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Looking forward to our next event, which will be Carronade in Falkirk on the 20th of May. We look forward to seeing you all there and don't forget, we are taking pre-orders for collection at the show, so if there's anything that you want, just let us know by email.

TANKS pre-orders are being taken through the website and it's looking to be extremely popular, so get your order in quickly to avoid disappointment. The first wave of add-ons will be released at the same time, and we've got a few offers on to help you start your collection. See below and check out our website for the post-free pre-order special deals.

The Zvezda range expands with a few new 15mm vehicles and 1:144 aircraft. Full details below and available to order on the website. Don't forget, spend over £16.50 GBP on any figures through our website and get them post-free worldwide! We've also got five-box deals on Zvezda which include the new releases, so hurry over to the Caliver website to place your order today!

Warlord's latest release, Project Z, is flying off the shelves and looks fantastic. Don't forget we've got the complete range and it's all post-free!

Finally, we've got another cheap list of books for you at the bottom of this message. All are £7.50 GBP in the U.K. or £8.50 GBP outside the U.K., including P&P.


H24599 - Saxon Artillery 1733-1827/Summerfield, S 216 pages. Paperback reprint. Very well illustrated. Color on nearly every page. Includes scale plans of artillery and equipment, plus uniform plates. Development and use of artillery from before the Seven Years War to the end of the Napoleonic. £27.50 GBP

H24600 - Weathering Magazine 15: What If – 80 pages. Full color glossy modelling and painting magazine. 1946 articles, different cammo schemes for modern vehicles – Wunderwaffe and Nazi robots with a Tie Fighter thrown in for good measure. £8.00 GBP

H24601 - L'Armee Russe Sous Le Tsar 1er De 1805 – 1815 (Russian army of Tsar Alexander I)/Gayda and Krijitsky 181 pages. All color illustrations. Large format hardback. 50 color plates of uniforms and flags now printed in hardback. French text with English captions. £37.50 GBP

H24602 - Russo-Turkish War 1768-1774: Catherine II and the Ottoman Empire/Davies 340 pages. Mint paperback. Study of one of the most decisive conflicts of the C18th. £24.50 GBP

H24605 - TANKS! Panther vs Sherman Starter Set – Exciting, new, easy-play one-on-one game which includes all the rules, tokens, templates, terrain, dice, as well as two 15mm Sherman tanks and one 15mm Panther tank. Enough to get started plus loads of expansions to come. £16.49 GBP

H24606 - TANKS! U.S. Sherman Addon – 15mm Sherman tank to add onto the exciting TANKS! game. £6.25 GBP

H24607 - TANKS! U.S. Pershing Addon – 15mm American Pershing heavy tank to add onto the exciting TANKS! game. £6.25 GBP

H24608 - TANKS! German StuG IIIG Addon – 15mm German StuG III G Assault Gun to add onto the exciting TANKS! game £6.25 GBP

H24609 - TANKS! German Panzer IV Addon – 15mm German Panzer IV tank to add onto the exciting TANKS! game. £6.25 GBP

H24610 - TANKS! German Panther Addon – 15mm German Panther tank to add onto the exciting TANKS! game. £6.25 GBP

H24611 - TANKS! British Sherman Firefly Expansion – 15mm British Sherman Firefly tank to add onto the exciting TANKS! game. £6.25 GBP

H24612 - New Zvezda 15mm WWII Soviet Vehicles – SU-100, SU-152, T-34/76 all available to order now. £3.00 GBP

H24613 - New Zvezda 15mm German WWII Vehicles – Ferdinand Tank Destroyer available to order now on our website. Buy over £16.50 GBP for post-free worldwide. £3.00 GBP

H24614 - New Zvezda 1:144 Aircraft – Polikarpov I-16 and Lavochkin LA-5M available to order now through the website. £3.00 GBP

H24615 - Wargames Illustrated 343/Soldiers of the Queen – Sharp Practice II – The Men Who Would be Kings – Painting LVT Tanks £5.00 GBP

43276 - Dress Regulations 1900/Carman, W.Y good reading copy, hardback 188 pages and 70+ plates. £9.50 GBP

43277 - WWII Tank Encyclopedia/Restayn, Jean near mint, hardback, 176 pages, illustrated. £23.00 GBP

43278 - Capture of Louisbourg 1758/Boscawen, H near mint slight shelf wear, hardback, 466 pages. £18.50 GBP

43279 - Uniforms of the Imperial and Soviet Russia in Color/Kenny, Robert W good condition though back of jacket torn, hardback, 199 pages illustrated. £23.00 GBP

43280 - British Grenadiers, Three Hundred and Fifty Years of the First Regiments of Foot Guards 1656-2006/Hanning, H near mint slight shelf wear, hardback, 320 pages, illustrated. £18.00 GBP

43281 - Kitchener's Army/Westlake, R slight shelf wear, hardback, 176 pages, illustrated. £5.00 GBP

43282 - Flags and Standards of the Napoleonic Wars/Over, Keith light shelf wear, paperback, 112 pages, illustrated. £9.00 GBP

43283 - Napoleonic Armies, A Wargamer's Company Directory 1805-1815/Johnson, Ray near mint slight shelf wear, hardback, 148 pages. £10.00 GBP

43284 - Warriors of Rome/Simkins, Michael slight shelf wear, hardback, 160 pages, illustrated. £5.00 GBP

43285 - Cut of Men's Clothes 1600-1900/Waugh, Norah slight shelf wear, hardback, 160 pages, illustrated. £59.00 GBP

43286 - Tales from the King's African Rifles/Nunneley, John ex-library though good condition, hardback, 211 pages. £22.00 GBP

43287 - Steel Fortress, The Russian T-28 Medium Tank/Baryatinsky, Mikhail and Kinnear, Jim mint, paperback, 128 pages illustrated. £16.50 GBP

43288 - Wargaming in History, Waterloo/Grant, Charles ex-library slight shelf wear, paperback, 111 pages, illustrated. £16.00 GBP

43289 - Army Lists 1420-1700/Gush, George near mint slight shelf wear, paperback, 70 pages. £12.00 GBP

43290 - De Bellis Antiquitatis/Wargames Research Group near mint slight shelf wear, paperback, 20 pages, 1st edition. £7.50 GBP

43291 - History of Corsets in Pictures/Crawford, M.D.C and Guernsey, Elizabeth A. near mint slight shelf wear, paperback, 40 pages, illustrated. £6.00 GBP

43292 - Bloody Barons: Peter Pig 15mm wargames rules – near fine slight wear to spine. £9.50 GBP

43293 - Field of Battle 1700-1900AD/Oman, Brent 1st edition rules near fine. Stand alone Piquet. £9.50 GBP

43294 - Triumphs and Disasters, Eye Witness Accounts of the Netherlands Campaign 1813-1814/Bamford, Andrew near mint slight shelf wear, hardback, 250 pages. £14.00 GBP

43295 - Essling, Napoleon's First Defeat? Men and Battles/Boue, Giles near mint slight shelf wear, paperback, 82 pages, illustrated. £8.10 GBP

43296 - History of the Panzerwaffe/Anderson, Thomas near mint slight shelf wear, hardback, 304 pages, illustrated. £18.10 GBP

43297 - Guns and the Rifles of the World/Blackmore, Howard L. slight shelf wear, hardback, 134 pages, illustrated. £5.50 GBP

43298 - Defeat Disaster and Dedication: Two Hessian Diaries/Burgoyne 142 pages. Near fine paperback. Regiment's in Rall's Brigade at Trenton. £9.50 GBP

43298 - Western Paintings of Frank C. McCarthy/Storz, Frank (edited) slight shelf wear, paperback, 45 pages, illustrated. £14.00 GBP

43299 - Military Uniforms of Britain and the Empire/Money Barnes, Major R. shelf wear and aging, hardback, 346 pages, illustrated. £11.00 GBP

43300 - Franco-Prussian War 1870/May, Robin and Embleton, G.A slight shelf wear and aging, hardback, 81P pages, illustrated. £22.50 GBP

43301 - Kaisers Aces Number 1/Murawski, Marek J. mint slight shelf wear, paperback, 68 pages, illustrated with decals. £27.00 GBP

43302 - European Hand Firearms of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries/Jackson, Herbert J. slight shelf wear with small tear on the jacket, hardback, 108 pages, illustrations. £21.00 GBP

43303 - Steel Rain, Waffen-SS Panzer Battles in the West 1944-1945/Ripley, Tim slight shelf wear, hardback, 224 pages illustrated. £11.00 GBP

43304 - Battles of the American Civil War/ O'Shea, Richard slight self wear, hardback, 176 pages, illustrated. £9.00 GBP

43305 - Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince/Barber, Richard near mint slight shelf wear, paperback, 139 pages. £11.00 GBP

43306 - Bronze Age Military Equipment/Howard, Don mint slight shelf wear, hardback, 169 pages, illustrated. £9.00 GBP

43307 - A A Few Well-Positioned Castles, The Norman Art of War/Prior, Stuart near mint slight shelf wear, paperback, 256 pages, illustrated. £22.50 GBP

43308 - Heroes and Warriors, Fionn Mac Cumhail. Champion of Ireland/Matthews, John near mint slight shelf wear, paperback, 48 pages, illustrated. £6.00 GBP

43309 - British Military Uniforms/Laver, James slight shelf wear, paperback, 37 pages + plates. £6.00 GBP

43310 - May It Please Your Highness, The Correspondence of Prince Rupert/Lewis, John (edited) mint slight shelf wear, paperback, 114 pages, some illustrations. £7.50 GBP


Here's the list of cheap books. Remember, these are first come, first serve at £7.50 GBP including postage in the U.K., £8.50 GBP including postage outside the U.K..

WWI Naval Rules Skytrex - mint, paperback, rules 1:1000 – 1:3000 scale.

Wellington's Army - Rogers, HCB very good condition, hardback, 150 pages, very well illustrated.

Tale of A Field Hospital - Treve, Frederick Board cover, 1900, 110 pages. Very good condition. Rebound in cloth covers. Minimal wear to pages.

To the Last Man Spring 1918 - Macdoald, Lyn slight shelf wear. Hardback: containing 382 pages and some illustrations.

Welsh Wars of Independence: C.410-1415 - D Moore hardback. 284 pages. 2005. Excellent.

U.S. Civil War Rifleman - Windrow, Martin Hardback. Published 1985. 32 pages. color illustrations. Condition good, but book shows signs of shelfwear due to age.

Waffen SS at War (1) the Early Years 1939-1942 - Michulec, Robert Published 2006, 52 pages, illustrated in black-and-white and color, new book, mint condition.

There's No Other Way: Autobiography of Frank Deegan - Deegan, Frank Paperback, 1980, 108 pages. Very good condition with slight aging. An autobiographical account of the life and service of a member of the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War.

Tewkesbury, Eclipse of the House of Lancaster - Goodchild, Steven. Paperback. Published 2005. 160 pages. Illustrated. Black-and-white throughout some, color. Condition new, slight shelfwear.

Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Force, 1794-1914: Yeomanry Drum Banners and Mounted Bands - Harris, R. G.; Illustrator Marrion, R. J. Paperback. Published 1991. 32 pages. Black-and-white. Plates throughout. Very good. Slight shelf edge wear. Slight external markings.

Unjust Enrichment: How Japan's Companies Built Post-War Fortunes on the Backs of American POWs - G. Holmes, Linda Hardback. Published 2001. 202 Pages. Black-and-white Illustrations throughout. Condition Mint. Slight shelfwear.

Wartime Disasters at Sea: Every Passenger Ship Loss in World Wars I and II - Williams, David Hardback, published 1997, 248 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. Light shelf wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good.

World Encyclopaedia of Model Soldiers Garratt, John G. Hardback. Published 1981. 209 pages. Some black-and-white and color plates. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight external markings.

Tournament: A Chivalric Way of Life - David Crouch little shelf wear 2005; Hardcover – clean copy – 288 pages.

Wellington In India, A Wargamers Guide - Stuart Grant, Charles and Asquith Stuart paperback, published 1995, 72 pages, illustrated in black-and-white throughout, in new condition.

Work and Play with Ex-Military Vehicles Including Canadian Register - Marchant, John W. paperback, 98 pages. Black-and-white photos. Very good condition.

Seafarers, Merchants and Pirates in the Middle Ages - D Meir Hardback. Pages 184. Published 2006. Condition excellent.

Three Napoleonic Battle - Harold T. Parker Paperback. Published 1988. 235 pages. Illustrated black-and-white maps. Used, like new condition slight marking to cover.

Virginia: Confederate Military History, Vol. 3 - Hotchkiss, Jed Hardcover in jacket, 692 pages, Jacket has seen better days with some wear and tear, but the book is readable and tight throughout.

Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - Paine, Lincoln. Hardback. Published 1997. Black-and-white illustrations. Condition very good.

Zulu Army and Zulu Headmen (The Zulu Army in Attack Formation) Various Paperback, Published 2009, 48 pages, no illustrations, used-like new, slight shelfwear.

Vol. 15 Journal of Armored Assault and Heliborne Warfare Concord Publications. Paperback. Published in 2006, 48 pages. New condition with slight shelfwear to cover. illustrations throughout.

Waterways of War – The Struggle of Empire 1754-1763 - Benson, Steve Paperback 60 pages, mint condition color photos.

There was a Soldier: First-Hand Accounts of the Scottish soldier from 1707 to the Present Day Konstam, Angus Slight shelf wear. Hardback: Containing 343 pages with some illustrations.

Wellington's Scapegoat: The Tragedy of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan - Hunter, Archie Hardcover. Published 2003. 212 pages. Some color illustrations. New book. Light display wear.

Sea Service Medals: Military Decorations of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard - L. Borch, Fred and P. McDowell, Charles Hardback – Published 2009 – 180 pages – Full-color illustrations throughout – Condition mint new slight shelfwear.

Second Manassas 1862 - Langellier, John Hardcover. Published 2004. Praeger illustrated Military History Series. 96 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Condition like new.

War Stories: Swift Boaters, Winter Soldiers, and False Atrocity Tales Kulik, Gary Hardback, published 2009. 305 pages. Condition. New condition slight shelfwear.

William Wallace: Man and Myth - G Morton Paperback. Pages 218. Published 2001. Near fine.

Samurai: The story of a Warrior Tradition - Cook, Harry. Hardcover. Published 1993. 143 pages. Full-color illustrations throughout. Good clean copy. Condition very good.

War and Society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620 - R. Hale good condition, paperback, pages 286.

Second World War in the Far East Willmott. H.P. Hardback. Published 1999. Pages 224. Color, black-and-white Illustrations, used, good condition, slight mark on cover.

Unbekannte Furher: Hitler Come Non L'Avete Mai Visto! - Cristini, Luca, S paperback; published 2012; 79 pages; copious illustrations; immaculate condition.

Strike Force - Ismc Spec. Ops - Von Hassell, Agostino Hardback – Published 1991 – 141 Pages – Full-color illustrations throughout – Condition like new condition slight shelfwear.

Thirty Years War - Parker, Geoffrey Shelf worn, paperback, 340 pages.

Thunderbolt, From the Battle of the Bulge to Vietnam and Beyond: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times - Sorley, Lewis Shelf worn, hardback, 429 pages.

Victory 1918 - Palmer, Alan slight shelf wear, 368 pages. A few black-and-white pictures.

Waffen-SS Divisions 1939-45 - Bishop, Chris shelf wear, hardback, 192 pages, fully-illustrated.

Special Ops: Journal of the Elite Forces and S.W.A.T. Units – v. 43 Arthur, Gordon paperback, published 2008, 64 pages, illustrated in black-and-white, slightly worn at edges of cover.

World War II Infantry in Color Photographs - Mirouze, Laurent paperback – Published 1995 – 66 Pages – Full-color illustrations throughout – Condition mint new with slight shelfwear and yellowing of front cover.

Soviet Armor Tactics in World War II: Red Army Armor Tactics from Individual Vehicle to Company from the Combat Regulations of 1944 - Sharp, Charles C. Soft cover. Published 2010. 110 pages. Nafziger publication. Condition like new.

We Remember D-Day - Frank Shaw, Joan Shaw Some minor damage to dust jacket, but has no tears, pages are immaculate. Hardback, 290 pages.

War Drama of the Eagles - Fraser, Edward paperback, published 2000, 443 pages, in really good condition.

Topography of the Battle of Plataea: The City of Plataea. The Field of Leuctra Grundy, George Beardoe Paperback, 76 pages, no illustrations, new book, mint condition.

War Without Garlands. Operation Barbarossa 1941/42 - Kershaw, Robert hardback cover with 256 pages, and black-and-white pictures. Condition like new.

Tail of the Storm - Cockrell, Alan. Soft cover. Still in sealed shrink wrap. Mint. One copy only.

Us Elite Counter-Terrorist Forces - S. F. Tomajczyk Paperback, published 1997. 128 pages. Full-color illustrations. Condition new, but with slight shelfwear.

Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Force, 1794-1914: Staffordshire Yeomanry v. 15 Smith, R. J.; Coogan, C. R. Paperback. Published 1993. 32 pages. Black-and-white plates throughout. New. Mint. Slight shelf edge wear.

Stockpile: The Story Behind 10,000 Strategic Nuclear Weapons - J Miller Hardback. Pages 262. Published 2010.

Short History of Costume and Armor 1066 – 1800 - Kelly, Francis M and Schwabe, Randolph Hardback, published 1972, 168 pages. Illustrated black-and-white throughout. Shelf wear to dustjacket, otherwise excellent.

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