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CHEPSTOW PACKETS
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters; Bryan Woodfield.
Stock no. 1329487
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1983. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Limited to 195 copies. 140pp inc.index. Numerous b/w illus. throughout. Pull out map of Chepstow as it was. 9 x 5.75". ISBN: 0906134218. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is slightly edge creased.

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THE LOYAL SUFFOLK HUSSARS: THE HISTORY OF THE SUFFOLK YEOMANRY 1794-1967
Written by Margaret Thomas; Nick Sign.
Stock no. 1829777
Published by Helion & Company Ltd. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A complete account of the Suffok Yeomanry from its formation in 1794 as volunteer cavalry, intended to meet the threat of a French invasion, to its eventual disbandment as a regiment and merger with TA units in 1967. Limited edition of 500 individually numbered and signed copies. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 317 pages including index. ISBN: 9781908916457. SIGNED by both authors to title page. This is copy number 213 of 500. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel else a lovely copy.

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THE IMJIN AND KAPYONG BATTLES KOREA, 1951
Written by S.P. Mackenzie.
Stock no. 1829760
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comparison of the two battles. Pale green paper boards, red title to spine. B/w photos and maps. xvi and 292 pages including index. ISBN: 9780253009081. A lovely copy!

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"EVERYTHING WORKED LIKE CLOCKWORK"
Written by Roger E. Salmon.
Stock no. 1329482
Published by Helion & Company Ltd. 1st 2016. Fine condition.

The Mechanization of British Regular and Household Cavalry 1918-1942. An important book not just for cavalry mechanization but for British defence policy in the inter-war years. Glazed pictorial boards. bw/321 pages (including index). Wolverhampton Military Studies No.18. ISBN: 9781910777961. A super copy, looks unread.

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TWELVE DAYS IN MAY
Written by Brian Cull; Bruce Lander; Heinrich Weiss.
Stock no. 1329479
Published by Grub Street. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Air Battle for Northern France and The Low Countries, 10-21 May 1940, As Seen Through the Eyes of The Fighter Pilots Involved. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1898697205. A super copy, looks unread.

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STEAM, STEEL & SHELLFIRE: THE STEAM WARSHIP 1815-1905
Written by Robert Gardiner; Andrew Lambert; et al.
Stock no. 1829731
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Conway's History of the Ship Series. Large format. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 0851775640. A lovely copy!

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NAVIES IN THE NUCLEAR AGE: WARSHIPS SINCE 1945
Written by Robert Gardiner; Norman Friedman; et al.
Stock no. 1829716
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Conway's History of the Ship Series. Warship design, the development of the ships and technology. Large format. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775683. A lovely copy!

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THE LINE OF BATTLE: THE SAILING WARSHIP 1650-1840
Written by Robert Gardiner; Brian Lavery.
Stock no. 1829715
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Conway's History of the Ship. Limited Edition of 2000 numbered copies. Large format. Red boards, black cloth spine with gilt title. B/w illustrations. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 085177606X. A lovely copy!

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THE NAVAL WAR OF 1812
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1829713
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Chatham Pictorial Histories Series. This volume is chronologically structured by campaign and battle with introductory essays and thematic text boxes by well-known authorities. Large format. Turquoise cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861760639. A lovely copy!

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THE AGE OF THE GALLEY: MEDITERRANEAN OARED VESSELS SINCE PRE-CLASSICAL TIMES
Written by Robert Gardiner; John Morrison.
Stock no. 1829711
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Conway History of the Ship. The development from the earliest paleoithic cart, some of which were paddled rather than rowed, to the classical trireme and its Roman and Byzantine successors. As a warship, the galley survived the coming of the three-masted sailing ship and adapted itself to gunpowder artillery, so later chapters are devoted to the medieval and RRenaissance fleets. Large format. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775543. A lovely copy!

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EARLY AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT: THE AEROPLANE AND THE GUN UP TO 1918
Written by Harry Woodman.
Stock no. 1329461
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0853689903. A super copy, looks unread.

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WARRIOR TO DREADNOUGHT: WARSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1860-1905
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1829701
Published by Caxton Editions. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The technological changes which transformed warships from the fully-rigged broadside ironclads of the mid-nineteenth century, through the centre battery ships, early turret vessels and barbette ships, to the turbine-powered Dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers which were to fight in the First World War. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 1840675292. A lovely copy!

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