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We had a great show at York to kick off the year, so a big 'thank you' to everyone who was there and made it such a great day!

We're now taking pre-orders for Cavalier in Tonbridge – anything you want us to bring along for you, just drop us an email and let us know!

Very exciting news as a fantastic new ruleset is now available to order: Living on the Front Line – Civil War in Britain in 1979! 20mm and 28mm figures designed specially for this game will follow shortly in the Matchlock Miniatures range. Keep watching this space as we're also adding figures for Pride, Prejudice & Zombies!

We've also got another cheap clear-out list of books this week. Scroll to the bottom for the list: they're all first come, first served, so get your orders in quick! They're all available at £7.50 GBP including P&P in the U.K., £8.50 GBP outside the U.K.


H24448 - Ancient Warfare Magazine IX, 6: The aftermath of battle – inc. Praetorian Guards; Cuneus, Germanic post battle sacrifice. £6.95 GBP

H24450 - Panzer on the Ostfront 1941-43 / De Sisto, Frank V. near mint slight shelf-wear, paperback 72 pages black-and-white images. £22.00 GBP

H24451 - Panzer Vor! German Armor at War 1939-1945 / De Sisto, Frank V. near mint slight shelf-wear, paperback 72 pages black-and-white pictures. £22.00 GBP

H24452 - Panzer Vor! Three German Armor at War 1939-45 / De Sisto, Frank V. near mint slight shelf-wear, paperback 72 pages black-and-white images. £15.00 GBP

H24454 - Victrix French Napoleonic Artillery 1804-1812 XI System – Contains 6-powder guns and Howitzers, allowing you to build later XI system guns with Pre-Bardin uniforms. Post-free worldwide as are all figures. £22.50 GBP

H24455 - Field of Glory: The Card Game – Two-player game based on Field of Glory Ancient rules. £13.99 GBP

H24456 - Rapid Fire: Normandy Battlegames: Inland Battles June 1944 – latest scenarios. Large format, full-color ten scenarios plus a Mini-Campaign. £15.00 GBP

H24457 - Panzerwaffe Volume 2 – The Campaigns in the West 1940: volume 2 (Classic Colours) / healy 92 pages large format very well illustrated inc. color plates. Special offer few only. £5.00 GBP

H24458 - Living on the Front Line: A Winter of '79 Game. Civil war in the Disunited Kingdom – Any scale of figures. A4 glossy skirmish rules for an alternative late 70s & early 80s. Play Civilian Vs Military, Military Vs Military. Start your own breakway group, fight to control you own part of the crumbling U.K.. The rules are also the core set for a series of – £16.50 GBP

H24459 - L'Escercito Di Bisanzio in Italia 535-1071 (Byzantine army in Italy Justinians re-conquest to the fall of Bari) – 80 pages very well illustrated Italina txt, English Captions. £19.50 GBP

H24460 - Field of Glory: Napoleonic Rules – mint hardback few only. £29.50 GBP

H24461 - Discovering Wargames Series and Bill Lamming's Medieval Campaign and Battle Rules: Early Wargaming Rules Volume 5 / Tunstill & Lamming 172 pages. More rules than you can shake an average dice at – £12.99 GBP

43082 - Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses / Haigh, Philip A. shelf-worn, hardback 206 pages. Some black-and-white images. £8.00 GBP

43083 - Mini Color Series 7510, MHMMWV Workhorse of the U.S. Army / Schulze, Carl slight shelf-wear, paperback 56 pages color images. £9.00 GBP

43087 - Mini Color Series 7506, M2A2 M3A2 Bradley Backbone of the U.S. Mechanized Infantry / Bohn, Walter & Siebert, Peter near mint, paperback 48 pages full-color images. £5.00 GBP

43089 - Field of Glory, the Battle of Crysler's Farm, 1813 / Graves, Donald E. near mint, paperback 425. £5.00 GBP

43090 - Incredible War of 1812, A Military History / Hitsman, J. Mackay near mint slight shelf-wear, paperback 398 pages. Some black-and-white images. £5.00 GBP

43091 - General regulations and orders for the Army, 1816 / Frederick Muller LTD shelf-worn Facsimile Edition, hardback 441 pages. £10.00 GBP

43092 - Fix Bayonets, A Royal Welch Fusilier at War, 1796-1815 / Graves, Donald E. slight shelf-wear, hardback 488 pages. Some black-and-white images. £8.00 GBP

43093 - British uniforms 1768-96 the dress of the British Army from official sources / Strachan, new shelf-worn jacket, hardback 384 pages. £10.00 GBP

43094 - Red Coats & Grey Jackets, the Battle OF Chippawa 5 July 1814 / Graves, Donald E. near mint slight shelf-wear, paperback 210 pages black-and-white images. £8.00 GBP

43095 - Wellington at Waterloo (Napoleonic Library) / Weller, Jac shelf-wear and faded jacket hardback 264 pages black-and-white pictures. £13.00 GBP

43096 - Uniforms and Equipment of the United Stated Forces in the War of 1812 / Chartrand, Rene shelf-worn paperback 172 pages. Some black-and-white images. £43.00 GBP

43097 - British Army at MacKinac Island, 1812-1815 / Dunnigan, Brian Leigh slight shelf-wear and yellowing, paperback 56 illustrated and pictures. £18.00 GBP

43098 - Merry hearts make light days, the war of 1812 Journal of Lieutenant John Le Couteur, 104th Foot / Graves, Donald E. near mint slight shelf-wear paperback 308 pages. £18.00 GBP

43099 - Marching with Wellington, with the Inniskillings in the Napoleonic Wars / Cassidy, Martin near mint, slight shelf-wear hardback 216 pages. £10.00 GBP

43100 - Talavera Wellingtons First Victory in Spain / Field, Andrew W. shelf-worn jacket, hardback 184 pages. Some black-and-white pictures. £10.00 GBP

43101 - Red Sabbath the Battle of Little Bighorn / Kershaw Robert J. near mint slight shelf-wear, hardback 223 pages. Some black-and-white images and illustrations. £8.00 GBP

43102 - Victory 1918 / Palmer, Alan slight shelf-wear 368 pages. A few black-and-white pictures. £5.00 GBP

43103 - Albuera 1811, the Bloodiest Battle of the Peninsular war / Dempsey, Guy near mint slight shelf-wear hardback 336 pages. £14.00 GBP

43104 - Peninsula Years Britain's Red Coats in Spain & Portugal / Richards, D.S. near mint slight shelf-wear, hardback 228 pages black-and-white images and maps. £12.00 GBP

43105 - Where Right and Glory Lead the Battle of Lundy's Lane, 1814 / Graves, Donald E. near mint slight shelf-wear, paperback 332 pages. £32.00 GBP

43106 - Narrative of the Battles of the Quatre-Bras and Waterloo: with the Defence of Hougoumont / Clay, Matthew slight shelf-wear and yellowing, paperback 43 pages. Some black-and-white images. £20.00 GBP

43107 - Soldiers of 1814 American Enlisted Men's Memoirs of the Niagara Campaign / Graves, Donald E. mint slight shelf-wear, paperback 78 pages. £20.00 GBP

43108 - Field of Glory 2.0 - Wargaming rules for Ancient and Medieval Tabletop Gaming- / Shaw, Terry. Hall, Simon. Scott, Richard 2/H near mint slight shelf-wear, hardback 185 pages full-color illustrations. £29.50 GBP

43109 - Field of Glory: Legions Triumphant: Imperial Rome at War – near mint. £8.50 GBP


And Here's the Cheap List. Remember, First Come, First Served!

German Automatic Weapons of World War II Bruce, Robert slight shelf-wear paperback 128 pages color pictures.

Germans at Arras (Images of War) David Bilton like new, light shelf-wear.

Glencoe the Story of Massacre Prebble, John slight shelf-wear 1975 reprint hardback 336 pages.

Hannibal's Army Stephenson, Ian paperback, 2008, 122 pages. Slightly crinkled cover, minor evidence of shelf-wear.

History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army Barnes, R.M. Hardback, published 1950, 336 pages. Illustrated color plates. Dust jacket torn and ragged at edges, front board slightly loose, otherwise reasonable reading copy.

Hitler's Elite: Leibstandarte S.S. (Illustrated War Studies) Lucas, James & Cooper, Matthew Hardback, published 1975, 160 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. Some minor tears to the edge of the dust jacket, small dent to board edges, otherwise very good.

Infantry Operations & Weapons U.S.A.G.E in Korea Marshall, Sla Hardback 151 Pages. Very good condition black-and-white photos ex-library.

Italian Order of Battle – World War 3-Black Shirt, Mountain, Assault & Landing Troops and 1944 Nafziger, George paperback 78 pages near mint Condition.

Joker One donovan campbell Paperback, good condition throughout 317 pages.

Memoirs – A Documentary Of The Nazi Twilight Admiral Doenitz. K damage to the spine and cover, and yellowing to pages. paperback 227 pages.

Messenger of Death: Captain Nolan and the Charge of the Light Brigade Buttery. David unread copy in very good condition, some shelf-wear. 225 pages hardcover.

Mexico under Fire: Being the Diary of Samuel Ryan Curtis, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment during the American Military Occupation of Northern Mexico, 1846-1847 / Ed. by Joseph E.Chance. -0 Hardback. 277 pages. 1994. Excellent.

Mounted troops of the British Army, 1066-1945 (Imperial Services Library, Volume 3) Rogers, H.C.B. Hardback, published 1959, 256 pages. Illustrated with some color plates, black-and-white plates, line drawings. Slight marking on endpapers, otherwise excellent.

Murmansk Venture C, Maynard Paperback. Published 2010. 322 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Conditions very good shelf-edge book wear.

Napoleon and Waterloo: The Emperor's Campaign with the Armee du Nord, 1815 (Napoleonic Library) Becke, A.F. Hardcover. Published 1995. 320 pages. New book. Dustcover slightly faded.

Napoleon's Waterloo Campaign: An Alternate History: Volume II: Marthison, Steven Softcover. Published 2002. 330 pages. Like new.-looks unread.Just has small scuff mark on title page.

Narrative of the Siege of Kars: And of the Six Months' Resistance by the Turkish Garrison Under General Williams to the Russian Army: Together with… and Adventures in Armenia and Lazistan Humphry Sandwith Paperback. 328 pages. 2010.

Naval Edged Weapons in the Age of Fighting Sail 1775-1865 Wolfe, Sarah Hardcover in jacket, 2005, 118 pages. Illustrated. Mint condition.

New Orleans Greys Brown, Gary Soft cover. Published 1999. 336 pages. Near fine. Like new.

Nuclear Dawn: The Atomic Bomb from the Manhattan Project to the Cold War Delgado. James. P slight shelf-wear hardback: Containing 216 pages with pictures and maps.

Operation Bagration: The Destruction of Army Group Centre June-July 1944, a Photographic History Ian Baxter Near mint, very slight shelf-wear.

Operations of the German Engineers and Technical Troops During the Franco-German War of 1870-71 Goetze, Adolph and Graham, G. Softcover. 249 pages. Published unknown (30 January 2007) -modern facsimile. Condition like new. Small knock to corner.

Personal Reminiscences of General Robert E. Lee Jones William Reverend paperback, published 1989, 509 pages, illustrations in black-and-white, Condition is excellent with slight wear to the edges.

Playable Napoleonic Wargames Edwards, Barry near mint. A classic that's still worth a look Prince Rupert: Portrait of a Soldier Kitson, Frank Hardback – Published 1994 – 304 Pages – black-and-white illustrations throughout – Condition Like new with slight shelf-wear.

Queen's Own Hussars: Tercentenary Edition -0 Paperback. Published 1985. 96 pages. Some black-and-white and color plates. Like new. Slight crease on back cover. Very slight shelfedgewear. Internally excellent.

Remembrance As Long As We Live Charles, Casimer, Krawczyk Paperback. Published 2006. 400 pages. Black-and-white plates illustrated. Conditions very good / shelfedgewear.

Riqueval Hindenburg Line K, W, Mitchinson Paperback. Published 1998. 144 pages. Black-and-white plates / maps illustrations. Conditions very good / sheld edge wear Robert Parker and Comte de Merode-Westerloo: The Marlborough wars Chandler (ed) 280 pages. Military memoirs series E/C hardback. Classic Marlburian military memoirs.

Russian Army in the First World War: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives Cornish, Nik paperback, published 2014, 144 pages, in really good condition. Samoloty Transportowe Komunikacyjne Swiata T Makowski hardback. 263 pages near fine.

Shotgun Digest J Lewis Paperback. Pages 250. Published 19??

Soldiers Of The Napoleonic Wars – British Footguards Part 4: Colours And Weapons Fosten, bryan paperback 110 pages black-and-white illustrations very good condition.

Somme – the Day-By-Day Account McCarthy, Chris Hardback. Published 1996. 176 pages. Black-and-white plates throughout. A few black-and-white maps. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight external marking. Internally excellent.

Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the 20th Century Krivosheev, Colonel-General G.F. Hardcover. Published 1997. 290 pages. New book with fractional shelf edge wear.

Special Troops of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Roubicek, Marcel Paperback, 32 pages. Line illustrated. Very good condition with slight ageing.

Stand by to die Sellwood, A. V. Paperback. Published 1972. 128 pages. Good. Some shelfedgewear. Some page yellowing. A few external markings.

Story of the Fifth Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards -Together with a short account of their illustrious parent regiments, the Fifth Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards and the Sixth Inniskilling Dragoons evans 1922-1938 section bound photocopy.

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