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Forward! Or, on Active Service. January - December, 1904 (Miss Sandes' Soldiers' Homes)

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Cork, Office of 'Forward', Soldiers' Home: 1904

Seller ID: 021693

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

192pp, illustrated. Red pictorial boards, some edge rubbing, cover lifting slightly to rear, spine sunned, foxing to contents, complete with detachable order forms (partly split but quite secure), a few marks, creases to contents, overall a Good copy of a very scarce publication.
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Yeomanry Wars: The History of the Yeomanry, Volunteer and Volunteer Association Cavalry - A Civilian Tradition from 1794

By: Athawes, Peter D

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Aberdeen, Scottish Cultural Press: 1994

Seller ID: 022372

ISBN: 1898218021

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xxi + 262pp, index, 80 badge illustrations, maps, illustrations, some in colour, loose errata slip. Green boards, light ageing only, a VG copy in dustwrapper. Heavy book, UK at standard rate, overseas at cost.
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The Lighter Side of War

By: Ballyfrench, Morton

Price: £75.00

Publisher: London, The Century Press: 1909

Seller ID: 030703

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

215pp. Mauve boards, gilt titling, spine dulled, short tear/fraying to spine head, slight spine twist, competition prize plate to front pastedown, owner's details (dated 1914) to front endpaper, spotting to page edges, otherwise foxing mainly to endpapers. Occasional pencil marks, pencilled correction to 1 page, occasional corner crease. Overall a Good copy without dustwrapper. The author's record of the South African war, following his embarkation at Southampton in 1901. Extremely scarce, no record in the British Library.
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Les Hussards: Trois Siècles de Cavalerie Légère en France

By: Barjaud, Yves

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Switzerland, Caracole: 1988

Seller ID: 019190

ISBN: 2828903338

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

308pp, bibliography, illustrated. Softback, reading creases to covers, general ageing to contents, a Good copy. French text throughout.
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A History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army

By: Barnes, Major R Money

Price: £8.50

Publisher: London, Seeley, Service & Co: 1962

Seller ID: 031726

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

336pp, index, 4 appendices, 24 colour plates. Red boards, slight fading in places, light ageing, a VG copy in (a few edge rubs) dustwrapper. Useful reference for the military modeller.
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The History of the Home Counties' Medical Services of the Territorial Army, Volume 1: 1859 - 1922

By: Barrett- Cross, R.L. (Compiler)

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Croydon, RL Barrett-Cross: 1988

Seller ID: 022381

ISBN: 0951351400

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

xiii + 1612pp, addendum, illustrations. Large format softback, light wear only, a VG copy. 115200 written on title page, so presumably this is a limited print run publication.
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Men-at-Arms Series No. 268: The British Troops in the Indian Mutiny, 1857-59

By: Barstow, Philippa / Waterhouse, Alan

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Osprey Publishing: 1994

Seller ID: 031967

ISBN: 1855323699

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

48pp, bibliography, maps, drawings, colour plates. Softback, light reading wear, small marking to page edges, a near VG copy.
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Blood-Red Desert Sand: The British Invasions of Egypt and the Sudan 1882 - 1898 (Signed Copy)

By: Barthorp, Michael

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Cassell & Co.: 2002

Seller ID: 030749

ISBN: 0304362239

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

190pp, index, bibliography, appendix, maps, illustrations, photographs. Softback, a VG copy. Personalised gift inscription to the front endpaper from the author.
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To Face the Daring Maoris: Soldiers' Impressions of the First Maori War 1845-47

By: Barthorp, Michael

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd: 1979

Seller ID: 031970

ISBN: 0340227192

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

237pp, index, endpaper maps, sources, 4 appendices, plates, maps. Blue cloth boards, light wear and ageing, a VG copy in a Good (slight spine fading, edge chipped with small losses mainly to corners and spine head) dustwrapper.
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War on the Nile: Britain, Egypt and the Sudan, 1882 - 1898

By: Barthorp, Michael

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Poole, Blandford Press: 1984

Seller ID: 032184

ISBN: 0713713100

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

190pp, index, bibliography, appendix, maps, black and white photographs, illustrations. Brown boards, general light ageing, a few marks to edges, overall a near VG copy in (fading to spine) dustwrapper.
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A Boy in the Peninsular War (Napoleonic Library 13)

By: Blakeney, Robert

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Greenhill Books: 1989

Seller ID: 032623

ISBN: 1853670294

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xviii + 382pp, index. Red boards, light ageing, a VG copy in (slight spine fading) dustwrapper.
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French Napoleonic Line Infantry 1796 - 1815

By: Bukhari, Emir

Price: £12.50

Publisher: London, Almark Publishing Co Ltd: 1973

Seller ID: 031408

ISBN: 0855241535

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

104pp, artwork and drawings, some in colour. Blue boards, light wear and ageing only, a VG copy in a near VG (slight edge rubbing/creasing, browning to spine) dustwrapper. Useful reference for the modeller and wargamer.
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Image for Rifle Green at Waterloo: An Account of the 95th Foot in the Netherlands Campaign of 1813-14, at Quatre Bras and Waterloo 16th-18th June 1815 and the Occupation of Paris.

Rifle Green at Waterloo: An Account of the 95th Foot in the Netherlands Campaign of 1813-14, at Quatre Bras and Waterloo 16th-18th June 1815 and the Occupation of Paris.

By: Caldwell, George / Cooper, Robert

Price: £120.00

Publisher: Bugle Horn Publications: 1990

Seller ID: 020174

ISBN: 0951660004

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

'Rifle Green at Waterloo: An Account of the 95th Foot in the Netherlands Campaign of 1813-14, at Quatre Bras and Waterloo 16th-18th June 1815 and the Occupation of Paris. With a Full Medal and Casualty Roll for the Fourteen Companies at Waterloo and Details of Weapons, Clothes and Equipment Used in the Campaign'. 208pp, bibliography, notes, references, drawings, photographs, maps. Green boards, light wear only, a VG copy without dustwrapper (probably as issued). Highly detailed study, scarce.
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Image for Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army. Infantry, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Other Corps. From the Collection of Captain KJ Douglas-Morris, RN

Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army. Infantry, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers and Other Corps. From the Collection of Captain KJ Douglas-Morris, RN

By: Carman, WY

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Exeter, Webb & Bower: 1985

Seller ID: 031729

ISBN: 0863500315

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

224pp, index, bibliography, glossary, 3 appendices, colour plates throughout. Gilt on blue cloth boards, a VG copy in (slight rubbing to spine head, slight spine fading) dustwrapper. Useful reference for the modeller and wargamer.
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Publications of the Army Records Society Volume 10: Lord Chelmsford's Zululand Campaign 1878 - 1879

By: Chelmsford, Lord / Edited By John PC Laband

Price: £13.00

Publisher: Stroud, Alan Sutton Publishing: 1994

Seller ID: 022424

ISBN: 0750906650

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xlvi + 314pp, index, bibliography, gazetteer, glossary, biographical notes, notes, maps, frontispiece. Red boards, gilt decoration and titling, a VG copy in (price-clipped, spine slightly faded) dustwrapper.
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Image for Frontiers and Wars: His Four Early Books Covering His Life as a Soldier and War Correspondent Edited Into One Volume. (The Malakand Field Force; The River War; London to Ladysmith; Ian Hamilton's March)

Frontiers and Wars: His Four Early Books Covering His Life as a Soldier and War Correspondent Edited Into One Volume. (The Malakand Field Force; The River War; London to Ladysmith; Ian Hamilton's March)

By: Churchill, Winston S

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd: 1962

Seller ID: 032446

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

568pp, plates, maps. Grey boards, top edge of pages red, very slight spine twist, slight bump to one corner, light foxing mainly to edges and endpapers, a VG copy in a near VG (creases to fly-leaves, very slight edge rubbing) dustwrapper. Same year reprint of this edition.
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Frontiers and Wars: His Four Early Books Covering His Life as a Soldier and War Correspondent Edited Into One Volume. (The Malakand Field Force; The River War; London to Ladysmith; Ian Hamilton's March)

By: Churchill, Winston S

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd: 1962

Seller ID: 032447

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

568pp, plates, maps. Grey boards, top edge of pages red, mottling to spine and slightly to front board, light foxing mainly to edges and endpapers, a near VG copy in a near VG (slight edge chipping with small loss, price-clipped) dustwrapper. Same year reprint of this edition.
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By: Daniell, David Scott / from Material Provided By Colonel RM Grazebrook / Foreword By HRH The Duke of Gloucester

Price: £7.50

Publisher: London, George G Harrap & Co: 1951

Seller ID: 031724

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

344pp, index, 2 appendices, 4 colour plates, 16 half-tone plates, 22 illustrations in text, 2 maps. Blue boards, gilt titling and decoration, small bumps to top edge of front board, very slight spine twist, general light ageing, a VG copy in a Good (edge chipped, small losses) dustwrapper.
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Fighting the Fuzzy-Wuzzy: Days and Nights of Service with Sir Gerald Graham's Field Force at Suakin

By: De Cosson, Major EA

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Greenhill Books: 1990

Seller ID: 032927

ISBN: 1853670669

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xxii + 343pp, illustrations. Brown boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper. Originally published in 1895, this edition is an exact reproduction of the text, complete and unabridged, to which have been added 8 pages of illustrations.
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Tamworth's Forgotten Hero; Samuel Parkes VC

By: Elkin, Peter

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Cheshire, Wonderworks Studios Limited: 2004

Seller ID: 030742

ISBN: 0952876078

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

155pp, illustrations. Blue boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper. Personalised gift dedication from the author to 1/2 title plus a letter and signed compliments slip. The story of the second man in the British Army to be awarded the Victoria Cross, at The Charge of the Light Brigade.
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The Boer War: South Africa, 1899 - 1902

By: Evans, Martin Marix

Price: £12.50

Publisher: Oxford, Osprey Publishing: 1999

Seller ID: 032453

ISBN: 1855328518

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

160pp, index, maps and plans, bibliography, photographs and illustrations, some colour. Brown boards, a VG copy in ( slight colour fading to spine) dustwrapper.
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The Strathspey Mutineers: A History of the First (1st) Highland Fencible Regiment 1793 - 1799

By: Fraser, GM

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Kinloss, Librario Publishing: 2003

Seller ID: 031725

ISBN: 1904440231

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

267pp, index, notes, illustrations. Card covers, reading creases to spine, slight edge rubbing, a VG copy. A vivid portrait of the officers and men of the Strathspey Fencibles, together with a striking impression of Scotland in the late 18th century - Highland and Lowland, urban and rural, rich and poor, civil and military.
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Image for L'Uniforme et Les Armes Des Soldats Du Premier Empire. I Des Regiments De Ligne Francais Aux Troupes Britanniques, Prussiennes et Espagnoles. II De La Garde Imperiale Aux Troupes Alliees, Suedoises, Autrichiennes et Russes. 2 Volume Set

L'Uniforme et Les Armes Des Soldats Du Premier Empire. I Des Regiments De Ligne Francais Aux Troupes Britanniques, Prussiennes et Espagnoles. II De La Garde Imperiale Aux Troupes Alliees, Suedoises, Autrichiennes et Russes. 2 Volume Set

By: Funcken, Liliane / Funcken, Fred

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Belgium, Casterman: 1968

Seller ID: 031249

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

2 volume set. 157pp + 157pp. Index, colour illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers. Both volumes hardback, pictorial boards, light wear and ageing, a VG set. French text. Excellent reference for the military modeller.
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Image for 1809 Thunder on the Danube. Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs. Volume I: Politics, Strategies and the Road to Abensberg-Eggmuhl; Volume II: The Fall of Vienna and the Battle of Aspern; Volume III: Wagram and Znaim (3 Volume Set)

1809 Thunder on the Danube. Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs. Volume I: Politics, Strategies and the Road to Abensberg-Eggmuhl; Volume II: The Fall of Vienna and the Battle of Aspern; Volume III: Wagram and Znaim (3 Volume Set)

By: Gill, John H.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Frontline Books: 2014

Seller ID: 032040

ISBN: 1848327579

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: New

3 volume set. xx + 498pp; xvi + 453pp; xxii + 559pp. Maps, plates, index, bibliography, tables. Softbacks, new copies. RRP 50.97. UK at standard rate, overseas may require extra shipping.
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The Light Dragoon: The Story of Private George Farmer 11th Light Dragoons 1808 - 1836

By: Gleig, GR

Price: £8.50

Publisher: Uckfield, Naval & Military Press Ltd:

Seller ID: 032627

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

252pp, facsimile reprint of 1850 1st edition. Card covers, a VG copy.
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Image for British Battles and Medals. A Description of Every Campaign Medal & Bar Awarded Since the Armada, with the Historical Reasons for Their Award & the Names of All the Ships, Regiments & Squadrons of the Royal Air Force Whose Personnel are Entitled to Them

British Battles and Medals. A Description of Every Campaign Medal & Bar Awarded Since the Armada, with the Historical Reasons for Their Award & the Names of All the Ships, Regiments & Squadrons of the Royal Air Force Whose Personnel are Entitled to Them

By: Gordon, Major Lawrence L

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Aldergrove, Gale & Polden Ltd: 1962

Seller ID: 031727

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xvi +.451pp, index, colour frontispiece, illustrations. Blue Boards, decoration to front, light ageing to contents, a VG copy in (slightly edge rubbed/chipped, short edge tear) dustwrapper. Covers the period 1588 - 1961.
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Great Battles of the Civil War

By: Graham, Martin / Skoch, George / Davis, William C

Price: £10.00

Publisher: USA, Publications International Ltd: 1989

Seller ID: 032070

ISBN: 0881766410

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

96pp, index, colour plates, maps. Large landscape format hardback, a VG copy in dustwrapper. 36 key battles featured, with chromolithographs of Louis Kurz and Alexander Allison.
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The 'Black Watch' or Forty-Second Highlanders

By: Grant, James

Price: £250.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd: 1859

Seller ID: 030582

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

391pp + 4pp adverts at rear. Quarter-bound in red buckram on black boards, gilt titling to spine. Buckram lifting in a few places, general marks, spine dulled, slight twist to spine, a few bumps/rubs. Top edge of pages gilt, small area of staining to upper inner hinge area of front pastedown/endpaper and slightly to early pages, foxing mainly to edges and early pages, 4 pages uncut at rear, binding is tight, overall a Good copy of a scarce title.
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The Curling Letters of the Zulu War: 'There Was Awful Slaughter'

By: Greaves, Adrian / Best, Brian (Editors)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Barnsley, Leo Cooper: 2001

Seller ID: 022037

ISBN: 0850528496

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xi + 4pp maps + 158pp, index, 11 plates, notes. Red boards, a VG copy in (slight spine fading) dustwrapper.
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Life of Napoleon

By: Griffiths, Major Arthur

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Gibbings & Company: 1914

Seller ID: 031998

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xvi + 436pp, 2 tipped-in colour plates plus black and white plates, as called for. Modern rebind in maroon leatherette boards, short split to spine edge in one place, new endpapers, light foxing to contents, top edge gilt, other edges rough cut, overall a VG copy.
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Image for Publications of the Army Records Society Vol. 12: Military Miscellany I: Manuscripts from the Seven Years War, the First and Second Sikh Wars and the First World War

Publications of the Army Records Society Vol. 12: Military Miscellany I: Manuscripts from the Seven Years War, the First and Second Sikh Wars and the First World War

By: Guy, Alan J / Thomas, RNW / DeGroot, Gerard J (Editors)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Stroud, Sutton Publishing Ltd for the Army Records Society: 1997

Seller ID: 032166

ISBN: 0750916753

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

452pp, index, bibliography, biographical notes, notes, illustrations, frontispiece. Gilt on red cloth, light wear and ageing only, a VG copy in dustwrapper.
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A History of the Shropshire Artillery Volunteer Corps 23rd July 1860 - 1st April 1908

By: Harrison, Derek

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Spink & Son Ltd: 2015

Seller ID: 032399

ISBN: 1907427392

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: New

329pp, illustrated, a highly detailed history of the Corps, presented as a diary from meticulous research by the author. Softback, a new copy. RRP 20
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The Backbone, Diaries of a Military Family in the Napoleonic Wars

By: Hayter, Alethea (Editor)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, The Pentland Press: 1993

Seller ID: 032941

ISBN: 1858210690

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xi + 343pp, index, sources, frontispiece. Black boards, light wear and ageing only, dated owner's name to front endpaper, a VG copy in (slightest fading) dustwrapper.
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The British Field Marshals 1763 - 1997. A Biographical Dictionary

By: Heathcote, T. A. (With a Foreword By General Sir Charles Guthrie, Chief of the Defence Staff)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: South Yorkshire, Leo Cooper: 1999

Seller ID: 031893

ISBN: 0850526965

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xvi + 368pp, index, bibliography, 5 tables. Red boards, light ageing only, a VG clean tight copy in dustwrapper.
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The British Invasion of the River Plate 1806 - 1807: How the Redcoats Were Humbled and a Nation Was Born

By: Hughes, Ben

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military: 2013

Seller ID: 032928

ISBN: 1781590664

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: New

xviii + 289pp, index, bibliography, notes, 3 appendices, maps, illustrations. Black boards, a new copy in dustwrapper. RRP 25.00
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Historical Arms Series No.40: Dr. Josephus Requa, Civil War Dentist and the Billinghurst-Requa Volley Gun

By: Hyson, John M / DeFrancisco, Margaret Requa

Price: £20.00

Publisher: USA, Museum Restoration Service: 1998

Seller ID: 022330

ISBN: 0919316409

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

36pp, bibliography, notes, 33 illustrations. Booklet, a VG copy.
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Before The Echoes Die Away: The Story of a Warwickshire Territorial Gunner Regiment 1892 - 1969

By: James, N. D. G. / Foreword By The Master Gunner, St. James's Park, General Sir Harry Tuzo, G.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., A.D.C.

Price: £16.00

Publisher: The 268th Officers Reunion Association: 1980

Seller ID: 021825

ISBN: 0950691100

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xii + 194pp, index, 11 appendices, 6 maps, illustrations. Blue boards, light wear, a VG copy in (slight edge creasing) dustwrapper.
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Bullard Firearms (Schiffer Military History)

By: Jamieson, G Scott

Price: £45.00

Publisher: USA, Schiffer Publishing Ltd: 2002

Seller ID: 030066

ISBN: 0764314653

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

368pp, index, bibliography, 10 appendices, over 1000 black and white plates and 150 colour plates. Maroon cloth boards, light wear and ageing only, a VG copy in (slight colour fading to edges of front panel) dustwrapper. This is the much enlarged 2nd edition. Heavy book, UK at standard rate, overseas at cost.
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The British Battle Fleet: Its Inception and Growth Throughout the Centuries to the Present Day. Volumes I and II (2 Volume Set)

By: Jane, Fred T

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Tri-Service Press: 1990

Seller ID: 030222

ISBN: 1854880314

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

2 volume set. Volume I: ISBN 1854880314. xvi + 332pp, glossary, drawings and illustrations. Volume II: ISBN 1854880373. viii + 288pp, index, drawings and illustrations/ Both volumes black boards, gilt titling, spines very slightly dulled, binding flaw to Volume I affecting inner upper corner of the final pages (corner corners bent back, book sits squarely), so near VG copies without dustwrappers. This is the 1990 reprint of the 2 volume 1915 revised edition, without the original colour plates which the publishers state could not be reproduced.
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Bayonets of the Remington Cartridge Period

By: Janzen, Jerry L

Price: £75.00

Publisher: USA, Cedar Ridge Publications: 1993

Seller ID: 022368

ISBN: 0961978929

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xii + 186pp, index, 196 + 4 illustrations (1 in colour), bibliography, appendix, 9 colour plates. Black boards, inlaid illustration to front board, a VG copy. Flat signed by the author on the title page.
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By: MacFetridge, CHT / Warren, JP (Editors)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, William Blackwood & Sons Ltd: 1974

Seller ID: 032420

ISBN: 0851581161

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

xix + 327pp, 11 maps and diagrams, 19 illustrations, 2 colour plates. An anthology of stories by those who served in or knew well Mountain Artillery. Main sections cover:- In the Day's Work; Good Fighting; The Unusual; In Lighter Vein; Shikar and Travel; Some Characters; The Soldier; The Mule; The Gun; Passing It On. Brown boards, general ageing, Christmas gift inscription to front endpaper, light wear, overall a near VG copy in a Good (spine very faded, edge chipped with small loss, price-clipped) dustwrapper. 2nd impression, with amendments.
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Category: Military History - 1800 to 1914

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