BRITISH
MILITARY UNIFORMS FROM CONTEMPORARY PICTURES
by W Y Carman
From the Army of Henry VII to post WWII, a look at the
colourful uniforms and accoutrements of the British
soldier. Includes pikemen, musketeers, grenadiers,
dragoons, hussars and more. Based on contemporary
evidence, official War Office records and documents, the
colour and black and white illustrations demonstrate how
the style of pictorial records has changed over the years
- from oil paintings, drawings and prints to present day
photographs. Carman is considered one of the best and most
informed authorities on the subject.
Good in ragged, plastic sleeved d/w -
xx + 168pp, 20 col & 98 b/w plates
In 1918 Adolf Hitler was penniless, but within 25 years
he was probably the richest man in Europe. The royalties
of Mein Kampf represent only the tip of the iceberg - his
publishing company Eher Verlag and his 'Adolf Hitler
Spende' fund, to which many 'voluntarily' contributed,
were much more important. Hitler's attraction to the
opposite sex also proved hugely lucrative. This book
traces what happened to the property, the funds, the art
collection, and other items after 1945.
Two hundred soldiers
of the 50th and 51st Divisions of Montgomery's Eighth Army were
arrested in September 1943 for refusing to obey orders to join
units of the US Fifth Army at the Salerno beachhead. Based on
previously secret and now declassified records the book tells the
story of how it occurred and the shameful events which followed.
With a foreword by Sir Ludovic Kennedy.
Fine in d/w - 240pp, 30 photos, appendix, Notes & Sources, index
A pictorial, practical and tactical history of the
machine gun. The author provides a vast range of
information from WWI to the present day with authoritative
text and detailed ilustrations of hundreds of different
models, types and variants, from Britain, USA, USSR,
Germany, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, China, Japan etc.
