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Dave Ryan of Caliver Books writes:

We are at the Partizan wargames show this weekend.

Partizan Wargames Show
10AM-4PM
Sunday, 10th October, 2021
George Stephenson Exhibition Hall
Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground
Lincoln Road, Winthorpe
Newark
NG24 2NY


UNIFORMS OF THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR 2

H29555 UNIFORMS OF THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR 2) THE FRENCH ARMY 1870 / Marrrion, Bob & Shann, Steve. 172p. 40 color uniform plates, photos etc. Bob's last unfinished work has been ably edited by the expert in the F-P war, Steve Shann, who has molded this work on what the French actually wore on campaign into a fine companion to the Prussian volume, and a tribute to Bob's legacy. £35.00 GBP

H29556 Handbook for the Projector, Rocket, 3-inch 1942 (Z artillery) / War Office 1942 130p. illus. pull-outs. Mint pbk POD reprint. Unrotated rockets fired in barrages against German bombers, and manned in the main by the Home Guard. Little has been published about them, and very few photographs. MLRS has been able to obtain three pamphlets on the subject, and they are combined into one publication. The three pamphlets are: The original and '"Z" A.A. Artillery' of 1942 and 1943. Fully illustrated with photographs of the launcher and details of the ammunition. All foldouts are included in their rightful positions. A rare and interesting piece of history. £27.50 GBP

H29557 NORTHOVER PROJECTOR & 29mm SPIGOTT MORTAR (Blacker Bombard) / – 100p. reprint of 1941 + 1942 training manuals. The first is a typescrpt, no doubt copied when manuals were in short supply. Inc. photos and pull-outs £25.00 GBP

BELLOLUDI MUSKETS

H29558 BELLOLUDI MUSKETS: skirmish rules for the period of 1700-1865 / – Rules & Cards Bundle. A skirmish game for the period of 1700-1865. It covers skirmishes for the well-known American War of Independence and Napoleonic Wars, among others. £27.50 GBP

H29559 BELLOLUDI MUSKETS: skirmish rules for the period of 1700-1865 / – RULES ONLY (Note the skirmish card deck available separately - Very good for any skirmish rules/Fog of War situation) a skirmish game for the period of 1700-1865. It covers skirmishes for the well-known American War of Independence and Napoleonic Wars among others. £16.50 GBP

H29560 Warships in the Spanish Civil War / Konstam, A. Osprey New Vanguard 300. SHIPPING NOW. £11.50 GBP

H29561 Armies of the War of the Grand Alliance 1688-97 / – Osprey Men-at-Arms 541. SHIPPING NOW. £11.50 GBP

H29562 Japanese Soldier vs U.S. Soldier NEW GUINEA 1942-44 / – Osprey Combat 60. SHIPPING NOW £12.95 GBP

H29563 P-47 Thunderbolt vs German Flak Defenses WESTERN EUROPE 1943-45 / – Osprey Duel 114. SHIPPING NOW. £12.95 GBP

Panjshir Valley 1980-86

H29564 Panjshir Valley 1980-86 THE LION TAMES THE BEAR IN AFGHANISTAN / – Osprey Campaign 369. SHIPPING NOW £14.50 GBP


The list below includes some of the Duncan Macfarlane Book Collection with proceeds going to the Gurkha Welfare Trust.


52001 FLASHPOINT VIETNAM RULES / – designed for 15mm but easily convertible to 28mm. Large format. Good condition pbk. £17.50 GBP

52002 ENGLISH CIVIL WAR SCENARIOS 2 / Giglio, R. 12 scenarios, maps, orbats, large format pbk. New but creased cover. £15.00 GBP

52003 Equipements militaires de 1600 a 1870 v) 1804-1815 (II) La Gard Imperiale / Petard 112p. Large format very well illustrated French text. Detailed line drawings of equipment from the 1812 and Imperial Garde regulations. £60.00 GBP

52004 Flanders 1915: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) / Cooksey, Jon. P.back. 144 pages. Bl. and wh. photographs. Condition like new. Small knock to corner of cover. £4.25 GBP

52005 Flags of the Union, The: An Illustrated History / Cannon Jr., Deveraux D. P.back. 96 pages. Fully illustr. in color and bl. and wh. Condition v. good. New book. Minor damage to front cover. £25.00 GBP

52007 Flags of the Civil War / Katcher, P. P.back. 144 pages. Illustr. in color and bl. and wh. The 3 Osprey ACW MAA in one near-fine pbk. Condition like new. £17.95 GBP

52008 50-Gun Ship: A Complete History / Winfield, Rif. Large format P.back. 128 pages. Bl. and wh. illustr. throughout. Condition like new. £9.95 GBP

52009 Fallschirmjäger At The Gran Sasso: The Liberation of Mussolini by German parachutists on 12th September 1943 / Lopez, Oscar Gonzalez. P.back. 64 pages. Illustr. in color and bl. and wh. Condition like new. £8.50 GBP

52010 FALLSCHIRMJAGER 1936-1945 German Parachute Troops. An illustrated history. / Stahl, Peter. P.back. 56 pages. Bl. and wh. photographs. Condition good. £5.00 GBP

52011 Fanfares et musiques des troupes à cheval 1640 1940 Les uniformes du premier empire Tome X / Bucquoy, Cdt. P.back. 126 pages. French text. Illustr. in color and bl. and wh. throughout. Condition like new/very good. Light surface wear only. £65.00 GBP

52012 F-86 Sabre in Action – Aircraft No. 33 / Davis, Larry. P.back. 49 pages. Bl. and wh. illustr. throughout. Condition like new. £12.00 GBP

52014 Eyewitness Accounts of the Thirty Years War / Mortimer, Geoff. Hd.back. 214 pages. Condition like new. Near fine. £49.00 GBP

52015 First Punic War: A Military History / Lazenby, J.F. P.bck. 205p. Some bl. and wh. illustr. Condition like new. £30.00 GBP

52016 Flower of Purpose: Memoir of Princess Elizabeth Stuart, 1635-50 Royal Stuart Society Paper VIII / Cole, Susan. PBK, 24p, Pamphlet booklet. Condition like new. £6.50 GBP

52017 1st Infantry Division - U.S.: The Big Red One (Spearhead Series 6) / Westwell, Ian. P.back. 96 pages. Color and bl. and wh. photographs throughout. Condition like new. £5.49 GBP

52018 Fighting for Napoleon: French Soldiers' Letters 1799-1815 / Wilkin & Wilkin Hd.back. 184 pages. Illustr.in bl. and wh. Condition new. Unread. £7.50 GBP

52019 Fighting for the Faith: Crusade and Jihad 1000-1500 AD / Nicolle, David. Hd.back. 224 pages. Some bl. and wh. illustr. Condition new. Unread. £5.00 GBP

52020 Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World, 3000 BC-AD 500 / Anglim, Simon etc. Hd.back. Publ. 1990. 256 pages. Illustr. in full color and bl. and wh. Condition very good. £7.50 GBP

52021 Fighting Quaker: The Southern Campaigns Of General Nathaniel Greene / Thane, Elswyth. PBK 288p. Some bl. and wh. illustr. Condition good. 1977 printing. Cover a bit tatty. Internally very good. £22.00 GBP

52022 First Afghan War 1839-42 and Its Causes / Durand, Maj-General Sir Henry. P.back. 195p large format letterpress reprint. Near mint. £10.50 GBP

52023 First Bull Run 1861: The South's First Victory (Praeger Illustrated Military History) / Hankinson, Alan. Hd.back. 96 pages. Illustr. in bl. and wh. Condition very good. Hardback. Osprey Campaign. £8.50 GBP

52024 First Battle of Newbury / Barratt, J. P.back. 156 pages. Bl. and wh. illustr. Condition like new. Looks unread. £8.00 GBP

52025 FEUDAL MILITARY SERVICE IN ENGLAND: A STUDY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND MILITARY POWERS OF THE BARONES IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND / Sanders, Ivor John. Hardback, 1980 reprint of the 1956 publication, 174 pages. Like new. £45.00 GBP

52026 Field Marshal Lord Ligonier: A story of the British Army, 1702-1770 / Whitworth, Rex. Hd.back. 422 pages. Illustr. in bl. and wh. Condition good/very good. Ex. lib. £15.00 GBP

52027 Featherstone's Complete Wargaming / Featherstone, Donald. Hd.back. 208 pages. Illustr. in full color and bl. and wh. Condition very good. £8.95 GBP

52028 Field Uniforms of German Army Panzer Forces in World War II / Pruett. 320p.large format. Slight bump to corners.Otherwise near fine hardback. Very well illus. with color plates of original uniforms, etc. £50.00 GBP

52030 Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses (Military series) / Haigh, Philip A. Hd.back. 206 pages. Illustr.in bl. and wh. Condition very good. £5.00 GBP

52031 German Squad Tactics in World War II / Gajkowski LF. 99p ill – Nafziger series. Slight shelf edge wear to new book. £30.00 GBP

52032 ESSAYS ON THE NAPOLEONIC WAR vol 1) / Nafziger, George F. 80p. LF. Austerlitz: Russian artillery at Borodino; British Manpower; 11 Essays. New pbk. Some external wear to cover. £15.99 GBP

52033 ENGLISH RESISTANCE: THE UNDERGROUND WAR AGAINST THE NORMANS / Rex, Peter. Pbk, pub. 2004, 224 pages, black-and-white illustrations. New book. Mint. £12.95 GBP

52034 Emperor Alexander Severus: Rome's Age of Insurrection, AD222-235 / John S. McHugh. Hd.back. 335 pages. Illustr. in color. Condition new. £7.50 GBP

52035 FRENCH SOURCES FOR THE EXPEDITION TO EGYPT / – Hardbound photocopies of various articles and memoirs, etc. 200+ p. French text. Un Soldat d'Italie et d'Egypte / Expedition d'Egypte / Les Drapeaux et Etendards de l'Armee d'Italie et de l'Armee d'Egypte / Souvenirs d'un marin de la Legion nautique / Rapport du Voyage de la demy-djerme 'La Venitienne' / La Mission d'Escorches de Sainte-Croix. £85.00 GBP

52036 Military Uniforms in America the Era of the American Revolution 1755-1795 / Elting, John R. Hd.back. 140 pages. Part of Company of Military Historians series. Illustr. in full color with lovely hand-painted figures. No dust cover and outside a bit faded, but internally cond. very good. £25.75 GBP

52037 ENGLISH OCCUPATION OF TOURNAI 1513-1519 / Cruickshank, C.G. Hdbk, pub. 1971, 301 pages. VG cond apart from tear to dust jacket. £35.00 GBP

52038 English in Spain: Or, the Story of the War of Succession Between 1834 and 1840 / Duncan, Francis. Paperback, facsimile of 1877 edition, published 2010, 344 pages. Like new. Near fine. £22.00 GBP

52039 ENGLISH NAVAL FORCES 1199-1272 / Brooks, F. W. Hardback, pub. c. 1933, 228 pages. Some markings to front cover. Otherwise, good condition, nice tight copy. £7.50 GBP

52040 Illustrated Encyclopaedia of English Battlefields / Rayner, Michael. Hardback, pub. 2004, 414 pages, illustrations and photographs. New, mint. £7.50 GBP

52041 End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C. / Drews, Robert. Hd.back. 252 pages. Some bl. and wh. illustr. Condition new. £45.00 GBP

52042 Siege Warfare: Fortress in the Age of Vauban and Frederick the Great, 1660-1789 v.2: / Duffy, Christopher. Hd.back. 318 pages. Illustr. in bl. and wh. Condition externally slight shelf edge wear. Internally like new. £50.00 GBP

52043 Sedgemoor, 1685: From Monmouth's Invasion to the Bloody Assizes / Chandler, David G. Hd.back. 216 pages. Illustr. in bl. and wh. Condition very good. Light normal wear only. £25.00 GBP

52044 Rome in Africa. (Third edition.) / Raven, Susan. PBK, 254p, Illustr. in bl. and wh. Condition like new. £28.00 GBP

52045 Russian Hussar: A Story of the Imperial Cavalry 1911-1920 / Littauer, Vladimir. Hd.back. 303 pages. Illustr.in bl. and wh. Condition very good. Light normal wear only. £25.00 GBP

52046 1001 Battles That Changed the Course of World History / Doughty, Brig. Gen. R. Hd.back. 960 pages. Illustr. in full color and bl. and wh. Tear to back dust cover. Condition overall very good. £39.50 GBP

52047 English Year: A month by month guide to the nation's customs and festivals' from May Day to Mischief Night. / Roud, Steve. Hd.back. Publ. 1990. 467 pages. Illustr. in full color and bl. and wh. Condition like new. Light shelf edge wear. Otherwise looks unread. £18.95 GBP

52048 Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution / Dubois, Laurent. P.back. 357 pages. Bl. and wh. illustr. Condition very good. £14.95 GBP

52049 Canadian Military Heritage Vol.1 1000-1754 / Chartrand, R. Hd.back. Still in unopened original shrink wrap. New. Mint. £28.95 GBP

52050 Chronicles of Lake George: Journeys in War and Peace. / Bellico, Russell P. P.back. 415 pages. Condition like new. Looks unread. £20.00 GBP

52051 Eye in the Storm: An American War Correspondent's Experiences of the First World War from the Western Front to Gallipoli - And Beyond / Ruhl, Arthur. P.back. 231 pages. Condition new. Mint. Looks unread. £9.95 GBP

52052 East India Company and Army Reform, 1783-1798 (Harvard Historical Monographs) / Callahan, Raymond. Hd.back. 246 pages. Condition externally good. Dust cover a bit tatty. Internally near fine. £17.50 GBP

52053 Empire Of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America / Jennings, Francis. P.back. 520 pages. Condition very good. Light normal wear. £16.50 GBP

52054 Particular Duty: Canadian Rebellions, 1837-39 / Mann, Michael. Hdbk, 211 pages, b. & w. illustr. Externally very good. Internally near fine. Like new. £5.50 GBP

52055 People's Rising: Wexford, 1798 / Gahan, Daniel. P.back. 367 pages. Condition like new. Near fine. £14.00 GBP

52056 Pale Abyssinian: The Life of James Bruce, African Explorer and Adventurer / Bredin, Miles. Hd.back. 290 pages. bl. and wh. Condition very good. £7.00 GBP

52057 Panzer Aces II Battle Stories of German Tank Commanders of WWII / Kurowski, Franz. P.back. 492 pages. Bl. and wh. illustr. Mark to external page edges. Condition very good. £4.50 GBP

52058 Crisis of Rome: The Jugurthine and Northern Wars and the Rise of Marius / Sampson, Gareth C. Hd.back. Publ. 1990. 259 pages. Illustr.in bl. and wh. Condition new. £17.00 GBP

52059 Dade's Last Command / Laumer, Frank. Hd.back. 285 pages. Illustr. in bl. and wh. Condition like new. £34.95 GBP

52060 CORUNNA CAMPAIGN 1808-1809: A JOURNAL OF A CAVALRY OFFICER / Gordon, Alexander. Hdbk, 1990 facsimile of 1913 edition, 241 pages. Like new. £10.00 GBP

52061 Cromwell's Army: History of the English Soldier During the Civil Wars, the Commonwealth and the Protectorate. / Firth, C.H. Hd.back. 482 pages. Condition like new. £16.00 GBP

52062 ROLLUP THAT MAP: GERMANY 1805 / ET SANS RESULTANT SCENARIO BOOK: 150p. full-color maps, inc 40 pages color uniform details. Near fine large format pbk. £45.00 GBP

52063 Early Medieval Settlements: The Archaeology of Rural Communities in North-West Europe 400-900 (Medieval History and Archaeology) / Hamerow, Helena. Hd.back. 225 pages. Illustr.in bl. and wh. Condition new. Small knock to corner. £45.00 GBP

52064 Early Organization and Tactics of American Tank Destroyer Units (FM 17-5, June 16, 1942) (Nafziger Collection Reprint) / NAFZIGER, GEORGE F PAPERBACK. PUBLISHED IN 2000. APPROX 103 PAGES. ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. COVER A BIT TIRED. OTHERWISE VERY GOOD CONDITION. £25.00 GBP

52065 Early Modern Systems of Command: Queen Anne’s Generals, Staff Officers and the Direction of Allied Warfare in the Low Countries and Germany, 1702–1711 / Stansfield, Stewart. New hd.back. 316 pages. £21.50 GBP

52066 1809 – Thunder on the Danube – Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs: 1 Abensberg / Gill, John H. Hd.back. 496 pages. Illustr. in bl. and wh. Dust cover missing. Condition very good. £20.00 GBP

52067 1809 – Thunder on the Danube – Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs: 1 Abensberg / Gill, John H. Hd.back. 496 pages. Illustr.in bl. and wh. Condition very good. £24.99 GBP

52068 Eastern Front: Armour, Camouflage and Markings, 1941-45 / Zaloga, Steven J. Large format pbk. V. well ill. in color. Near fine. £7.50 GBP

52069 Elizabeth Widville, Lady Grey: Edward IV's Chief Mistress and the 'Pink Queen' / Ashdown-Hill, John. Hd.back. Publ. 1990. 238 pages. Illustr. in bl. and wh. Condition new. £17.75 GBP

52070 Empire of the French: A Chronology of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815 / Taylor. Mint hardback. 384 pages. £12.50 GBP

52071 Engineers in the Italian Campaign 1943-1945 / Office Supreme Commander 180p, 80- illus. facsimile PRINT ON DEMAND pbk reprint. British engineer campaign history; Fascinating read on the full range of tasks undertaken by the engineers. New book. Ex. display. Slight shelf wear. £26.00 GBP

52072 ELCHO of the 45 / Wemyss, Alice P.Back. Publ. 2003. 223 pages. no Illus. excellent. Cond like New £11.95 GBP

52073 Edward I's Conquest of Wales / Davies, Sean. 220p. mint hardback. Strategy, tactics and organization of both sides and re-assessment of the Castle program. £8.50 GBP

52074 Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judaea / Grainger, John D. Hd.back. 206 pages. Illustr. in full color and bl. and wh. Condition new. £16.50 GBP

52075 1812: Russia's Patriotic War / Spring, Laurence. Hd.back. 288 pages. Illustr.in bl. and wh. Condition like new. £9.50 GBP

52076 Egypt After the Pharaohs: 332 B.C.-A.D.642 / Bowman, Alan K. Hd.back. 264 pages. Illustr. in bl. and wh. Condition very good. £11.95 GBP

52077 ENGINEERING THE VICTORY: Battle of the Bulge – A History (Schiffer Military Aviation History (Hardcover)) / Pergrin, Col. David. Hd.back. 441 pages. Illustr. in bl. and wh. Condition new book with shelf edge wear. £16.00 GBP

52078 Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History: Between China and the Islamic World / Biran, Michal. 2890p. near mint hbk. Military and political history of a C12th Empire from Bukhara in the West to Mongolia in the East with Tibet to its south, conquered by the Mongols. £48.00 GBP

52079 1815: The Armies at Waterloo / Pericoli, Ugo. Hd.back. 174 pages. Illustr. in full color and bl. and wh. Dust cover missing. Condition internally, very good. £7.50 GBP

52080 1815 the Return of Napoleon: Bonaparte's March Back to Power (Napoleonic Library) / Austin, Paul Britten. Hd.back. 336 pages. Illustr. in bl. and wh. Condition new. £6.50 GBP

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