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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1820354
Published by The Institute Of Royal Engineers. 1st thus 2006. Fine condition.

Picotrial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780903530286.

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SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY 1775 - 1954
Written by Frederick P. Todd; Fritz Kredel. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel.
Stock no. 2133478
Published by Henry Regnery Company. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. Revised edition. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some page browning. Wrapper has been covered with clear film, which has been taped onto edges.

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BRITISH SOLDIERS IN THE FIELD (THE YOUNG ENGLAND LIBRARY)
Written by Herbert Maxwell.
Stock no. 1820018
Published by George Allen. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt titles, gilt design to spine, black blocked design to front board. Green pictorial endpapers show young man reading and fishing under a tree. Colour plates & b/w illustrations, folding maps. 259 pages. All edges gilt. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. A few small water marks to rear board. Neat inscription to front endpaper. A few scattered minor foxspots. All plates present.

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UNIFORMS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY
Written by Henry Loomis Nelson. Illustrated by H.A. Ogden.
Stock no. 1819991
Published by Thomas Yoseloff. 1st thus 1959. Very good condition.

Very large format. Grey cloth spine with red title block and silver title, blue cloth boards with silver vignette to front. Full page colour plates. A few faint marks to rear board but appearance is a nice copy. Tape marks to endpapers. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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CAVALRY UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
Written by P.H. Smitherman. Illustrated by P.H. Smitherman.
Stock no. 1819984
Published by Hugh Evelyn. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format, cloth spine. Cardwraps. Full page colour plates of the uniforms. Light browning to horizontal edges of covers and text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and top rear edge, rear panel has a large paint mark. Slight musty odour present.

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CAVALRY UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
Written by P.H. Smitherman. Illustrated by P.H. Smitherman.
Stock no. 1819981
Published by Hugh Evelyn. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format, cloth spine. Cardwraps. Full page colour plates of the uniforms. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. Dustwrapper is stuck to the inside of covers. There is a sickly, sweet odour present which is why we have graded an otherwise nice book at VG-.

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A DICTIONARY OF MILITARY UNIFORM
Written by W.Y. Carman.
Stock no. 1819854
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Includes much fascinating background information on the origin and evolution of various pieces of uniform, how they were made and worn, and with what variation according to rank and nationality. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour. ISBN: 0713401915. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine. Musty odour present.

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JOURNAL OF A REGIMENTAL OFFICER DURING THE RECENT CAMPAIGN IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN UNDER LORD VISCOUNT WELLINGTON
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819770
Published by Ken Trotman Publishing. 1st thus 1981. Fine condition.

Facsimile of the original text 1810. Limited edition of 225 numbered copies. Red cloth spine with gilt title, grey cloth boards. Folding battle plan. ISBN: 0853684073. Copy number 64 of 225.

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NAPOLEON'S ARMY 1807-1814
Written by Guy C. Dempsey.
Stock no. 1819699
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. The army as depicted in the prints of Aaron Martinet. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1854093479.

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A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY 1816-1919 VOLUME I: 1816-1850
Written by The Marquess Of Anglesey.
Stock no. 1819676
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

After a prologue in which the origins and early development of mounted warfare are discussed, covers the period from 1815 to 1850. During those years the cavalry were employed in action chiefly in India, which therefore provides the setting for much of this volume. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. ISBN: 0850521122. SIGNED (no dedication) by the author to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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THE SCORPION FAMILY (MODERN COMBAT VEHICLES: 5)
Written by George Forty.
Stock no. 1819672
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1983. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Examines in detail the development, in-service history and physical characteristics of the British Army's front-line reconnaissance vehicles. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0711011753. Corners of boards bumped. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and slightly browned at edges.

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THE GERMAN ARMY ON VIMY RIDGE 1914-1917
Written by Jack Sheldon.
Stock no. 1819532
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9781844156801. Small initials in ink to front endpaper else a fine copy.

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