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H16567 ISAF VEHICLES AFGHANISTAN 2007 / Taylor, D 96p. 200+ colour photos. £14.99 GBP

H16568 DUTCH BELGIAN CAVALRY AT WATERLOO / Dellevoet, A 230p. large format MINT HARDBACK 100+ ill. inc many new colour uniform plates. The history of the Cavalry during the Napoleonic plus detailed look at actions in the Waterloo Campaign £42.50 GBP

H16569 LANCERS ROUGE E LA GARDE: History of the 2nd Chevau-Leger Lancers of the Imperial Guard / Stuers, V de, & Pawly, R Large format mint HARDBACK v well ill FRENCH TEXT. 2nd part of the Stuers brothers memoirs There are 150+ illustrations (portraits, maps, uniforms, sketches drawn by Hubert de Stuers during his campaigns, etc.) £65.00 GBP

H16572 MARLBOROUGH / Holmes, Richard 530p ill. Full biography from this well known military historian £19.99 GBP

17493 TIDE OF EMPIRES : Decisive Naval Campaigns in the Rise of the West Volume 2 1654-1763 / Padfield, P 272p. near fine HBK. Superb overview of early C18th Naval warfare and campaigns £12.50 GBP

17494 TO THE VICTOR THE SPOILS: D-Day to VE-Day, The Reality Behind the Heroism / Longden, S 390p. ill E/C Pbk. fascinating study, based on extensive interviews, of what life was like for the Tommy in WWII. One of the best of this type £9.50 GBP

17495 Landscape and Settlement in Britain, Ad 400-1066 (Exeter Studies in History) / Hooke, D Near fine pbk £16.00 GBP

17496 Later Anglo-Saxon England - Life and Landscape / Reynolds, A near mint hbk bit ex-lib. v well ill £12.50 GBP

17497 COSTUME ET LES ARMES DES SOLDATS DE TOUS LES TEMPS 2: Volume 2 / Funcken, Liliane et Fred 154p. HBK. French Text. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Extensively Illus in colour & B/W throughout. Uniforms from the time of Frederick the Great to the present day. VGC £12.50 GBP

17498 LONE SAMURAI AND THE MARTIAL ARTS / Turnbull, Stephen 159p. PBK. Reprint. Extensively Illus in B/W throughout. Excellent £8.00 GBP

17499 LITTLE PIECE OF ENGLAND: My Adventures as Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands / Gurr, Andrew 290p. HBK. 1st Edition. B/W Illus. An unusual and absorbing story. Fine/Nr Mint £18.00 GBP

17500 LOYAL UNTO DEATH / Wilson, Kit 229p. HBK. Unread Review copy. ''From the marble corridors of the Reich Chancellery to the frozen wastes of Russia, this is the fascinating saga of the men who wore Adolf Hitler's name on their sleeves and an oath of absolute obedience in their hearts'' Extremely rare. Nr Mint £20.00 GBP

17502 LOVERS, RAKES AND ROGUES: Amatory, Merry and Bawdy Verse from 1580 to 1830 / Wardroper, John 366p. PBK. B/W Line Drawings. A collection of 350 songs - most lively, bawdy & explicit. Some have not appeared in print before & others have not been printed for over 2 centuries. Some of the songs have scores. Near Mint, unread £5.00 GBP

17503 LINCOLN'S UNSUNG HEROES / Katcher, Philip 222p. HBK. 35 b/w photographs & illustrations on plates. Tells the personal, individual war stories of eighteen of the million or so soldiers and sailors who served in the United States armed forces during the American Civil War. Fine/Fine £4.50 GBP

17504 TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS MAXIMUS: THE LEGIONARY / Connolly, Peter 32p. HBK. Fine Laminated Pictorial Boards. Colour Illus throughout. Introduction to the daily life, training & equipment of the Roman infantryman, aimed at younger readers, but a useful study based upon the early career of the real Tiberius Claudius Maximus. Fine £12.50 GBP

17505 PRODUCTION OF MEDIEVAL CHURCH MUSIC-DRAMA / Collins, Fletcher Jr. 356p. HBK. 1st Edition. X-library copy. B/W & Colour Illus throughout. Author considers 16 music-dramas that remain from the repertory of the medieval church. Fine laminated D/J otherwise fine £20.00 GBP

17506 PARLIAMENTS AND KINGS 1660s - 1710s / Marwick Arthur 180p. PBK. Well Illus in B/W thoughout. A220 Block 3. Arts: A Second Level Course - Princes and Peoples: France and the British Isles, 1620-1714. Fine, unread £6.00 GBP

17507 PARA! Fifty Years of the Parachute Regiment / Harclerode, Peter 415p. HBK. Reprint. B/W illus & Maps throughout. A definitive history of the Parachute Regiment, from its initial formation and operations in World War Two to its current existence within the British Army's order of battle. Includes coverage of training, equipment, weapons, deployment of airborne forces and a chronological breakdown of the regiments history. Fine/Nr Mint £6.50 GBP

17508 OPERATION DRUMBEAT, THE DRAMATIC TRUE STORY OF GERMANY'S FIRST U-BOAT ATTACKS ALONG THE AMERICAN COAST IN WORLD WAR II / Gannon, M 500p. large e/C Hbk £3.50 GBP

17509 Piracy in the Ancient World: An Essay on Mediterranean History (Ancient World) / Ormerod 270p. E/C pbk £7.50 GBP

17510 Panzer IV PzKpfw Ausf A-J (Tanks in Detail) / Forty, J 100p. v well ill ill E/c pbk £6.00 GBP

17511 OXFORD COMPANION TO BRITISH HISTORY / Cannon, J 950p. large tome!!4,000 + entries. near fine pbk £19.50 GBP

17515 PRISONS AND HOSPITALS / Miller, Francis Trevelyan 352p. HBK. Extensively Illus in B/W throughout. The Photographic History of the Civil War Series, Part 7. VGC/Fine £15.00 GBP

17516 PORTRAITS FOR A KING: The British Military Paintings of A-J Dubois Drahonet (1791-1834) / Spencer-Smith, Jenny 96p. PBK. Large Format. 1st Edition. 92 colour & mono plates. Illustrated catalogue of the National Army Museum exhibition of the work of Alexandre-Jean Dubois Drahonet, who was commissioned by King William IV to paint a series of pictures illustrating recent changes in the uniforms & weapons of the British Army. VGC £7.50 GBP

17517 PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: The Armies and the Leaders, Poetry and Eloquence, Volume 5 / Lanier Robert S ( Managing Editor) 352p. HBK. Extensively Illus in B/W throughout. Re-issued in two volumes. Comprehensive series of the known photographic evidence of the Civil War. May incur extra charges as it's a heavy book. VGC/Fine £11.50 GBP

17518 PRINCES AND PARLIAMENTS IN GERMANY: From the Fifteenth to the Eighteen Century / Carsten, F L 473p. HBK. Reprint. X-library Copy. Blue cloth boards. No D/J. Slightly damaged spine but otherwise Good £8.50 GBP