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H21581 WARGAMES SOLDIERS AND STRATEGY 60: WWII PARA SPECIAL / – - £4.95 GBP

H21582 ANCIENT WARFARE MAGAZINE 30 (VI 1) HOPLITE SPECIAL / – - £5.99 GBP

H21583 CLASH OF EMPIRE RULES SPECIAL – RULES PLUS RISE OF PERSIA SUPPLEMENT / – - £32.50 GBP

H21584 ROAD TO MANZIKERT: BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC WARFARE 527-1071 / Carey 215p.ill Mint hbk. Army composition; weapons; tactics etc £17.99 GBP

H21585 ARMIES OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR: Commanders, Equipment, Uniforms and Strategies / SMith, Digby large format v well ill hardback PRE ORDER WORLD WIDE POST FREE PRICE £22.50 GBP

H21586 FRONTIERS OF IMPERIAL ROME / Breeze, D 240p. ill hbk. Comprehensive survey of all the Frontiers £18.50 GBP

H21587 BEYOND THE ICE: Creswell Crags and Its Place in a Wider European Context / Beresford 110p. v well ill fascinating account of one of the U.K.'s most valuable pre-historic sites and analysis of the cave art £14.99 GBP

H21588 EMPIRE OF THE DEAD: A GAME FOR GENTLEMEN AND FIENDS / – Skirmish rules for Gothic Victorian horror £26.99 GBP

H21589 PLASTIC SOLDIER 1/72nd Allied M4A1 76mm Wet Stowage Sherman Tank / – New release! All Caliver Books figures and paints post-free worldwide. £11.50 GBP

H21590 PLASTIC SOLDIER 1/72nd German Infantry Late War Heavy Weapons / – New release! All Caliver Books figures and paints post-free worldwide. £11.50 GBP

H21593 Allied M4A1 Sherman Tank by Plastic Soldier Co – 1/72 / – Post free worldwide £11.50 GBP

H21594 FALKLANDS 1982 / – Osprey Campaign 244 £13.50 GBP

H21595 GOTHIC SERPENT: The Black Hawk Down Raid / – Osprey RAID 31 £10.50 GBP

H21596 BRITISH HEAVY CRUISERS 1939-45 / – Osprey NVG 190 £8.99 GBP

H21597 BUSH WARS: Latest FORCE OF FORCE SUPPLEMENT / – in stock £12.99 GBP

H21598 ARMOUR AND WEAPONS / Martin, P (Rene North traNSLATION) 300P. VERY GOOD CONDITION HARDBACK, V WEL ILL WITH EXMAPLES FOM euROPEAN COLLECTIONS 1967 EDE OF sWISS £25.00 GBP

H21599 WARGAMER's NEWSLETTER 152 Nov. 1974 / Feathersone, Donald near fine copy £3.99 GBP

H21600 WARGAMER's NEWSLETTER 153 Dec. 1974 / Feathersone, Donald – £3.99 GBP

H21601 WARGAMER's NEWSLETTER 184 JUly 1977 / Feathersone, Donald – £3.99 GBP

H21602 ENGLISH CIVIL WAR VIRGIN'S PACKAGE: PIKE & SHOTTE RULES: AN ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY OF THE ECW by Haythornthwaite (inc col plates) and AN ECW SCENARIO BOOK / – Total package worth nearly £60.00 GBP plus P&P £47.50 GBP

H21603 RAF IN MARITIME WAR, Vol. IV / Air Historical Branch, Mint paperback reprint of a 1947 publication. 740pp. This fourth volume of the series covers the period from February 1943 to May 1944. It includes details of all anti-U-Boat operations, the Bay Air Offensive, the anti-shipping war in NW European Waters, the final phase of enemy blockade running in the Far East, enemy major units (Scahrnhorst, Tirpitz, Lutzow, Admiral Hipper), the bombing of enemy ports and naval objectives, aerial minelaying, and the air defence of shipping in Home Waters. There are many appendices to fill out the facts, and a complete series of charts showing U-Boat locations during the period. £110.00 GBP

H21603 STRUGGLE FOR STRASLUND 1627-1630 / McNair, D 66p The Thirty Years war in Northern Germany. PIke & shot society £10.00 GBP

H21604 MANUAL OF FIELD WORKS (ALL ARMS) / War Office, Mint paperback reprint of a 1921 publication. 436pp.: Trenches were the predominant facet of field engineering of the First World War. This publication essentially gathers together all the lessons learned about trenches but also includes much other extremely helpful instruction – on tools and materials, siting of trenches and machinegun emplacements, obstacles, how to set up a defensive system, camouflage, working parties, tools and equipment, and also includes details for planning camps adnd organising roads, tracks and even tramways. Essentially a detailed and exact treatise on field engineering, a subject that engaged so many soldiers at the time. Needless to say the lessons of World War One were disregarded by the Germans who brought in the war of movement – but that is another story and another set of pamphlets! £40.00 GBP

H21605 TRENCH WARFARE / War Office, Mint paperback reprint of a 1916 pamphlet. 106pp.: The pamphlet declares that "Trench fighting" [was] "only a Phase of Warfare." The British Army still held to its age-old basic precept that the only way to win a battle was by attack. Trench warfare was the interim phase; an interim phase that had lasted over two years and was to continue for two more years. The pamphlet gives a very good picture of how the British conducted trench warfare as well as of the trenches themselves, and how they were to be planned and organised. Readers of this pamphlet should also read the later "Platoon Training 1918" to see how doctrine developed in the two years between the issue of these works. £10.00 GBP

H21606 PLATOON TRAINING 1918 / War Office, Mint paperback reprint of a 1918 pamphlet. 30pp.: This pamphlet was issued for the guidance of platoon commanders in 1918. It is essentially a tactical pamphlet and the illustrations give guidance to the young officer when planning and leading an attack. It is essentially based on the underlying doctrine of the British Army – the attack is the best form of action. Defence is given one long paragraph, the rest of the pamphlet being devoted to the newish concept of fire and movement. It is for this reason seminal in its importance – it shows how at long last the new concept was engaging the military mind, and how the old concepts of artillery supported attacks in lines at company and battalion strength were beginning to be phased out in favour of smaller probing attacks and infiltration. Well worth studying to see how tactics were evolving at the lower level. £5.00 GBP

H21607 RAPID TRAINING OF RECRUITS / An Instructor, Mint paperback reprint of a 1916 pamphlet. 186pp.: By 1916 the British Army was always short of trained soldiers – the old pre-war men were drastically reduced in numbers and the Kitchener and other recruitment schemes had produced many men – who were of course untrained. Training was fundamental to the continuance of operations in France and elsewhere, but it had to be done as quickly as possible to give the new recruits some rudimentary knowledge of how to be soldiers. This pamphlet gives details of how these raw recruits were to be trained as fast as possible to get them into the front lines. There, luck and older soldiers would, it was hoped, keep some of them alive. The pamphlet is extremely valuable in letting the reader see inside the army training system of the period, and also allows a considerable insight into just how things worked at the mid-point in the war. £15.00 GBP

H21608 WHEN I JOIN THE RANKS / "The Major", Mint paperback reprint of a 1914 pamphlet. 122pp.: A Vade Mecum for the new soldier issued (or sold) for all those joining the ranks in the First World War. It is in the style of the period – somewhat patronising, and full of the ethos of the "Great Army Family." However it does give an insight into how the army worked at the time, particularly with regard to new recruits and how it looked at them. An interesting background read which helps in any comparison with the army nearly 100 years ago and today. £10.00 GBP

H21609 EMPLOYMENT OF TANKS AT CAMBRAI / Barker, Maj. E.S. Mint paperback reprint of a 1933 pamphlet. 24pp.: A critical analysis of the use by the British Army of Tanks in the attack at Cambrai in which "it was decide to strike a theatrical blow against Germany… in order to restore British prestige." For once an attack was to succeed! The sorry story of the First World War is one known to many, and this analysis of the success at Cambrai shows the potential of the tank, something often unconsidered by British Staff Officers at the time. £6.00 GBP

H21610 BISMARCK'S FIRST WAR: THE CAMPAIGN OF SCHLESWIG AND JUTLAND 1864 / EMbree, M near mint paperback £60.00 GBP

H21611 MONTHLY ANTI-SUMBARINE REPORTS, Vol. III / unknown (Admiralty), Mint paperback reprint of a 1941 series of publications. 326pp.: ","These reports were of fundamental importance in the war against the U-boats and give a complete picture of antisubmarine operations, planning and the ongoing situation as far as the Royal Navy was concerned during the war. Each report was published for the attention of all ships and was essential to all as a guide to events, and to counter-measures and tactics. Each report gives details of what the U-boats were doing throughout the month and the losses caused to merchant shipping as well as warships. £70.00 GBP

H21612 MONTHLY ANTI-SUMBARINE REPORTS, Vol. II / unknown (Admiralty), Mint paperback reprint of a 1940 series of publications. 228pp.: These reports were of fundamental importance in the war against the U-boats and give a complete picture of antisubmarine operations, planning and the ongoing situation as far as the Royal Navy was concerned during the war. Each report was published for the attention of all ships and was essential to all as a guide to events, and to counter-measures and tactics. Each report gives details of what the U-boats were doing throughout the month and the losses caused to merchant shipping as well as warships. £55.00 GBP

H21613 MONTHLY ANTI-SUMBARINE REPORTS, Vol. I / unknown (Admiralty), Mint paperback reprint of a 1939 series of publications. 382pp.: These reports were of fundamental importance in the war against the U-boats and give a complete picture of antisubmarine operations, planning and the ongoing situation as far as the Royal Navy was concerned during the war. Each report was published for the attention of all ships and was essential to all as a guide to events, and to counter-measures and tactics. Each report gives details of what the U-boats were doing throughout the month and the losses caused to merchant shipping as well as warships. £55.00 GBP

H21614 2nd TACTICAL AIR FORCE REPORT / Director, Command & Staff Training, RAF; Mint paperback reprint of a 1947 publication. 166pp.: The official report of the Air and Administrative Organisation of 2 TAF. The report incorporates the lessons learned during the war. A valuable addition to the two volumes on air support already reprinted by us. £20.00 GBP

H21615 BATTLEFIELD TOUR: 50 DIVISION / unknown (Staff College, Camberley), Mint paperback reprint. A battlefield tour prepared at the British Staff College (Camberley) of 50 Division and its role and actions on D-Day. Fully illustrated and with coloured maps of the battle area. £10.00 GBP

H21616 ANZIO BEACHHEAD / unknown, Historical Division (US Army); Mint paperback reprint of a 1947 pamphlet. 130pp.: The 'American Forces in action' series includes many famous American battles, and this singular joint Angle-British operation. Well written, fully illustrated, and accompanied by a set of 25 excellent colour maps showing the state of the battle from start to finish. Highly recommended. £30.00 GBP

H21617 NORMANDIEFRONT: D-Day to St Lo Through German Eyes / Milano, V 288p mint pbk. v well ill. useful account of theGerman fighting retreat of the 352 division and it's influence on the whole campaign £12.99 GBP

35338 PIRATES: Terror on the High Seas / Konstam, Angus Paperback, 2001, 196pp. Combined Osprey ELITES volume Slight tear to front cover but otherwise clean and tidy with little wear. £22.00 GBP

35339 NAPOLEONIC SOURCE BOOK / Haythornthwaite, Philip J. Hardcover in jacket, 1990, 413pp. Condition very good, but some minor wear to edges of jacket. £15.00 GBP

35340 FRENCH EXPEDITION INTO SYRIA 1799 / Berthier, Gen. Hardcover in jacket, 1990. 127pp. Reprint of a 1799 original, with letters from Bonaparte included. Condition very good plus, no wear or markings. £42.50 GBP

35341 WAFFEN-SS SOLDIER 1940-1945 / Quarrie, Bruce Paperback, 2000, 64pp. Condition good, slight bending to head of jacket. Internal condition very clean. £20.00 GBP

35342 BONAPARTE'S INVADERS / Howard, Richard Hardcover in jacket. 1998, 313pp. Condition very good plus, some wear to head of jacket but otherwise fine. £7.00 GBP

35343 SOLDIERS IN THE MIST Featuring Sergeant Jack Crossman / Douglas, Garry Hardcover in jacket. 1999. 257pp. Condition like new, but with minor shelfwear. £18.00 GBP

35344 LAST SIEGE OF Seringapatam… To which is now added a short guide for the convience of visitors, etc / Thompson smal hardback reprint. 1999 edition £39.50 GBP

35345 BATTLE FOR Budapest: 100 Days in World War II / Ungavary Veryt good condition hard back ed. £20.00 GBP

35346 TALES OF THE KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES / Nunneley WWII in AFRica & BURMA. near fine hardback but ex-library £13.50 GBP

35347 HISTORY OF THE FIRST REGIMENT MINNESOTA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY / Holcombe 500p. near mint hardback reprint of the original 1916 edition:BULL RUN to GETTYSBURG AND BEYOND £25.00 GBP

35348 ARMOUR AND WEAPONS / Martin, P (Rene North traNSLATION) 300P. VERY GOOD CONDITION HARDBACK, 1967. V Well ILL WITH examples from European copllections £20.00 GBP

35349 NORMANDY CAMPAIGN: Camera at War series / Hunt 120p wel ill very good condition hardback £2.50 GBP

35350 EDGEHILL 1642 / Young, Brig P very good condition NO DUST JACKET. Illus. Still A must in any ECW Library. £8.00 GBP