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CONFEDERATE ARMY UNIFORMS AT GETTYSBURG
Written by Michael J. Winey. Illustrated by Don Troiani.
Stock no. 1828917
Published by C.W. Historicals LLC. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. viii and 124 pages. ISBN: 0963774581. Front cover lightly faded to vertical edge, a few marks to covers. Top of spine bashed giving rise to light creasing of contents at top of gutter. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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UNIFORMS OF WATERLOO IN COLOUR 16-18 JUNE 1815
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite. Illustrated by Jack Cassin-Scott; Michael Chappell.
Stock no. 1828913
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1999. Very good condition.

The uniforms worn in the three days of fighting in 1815 which brought about the final downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte. White pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 190 pages. ISBN: 1854093940. Reprint. Covers lightly browned and slightly grubby. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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GERMAN UNIFORMS OF THE THIRD REICH 1933-1945 IN COLOUR
Written by Brian L. Davis. Illustrated by Pierre Turner.
Stock no. 1828724
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 222 pages. ISBN: 0713708816. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Rear endpaper and rear flap edge marked. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby & scuffed, slightly faded to spine, rubbed to spine and corners.

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UNIFORMS OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828596
Published by John Player & Sons. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Cardwraps. Illustrations to inside covers. 24 pages with spaces for two or three cigarette cards to each page. Staple binding. Covers browned and foxed. Spine is worn and lower staple has rusted through to detach from cover. All cards present and glued in place neatly. Contents foxed and bleeding from staples.

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THE MARINE MACHINE
Written by William Mares.
Stock no. 1828523
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The making of the United States Marine. A vivid chronicle of ten weeks of Boot Camp as seen by a young professional photographer who once shared it. With pen and camera he followed a 75-man platoon through every aspect of basic training, a world of intense mental and physical suffering dominated by a man who is teacher-priest-guard-father-mother hen, and for the recruits, sadistic jailer - the Drill Instructor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 139 numbered pages. Boards a little marked, mainly to lower edges and spine. Text block lightly browned. Front joint pulled between front free-endpaper and half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, grubby and scuffed, lightly worn at edges with a few minor chips.

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THE CANADIAN ARMY 1939-1945: AN OFFICIAL HISTORICAL SUMMARY
Written by C.P. Stacey.
Stock no. 1828496
Published by Minister Of National Defence. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. Endpapers are coloured maps. Folding maps, coloured plates. 354 pages. Spine bumped at top & tail. Boards a little dulled. Text block browned. Contents clean. All maps present. Red dustwrapper is heavily edge-worn with a few closed tears and small chips, grubby to rear panel, white tape strengthens corners to verso.

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A SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE OR A VOICE FROM THE RANKS
Written by T. Gowing.
Stock no. 1828490
1896. Very good condition.

Revised and Enlarged edition. Showing the cost of war in blood and treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the standpoint of the ranks; the indian mutiny, and some of its atrocities the Afghan campaigns of 1863. Also Sketches of the lives and deaths of Sir H. Havelock and Captain Hedley Vicars. Together with some things not generally known. Black cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w plates. xv and 585 pages. All edges gilt. Board edges rubbed, rear board a little scuffed. Front joint cracked. Belongs to box completed with contemporary signature. Some pencil annotation. Not a bad copy!

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THE HISTORY OF THE 51ST HIGHLAND DIVISION 1939-1945
Written by J.B. Salmond.
Stock no. 1828479
Published by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette (logo) to front cover. B/w photos. 287 pages including index. Board corners lightly rubbed. Text block browned and lightly foxed. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, chipped to top & tail of spine, scuffing to rear panel, small pin-hole to front edge of spine.

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ARMIES OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by Chris McNab.
Stock no. 1828302
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide to all the major armies of the Napoleonic Wars as well as many of the minor powers. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 432 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846034701. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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INFANTRY TACTICS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Stephen Bull; Gordon Rottman.
Stock no. 1327877
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A crucial study of infantry tactics for all the major armies of the Second World War. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846032820. Spine bumped. Wrapper slightly edge rubbed.

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RENAISSANCE ARMIES 1480-1650
Written by George Gush.
Stock no. 1828037
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1983. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition: revised, corrected and updated. Detail of the organisation, equipment, uniforms, flags and tactics of the armies of the Renaissance period of European history. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. 128 pages. ISBN: 0850596041. Reprint. Tape marks to boards and pastedowns. Else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and lightly scuffed.

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BLITZKRIEG: ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1939-1940
Written by Steven J. Zaloga.
Stock no. 1828007
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Describing the camouflage painting and markings used by the modestly sized tank and armoured train force of the Polish Army. Large format. 96 pages. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0853683344. Reprint. A few minor marks to dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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