43547 - Texian Iliad A Military History Of The Texan Revolution/Hardin, Stephen L. Paperback, published 2008. 321 pages. Illustrated. Used, as new condition. May have been read once. - £10.00 GBP

43548 - Uniforms of Napoleon's Russian Campaign/Haythornthwaite, Philip J. and M. Chappell Paperback, published 1995. 197 pages. Color illustrations. Used, good condition. Well read, page edges are discoloured, minor yellowing, small mark to spine. Otherwise neat and tidy. - £8.00 GBP

43549 - Armies of Wellington/Haythornthwaite near fine hardback. - £1.75 GBP

43550 - History of the Uniforms of The British Army. Vol II 1715- 1760/Lawson 280pages, Very well illustrations. Internally fine in worn jacket. - £10.00 GBP

43551 - Ships' Figureheads/Norton 150 pages. Very well illustrated. Near fine hardback. - £2.50 GBP

43552 - Uniforms of the American Civil War/Haythornthwaite, Philip Paperback. 1985 reprint of a 1975 published 192 pages. Color illustrations. Used, good. Slight discoloration of cover and yellowing of page edges. As new but for pronounced crease to upper left of rear cover (1.5") and 30 odd pages. - £19.00 GBP

43553 - Wellington's Men some soldier autobiographies/Fitchett, W.H. (edited) Hardback, 1976 reprint of 1900 publication. 419 pages. Used, very good. Light shelfwear. Very minor crease to lower part of pages 19 through 28. Interior clean and tidy. - £19.00 GBP

43554 - Napoleon's and His British Captives/Lewis, Michael Hardback, no dust cover. 1962 publ. 317 pages. Illustrated. Used, good. Significant discolouration of spine. Hardback cover is otherwise very good. Page yellowing to interior which is clean and tidy. - £8.00 GBP

43555 - Napoleonic Wars: An Illustrated History, 1792-1815/Glover 230p. near fine hardback. - £2.00 GBP

43556 - Empire of the French: A Chronology of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815/Taylor mint hardback. - £16.50 GBP

43557 - Armies of the Napoleonic Era/Pivka, Otto von 270 pages. Near fine hardback in sun damaged cover. - £12.00 GBP

43558 - Norfolk Yeomanry in Peace and War/Bastin, Jeremy Hardback, 1986 first published. 308 pages. Maps at rear. Used, very good. Minor shelf wear to dust cover and hardcover spine ends. One map has torn cleanly at first fold and is loose at rear. - £10.00 GBP

43559 - Regimental Records of the British Army 1660 – 1901/Farmer, J.S. Hardback, 1984 reprint of 1901 publication. 224 pages. Color illustrated. Used, very good. Shelf wear and yellow to plastic covered dust jacket. Very minor yellowing to page edges. Otherwise interior is clean and tidy. - £5.50 GBP

43560 - Guide to the Regiments and Corps of the British Army on the Regular Establishment/Brereton, J.M. Hardback, published 1985. 288 pages. Illustrated. Used, good. Minor shelf wear with some glue residue on the dust cover spine. Notable yellowing to interior pages which are otherwise clean and tidy. - £2.25 GBP

43561 - Boiling Cauldron Utrecht District and the Anglo-Zulu War/Jones, Huw M. Hardcover, published 2006. 380 pages. Color illustrations. New. Very light shelfwear. - £42.00 GBP

43562 - Zulu Kings and Their Armies/Sutherland, Jonathan and Diane Canwell Hardcover, published 2004. 198 pages. Illustrated. New. - £4.00 GBP

43563 - Assault on Germany The Battle For Geilenkirchen/Ford, Ken Hardcover, published 2009. 176 pages. Illustrated. Used, like new. As new, but for cream paint marks to upper right and 4" of right edge of dust cover. - £8.50 GBP

43564 - Waterloo Papers/Siborne, H.T. (edited) Hardback, published 1983. 415 pages. Illustrated. Used, like new. Note. Maps at rear of book are loose, but present. Light shelfwear to dust cover edges. Owner's name written in pen on first page. Interior is otherwise clean and tidy. - £20.00 GBP


And here's our clear-out list. Remember these are first come, first served, as there's only one of each!

1915: Death of Innocence - Macdonald. Lyn - Slight shelf wear. Hardback: Containing 625 pages and some illustrations.

American Civil War: Union Army (History of Uniforms) Smith, Robin - Paperback. Published 1998. 144 pages. Black-and-white plates throughout. Some color plates. Like new. Slight shelf edge wear. Slight markings on outside of pages. Internally excellent.

An Index of the Names of the Royalists Whose Estates - Mabel G. W. Peacock - New. Has the slightest shelf wear.

Ancient Wargaming Airfix Magazine Guide 9 – Barker, Phil - Slight shelf wear hardback 64 pages black-and-white pictures and illustrations.

Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle, 17th-26th September – Middlebrook, Martin Hardcover. Near fine. Fractional ex.display wear on dust cover.

Athenian trireme – J. S. Morrison – paperback, good condition black-and-white illustrations.

Battle of Hastings – Bradbury. Jim – Hardback. Published 1998. Pages 278. Color, black-and-white Illustrations, used like new.

Battles of the Great Commanders – Livesey, Anthony – Hardback, very good condition. Published in 1987. 200 pages. Various illustrations throughout.

Blitzkrieg No Longer: The German Wehrmacht in Battle, 1943 – Mitcham – mint hardback. Special offer one only.

Bulger and Officer of the Rifles, With the 95th (Rifles) During the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars – Green, William and Smith, Harry – Near mint slight shelf wear, paperback, 224 pages.

Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814 Pitch, Anthony, S. – Hardcover. Published 1998. 298 pages. Condition near fine. Like new.

By Air to Battle. The official account of the British First and Sixth Airborne Divisions England Ministry of Information – Paperback, published 1945, 133 pages, cover is worn a bit, but inside is it good condition.

Celtic Warriors Ritchie, W. F. and J N G – Paperback. Published in 1997. 56 pages. Illustrations throughout.

Charge! Great Cavalry Charges of the Napoleonic Wars – Smith, Digby – Used as new. Hardback 300 pages illustrated. Sleeve unclipped. Age yellowing to page edges.

Civil War Tour of Charleston – D D Arcy – Paperback, Pages 140, Published 2010, New.

Colonial Wars Source Book – Haythornwaite, Philip J. – Mint, paperback, 384 pages, black-and-white pictures.

De Bonaparte à Napoléon (1Cédérom) – Pernot, Francois. Hardcover. Published 2004. With C.D. French text. 79 pages. Full-color illustrations throughout. Light external wear.

Fighting Techniques of a Panzer Grenadier 1941-1945 – Hughes, Matthew and Mann, Chris – Light shelf wear, hardback 96 pages. Illustrated.

Flakpanzers: World War Two – Rue, John L – Softback, Published 1985, 32 pages, illustrated in black-and-white and color throughout, used-like new, slight shelfwear.

Flypast 7, A Selection of International Aircraft From Profile – Cain, Charles W. (Editor) – Slight shelf wear and yellowing, paperback fully-illustrated.

Food Through the Ages From Stuffed Dormice to Pineapple Hedgehogs – Selby, Anna – Slight shelf wear hardback 192 pages. Color pictures and illustrations.

Fort Reno or, Picturesque Cheyenne and Arrapahoe Army Life Before the Opening of Oklahoma – Dyer, Mrs. D. B. – New slight shelf wear paperback 216 pages some black-and-white images reprint of 1896 edition.

Fortress Magazine 5-0 – 644 pages. Very well illustrations. Including Fortress on the Black sea; Fortified churches of Transylvania; Bastle Houses on the Scots side of the Border; Crown Point; etc.

Frederick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma – Robert B. Asprey – in great condition, very slight shelf wear to jacket. 1986 usa 1st hardback in jacket.

From Vietnam to 9/11: On the Front Lines of National Security – Murtha, John – Hardback, Published 2003, 280 pages, book sealed, don't know if illustrations, Mint condition.

Great Battles, Edgehill 1642 – Young, Peter – like new, slight shelf wear, paperback 331 pages.

Guide to Wargaming – Gush, George (with Andrew Finch) – This book surveys the wargame for amateur and expert alike and includes lists of sets of most printed rules available in the U.K.. Adequate quality. Yellowing around page and cover edges. Care worn, but complete.

Hadrians Wall in the Days of the Romans Embleton VGC hardback. Very well illustrated in color. A classic

History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages 2) 1278-1485 Oman – 450 pages, good condition hardback.

Homicidal Earl The Life of Lord Cardigan David, Saul Hardcover. 1997 first publication. 400 pages. Illustrated. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to dust cover and page edges. Clean and tidy inside.

Hougoumont: the Key to Victory in Waterloo (Battleground Europe) Paget and Saunders 120 pages. Very well illustrated near mint.

Images of the Civil War: The Painting of Mort Kunstler – McPherson – 190 pages, near mint hbk large format. Full-color plates.

Kentish Sources, Kent and the Civil War Melling, Elizabeth – Light yellowing and edge wear, paperback 61 pages.

Kitchener's Army Westlake, R. – slight shelf wear, hardback 176 pages, illustrated.

Loyal Chester – Harrison, Kennet, Shepard and Willshaw – shelf wear and fading to cover, paperback 36 pages, illustrated.

Many A Watchful Night Usnr Lt. John Mason Brown 1944. Hardcover. ex library.

Matabele Rebellion, 1896: With the Belingwe Field Force (Classic Reprint) – Laing, Major D Tyrie – Paperback. Very good condition.

Medieval Military Costume Recreated in Color Photos – Embleton – Near mint all color photos.

Military Modeller Compendium – Jones – 130 pages, large format near fine hardback. Very well illustrated.

Model Soldiers Airfix Magazine Guide 19 – Windrow, Martin and Gerry Embleton A detailed guide to constructing, animating, converting and painting 54mm scale model soldiers from the Airfix Collectors' Series. 1976 original is age worn and faded to exterior with some dirtying to cover edges. Interior is complete and clean.

More Terrible Than Victory North Carolinas Bloody Bethel Regiment, 1861-65 Chapman, Craig S. 358 page, illustrated hardback. Sleeve shows minor shelf wear, interior as new.

Napoleon Against Russia Concise History Of 1812 Digby, Smith Hardback. Published 2004. 230 pages. Black-and-white maps illustrations. Condition like new.

Napoleon's Poisoned Chalice The Emperor and his Doctors on St Helena Howard, Dr Martin – Hardback, illustrated. 265 pages. Used – like new. This book addresses the political pitfalls navigated with varying success by the men who were assigned to care for the most famous man in Europe.

Naval Battles: Gunfleet to the American Revolution 1666-1780 nafziger large format 100 pages Accounts of naval actions and battles.

On The Napoleonic Wars – Chandler, David G. – Hardcover. Published 1994. 270 pages. With black-and-white illustrations. New. One only.

Once a Legend: "Red Mike" Edson of the Marine Raiders Jon T. Hoffman Near mint, very slight shelf wear. 2000 edition.

Only in Heaven: Life and Campaigns of Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 1601-61 Barry Denton very light shelf wear, like new. 1997, hardcover.

Palestine-Israeli Conflict A Beginner's Guide by El Alami, Dawoud Sudqi ( Author) ON Apr-25-2008, Paperback D C Sherbok and Dawoud El-Alami – Paperback, pages 292. Published 2006. Condition New with Shelf Wear.

Plastic Modeller's Compendium – Barber – 140 pages. Large format near fine very well illustrations.

PZ.KW.1 A re-styled edition of the original British evaluation report. -0 Softcover. Published. 1980. Approximately 40 pages. Looks like a privately published booklet with technical line drawings and photographs- Mark 1 Panzer. German World War Two.Condition like new. Near fine.

Quick and Dirty Guide to War: The Tools for Understanding the Global War on Terror, Cyber War, Iraq, the Persian Gulf, China, Afghanistan, the… Africa, Colombia, Mexico, and Other Hot Spots J F Dunnigan Hardback. pages 624. published 2008.

Relics Version 1.2 (Stitchpunk Fantasy Game Rules) – Moorcroft, Gavin – Mint shelf wear, 171 pages hardback illustrated.

Robert Parker and Comte De Merode-Westerloo – Chandler, David – Shelf worn, hardback 276 pages.

Rudiments of Genteel Behaviour: Facsimile Reprint of the Unique Edition of 1737 Nivelon, Francis – Paperback. Published 2003. 72 pages. Black-and-white plates throughout. Condition Like new. Slight shelf edge wear. Slight yellowing to pages. Internally excellent.

Seize The Fire Heroism, Duty and the Battle of Trafalgar Nicholson, Adam Hardback, colour illustrated. 342 pages. Used – very good. Sleeve unclipped, glue residue to front of sleeve.

Soldier of the Seventy-First: A Journal of A Soldier in the Peninsular War Hibbert, Christopher edited by – Some light shelf wear, hardback 121 pages.

Tiger on Horseback – The Experiences of a Trooper & Officer of Rimington's Guides – The Tigers – During the Anglo-Boer War 1899 -1902 -0 near mint pbk reprint.

Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Force 1794-1914 3:The Yorkshire Hussars Barlow, L. and R.J.Smith Paperback, illustrated. 17 pages. Illustrations by R.J.Marrion. Used – very good condition.

Voices From The Front The South Notts Hussars The Western Desert 1940 – 1942 Hart, Peter Paperback, 2010 reprint, 220 pages with illustrations. Used as New. Veterans memories recorded by Peter Hart for the Imperial War Museum.

Waffen SS at War (1) the Early Years 1939-1942 Michulec, Robert Paperback. Published 2006. 52 pages. Black-and-white plates throughout. A few color plates. Like new. Some shelf edge wear. Slight external markings. Internally excellent.

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