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Lots of magazines, especially a variety of French-language issues, showing up at the shoppe in a few weeks, along with an assortment of new books and a mini-battle set.
Miniatures…
La Haye Sainte: 28mm Battle Set Warlord's set includes: Laser-cut wooden farmhouse, outbuildings, walls and pond, including construction guides and acetate windows; Laser-cut wooden tables and chairs – use as firing steps; Two laser-cut wooden carts and plough (barricade); Major Von Baring (28mm metal figure); 15 metal King's German Legion 2nd Light Battalion figures with rifles and muskets; five King's German Legion light infantry figures; 36 French Light Infantry (30 plastic and six metal figures), including full-color flag sheet and waterslide decals; Lieutenant Vieux metal figure; Six metal branches to form an abatis; and twelve-page scenario booklet. $238.00 USD
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Peter Bunde Uniform Plate…
292: Kingdom of Holland: 8th Infantry-Regiment 1807-1810 20+ color figures, flags or standards, facings, etc. $14.00 USD
Wargame Magazines…
Wargames Illustrated: Issue #321 July 2014 Theme: Pulp gaming (with lots of articles). Also: What is Steampunk?; Brit WWII paratrooper painting guide; Caesar's invasions of Britain 55-54BC; Building the Great Zimbabwe: Terrain-making techniques; Gettysburg scenario using upcoming John Hill rules; A miniature-eye view of a tabletop ACW battlefield; Wargaming weekend report of games using the Beneath the Lily Banners rules; and more. $8.50 USD
Miniature Wargames/BG: Issue #375 How dragoons are portrayed on the tabletop; Collector Daniel Borris shares his collections of all things Don Featherstone; Waterloo scenario on the death of Ponsonby; Who Needs Army Lists?; Mongols in Europe 1237-1241: Series continues with the Polish campaign; Bannockburn Reborn: Visiting the battlefield; The idea of using lots of tables for a wargame; Wars of Absolutism: Part 2: 1744 Cuneo campaign; and more. $9.00 USD
Wargames Soldiers & Strategy: #73 Theme: The Seven Years War (Battle of Torgau; Hastenbeck; Blundering with Byng). Also: Siege of Haengju; ACW Black Powder; and Napoleonic Hail Caesar. $9.00 USD
Books…
Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777 Full-length study of this pivotal engagement that saw the British victorious.
British Invasion of Maryland: 1812-1815 Reprint of 1913 edition covers the history of the British invasion of Maryland during the War of 1812, including an appendix giving the Maryland roster of 11,000 soldier names. Includes a pull-out map of the Chesapeake campaign in 1814. $38.00 USD
AMX-30: Char de Bataille 1966-2006 First work of a two-volume study includes over 150 color and black-and-white photographs, tells the story of this tank in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. $25.00 USD
2cm Flak: 2cm Flakvierling One of the most versatile weapons in the German Army's arsenal from 1935 till the end of hostilities in May of 1945. A special bonus is the extensive coverage of the weapons system described in detail, utilizing the original 1937 L.Dv. 440/02, and the 1942 D.v.T. 1901/2 Dienstvorschrift (manuals). Includes 146 color and black-and-white photos. $40.00 USD
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Battleship U.S.S. Massachusetts Another in the Kagero series traces the history and includes more than 100 color illustrations showing U.S.S. Massachusetts' appearance towards the end of her service in the Pacific, 1945. Blueprints in 1:350, 1:200, 1:100, and 1:50 scales (general views and details) are included on a separate sheet. $23.00 USD
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Luftwaffe War Diary Hundreds of color and black-and-white images of pilots and crews, aircraft, uniforms, awards, sidearms, and more; Stuka dive-bombers, Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters, and other planes; and is a great reference for historians, modelers, World War II buffs, and aviation enthusiasts. $40.00 USD
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FRENCH MAGAZINES…
All the following contain French text.
Pretorien #31 Cover story: Belisarius and the Reconquest of Africa. Also, Roman Empire limes – Hadrian's Wall is one of the most famous, followed by the Antonine Wall. Praetorian profiles these amazing walls and their unequal fate. $18.00 USD
Tradition #274 Yeomen Warders: Guards of the Tower of London; Paris Horse Guards during the Revolution; Eagles in Spain: Line infantry; Punishments in the British Army: Maintaining discipline and obedience; Colorful bivouacs of the Russian army; and The Egyptian Army 1855-1882. $15.00 USD
La Revue Napoleon #13 (New Series) Napoleon plots his return from his island prison as divisions rend France. The Bourbons are on the throne, but many old soldiers and veterans would flock to the colors of Napoleon. Other articles cover the Napoleonic era of 1814 to 1815. $30.00 USD
Soldats Napoleoniens: No. 14 (New Series) Ammunition on campaign; Jean Varnout, an officer of the Mounted Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard; profile of the 30th fighter-lancers; profile of the 9th Light Horse; Captain Domis: Analysis of a Portrait; and the regimental headgear of the 95th (Rifle) Regiment of Foot. $28.00 USD
Gloire & Empire #55 A look at the army and Portuguese campaign of 60,000 French troops commanded by Marshal Massena. Includes Astorga, Ciudad Rodrigo, and Almeida. $28.00 USD
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