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H16542 CELTIC FORTIFICATION / Ralston 180p. V well ill . construction and reconstruction and at the architecture of banks, walls, ramparts and ditches, gateways and ancillary features. He examines the placing of these fortifications in the landscape and their effectiveness as hill-fort defenses in war. He also considers these enclosures as signs and symbols. With a selective gazetteer. £17.50 GBP
H16543 CAVALRY TRAINING 1907 / War office mint pbk reprint of the official British cavalry training manual. Drill, Sword Drill equitation, employment in the field- etc £19.50 GBP
H16544 MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1) MILITARY ACTIONS OF COLONEL MARINUS WILLET 2) NARRATIVE OF MAJOR ABRAHAM LEGGETT / Willet M, & Leggett A 240p. mint pbk reprint £25.00 GBP
H16545 JAPANESE ARMY 1931-45 1) 1931 - 42 / Jowett Osprey MAA 362 back in print £8.99 GBP
H16546 JAPANESE ARMY 1931-45 2) 1942 - 45 / Jowett Osprey MAA 369 back in print £8.99 GBP
H16547 TURNCOAT's DRUM, the English Civil War in the West, 1643; the Shadow on the Crown Part One / Carter, N near mint Hardback first ed Very enjoyable ECW fiction £14.50 GBP
H16548 BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA / Exquemelin, A Folio society ed. near mint hardback . Classic ill. contemporary 1660's account of English & French pirates vs the Spanish £11.50 GBP
H16550 WORLD UNIFORMS AND BATTLES 1815 - 50 / Haythornthwaite, P Blandfrd series. near fine hardback. 100 colour plates. Crimea, Mutiny, South American wars, Mexico etc etc £13.50 GBP
H16551 ANCIENT WAR GAME / Grant, C 150p Near mint hardback Background, scenarios etc. published 1974!! £39.50 GBP
H16552 GREEK WARFARE MYTH AND REALITIES / Wees, H van 340p. ill near mint pbk SPECIAL OFFER £13.50 GBP
H16553 KING'S MEN CROW: Shadow of the Crown 5 / carter, N near mint hardback ECW fiction £11.50 GBP
H16554 LES AIGLES: 15mm Napoleonic rules. / - Interesting set of French wargames rules. FRENCH & ENGLISH TEXT. Incs supplementary book of army lists and Scenarios £20.00 GBP
H16555 SHARP PRACTICE / - Napoleonic skirmish rules from the wonderful Lardy boys £11.50 GBP
17446 GENERAL CATACRE: The Story of the Life and Services of Sir William Forbes Gatacre 1843-1906 / Gatacre, B G/C hblk slight damage to spine. no jacket. 300p. Commanded in South Africa £23.50 GBP
17447 ALEXANDER THE GREAT's CAMPAIGNS / Barker, Phil 150p. ill E/C Hbk. £17.50 GBP
17448 FIRE & WATER: Incendiary & naval warfare in ancient China / Sawyer 400p. v well ill Near mint. no Jacket £5.50 GBP
17449 Spain and the Netherlands 1559-1659: Ten Studies / Parker, G 290p. G/C pbk £3.50 GBP
17450 GRASSHOPPERS AND BUTTERFLIES: The Light 3 Pounders of Pattison and Townshend. / Caruana, S B 32p. well ill. near fine pbk Late C18th British light artilley £7.50 GBP
17451 ENGLISH NAVAL FORCES 1199-1272 / Brooks 200p. 1933. VGC hbk, no jacket. The Naval campaigns against the French £15.00 GBP
17452 SIGNIFER 11 ) Res Gestae Grandes Generales Romanos 1) / Yebanes, S(ed) Spanish language military journal. biographies of 6 Roman generals SPANISH TEXT near fine pbk £30.00 GBP
17453 DAGGER DIVISION: 19th Indian Division in WWII / - 40p. well ill scarce little booklet published in India £12.50 GBP
17454 BLACK CAT DIVISION: 17th Indian Division in WWII / - 40p. well ill scarce little booklet published in India £12.50 GBP
17455 MAXIMILIAN WAR 1861-1867 / Allsop, D 55p. booklet vgc. ill. uniform & flag details £6.00 GBP
17456 PASSING IT ON. Short Talks on Tribal Fighting on the North-West Frontier of India. / Skeen, Gen Sir Andrew 1932 2nd ed.125p. Reading hardback only. Tactical lessons in Colonial warfare £17.50 GBP
17457 ITALIAN NAVY IN THE WORLD WAR 1915 - 1918 / - ORIGINAL HARDBACK 1927 edition. 60p. ill plus pull out charts & 2 colour maps internally excellent, damages to pictorial boards. lacks spine but sound £40.00 GBP
17458 GREAT WARS OF EUROPE 1853-1871 : A comprehensive bibliography / Brown 40p. large format list of military history, uniform tactics etc books e/c pbk £16.00 GBP
17459 FIGHT DIRECTION FOR STAGE AND SCREEN / Hobbs, William 143p. PBK. Well Illustrated guide by William Hobbs, one of the leading experts on the subject. VGC £7.50 GBP
17460 HIGHLAND DRESS: With colour plates from McIan's The Clans of the Scottish Highlands (King Penguin Books.) / collie 60p. inc 24 col plates. famous series. /C hbk Slight damage to top of spine. Mostly c18th dress £4.50 GBP
17461 HISTORY OF ENGLAND / Thorn, John, Roger Lockyr & David Smith. 600p. HBK. 1st Edition. Signed by John Thorn. illus with maps & tables. Mainly a Political History. Fine/Fine £15.00 GBP
17462 MR. SECRETARY THURLOE: Cromwell's Secretary of State 1652-1660. / Aubrey, Philip 252p. HBK. 1st Edition. 1st substantial life & assessment of John Thurloe, Cromwell's Secretary of State & one of the most important & active administrators of the 17th Century. Fine/Fine £27.50 GBP
17463 ATLAS OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR / Newman, Peter R 126p. HBK. The Atlas consists of 56 original, all-new maps that clearly, completely, and accurately illustrate all of the major, and many of the minor, campaigns of the three stages of the English Civil War. Fine/Nr Mint £13.00 GBP
17464 CIVIL WARS: A Military History of England Scotland and Ireland 1638-1660 / Kenyon, John (Ed) & Ohlmeyer, Jabe (Ed) 391p. HBK. 1st Edition. A beautifully illustrated military history of the British and Irish Civil Wars which gives an integrated account of the conflict that engulfed the kingdoms ruled by Charles I after 1638. Fine/Mint £7.50 GBP
17465 GAS / Hogg, Ian V 158p. PBK. 1st Printing. Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century, Weapons Book No. 43Extensively Illus in B/W throughout. VGC £11.50 GBP
17466 EARLY GUNPOWDER ARTILLERY C.1300-1600 / Norris, John 143p. MINT HBK. 1st Edition. Extensively Illus in B/W throughout. In the 300-year time span covered by this book, gunpowder artillery was developed from a novelty to a serious weapon of war. Fine/Mint £15.00 GBP
17467 KOMET: The Messerschmitt 163 / Ethell, Jeffrey L 160p. HBK. 1at Edition. Extensively Illus in B/W throughout + 4 colour plates. An account of the German jet which came into service towards the end of World War Two. VGC D/J except for some discoloration to spine otherwise Excellent £6.50 GBP
17468 PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK AND LATIN / Sturtevant, Edgar H 192p. PBK. 2nd Edition, facsimile of the 1940 edition. Mint unread £15.00 GBP
17469 BATTLE OF CARTHAGE: Border War in Southwest Missouri July 5 1861 / Hinze, David C & Farnham, Karen 314p. PBK. B/W Illus & Maps. In-depth look at this important early Civil War battle. The Battle of Carthage, Missouri, was fought by pro-Confederate Missouri State guardsmen and Union volunteers more than two weeks before First Bull Run. It was the culmination of the first major land campaign of the Civil War. Mint,unread £8.00 GBP
17470 BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, Mexican war / Pohl James W 49p. PBK. B/W Illus throughout. Texas State Historical Association Popular History Series, No 3. Reading copy only due to slight water damage £3.50 GBP
17471 ROMAN SIEGE WORKS / Davies, Gwyn 160p PBK. B/W Illus, colour plates & maps throughout. Excellent account of Roman Siege fortifications. Fine, unread £9.00 GBP
17472 MODELLING ARMOURED CARS (Airfix Magazine Guide 21) / Scarborough Gerald 64p. HBK. 1st Edition. Gloss laminated pictorial boards, illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams. This book shows how the keen modeller can build his own models using scale drawings, plastic card etc. Practical examples included range from the tiny Beaverette through the famous Rolls-Royce and others to the massive Staghound. Mint £9.00 GBP
17473 EASTERN FRONT: SS Secret Archives / Baxter, Ian 192p. HBK. 1st U.K. Edition. Featuring 250 previously unpublished action photographs, this work depicts the battles between the Waffen SS and the Red Army on the Eastern Front between 1941 and 1945. Fine/Nr Mint £10.00 GBP
17474 APPRENTICES OF FREEDOM / Judith Cook 150p. PBK. Foreword by Jack Jones. The stories of the artist and intellectuals who fought in the Spanish Civil War are well known. But what of the working men who joined the International Brigade. Fine,unread £10.00 GBP
17475 GREEK ARMIES / Connolly, Peter 77p. HBK. Laminated Pictorial Covers. Peter Connolly (illustrator), Extensively Illus in colour throughout. Fine £20.00 GBP
17476 HANNIBAL and the Enemies of Rome / Connolly Peter 77p. HBK. Laminated Pictorial Covers. Peter Connolly (illustrator), Illus all-color, lifelike, archaeologically accurate depictions and scale model drawings are featured in this book. Fine £25.00 GBP
17477 LAST POST / Fortescue, Sir John W near fine hardback. no jacket. Collection of essays on various British military subjects published after the death of the author INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LADY FORTESCUE TO JOHN's BROTHER CHARLES £35.00 GBP
17478 BAYONETS FOR HIRE: Mercenaries at War, 1550-1789 / Urban, William 304p. HBK. 1st Edition. 34 B/W illustrations on plates, 2 maps of Europe. Covers the role of the mercenary during the era from 1550 to 1789; from the Wars of Religion to the eve of the French Revolution and from the medieval period to the creation of the modern state. Fine/Mint £16.50 GBP