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An exciting week sees the release of our Wargamer's Annual Summer Special 2015 – available now! It's packed full of loads of stuff, and there's bound to be something for everybody.

If you'd like to see your vignettes included in the next annual, we're now open for submissions!

Those dozens of you who've patiently been waiting for the new AVP game won't have much longer to wait, as we'll be shipping this week! Until we do ship, it's not too late to take advantage of our pre-production special offer!

We've also got exciting news at Minifigs, as our popular Napoleonic Ottoman range is being added to with a bunch of new figures – check out the Minifigs website for details!

Plus! As an extra special offer, we've got another clear-out list of cheap books at the bottom of this article – they're all £7.50 GBP post-free anywhere in the world!


H23909 - Historische Uniformen C18th. French Guard & Infantry, British & Prussian Infantry / Funcken German Edition. 156p, 70 full-color plates. Near mint Hardback. No jacket as published. tape to bottom of front cover £16.50 GBP

H23910 - Historische Uniformen Napoleon Volume 1) French Line, British, Prussian & Spanish Troops / Funcken German Edition. 156p, 70 full-color plates. Near mint Hardback. No jacket as published. £12.50 GBP

H23911 - Historische Uniformen C18th. 2) French British & Prusian Cavalry & Artillery + Other armies / Funcken German Edition. 156p, 70 full-color plates. Near mint Hardback. No jacket as published. £16.50 GBP

H23912 - Historische Uniformen Napoleon Volume 2) French Guard & Alied troops; Swedish Russian and Austrian Troops / Funcken German Edition. 156p, 70 full-color plates. Near mint Hardback. No jacket as published. £11.50 GBP

H23913 - Historische Uniformen 1815-1850. French British & Prussian armies / Funcken German Edition. 156p, 70 full-color plates. Near mint Hardback. No jacket as published. £35.00 GBP

H23914 - Ii- Samurai Heroes / Jones two dragons productions. 44p. inc color plates. pbk near mint 1 only £12.50 GBP

H23915 - Age of Napoleon 23 – 95th Rifles Special / – This thought to be lost issue, we've just found a few! £5.00 GBP

H23916 - L' Esercito Austriaco nel 1859 / Zannoni near mint pbk 1 only v wel il Italian Text, English captions 88p. £35.00 GBP

H23917 - Long Turkish War 1593 – 1606 2) (De Lange Turkenkrieg) / Mugnai & Flaherty full English & Italian text 80p. v well ill inc some fantastic color uniform plates Italian text £20.00 GBP

H23918 - Bergamo Nella Grande Guerra / Cristini 100 illustrations of the Italian army in WWI. Italian text, but minimal. some color images. 100p Excellent value £7.50 GBP

H23919 - Wargamer's Annual Summer Special 2015 / – 72 full-color large format pages of Summer fun for the gamer. Inc: Lay Hayes Sainted, Back of Beyond, French Indian wars campaign,, 1745 with a difference, Unusual Waterloo uniforms, WWII tactics, Vignette challenge and much more £13.50 GBP

41720 - Napoleon's Infantry Handbook / Crowdy, T. E Hardback. Publ. 2015. 283 pages. Some bl. and wh. plates. New. Slight shelf edge wear. Internally excellent. £13.00 GBP

41721 - Battle of Copenhagen 1801 / Felbaek, Ole Hardback. Publ. 1985. 270 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates. New. Slight shelf edge wear. Internally excellent. £12.99 GBP

41722 - Waterloo: Four Days that Changed Europe's Destiny / Clayton, Tim Hardback. Publ. 2014. 588 pages. A few color plates. A few bl. and wh. maps. Slight shelf edge wear. Small tear on dust jacket. Internally excellent. £19.50 GBP

41723 - Greek and Roman Warfare: Battle, Tactics and Trickery / Montagu, John D Hardback. Publ. 2006. 256 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates. Like new. Some shelf edge wear. Internally excellent. £11.00 GBP

41724 - Duel of Giants: Bismarck, Napoleon III, and the Origins of the Franco-Prussian War / Wetzel, David Paperback. Publ. 2001. 244 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Crease on front cover. £5.00 GBP

41725 - Uniforms of the American Civil War (Blandford color series) / Haythornthwaite, Philip Paperback. Publ. 1985. 192 pages. Some color plates. Good. Some shelf edge wear. Some markings on front and back cover. Yellowing of pages. £6.00 GBP

41726 - General Lee: His Campaigns in Virginia, 1861-1865 / Taylor, Walter H. Paperback. Publ. 1994. 314 pages. A few bl. and wh. maps. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight marking on back cover £7.00 GBP

41727 - Vietnam Photo Book / Edelman, Bernard. Paperback. Publ. 1986. Bl. and wh. plates throughout. Good. Some shelf edge wear. A few external markings. Slight crease on back cover £40.00 GBP

41728 - Glory & Honor Wargame Rules for The Seven Years War in Central Europe / Warren, Keith John Paperback. A few color plates. Inside a plastic cover. In very good condition. £11.00 GBP

41729 - Russian Armored Fighting Vehicles: World War II AFV Plans (World War II Afv Plans) / Bradford, George Paperback. Publ. 2007. 86 pages. Bl. and wh. plates throughout. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight marking on back cover £5.00 GBP

41730 - World Encyclopedia of Model Soldiers / Garratt, John G. Hardback. Publ. 1981. 209 pages. Some bl. and wh. and color plates. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight external markings. £5.00 GBP

41731 - Gloster Gladiator in action – Aircraft No. 187 / Harrison, W. A. Paperback. Publ. 2003. 49 pages. Bl. and wh. plates throughout. A few color plates. Like new. Slight shelf edge wear. £9.00 GBP

41732 - Iron Arm: The Mechanization of Mussolini's Army / sweet near fine pbk £3.50 GBP

41733 - Enemies of Rome: From Hannibal to Attila / Matyszak near fine hbk 290p. £4.00 GBP

41734 - English Civil War: A Military History / Young, BRig P & Holmes, Richard vgc pbk £3.50 GBP

41735 - Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe / Wheatcroft 320p. near mint pbk £6.50 GBP

41736 - European Hand Firearms of the 16th 17th & 18th Centuries… With a Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms / Jackson, H J large format v well ill. 105p. internally fine, tear to one page tatty jacket £10.00 GBP

41737 - Iron Marshal: Biography of Louis N. Davout / Gallaher ex-library but very good condition no jacket £31.50 GBP

41738 - Jewish Revolts Against Rome, A.D. 66-135: A Military Analysis / Bloom near mint pbk £17.50 GBP

41739 - Infantryman's Guide To Combat In Built-Up Areas / – 325p, large format well ill. near mint Modern 1980's U.S. manual but of interest & useful for WWII onwards £13.50 GBP

41740 - Jena 1806 / chandler Osprey campaign but in hardcover. Mint but slight stain inside cover and a crease to spine £7.00 GBP

41741 - Japanese Tank and Antitank Warfare / – 200p. facsimile of 2 WWII manuals. very good condition £8.00 GBP

41742 - Alert in the West / Heilmann, Willi Hardback. Publ. 2003. 159 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates. Like new. Some shelf edge wear. Slight markings on back cover. Internally excellent. £5.00 GBP

41743 - Hell They Called High Wood: Somme, 1916 / Norman, Terry Hardback. Publ. 1989. 256 pages. Some bl. and wh. plates. A few bl. and wh. maps. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Some page yellowing. £5.00 GBP

41744 - End of the Old Order, 1801-1805: v. 1: Napoleon and Europe / Kagan, Frederick W. Hardback. Publ. 2006. 774 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates. Like new. Some shelf edge wear. Internally excellent. £7.00 GBP

41745 - International Terrorism And American Foreign Relations, 1945-1976 / Kumamoto, Robert Hardback. Publ. 1999. 232 pages. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight markings to back of dust jacket. Internally excellent. £9.00 GBP

41746 - In the Service of the Tsar Against Napoleon: The Memoirs of Denis Davidov, 1806-14 / Troubetzkoy, Gregory Hardback. Publ. 1999. 223 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates. A few bl. and wh. maps. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. A few markings to back of dust jacket. £5.00 GBP

41747 - If Rome Hadn't Fallen: How the Survival of Rome Might Have Changed World History / Venning, Timothy Hardback. Publ. 2011. 184 pages. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Dust jacket has slight tear in corner. Internally excellent. £6.00 GBP

41748 - Japanese Army in North China, 1937-41: Problems of Political and Economic Control (East Asian historical monographs) / Li, Lincoln Hardback. Publ. 1975. 278 pages. A few bl. and wh. maps. Good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight tear on top of spine. A few markings on dust jacket. Internally excellent. £42.50 GBP

41749 - Japanese Order of Battle in World War II, Vol. 1: Organizational History of the Infantry, Armored and Depot Divisions of the Japanese Army / Underwood, John L. Paperback. Publ. 1999. 129 pages. New. Mint condition. Slight shelf wear. £33.00 GBP

41750 - English Civil War, 1642-1651: An Illustrated Military History / Haythornthwaite, Philip J. Hardback. Publ. 1996. 160 pages. Some bl. and wh. and color plates. New. Mint. Slight shelf edge wear. £13.50 GBP

41751 - First Reich: The German Army in the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 / Stone, David Hardback. Publ. 2002. 320 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates and maps. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Internally excellent. £20.00 GBP

41752 - Memoirs of My Service in the French Expedition to Egypt and Syria / Miot, M. J. Hardback. Publ. 1997. 168 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates. New. Slight shelf edge wear. Internally excellent £11.00 GBP

41753 - Examples of English Handwriting, 1150-1750 / Grieve, Hilda E. P. Paperback. Publ. 2004. 33 pages. Bl. and wh. plates throughout. Good. Some shelf edge wear. Some external markings on front/back cover. £13.00 GBP

41754 Excavating the Sutlers House / Starbuck, David R. Paperback. Publ. 2010. 118 pages. olour plates throughout. Like new. Very slight shelf edge wear. Small tear on back cover. Internally excellent £12.00 GBP

41755 - Exercise of The Small Arms And Great Guns for The Seamen On Board His Majesty's Ships (1778) / – Paperback. 44 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight creasing to cover. Internally excellent. £8.00 GBP

41756 - French Arms: France, Monaco (Armed Forces Handbooks) / Tarnstrom, Ronald Hardback. Publ. 2001. 830 pages. Some bl. and wh. plates. Some bl. and wh. maps. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Minor markings to front/back of dust jacket. Internally excellent. £27.00 GBP

41757 - English Sea Power 871-1100AD / Pullen-Appleby, John Hardback. Publ. 2005. 138 pages. A few bl. and wh. maps and plates. Good. Some shelf edge wear. A couple of small tears on front.back of dust jacket. Internally excellent £8.00 GBP

41758 - John Livingstone's diary: The diary of a covenanting minister, 1626-1667 / Livingstone, John Paperback. 60 pages. A few bl. and wh. maps. Good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight crease in bottom corner. A few markings on front/back cover. Internally excellent. £11.50 GBP

41759 - Junkers Ju 87 (Black Cross, Vol. 5) / Erfurth, Helmut Paperback. Publ. 2004. 79 pages. Bl. and wh. plates throughout. A few color plates. New. Very slight shelf edge wear. Internally excellent. £13.50 GBP

41760 - Everyday Fashions of the Fifties (Dover Fashion and Costumes) / Olian, Joanne Paperback. Publ. 2002. 120 pages. Bl. and wh. plates throughout. Good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight external marking on back cover. Crease on back cover. Internally excellent £6.00 GBP

41761 - Italy And Her Invaders, 476-535: Vol. III, Book IV: The Ostrogothic Invasion. / Hodgkin, Thomas Hardback. 653 pages. A few bl. and wh. maps. Good Some shelf edge wear. A few external markings. Some page yellowing. No dust jacket. £35.00 GBP

41762 - Journal Of James Hale, Late Serjeant In The Ninth Regiment Of Foot / Catley, Peter Paperback. Publ. 1998. 121 pages. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight markings on front cover. Internally excellent. £13.50 GBP

41763 - Junot's Invasion of Portugal, 1807-1808 / – Hardback. Publ. 2000. 189 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates and maps. New. Slight shelf edge wear. Internally excellent. £17.00 GBP

41765 - Iran at War: 1500-1988 (General Military) / Farrokh, Kaveh Hardback. Publ. 2011. 480 pages. A few color plates. Like new. Slight shelf edge wear. Slight page yellowing. Internally excellent. £8.00 GBP

41766 - F.A.Q. Volume 2 – Modulation Style – Airbrush Techniques by Adam Wilder (PAL) / Wilder, Adam Watched once. Case in excellent condition. £13.55 GBP


Here's the cheap list! Remember, these are first-come, first-served, so get your order in quick! Each book is just £7.50 GBP post-free!

Dangerous Assignment: An Artillery Forward Observer in World War II paperback, publ 2008, 247 pages, looks like new.
Alexander's Generals: Italian Campaign, 1944-45 Good hardback copy
Battle for Crete Hardback, Publ 1976, 306 pages, illustrated in black and white in centre pages, used-very good
Bloody April: Slaughter in the Skies over Arras, 1917 Near mint, very slight shelf wear.
Blue Helmets: The Strategy of UN Military Operations (Association of the United States Army) Paper back, Pages 319, Publ 200, Cond New (Shelf Wear)
BOWMEN OF ENGLAND 195p. pbk E/c pbk
Cavalry: The History of a Fighting Elite, 650BC-AD1914 large format near fine pbk. 100 full colour plates. fantastic book
CIVIL Wars of England Hardback, Publ. 1988. 272 pages. Some bl. and wh. illustrations. few bl. and wh. maps. Slight shelf wear, fine inside. Yellowing to pages.
DOODLEBUGS – The dramatic story of the flying bombs of world war 2. Paperback. Publ 1986. 548 Pages. B/w Illusts inside. Condition Cover yellowing and has shelf wear, internally very good.
English and Welsh Infantry Regiments: An Illustrated Record of Service from 1662-1994 book is in new condition, dust jacket has little shelf wear. Date of Publication: 1995. Frist edition.
Europe, 1780-1830 (General History of Europe) Near mint condition, slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Publisher: Longman 1989
Fall of napoleon. The final betrayal. Slight shelf edge wear.
FRENCH ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES, No.1: BATTLE TANKS Paperback, 1970, 30pp. Fully illustrated. Very good condition with one slight mark to cover but otherwise excellent.
German Army Handbook: April 1918 Hardback. Publ. 2008. 186 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates. A few bl. and wh. maps.
GLORIOUS OLD RELIC: THE FRENCH CASTLE AND OLD FORT NIAGARA Paperback, 1987, 120pp. Very good with slight wear around the edges.
Grand Battery: Guide and Rules for Napoleonic Wargames HB,211P.1998.Excellent
GUNS AND AMMO'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO BLACK POWDER Paperback 96 Pages B/w illustrations Good Condition
HANDBOOK OF IMPERIAL GERMANY Paperback, 2009, 333pp. Illustrated. Like new.
High Tide At Gettysburg: The Campaign in Pennsylvania Paperback. Publ. 1973. 462 pages. Slight crease to front cover. A few pages creased on inside.
HISTORY OF THE ART OF WAR: THE MIDDLE AGES 1905 edition vgc hardback 670p. C4th to C14th
Hitler and Nazi Germany: The Seduction of a Nation (Studymates) Paperback, Pub 2004, 226 pages, black and white illustrations, new book, mint condition
In Enemy Hands: A Prisoner in North Korea Paper back, Pages 230, Publ 1991, Cond New (Shelf Wear)
Iron Duke. A military biography of wellington. Slight shelf edge wear. Hbk
Lee the Soldier Hardback. Publ. 1996. 620 pages. A few bl. and wh. plates. Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Slight external markings
Moonless Night: The Second World War Escape Epic Like new, has very slight shelf wear. 2004 reprint, 224 pages.
Napoleon Options. Alternate decisions of the Napoleonic wars. Hardback. 221 pages. Condition Very good. Some shelf edge wear. Tear across front of dust jacket.
Napoleon's Military Machine Hardback. Publ. 1995. 198 pages. Bl. and wh. plates throughout. Condition Like new. Slight shelf wear. Internally excellent.
Packs On!: Memoirs of the 10th Mountain Division in WWII (Stackpole Military History) Paperback, Publ 2006, 154 pages, illustrated in black and white, new book, mint condition
PROFESSIONALS GUIDE TO PYROTECHNICS-understanding and making exploding fireworks soft cover. publ. 1997. 123 pages. pencil drawn illustrations. good cond.
Red Thirst, Warhammer Paperback, Published 1995. 226 pages very good condition.
ROMANS AND BRITONS IN NORTH-WEST ENGLAND Paperback.Publ 1993.115 pages.B/w plates illust.Cond very gd/shelf wear
RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE WARGAME 1872 – No 210 Paperback 48 pages 3 Loose Appendix
SEIGE AND STORMING OF LEICESTER,MAY 1645 Paperback 400 Pages B/w Illusts Very Good
Sherman's Horsemen: Union Cavalry Operations Soft cover, publ 1999, 645 pages, black-and-white photos/maps
Strategic Survey 1980-1981 slight shelf wear, small crease to front cover.
SWORDS AND OTHER EDGED WEAPONS Paperback, 1977, 227pp. Very good condition. Ageing to cover but otherwise clean tidy and tight throughout.
THOSE WHO FOUGHT: An Anthology of Medieval Sources Soft cover. Publ.1996.241 pages. Some bl. and wh. illustrations.Condition new, slight shelfedge wear.
Tommy: The British Soldier On The Western Front 1914-1918 Hardback – 717 pages – Published in 2004. very good condition – Illustrations throughout
U.S.-Mexican War Hard Back. Publ 1998. 241 Pages. Black White + Color Illustrations. Cond Excellent
UNIFORMS OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR: AUSTRIA Paperback, 1975, 25pp. Illustrated throughout, some in color. Near mint. Slight fading to cover edges but otherwise fine.
US Army Uniforms, 1939-45 Hardback, Publ 1972, 80 pages, illustrated in black and white throughout, good condition, cover worn, fine inside
US Foreign Policy since 1945 (The Making of the Contemporary World) Softcover. Publ.2001.158 pages.Bl. and wh. illustrations.Condition new.Ex. display.
US Infantry Combat Vehicles Today – tanks illustrated no.13 Paperback. Very good condition. 72 pages. illustrations throughout. published in 1984
US Marine Corps Paperback. Publ 1993. 128 Pages. Full color illustrations throughout. Condition Good with few creases and slight shelfwear
WAR OF THE EASTERN FRONT: THE GERMAN SOLDIER IN RUSSIA 1941-45 22p. ill e/c pbk
WAR OF THE REVOLUTION: Volume 1 Volume One only. Hardcover, no jacket. 1952. 475pp. Very good condition for age, but slight ageing to spine and wear to exterior.
War on Our Doorstep: The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coast paperback, publ 2002, 235 pages, in really good condition.
WARGAMES FOUNDY CATALOGUE – C19th- Great war near mint pbk 160p all ill
Wellington's War Pictures of re-enactos throughout.
White Eagle, Red Star: The Polish-Soviet War 1919-20 Paperback. Published 2003, 308 pages B/w illustrations very good condition
World War II Cavalcade: An Offer I Couldn't Refuse Paperback, Publ 1996, 200 pages, used-like new, slight shelfwear to edges of cover, mint condition inside

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