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Naval & Military Press Specialised Books for the Serious Student of Conflict A New Edition — On Earlybird Offer Complete three volume set Issue 174 HER MAJESTY’S ARMY 1888 A New Edition – On Earlybird A descriptive account of the various Offer regiments now comprising the Queen’s Forces & Indian and Colonial Forces This is a much sought-after three-volume set – the first two are devoted entirely to the British Army, with the third to India and the Colonies, all from their first establishment to the ‘present time’, c.1888. The author’s main aim was to describe the organisation and condition of each unit as it was in the 1880s. Consisting of written sketches of the various regiments, they contain much useful information on their battles, campaigns and prior fighting achievements, complemented with 41 excellent, full-page chromolithographic uniform plates. The plates in the first two volumes are by G.D. Giles who saw service with the British Army in India, Afghanistan and Egypt; those of the Indian and Colonial forces volume are by H. Bunnett. This work was originally published c.1888 by J.S. Virtue & Co Ltd, a London publishing business, the main feature of which was the production of illustrated works. Softback edition in 3 volumes 1210 pages in total + 41 colour uniform plates printed on 70lbs paper Product code: 28703 Published at £90.00 Our Earlybird offer price is £55.00 Hardback edition in 3 volumes 1210 pages in total + 41 colour uniform plates printed on 70lbs paper Product code: 28703HB Published at £120.00 Our Earlybird offer price is £85.00 Over 7000 military books available online at www.naval-military-press.com Telephone : 01825 749494 A WARGAMER’S GUIDE TO AIR WAR OVER NORTH THE DESERT WAR 1940-1943 VIETNAM Daniel Mersey Operation Rolling Thunder Softback, 118 pages Stephen Emerson Published Price £12.99 Softback, 198 pages 27504 £3.99 Published Price £14.99 Continuing this exciting new series of 28604 £4.99 guides for wargamers, Dan Mersey gives a Emerson does an outstanding job of wargamer’s perspective on the North outlining the complicated flashpoint of African campaign of World War II. 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Now re-released due to demand in thousand aircraft, it was the largest was a battle which tested the discipline, it’s original large newspaper size format. airborne operation in history to be comradeship and professionalism of the conducted on a single day and in one paras to the limit; it was a battle which location. witnessed another posthumous VC; it turned out to be the bloodiest battle of the AGINCOURT 1415 entire Falklands Campaign. A Tourist Guide to the Campaign Anne Curry, Peter Hoskins Softback, 192 pages Published Price £14.99 25427 £3.99 A compendious guide to one of the most famous battles in English history, immortalised by Shakespeare, when Henry V’s tattered army destroyed a French force several times its size. Tailored for the modern visitor, the book traces the route of Henry’s army to the battlefield, describing the action, the topography, and the aftermath. AIR WAR ARCHIVE: DORNIER DO 17 AIR BATTLE OF THE RUHR The Luftwaffe’s Flying Pencil RAF Offensive March-July 1943 Chris Gross Alan W. Cooper Softback, 128 pages A FRENCH SOLDIER’S WAR SB, 228 pp Published Price £14.99 DIARY 1914-1918 Published Price £12.99 28597 £3.99 24291 £3.99 This title in the “Air War Archive” series Henri Desagneaux The Ruhr valley was the heartland of is a good photo monograph devoted to the Hardback, 112 pages German industry in the Second World Dornier Do 17. While the type was the Published Price £19.99 War. 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