Books on ARTILLERY and FORTIFICATIONS

The Gunner 1628 By Robert Norton.

This book of 73 chapters contains all information for the use of the gunpowder, ammunition, instruments, ordnance and attack of fortified positions which were known at that date. Written in the English of the period with, some of the most complex illustrations and engravings for any book published to that date.

This re-published edition has been hand bound in a dark brown cloth and special aged paper to give the finished book a “period” appearance. The book is A5 size with x, 160 pp and over 50 single pages & 11 double fold out pages of engravings . Cost £ 35.00 + Postage . 520gms

The Complete Gunner c1672 By various Authors

Part of the works “ Military & Maritime Discipline 1672” . This work in three parts: “Part 1 Shewing the Art of Founding and Cafting Pieces of Ordnance. Part 2 Difcovers the neceffary Inftruments and variety of Inftructions to the compleating of a Gunner. Part 3 Shews the Nature of Fire-works. To which is added the Doctrine of Projects applied to Gunnery together with some excellent obfervations out of Merfennus and other famous Authors”. As described on the title page.

With 190pp A4 size, 54 Illustrations of various use of Artillery, & examples of trigonometry etc . and other mathematical drawings. Tables of angles & other data. Produced with special period paper, Spanish marbled endpapers, period binding and spine blocking.

ISBN No. 978 -1-906394-31-8. Cost £55. weight 1.2 Kg

The Bombardier and Pocket Gunner 1806 by Capt. Ralph Willett Adye

The fifth edition of eight published between 1800-1827 , is a combination of training and field service manuals providing a mass of information about artillery equipments of the period. With lists of equipment showing dates of introduction with accuracy, weights, dimensions, and performance. Range tables, trial firings and a mass of other information needed for a Napoleonic Artillery Officer or NCO. Enlarged by 30 % for ease of reading, bound in dark brown Balacrome cloth and special aged paper to give the finished book a “period” appearance. A 5 size, 10 pages of index, vii, 276pp and 90 tables in the text.

Cost £ 30. 550gms. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

The British Gunner By Captain I.M. Spearman 1828

This “pocket manual of Artillery & Fortifications and other military subjects” is an advancement and improvement of the earlier title “The Bombardier and Pocket Gunner”. With the observation of the author, and help from many Officers in various specialist fields this book is the result.

With 48 different titles of subjects covered and over 100 tables of information, 10 engravings, this book was the source of information for the technical Officer of the period.

This edition has been enlarged by 30% for ease of reading, with xvi ,488 pp A 5 size. Bound in dark brown “ balacrome ” cloth, with gold leaf lettering & cannon badge on cover.

Cost £ 35.00 + £5 Postage ( UK ) 650gms. ( see photograph)

Artillerist’s Manual and Compendium 1839 by Capt. & Adj. F.A.Griffiths R.A.

The full title is : Artillerist’s Manual and Compendium of infantry exercise, sword exercise, field battery exercise, service ordnance, gyns etc, fortification, pyrotechny , mathematics, gunnery etc, with requisite plates and tables. For the Gunners use, details on Howitzers, Carronades , Mortars, Iron Guns, hand grenades, rockets, bell’s gyn , devil carriages, sling cart, Naval Gunnery. This Edition Enlarged by 30 % for ease of reading. A5 size, 300pp, 13 Plates/drawings. Bound in period binding of blue Balacrome , with SB gun image in gold leaf on book cover. Cost £ 30. 580gms.

The Artillerist’s Manual and British Soldier’s Compendium 1873

by Major F.A.Griffiths R.A.

This edition being edited by Major F.A.Griffiths , the son of the original author. With advancements in all subjects , this edition is re- vised & re- witten from other editions. With details of Smooth-bore, Rifled Breech-loading, Rifled muzzle loading Ordnance, heavy gun drill etc. layouts for packing of various wagons. Fortifications, Medical, Transport, the horse, soldiers service. A5 size, 310pp, various plates, drawings, tables. Enlarged by 30% for ease of reading, bound in blue balacrome , with RBL Ordnance image in gold leaf on book front cover. £30. 600gms.

A Primer for Horse, Field and Mountain Artillery 1878

by Capt. T.H.Lloyd R.A.

A small but informative book based upon the instruction for NCO’s and Gunners in various Horse Guards publications. It gives information on various RBL, MLR, Armstrong field ordnance as well as Gatling Guns, Hale’s Rockets, wood & wrought-iron carriages and more. With 64pp, 6 layout drawings. Bound in dark blue cloth and large royal cost of arms badge in gold leaf on book cover £17. 180gms

A Primer for Garrison Artillery 1877 by Major M.F.Downes R.A.

A com pact book in the same style as “A Primer for Horse etc”, packed with information required for the day to day work and service of ordnance needed by the Victorian Gunner. Instruction on SB, RBL, RML Ordnance, iron siege artillery, carriages, rockets, sights, ammunition, stores, fuses etc. With 57pp, various drawings and tables . Smaller than A5 size, dark blue binding, image of SB cannon on book cover in gold leaf. £ 17. 200gms (Example of this book shown in photograph)

Manual for Garrison Artillery 1887

Issued to give instruction into the mounting & dismounting of all heavy ordnance of that period including the full range of M.L., R.M.L. & B.L. Ordnance. Gun Sleights, traversing platforms & motars , derricks, mounting of guns of 18 to 38 tons. It covers a great deal of information on the art of the Victorian Garrison Gunner. This edition has been enlarged by approx. 20 % for ease of reading. A5 size with xvi, 378pp 222 plates & drawings. Bound in maroon coloured buckram with gold leaf lettering and royal coat of arms badge on front cover. Cost £ 37. 630gms.

Notes on Elementary Gunnery. 1888. By Major W. St. P.Bunbury R.A.

This small but very informative book is based on various handbooks & publications of the period to present in a concise form for the use of the Officers, NCO’s & Men of the Artillery Forces of New South Wales.

The notes cover various subjects such as : Materials, general principles of gun construction, development of modern guns, rifling, manufacture (shrinking of coils), examination of ordnance, The explosive, The projectile, service of Ordnance , laying direct, observation of effect of fire, indirect laying.

A5 size ,with viii,60pp, 26 drawings in the text, 5 detailed plans at the back of the book . Hand bound in blue buckram with gold leaf badge of Garrison Artillery Gun on cover

Cost £ 21.00 370gms .

The Garrison Gunner (Regular, Milita and Volunteer ) His Equipment and Drills other than Artillery Exercise, by Capt. H.C.C.D. Simpson R.A.

A companion to the Manual of Garrison Artillery, this gives the Garrison Artilleryman his information for carrying of personal equipment, drill with the Martini-Henry rifle, sword, carbine sword-bayonet exercises, Drill for parade, squad drill, Guards & Escorts, conveyance of Garrison Artillery, layouts for items for barrack inspections. In short what the soldier needs to know to be a Gunner in the Victorian Garrison Artillery c1890. This edition has been enlarged by approx 20% for ease of reading .. With xvi, 296pp 9 plates of which 2 are fold out. Bound in dark blue cloth with gold leaf lettering and large Corps badge in gold leaf on book cover. Cost £ 25. 600gms.

Garrison Artillery Training Vol. I 1914 .

Issued by the Army Council to give the general principles for training in war & peace of the Garrison Artillery. An extensive handbook of over 292 pages covering subjects of training on: principles of training, general organization of a Coast Fortress, Artillery organization of a Cost Fortress, manning & fighting guns by day & night, gun drill, guns & gunnery, gun mounting, ammunition, electricity, range-finders & clinometers, care of equipment & adjustment of sights.

With the solution of triangles and use of slide rule, gunnery problems. instruction for examination in range finding, for examination in gun laying, in skill-at-arms for gunnery badges. Instructions regarding telephone messages. This edition has been enlarged by approx 20% overall size for ease of reading and research. Bound in maroon buckram.

With vii, 292pp, A5 size, with 47 illustrations in the text . Cost £ 30.00. 510gms.

Garrison Artillery Training Vol II (Siege) 1911

Issued by the Army Council just prior to the start of WWI, to give technical details as to the employment of siege artillery. An extensive handbook of over 224 pages covering subjects such as: laying, obtaining the line of fire, battery drill, observation of fire, ranging, transportation of Ordnance & construction of batteries, siege artillery at war, description of instruments, destruction of guns, tests for specialists.

The Description of instruments covers information on: The slide rule (Mark VI), field plotter (Mark III), telescope stand & director, the gun arc, the clinometer , vibrating transmitter (Mark III) with telephone connection & telephone portable C Mark I, telescope variable power (Mark I). This edition has been enlarged by approx 20% overall size for ease of reading and research. Bound in maroon buckram. With vii, 224pp, A5 size, 26 illustrations & 8 plates in text . Cost £ 30.00. 510gms.

The Garrison Artillery Training Vol . III. 1911 .

Produced as a matching publication to the “Field Artillery Training” this publication completes the subjects not covered in the latter. With detailed coverage of the Materials & Machines, Movement, Sheers & Derricks, Boats etc. Ordnance covered include 9-inch H.A.F., 4.7-inch Q.F., 6-inch B.L., 5-inch B.L., 9.2-inch & 10-inch B.L. on various mountings and carriages. This edition has been enlarged by 20% to aid reading. With xiv, 473pp ,A5 size with 250 illustrations in text, 17 tables. Bound in maroon cloth. A5 size, 436pp, 11 plates. £37. 690gms.

Field Artillery Training 1914

Issued just prior to the start of WWI, to give instruction for the Horse, Field, Mountain Artillery. An extensive handbook covering various subjects from field engineering, range finding, driving, gunnery, laying , mounted drill, brigade, battery tactics, communications etc. It gives a great deal of information on the art if the gunner in a time of fast changing art of warfare. This edition has been enlarged by 20% to aid reading. Bound in maroon cloth. A5 size, 436pp, 11 plates. £37. 690gms.

A Treatise of Artillery Third Edition 1780 by John Muller

One of the earlyiest book to describe & illustrate the subject, this book covers the origin of Artillery, weights & measures, construction of Cannon, Mortas , Howitzers, Ship & Garrison Artillery. Design of Galloper Carriages, Block Carriage, Pontoon Carriage, Flint Wagon etc. It has 214pp A4 pages 16 A4 & 11 A3 size pages of scale plans of carriage & vehicles. The book is A4 size, with special period binding of dark blue covered material, gold leaf lettering, royal arms badge to front cover. Special paper. £55. 1170gms (Example of this book shown in photograph)

TREATISE on FORTIFICATION and ARTILLERY. Vol. II (Artillery) Sixth Edition 1852 By Hector Straith

This book covers Gunpowder, Iron and Brass Ordnance, shot and shell, Gun Carriages, laying of Guns, Mortars and Fuzes , disposition of Artillery in Landward operations, Sea coast defences, Tables of Artillery.

The book starts from Chapter XIX and goes to XXVII, being 334 A4 size pages, with 17 A4 & 10 A3 size pages of scale plans of Ordnance & Coastal Defence works.

To quote Major General Hughes “ it contains some of the best available scale drawings of heavy carriages which were in service during the Crimean War”

ISBN No. 978-1-906394-24-0.

Produced A4 size with special binding of dark blue, with gold leaf lettering & design on cover. Cost £55 +£ 8 P & P( UK ) 1.4Kg. ( see photograph)

Diagrams to illustrate the service and management of HEAVY ORDNANCE referred to in TREATISE ON ARTILLERY.

By Capt. Boxer R.A.

Published as an appendix to “Treatise on Artillery” for use of the Royal Military Academy course Woolwich. This set of 35 double A3 size opening plates which were one of two parts to help illustrate the “Treatise on Artillery”.

Each plates can have up to 12 illustrations on it and the total within this work is over 220 different items & pieces of Ordnance shown.

Subjects include position of men for service of guns, moving guns by handspikes, slinging guns & mortars, using Gibraltar gyn , mounting & dismounting, movement onto beds, movement from one platform to another, mounting a gun for travelling, using platform wagons, mounting sheers, mounting guns in towers, casemated embrasure, from boats onto land. Hand Bound in dark blue Balacrome cloth card covers, gold leaf lettering on spine & early Vic. Royal Arms badge on cover. Size A4 height by 24cms width. Cost £45. 970gms.

Diagrams of Guns referred to in TREATISE ON ARTILLERY 1853. By Capt. Boxer R.A..

Published as an appendix to “Treatise on Artillery” for use of the Royal Military Academy course Woolwich. This set of 43 A3 size plates which were one of two parts to help illustrate the “Treatise on Artillery” which the Cadets at the Royal Military Academy (Woolwich) used as part of their course.

Each plates can have up to 5 illustrations on it and the total within this work 79 different items of Ordnance are shown all with their own marked scale, tables of various dimensions for different versions etc. all given in table form.

There has never been such a detailed publication of British Artillery gun barrels of smooth bore pre Crimean period Iron & Brass, Guns, Howitzers, Carronades, Sea Service Iron Mortars, Land Service Mortars and Brass Mortars. There are 43 fold out A3 plates, contents list. Hand Bound in dark blue Balacrome cloth card covers, gold leaf lettering on spine & early Vic. Royal Arms badge on cover. Size A4 height by 24cms width. Cost £45. 850gms.

Notes on the Manufacture of the Royal Carriage Department , Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Revised Edition 1868 by Capt. C.B. Le Mesurier R.A..

Originally intended for Officers under a “course of instruction” it gives all the required information for the use of material in the manufacture of various carriages & ordnance, assembly & manufacture for all kinds of carriages for the field, siege, garrison Artillery. Naval Carriages, ship boat carriages, travelling, slides, mortar beds etc. Examination, repairs to wood carriages & platforms. An important book on the early period of Artillery & the various carriages with assembly & construction diagrams & plans. A4 size, 142pp, 40 illustrations in text, 22 A4 size plates, 24 tables of detailed information. Binding as same as Treatise books. Cost £ 30. 1220gms.

Treatise of Military Carriages and other Manufactures of the Royal Carriage Department ( 1874-1911)

Each edition of this highly detailed & technical publication, lists all types and variations of Carriage with its load (gun barrel in situ) for artillery carriages, Naval & Garrison ordnance and various views and detailed diagrams for horse drawn carriages. Every such item in service is included with all new items added as the various editions were issued. As the new changes appeared, eventually the older Carriages (mainly for ordnance) were excluded. The great value of such a publication is that all the drawings & plans were to scale with each scale on each drawing.

This is ideal for any modeller who would want to make scale model or anyone wanting to conserve or make parts for an example of such a Carriage. As the editions were enlarged due to the large coverage of new Carriages being developed, it was necessary to move from the B & W line drawings to multi-coloured printed engravings with all the enhanced features this offered in the more complex views of Carriages where a range of material & systems were used and required. This started to be used in the 6 th Edition (1902) when a separate vol. was needed for Plates and continued with the 7 th edition (1911) when the full colour plates accounted for 99% of the engravings in that Vol .(258).

All editions are rare and very rarely appear on the second hand book market. All examples listed are reproduced 25% larger than the original size, are in good clean condition with all marks & foxing removed and produced in the modern size of A4. Each edition is hand bound in dark blue buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering on the spine & royal cost of arms on the cover. All to make a matching set.

1876 2 nd Edition By Major W.Kemmis has 260pp, 41 A4 size pages of plans & 58 illustrations in the text. £30.00. 1170gms

1879 3 rd Edition has 288 pp 42 A4 size pages of plans & 60 illustrations in text. There is also historical notes written by a serving officer (Zulu War). £ 30.00. 1260gms.

1888 4 th Edition has 515 pp, 58 A4 size pages of plans & 158 illustrations in the text. £ 75. 1935gms.

1895 5 th Edition has 468 pp , 136 A4 & A3 size pages of plans and 116 illustrations in the text. £ 75. 2200gms.

1911 7 th Edition in 2 Vol’s Text. With x, 751pp & 300 illustrations + 14 additional pages. Plates with 261 plates of which 258 are full colour over half being A3 size folding pages. This edition has been updated at the time with all new information upto 1914 when the last amendment as made. The two Vol.’s are supplied in a slip case covered with the same material as the books. £ 180 for the two books & slip case. 5100gms. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

Textbook of the Rifled Ordnance in the British Service 2 nd Edition 1872 by Capt. F,S. Stoney R.A. & Capt. C.Jones R.A. .Contents of book covers Rifle Ordnance with detailed information as Treatise as below, with 248pp A4 size, 11 colour plates, 140 illustrations & drawings in the text. Binding details as Treatise books. Cost £ 30. 1040gms.

Treatise on the Construction and Manufacture of Ordnance in the British Service. (1874-1908)

Produced in parallel with The Treatise of Military Carriages, this collection of publications documents the development of the ordnance from the point of view of the technical, physical mathematical, material, and construction of the barrel and all its fittings. Showing each barrel in service with every possible dimension, its sights, clamps, bits, stores and every tool used in using such a barrel. There are also Range tables for various ordnance using different charge’s . Each edition shows the latest issue of equipment and preceded the issue of the Vol. on Carriages which the barrels were used on. Each of the complex drawings are drawn to scale.

This makes these publications a modellers dream for making the complex shapes of these barrels as all their dimensions are given. Originally starting as two publications (Text book of Rifled Ordnance & Notes on Smooth Bore Ordnance) the Treatise was published until 1908 (7 th Edition) by which time there were two Vol’s (Text & Plates) of which the Plates were printed in colour. Earlier editions had a small series of lithographed plates in colour. All examples listed are reproduced 25% larger than the original size, are in good clean condition with all marks & foxing removed and produced in the modern size of A4. Each edition is hand bound in dark blue buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering on the spine & royal cost of arms on the cover. All to make a matching set.

2 nd Edition 1877. Includes S.B. Ordnance, R.B.L., R.M.L., R.M.L. Converted, Gatling Guns. With 454pp, 230+ illustrations in text, 17 A4 size colour plates of cross section plans showing 36 different barrels. Cost £ 45. 1640gms.

7 th Edition 1908. Includes S.B., R.B.L., R.M.L., & the new Quick Firing Guns. With two Vol’s . Vol. 1 has xii, 758pp, 27 tables, 660 + illustrations in the text. Vol. 2 has 156 B & W plates showing various views of ordnance, gun barrels etc. Cost for both Vol’s £ 110. 3620gms.

HANDBOOK for FIELD SERVICE Fourth Edition (Revised)

By Brig-Gen Lefroy R.A. F.R.S.

Started in 1854 as the Field Service or Field Pocket Book, this 4 th Edition of 1867 incorporated in its text the introduction of rifled ordnance, details of ordnance from Russia, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Norway & Egypt to show the progress of Artillery use & its design.

Many of the previous articles have been re-written & new ones added from the previous edition making it over 100 pages larger.

Subjects include: Field Artillery, Horse, Elephant, Bullock draught, Mountain Equipment, Congreve rockets, Siege & Garrison Artillery, Service of Heavy Ordnance, Mechanical, Gunnery, Knots, Small Arms, Field Sketching, Bridges, Campaigning, Fortification, Ordnance of Foreign Powers.

With xii, 527pp, 110 illustrations & 100’s tables of information. Price £45 + £8 ( UK ) 1.4 Kg

Gun Founders of England by C.Ffoulkes , With a list of English and Continental Gun Founders from the XIV to the XIX centuries.

This classic work covers the manufacture & design of artillery by the early gun-makers. With details of Guns in iron & brass, powder, shot, proof and range , extracts from historical documents, foundries in London , Calais , Douai , Woolwich & Sussex. With 134pp, 15 B & W plates, 38 drawings in text. A4 size, bound in maroon cloth. Limited Edition of 100 books. Cost £ 25. 660gms.

Modern Guns and Gunnery (1907) , Second Edition. By Lt. Col. H.A.Bethell RFA.

A practical manual for Officers of the Horse, Field & Mountain Artillery.With the introduction of Quick Firing Guns, the re-armament at such an extraordinary rate of howitzers and mountain guns in various nations, this has ment a large increase in guns, equipment, carriages & ammunition in use. The author looks at over 20 different nations and details their equipment, and mentions over 12 various manufactures. Each subject is covered in detail and includes Breech Actions, sights, rifiling , recoil, H.E. Shells, limber, wagon, Howitzer, Mountain Gun, etc. A4 size. 364pp, 36 B & W photos, 120 drawimgs & illustrations in text, 17 tables. Cost £ 37. 1550gms

L’Artillerie Nouvelle (1924). By Capt. L.Thouvenin . Published ALL in FRENCH.

It is three books in one, Ammunition, Ordnance & Material. Covering all artillery types from a simple trench mortar to a massive 520 Schneider Rail Gun. With ever possible piece of Ordnance in between. A good section of semi-mobile and tracked artillery with some very detailed illustrations of every WWI period vehicles are included. With 400pp A4 size, 323 illustrations. Bound in dark blue cloth, gold leaf lettering & ordnance badges on front cover. Cost £ 37.50. 1330gms.

Theoretical and Practical TREATISE ON FRENCH ARTILLERY 1852. By G.Piobert , Translated by Col. Begbie .

Third Edition, Revised and enlarged to show all the improvements introduced & in the progress in small arms & Artillery.

This Treatise consists of three parts :1 . an elementary & practical, 2. a theoretical & experimental, 3, applications to the material of artillery. All of pre Crimean War period.

Contents include: Description & effect of Small Arms, Description & effects of Ordnance, Description & use of Artillery Carriages ( Voitures ), Description & properties of Pontoon Train, Proof & Conditions of reception of the material of Artillery, Organization Use and duties of Artillery. There are xix, 496pp A4, 85 detailed line drawings + 4 supplemental plates on Britten’s shell’s . Price £ 45.00 1.5Kg( Example of this book shown in photograph section)

History of the Indian Mountain Artillery by Brig-Gen. C.A.L. Graham.

The finest book on the subject, details on the Regiments history, its service, ordnance & technical information. Going through its service from the 1770’s through to 1949. Lists of various named units, on battery & post guns, survey units, training centres, artillery stations, information on ordnance, range tables etc. A5 size, xv, 470pp, 16 illustrations/photos, 8 maps. Bound in dark blue cloth with gold leaf lettering & special figure design on book cover. Cost £ 30. 840gms. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

The Military Mule in the British Army and Indian Army .

An Anthology, by Brian Nicolls , Philip Malins M.B.E., M.C., and Charles Macfetridge .

The three authors cover :Over two hundered years of invaluable service , The Indian Army Transport Mule, The Mountain Mule. This book published for the British Mule Society is the only book detailing the service the Mule has given to the service of the British & Indian Army. A5 size bound in khaki cloth with gold leaf lettering & the BMS badges in gold leaf on the book cover. 322pp, over 40 B & W photos, and an additional appendix of engravings from various handbook from the 1860-1930’s showing the equipments used to carry the ordnance & equipment. Cost £ 25. 650gms . ( Example of this book shown in photograph)

Memoir of the Services of The Bengal Artillery by Capt. E.Buckle .

From the formation of the Corps to the present time (1852).

Starting with the history from 1756, using battalion guns, Rocket Troop, campaigns in Java , Burma , Afghan , Gwalior , Sikh Wars. With accounts of use of Guns & carriages, Madrass patten , howitzer & mortar combined carriage, siege, mountain train carriages etc.A detailed and invaluable account of the period 1748-1849. With details of individual Officers services. Produced A5 size, xvi, 592pp, 18 engravings (10 Medals 18 Gun Carriages) with full index. Bound in dark blue balacrome , Spanish marble end papers, gold leaf lettering, gun design on book cover, & on books top paper edge. Very High Quality book. Cost £ 50. 940gms . ( Example of this book shown in photograph)

History of Coast Artillery in the British Army

by Col. K.W.Maurice -Jones D.S.O.

The only book on the subject, the author of this book covers 400 years of Artillery and Gunnery history. From the “castles” built by Henery VIII with smooth-bore to concrete fortifications with Q.F. ordnance, search lights, motor boats and shells with high explosive. All events are covered with technical & scientific developments in the nature of gunnery & naval advancements. All sites of various Coast Artillery in the Empire are listed with their ordnance, maps are included to show their position. To complete the subject a selection of 12 detailed scale plans are included of the main ordnance used by Coastal Defence.In this new edition of this classical publication. Produced A5 size, xvi ,334pp 12 detailed plans, 12 maps. Bound in dark blue with red lettering on spine & Reg , badge on cover. Cost £25. 650gm. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

History of the Hull Artillery (1907) by Major R.Saunders R.A.

History of 2 nd East Riding of Yorkshire, Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) to give its full title. A rare history of a local Volunteer Artillery Corps with its development as a Coast and Dock defence force. As much a local history record as a military one it gives a detailed account of the events, records of the Officers & men who served, and their pay, drill, parades, camps & service. With appendices on list of C.O’s , Adjutants, Officers, Per. Staff, Staff Ser & Sergeants. A5 size, x,72pp, 86 pages of XXII appendices, with 26 B & W photos of Officers & 6 of Cups & H.Q. etc. Bound in dark blue cloth with red lettering on spine. Coloured decorative cover. Cost £25. 440gms.

The Congreve Rocket System By Maj -Gen. Sir W.Congreve , Bt. M.P .

The various applications of this weapon, both at sea and land service, in the field & in sieges.

Illustrated by plates of the principal exercises & service.

This classic work covers: Use of Rockets by Infantry, by Cavalry in bombardment, general rule of armament, powers of ammunition, instructions for strength of troop, equipment of Rocket Cavalry, equipment of the ammunition horse, Rocket Cavalry, field carriages, Infantry in line of march & in action. Mode of using rockets in bombardment, rocket ambuscade, use of rockets in attack & defence, Infantry vs. Cavalry, use of boats, in fire-ships & discharge from ships. With 84pp ,A4 size, with 12 A3 size fold out plates with up to 4 drawings per plate. Bound in dark blue balacrome , gold leaf lettering and gold design of Rocket Cavalryman on cover. Limited Edition of 100 books. Cost £ 30.00 + 800gms . (Example of this book shown in photograph section)

Aide- Memoire to THE MILITARY SCIENCES 1850-1853.

framed from contributions of Officers of the different services and edited by

A Committee of the Corps of Engineers.

The object of this work was to supply as far as practicable, the many and common wants of Officers in the Field, in the Colonies, and remote Stations where books of reference are seldom to be found, useful to the Engineer, Artillery and Line Officers , in their military capacity as well as to the Governors and Commandants of Posts in their civil capacity and instructive to all the junior branches of the Service in their leisure hours.

The “Aide- Memoire ” was not intended to be a Military Dictionary or Encyclopaedia or even a manual but as a reminder and reference for which short essays and tables are given to the Military and Collateral Sciences previously studied. The alphabetical arrangement has been followed for convenience. It is found to embrace most contingencies required not of an elementary nature in:

Sapping and Mining

Engineering Duties in the Field, Attack & Defence, Garrison

Pontooning and Passages of Rivers

Principles of the Duties of the Cavalry ,Artillery,Infantry & Staff Officers.

Including the tactics of the three Arms each of which before needed a separate reference. Considering the multifarious avocations common to every part of the British Army, and more especially those of the Engineer Corps, the labour has been long taking a period of seven years to complete and due to a revision of several subjects by the contributors in Vol. I a Second Editions has been necessary.

Each Volume has numerous plates and wood-cuts each of which can have up to 20 or more illustrations/drawings on the subject matter. Many of which are true works of art from the draughtsman’s hands. The three Volume’s divided as follows:

Vol. I , 2 nd Edition,1853, Abattis - Ford. 545pp 141 plates.

Vol II 1 st Edition ,1850 , Fortification- Palanque , 546pp 117 plate

Vol. II 1 st Edition 1852, Palaeontology- Zig-Zag . 794pp 74 plates

Each Volume is hand bound in grey buckram with red label & double gold leaf lettering, and lines top & bottom with gold leaf on the spine and a badge to front cover. A4 size with some fold put plates A3 size. Marble effect endpapers. All done to match.

With each volume having upward of 70 different subject titles it is not possible to start to list them all so the contents pages are available on request. (Example of this book shown in photograph section)

The cost per Volume is £60 + postage or all three are available for a special price of £150.00 +postage. Weight of each Vol is: I . 2400gms , II. 2300gms , III . 2600gms

Books on Fortification

Military Architecture or the Art of Fortifying Towns

By Andrew Taquett .

Part of the works “ Military & Maritime Discipline 1672” With 68pp A4 size, 43 Illustrations of various fortress construction and other mathematical drawings. Tables of angles & other data. Produced with special period paper, Spanish marbled endpapers, period binding and spine blocking.

ISBN No. 978 -1-906394-29-5. Cost £55. weight 750gms

The Attack and Defence of Fortified Places.

by John Muller 1757 2 nd Edition

Vol. 6 of a series of 6 Vol’s of Mullers system of mathematical, gunnery, fortification & artillery etc.

With 247pp A4 size, 25 large A3 size pull out plates of copper plate drawings. Produced on special period paper, special spine raised bands effect binding.

All to match the previous Vol’s already published.

ISBN No. 978-1-906394-30-1. Price £55. weight 1.24Kg

A Treatise of Fortification 1 st Edition 1746 by John Muller

An essential book in the any collection ,this classic was among other titles written by this author who served as a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy . He covered the regular fortifications constructed by the methods used by Vauban , Coehorne , Belidor , Blondel , & Count Pagan. Explaining how the various elements are constructed and built with detailed plans and drawings. It has 232ppn A4 size, 4 A4 & 29 A3 size pages of scale plans of fortifications and plans. Bound in a period red coloured binding and special paper to give a “period” effect. Cost £ 55. 1240gms . ( Example of this book shown in photograph)

TREATISE on FORTIFICATION and ARTILLERY.

Vol.I (Fortification) Sixth Edition 1852 By Hector Straith

This book covers Technical terms, Vauban’s 1 st System, ditches, parapets, garbions , fascines, construction of batteries, platforms, sapping & mining, tools required, bastion system, crownworks , revetments, casemates, attack of fortresses, fieldworks. Then three great classes of tracings using work of Castriotto , Errard , Marchi , De Ville, Pagan, Vauban , Coehorn , Dufour , Bousmard , and Chasseloup ..

The book starts from Chapter I and goes to XVIII, being xxxi ,346 +66pp A4 size pages, with 3 A4 & 19 A3 size pages of 98 detailed drawings of scale plans/maps of systems & methods of Fortification. ISBN No. 978-1-906394-24-0.

Produced A4 size with special binding of dark red, with gold leaf lettering & design on cover. Cost £55 +£ 8 P & P( UK ) 1.65Kg.(see photograph)

A Essay on a Proposed New System of Fortification (1849)

by James Fergusson, With Hints for its application to our National Defence.

A book which covers the thinking for design & construction for revetements , casemates, covered way, powder magazines, flanking defence, ammunition, garrison, towers, entrenched camps, fortification of London and outposts. It has xxii ,165pp A4 size, 10 A3 & A4 detailed plates showing various fortifications & their construction. Bound in red cloth with dark blue label on spine. Cost £ 50. 1300gms. (Example of this book shown in photograph)

Fortification (1851) by Lt. Henry Yule.

For Officers of the Army and Students of Military History

To quote the Author “this book is to give principles and essential details in a nature and readable order, freely to use biographical and other illustrative notes with a view of giving something of life-like interest to study which too often vaguely regarded by soldiers as a compound of strange angular diagrams and technical jargon”. With chapters on general rules, obstacles, materials, calculations for construction, defence of posts, mode of attack, defence of a fortress. With an appendix of notes from A-Z, Glossary of Military Terms, 16 portraits of those connected with the art, viii plates A3 size containing 120 illustrations to back up the details in the text. Book has xxii, 210pp A4 size. Bound with red cloth, dark blue label on spine, gold leaf lettering to spine, royal arms badge on cover. Cost £ 50. 1010gms.

A Treatise on Field Fortifications (1855) By J.S.Macaulay . Third Edition.

The Author originally submitted this book to be published in 1831. After a further edition 1847 this improved edition was published. A wide range of subjects are covered in this work including : detached works, various types of fortifications, outline of field works, various types of revetment’s, obstacles, interior, irregular sites, defence of rivers & watercourses, Military Posts, defence & attack of military posts & field works, Military Mining, Attack of Fortresses.

It has xii + 312pp,bound at the back of the text is a set of 12 plates (originally sold separate) of which include161 illustrations, and 4 plates of plans/maps. A4 size . Hand bound in dark red cloth, dark blue label to spine with gold leaf lettering & badge. Price £ 50 + £ 5.00 postage ( UK )

An Introductory Essay to the Study of Fortifications (1857)

by Hector Straith .

A detailed selection of information on the history & background of fortification, its construction and use, old fortifications, various parts of a fortress, drawings plans. The book is divided into three parts: Principles of Permanent Fortifications, Field Fortifications, The Attack of a Fortress. It has xvi, 262pp A5 size. Hand bound in red cloth with gold leaf lettering & royal cost of arms on cover. Cost £ 25. 510gms.

Observations on Modern Systems of Fortifications (1859)

by Gen. Sir Douglas Bart

Including that proposed by M.Carnot and a comparison of the polygon with the bastion system.

Originally published in 1819, this extended & enlarged edition gives the principles of M.Carnot having been extensively adopted by Prussian and Austrian engineers in re-modelling the fortresses of their country and in constructing new ones. Modern German or Polygonal Systems of Fortification, Intrenched camps, a tract on the Naval, littoral and internal defence of England . He gives a detailed commentary with technical information and explains how the defence of various locations in the UK can be improved. It has xii, 284pp A4 size, 12 plates with upto 5 ill per page, 4 facsimiles of letters to the Duke of Wellington & General Jones. Bound in red cloth with dark blue label on spine with gold leaf lettering & royal coat of arms on cover. Cost £ 50 1140gms

Elementary Principles of FORTIFICATION By John. T.Hyde . Pub. 1860.

With the introduction of new firepower from Armstrong and other manufactures this book details of each section of the parts of fortifications and their development in history so far.

With Guns(Howitzers, Mortars, Armstrong Gun, round, grape, spherical shot), Fortifications, construction, Vauban , ditches, redan , counterguards, modern system, Dufour’s improvements, the attack, the defence, field positions, field works, mining, polygonal systems, Prussian systems, Fort Alexandar , Coblenz , casemates, powder magazines, revetment, Glossary of Technical Terms. It has iv + 235pp, A4 size, 200 illustrations /Diagrams. Hand bound in dark red cloth, with gold leaf lettering to spine & badge on front cover. Price £ 37.00 + £ 5.00 postage ( UK ) 1Kg . (Example of this book shown in photograph section)

Field Works (1888) by Col. C.B.Brackenbury R.A.

Their technical construction and tactical application. This is a treatises on the fortifications of localities and positions in the field and the best methods of attacking and defending them, with diagrams showing these events. Details of obstacles , accessories, defence & attack of woods, farms, villages, homes, with examples of the war of 1866, 1870-71. Originally published as two volumes, this edition text & plates on one. It has xxii, 360pp & 16pp , 40 pages of B & W illustrations. A5 size. Bound in red cloth & gold leaf lettering & royal badge to cover. Cost £ 37.50 780gms . (Example of this book shown in photograph)

Textbook of Fortification and Military Engineering Pt.II 1886

The second part of this title used by Officers at the Royal Academy , Woolwich, In depth text with well detailed plans & illustrations cover: attack & defence of fortresses, execution of field and siege works, military mining, coast defence, historical development of permanent fortification, military bridges. It has viii, 258pp A4 size, 4 A3 fold out plans and 70 A4 size pages of scale plans and detailed illustrations with measurements. Bound in red cloth, dark blue label on spine with gold leaf lettering & royal badge on cover. Cost £ 50. 1350gms.

Land and Coast Fortifications (1894) by Major E.R.Kenyon R.E.

This publication is the enlarged & revised notes published in Professional Papers in 1893. The Author brings together the general principles governing the design of Land and Coast Fortifications, principal data and armament and works and what to be considered when preparing a general design. With coastal defence arrangements, types of coast batteries and gun mountings, design of coast batteries . The illustrations of gun and gun mountings are by Lt. Col. J.W.Savage R.E. and were published in 1890. It has viii, 106pp ,A4 size, it has 44 illustrations of Artillery & gun mountings, 18 of coast fortifications & their buildings. Bound in red cloth, dark blue label on spine with gold leaf lettering & royal badge on cover.

Cost £ 50. 1200gms.

Textbook of Fortifications (1899) by Col. G.P.Philips R.E.

A Handbook for the Victorian Military Engineer it gives information on every possible subject :explosives , small arms, fieldworks, bridges, road making, railways, stockades etc. It gives all details of skills, time taken & equipment needed to undertake these tasks. Produced In A5 size, 294pp, 16 full page plates & layouts and 486 detailed drawings in the text. Bound in red cloth with gold leaf lettering to spine & royal arms badge to front cover.

Cost £25. 620gms.

Permanent Fortifications for English Engineers 2 nd Edition .

by Major J.F.Lewis R.E.

A classic book on the subject of Fortifications of the late Victorian period. Since its first issue many improvements and advancements have meant that a revised content has been necessary to keep the Engineering Officer upto date. This is a very much improved version from the 1 st Edition. Due to the growth and improvement in the defences of the Empire it was very likely that most Engineering Officers would during their service be posted to one of these Fortifications in the UK or Overseas. So this book was an important part of their library. It includes: Mounting of guns, gates, caponiers , drawbridges, accommodation, magazines, fences, gates, shell filling rooms ,. Various weapons : Light & Med. Guns, mortars, Q.F. Guns, machine guns, mines, rifles, coastal defence. Produced A4 size, 324pp, 43 A3 foldout plans & drawings. Bound in red cloth, dark blue label on spine with gold leaf lettering & royal badge on cover. Cost £ 50. 1600gms

Fortification (1907 ) 2 nd Edition ,by Sir George Sydenham Clarke.

Its past achievements, recent development and future. The author traces the development of fortifications from the time of Marlborough , Waterloo , Crimean War, Russo-Turkish, Franco-German , South Africa Wars. Covering subjects as introduction of Rifled Arms in A.C.W., Magazine rifle, Q.F. & Machine Guns. Fortifications & works in 1850’s, coast defence, battleships & cruisers, submarines, mines, electric lights. With 9 appendices. A4 size, xix, 312pp 57 illustrations & 3 diagrams. Bound in red cloth, dark blue label on spine with gold leaf lettering & royal badge on cover. Cost £ 50. 1200gms.

Field Entrenchments (1915)

Based on twenty years practical study from South Africa War and battlefields of Manchuria , the author describes the subjects of : hasty fire cover, deliberate entrenchments, shelters, and cover trenches, concealment, communication, obstruction. With an appendix of information gathered so far from the war in France . A5 size, xiv, 228pp, 87 detailed illustrations & plans. Bound in red cloth with gold leaf lettering on spine & royal arms badge on cover. Cost £21. 510gms.

Vauban , Montalembert , Carnot : Engineering Studies. By E.M. Lloyd. Pub. 1887.

A book made up from the essays which appeared in the Royal Engineers Journal and the United Services Magazine . Now produced as one publication to illustrate the successive stages in the history of Fortifications and Fortress Warfare.

With five chapters : Introduction, Vauban , Montalembert , Carnot , Modern Forts.

After a 60 page introduction, each of the three Military Fortification Engineers are discussed in great detail each with a portrait . The final chapter giving details of the modern fortifications & their development. It has vi + 239pp, A5 size, with three portraits.

Hand bound in red cloth, with gold leaf lettering to spine & royal arms badge on cover.

Price £ 21.00 + £ 5.00 postage ( UK ) 490gms .

‘Servant to the King for his Fortifications’

Paul Ive & ‘The Practise of Fortification 1589’

By Charles Stephenson, Editor Charles Blackwood.

Paul Ive was one of the most important figures in English Military Engineering history. Writing the first published work on military engineering “ The Practise of Fortification’ published in 1589.

Author Charles Stephenson has split his book into two sections, Part 1 a short essay on Ive where he attempts to set him and his work in context to give an account of his life & work of the mid 1580’s to 1604. The second part is a modern English language version of Ive’s book giving a more comprehensible rendering of the Elizabethan writing & gothic typeface of the original document.

This first special publication by F.S.G. members who are both author & editor, with viii+153pp A5 size with 20 colour photographs/illustrations/maps. Hand bound in red buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering & FSG badge on front cover.

Price £21.00+ £3 P & P ( UK ) 500gms.

ARCHITECTURE of AGGRESSION By Keith Mallory & Arvid Ottar .

A History of Military Architecture in North West Europe 1900-1945

In order to fill the gap in the post 1900 period of Fortification, Buildings etc. this publication brings the story of defence & fortifications almost up to date. Originally published in 1973 it still remains the finest book of its generation on the subject.

With 308pp A4 landscape with over 300 B & W photos/illustrations/plans.

In four parts: 1. 1900-18, 1914 Fortress Zone, Defence in Depth, Wider scope of Defence Construction, Support structures. Pt. 2 1918-40, Maginot Line, The Autobahn and West Wall , . Pt. 3 1940-45 Fortress Britain , Atlantic Wall, The Armed Camp, Birth of Mulberry Harbour & the Fall of Atlantic Wall, The Shelter Controversy, German Bomb-Proof Mania.

Pt. 4 Context. Bound in special black buckram cloth with red lettering on spine & red design on cover, this edition is limited to 200 Numbered copies only . Price £ 35.00. 1 Kg. (Example of this book shown in photograph section)

The Strongholds of India By Sidney Toy

The Military Architecture of India has very few modern books covering this subject. This makes this title even more important as the book is a result of the visits made by the author in the 1950 ‘s and illustrates by his B & W photographs drawings & maps the areas covered.

These include Gingee , Dindigul , Vellore , Fort George Madras, Bijapur , Daulatabad , Bidar , Ahmadnagar , Golconda ,Sinhagadh , Sanivara Palace Poona, Dabhoi , Ahmadabad , Chitor , Gwalior , Amber, Fatehpur Sikri , Agra , & 5 sites in Delhi .

It has xiv +136pp,116 B & W photos & 62 illustrations, diagrams & maps. A4 size . Hand bound in grey balacrome cloth with gold leaf lettering on the spine. Price £ 37 + £ 5.00 postage ( UK ) 820gms. (Example of this book shown in photograph section)

The Fortified Cities of India By Sidney Toy

The mediaeval fortresses of India are so numerous & difficult to access, in order to do justice to the subject the author produced this second book as this material was not possible to be include in his first book. He has also included material on various sites he had re-visited from the first book.

This book is a result of the visits made by the author in the late 1950 ‘s to 1960. He illustrates by his B & W photographs , drawings & maps the areas covered.

These include: Agra , Ahmadabad , Champanir , Daulatabad , Delhi , Gulbarga , Jaipur , Jodhpur , Lahore , Madura , Mandu , Panhala , Parenda , Purandhar , Raighur , Ranthambhor , Shivner , Sholapur , Tanjore , Taragarh , Vellore , Warangal .

It has xiv +118pp, 60 B & W photos & 55 illustrations, diagrams & maps. A4 size . Hand bound in grey cloth Price £ 37 + £ 5.00 postage ( UK ) 820gms. ( see photograph)

ENGLISH COAST DEFENCES By George Clinch

This book represents the results of a study of the methods and means by which England , from the Roman times down to the early years of the nineteenth century, has defended her shores against various over-sea enemies who have attempted sometimes successfully to invade and conquer.

It covers: Prehistoric camps, Roman, Saxon ,Danish,Norman invasion, Mediaeval Castles & walled towns, Defences under Henry VIII, East Coasts of Kent , Sussex , Estuaries of Thames, Medway, South Coast . Defences, The Navy, The Cinque Ports , Defence Chains, The Coastguard.

With xii ,226pp and 45 photographs/drawings/maps. Produced A5 size , covered in red cloth. Cost £25. £5 post. 650gms (see photograph)

Drill Book for the use of Sub-Marine Mining Engineer Volunteers (1883) by Capt. A.E.Black .

Although no a book on Fortifications(buildings) the Mine and its use in modern defence of a coastal defence installation became a very important requirement as the Naval quick attack craft was developed & improved. This Handbook being one of the very first published on the subject gave technical details needed for the Volunteer to arm & lay both Mechnical & Electric Mines. Including signalling( flag, morse , time code, lime light). Produced A54 size 96pp of 13 sections and 54 detailed plates. Bound in red cloth with gold leaf lettering & royal arms on cover. £21. 400gms.

Books on Equipment and Weapons

Army Equipment (1860’s)

Never during the history of the British Army has there been an illustrated representation of equipment used by all branches of the services and listing & illustrating examples of their dress, clothing, necessaries ,appointments,rank details,ammunition and all equipment used for all ranks. The “all ranks” is possibly the most important point as Officers has their written Dress Regulations of various dates , this is a collection of publications gives over a short period of the 1860’s a listing & description of the items which would be found being used by the Army of the day, from the way they looked, what tools they used, instruments used in hospitals etc. A true time capsual of documentation of the mid Victorian period. Each plate of illustrations has them either drawn to scale (with the scale on it) or each item has its own dimensions. With over 90% of items described not of “Officer” usage, this provides a unique source of detail for the collector, researcher, modeller, re-enactor etc to see what the post Crimean soldier used wore in his Army life. Each part is bound in matching in maroon buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering on spine & early pattern royal arms badge on cover. A4 size

Army Equipment 1864 Part II, Equipment of Artillery. Compiled by Major Miller R.A. V.C.

The illustrations to accompany this part of the series were unfinished when this descriptive portion was finished so, the text was published and due to the Ordnance & Equipment used by the Artillery going through a number of changes in such a short period the illustrations were never issued.

This is the largest part of this series and covers: Organization of the Artillery, Personal Equipment, Horse Equipment, Materiel, lists of equipment for Field : 6pd, 9pd, 12pd, 20pd, 40pd Armstrong Guns, 6pd, 9pd, 12pd, 18pd, Smooth-bored guns 12pd 24pd, 32pd Howitzer, 12 & 6pd Rocket Carriages, various wagons & carts, List of Tools,

For Garrison Artillery, 110pd, 70pd, 40pd, 10-Inch, 8-Inch, Armstrong Guns, 68pd, 56pd, 42pd, 32pd, 24pd, 18pd, 12pd, 9 & 6pd Guns, 10-Inch, 8-Inch, 5- Inch Howitzers, Carronades, 13, 10 & 8-Inch Mortars,.

For The Siege Train, 24pd, 32pd, 8-Inch Guns, 13, 10, 8 ,5 & , 4-Inch Mortars.

With details of all Carriages, Limbers, Rocket Wagons, Ammunition Wagons, platforms, Gyns ets . Smaller items : barrels, boxes, cases, stores, fuzes,shells , fire balls, spherical shot & shells, Camp equipment, Medical & miscellaneous.

With 100’s of tables showing the size, weight & cost of the various equipment & items.

With 444pp A4 size pages. Cost £ 45 + £8.00 Postage. 1.4 Kg

Army Equipment Pt. III Royal Engineers Personal Dress & equipment of Officers & all ranks, in addition fully illustrated tool sets for each Trade & skilled branch of the Royal Corps of Engineers at that date(1866) with cost of each item. 83pp ,27 A4 size plates with 7 of Uniform & dress, rest illustrating 100’s tools, all to scale. Cost £30. 860gms

Army Equipment Pt. V Equipment for Infantry List & details of all equipment used by Officers & all ranks, quantity issued per Battalion, Cost of such items etc. 210pp, 22 A3 size fold out plates. £ 30. 1070gms

Army Equipment Pt. VII Hospital Equipment . Personal Dress & equipment for Medical Officers & Army Hospital Corps. Plus hospital equipment, tents, medical chests, instrument cases(with all instruments illustrated & dimensions), Hospital carts, Ambulance wagon, pack saddles, Medical panniers, light operating tables, etc. 112pp, 41 A3 size fold out plates. Cost £ 30. 970gms.

Handbook For Military Artificers prepared in the Ordnance College 1899.

Each Tradesman or Artificer in the late Victorian Army would have passed through the Ordnance College to learn their skill in the branch of their chosen trade. During which they would have been issued with this Handbook. Each Trade is covered giving the contents & information of their course, a fold out plate illustrating every tool & item officially issued as part of their tool kit. With all tools in each plate drawn to the same scale, giving the comparison & specification for items issued, each plate having a detailed listing. With 198pp, 156 drawings in text, 23 A3 size pull out scale detailed plans of tools & equipment. Bound in maroon buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering on spine royal arms badge on cover. A4 size . Cost £30. 1070gms

Instructions for Armourers (Government of India Army )1911

In the care & repair of small arms, bayonet, sword scabbards, machine guns, tripod mountings and bicycles .A Handbook in the care, repair and stripping of a whole range of equipment of this period. Covering items of the British & Indian Armies with marking of arms by Regiment & Corps for both.

Subjects covered include Webley pistols, Martini-Enfield, Martini- Metford rifles & carbines with bayonet & scabbards, Gardner, Nordenfelt , Maxin & Parapet Machine Guns, sword bayonet, swords etc. In important publications for the arms collector or re-enactor of the period where display & used of arms of this period are used. A4 size, 182pp, 30 scale drawings of arms with their single parts & systems of which 24 plates are A3 size fold out plates. Many of which are true show true cross section engineering drawings/plans with all dimensions and detailed notes. Cost £30. 1070gms.

Army Service Corps. Training

Due to the large growth in service & equipment used and supplied by the Corps it was necessary to have a whole range of training manuals and Handbooks for the student on their chosen course of which would represent their service with the Corps. The collection of four parts covered the wide range of skills and knowledge to be part of this branch of the Army. From the basic training, being a member of the Corps (pt 1) giving details of the care of animals, wagons, equipment, drill parades etc. to stores, feed for animals, water supply etc (pt2) Horse Transport(and all other possible animal & wagon use) (pt 3) and finally Mechanical Transport (Steam lorries, Traction engines) being the most advanced mode of transport & supply. Each part is bound in matching maroon buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering on spine & royal arms badge on cover. A4 size . £30 per part.

Army Service Corps. Training Pr . 1 1909 Horse, Wagon, Drill.

It covers foot & mounted drill, stable routine for training & manoeuvres, pack transport, movements by rail & sea, general care & fittings for harness & saddlery , care of horse drawn vehicles, pack transport. Description of transport and ambulance wagons & carts, ceremonial, dress, weights, treatment of injured animals. With 178pp, 16 A4 size plates & 10 A3 size pages of plans of vehicles & harness, 11 B & W photos of harness & equipment. 16 illustrations in text. Included are Amendments dated 1914 which have 51pp, 19 B & W photos and 8 illustrations in the text. 1210gms

Army Service Corps. Training Pt . 3 1915 Horse Transport.

It covers various forms of animal transport, saddlery , pack saddlery & harness, military vehicles, description of service vehicles, War Dept stores. Each Military vehicle has a detailed account of its size, weight, method of construction, canvas covers, tools used, care required, cost etc. With subjects illustrated of horse, mule, camel & elephant saddlery & equipment. Giving detailed establishments of Mule, Bullock, Pony & Camel Corps. With 254pp, 27 scale plans of vehicles of which 4 are A3 size pull out, with a further 29 illustrations horse, mule, camel & elephant saddlery & equipment. A gem of information for the animal/transport researcher, modeller, re-enactor. 1070gms . ( Example of this book shown in photograph)

Army Service Corps. Training Pt . 4 1912 Mechanical Transport

Subjects covered include: the steam engine, the internal combustion engine, transmission systems, mechanical transport vehicles, routine duties, convoys & general instructions, workshop management. With information/drawings & plans giving true cross section engineering drawings with dimensions & detailed notes on Traction engines, steam lorries & wagons also photographs of some of the vehicles themselves produced by : “Lion & Wellington” by Fowlers, “Little Giant” by Tasker & Sons, “Leyland” by Leyland Motors, “Sentinel” by Alley & Maclellan , other manufacture include Charles Burrel , Aveling & Porter, Willis & Stevens, Foden . A very important book for all steam transport collectors & enthusiasts. 1150gms.

Military Breech-Loading Rifles (1869)

with detailed notes on the Snider and Martini-Henry Rifles and Boxer Ammunition

by Capt. Majendie & Capt. Browne

This book gives general information on Military Breech-Loaders and Service Arms & Ammunition of this period. It was published to give information for Musketry Instructors who were on courses at the Royal Laboratory Woolwich and other places of instruction as a textbook to back up their notes & instruction. This during a time of changing small arms & its ammunition being introduced in the Army during the 1860’s. A5 size with dark green Balacrome cloth, iii+129pp and 22 Illustrations in the text & 7 plates. Price £ 21.00 370gms .

The Arms and Ammunition of the British Service c1870.

By Major V.D.Majendie R.A.

Author of “A Treatise on Ammunition”, “Breech-Loading Rifles & Ammunition” etc.

Based on information in the latest issue of Blue Books, reports, manuals and official documents, this little manual provides the reader , be it of general interest or the military student with the latest developments & introduction of advanced arms & ammunition in the late 1860’s.

Chapters covering the following are included: portable arms, side arms, muzzle-loading small-arms, breech-loading small arms, gunpowder, great guns and their projectiles, smooth bores, rifled guns, and their projectiles, artillery carriages, ballistic instruments .

With xii, 132pp, A5 size with 47 ill’s in the text, 2 double fold out pages of listings of all ordnance and ammunition in use at that time both smooth-bore & rifled. Bound in dark green balacrome cloth with silver leaf lettering on spine & garrison gun badge on book cover. Price £ 21 weight 370gms.

Evolution of Modern Small Arms (1898) by Marks.

With an introduction by Dr. Christopher Roads.

The author explains how arms worked and evolved giving the British patents to chart this history starting in 1635 . From which he gives an amazing variety of inventions and innovations covering all types of weapons from British rifles, pistols , revolvers Y semi-automatic pistols. This book is A5 size, viii, 170pp with 111 illustrations in the text. Bound in dark green balocrome & silver leaf lettering on spine. Cost £21. 400gms.

Notes on Ammunition 5 th Edition 1877 (corrected upto 1881)

The only detailed publications giving information on the smooth-bore ordnance, small arms ammunition for the: Snider & Martini- Henery Rifles, pistols, Gatling Guns. With details of Hale’s rockets, 64, 80, 40 & 25 R.M.L. Guns.Armstrong B.L. system etc. With 164pp, over 100 B & W drawings, 18 pages of tables. 24.5cmx16cm size pages, soft cover. Cost £19.

Handbook for the Martini-Henry Rifle

Handbook showing parts, drill, aiming,firing , bayonet, care of rifle & ammunition of this main weapon used in the Z.W. 156pp, over 30 B & W drawings. Soft Cover .Cost £ 19.00. 230gms.

Handbook for the Lee- Metford Rifle

Handbook showing details of rifle introduced in 1887, by the bold action design of James P.Lee and reduced calibre barrel of Metford’s system of rifling. It has 140pp, over 35 B & W drawings. Soft Cover. Cost £19. 230gms.

Books on Naval Ammunition, Ordnance & Equipment

R.L. Handbook on AMMUNITION (NAVAL) 1918

This edition covers the ammunition used by the Royal Navy during WWI. The contents which include:

Fuses (20pp) Miscellaneous (13pp), H.E. Shell (7pp), Chemical Shell (4pp), Star Shell( 3pp), Incendiary Shell(3pp), Smoke Shell(2pp), Shrapnel Shell(1pp).

Full of cross section drawings fuses with their name for each part, shells with cut away sections and detailed tables etc. Being a total 53pp of which 18 pages are in full colour. Produced slightly larger than A5 size with Soft card covers.

Price £19.00 weight 170gms.

Handbook on AMMUNITION (NAVAL) 1935

This edition covers the ammunition used by the Royal Navy at the start of WWII. The contents which include: General remarks, High Explosives, Propellants, Cartridges for B.L. and Q.F. guns and catapults, Tubes, Blank Cartridges, Ammunition packages, Projectiles, Shell fuzes & gains, Aircraft Bombs, pistols & fuzes , small arms ammunition & rifle grenades, fireworks, magazines & shellrooms .

With 194pp A4 size with 58 plates of which 6 are B & W photographs and 10 pages in full colour. A4 size dark blue buckram covered, gold leaf lettering & royal coat of arms on the cover. Cost £30 +£ 5 P & P( UK ) 1050gms.

An Elementary Treatise on the Mounting of Naval Ordnance 1811

by Lt. Col. William Congreve

“The true principles of construction for the carriages of every species of Ordnance so as to work with as fewer hands the heaviest metal causing the least possible strain to the ship.”

A Treatise of Naval Ordnance of Nelsons Navy. A unique book for our understanding of Naval Gunnery & Carriages. It has xiv, 51pp and 17 pages of cannon and ordnance. A4 size. Bound in dark blue buckram with gold leaf lettering and cannon design on cover. Cost £35. 710gms.

Naval Gunnery (1897) by Captain H.Garbett R.N.

Written to give the public a history of Naval Gunnery from the 1300’s when they were first used on board to the 1900’s. Readable enough to give a non technical reader a good insite into the development into smooth bore guns to the breech loaders of 111 tone to 6 inch Q.F. guns just introduced to the Navy. Gives details of how guns on a man-of-war are constructed, mounted, and worked to how such a complex fighting machine the battleship was in the 1890’s. It has 360pp A5 size, 113 illustrations in the text, & 12 B & W photos. Cost £30. 680gms.

Handbook of Naval Ordnance 1916

This handbook covers the period of guns used during WWI. It gives a full detailed account of the various guns in service: 15inch B.L., 12 inch B.L. Mark VIII, IX, X ,XI,XII , 9.2 Inch B.L. X, XI, 7.5 inch B.L. Mark I, II, V. With a further detailed account of their Breech Mechanisms (instructions for stripping, assemble, wrenches, action etc.) and information on box slides, Locks (electronic & percussion) .With 51 A4 & A3 size engineering drawings & plates . It has 90 A4 size pages, 51 A4 & A3 size pages of scale plans and 50 illustrations in the text. A4 size dark blue buckram covered, gold leaf lettering & royal coat of arms on the cover. Cost £30. 1150gms

Instructions for Armourers of His Majesty’s Fleet 1915

This edition supersedes the 1909 edition and covers the period of equipment used during WWI. It gives full details of Magazines Rifles & Accoutrements, Pistols, Aiming Tubes, Sub -Calibre Guns. Care & Preservation, Sights, Director Gear, Breech Fittings, Examination of Guns, Crusher Gauges, Hydraulic Jacks With appendix of: List of tools, Detail of Rifling of Naval Guns, Position of Gravity of various guns, normal chamber pressures, measurements of Bore etc. With 23 A4 size engineering plates & 19 drawings plates It has 212 A4 size pages, dark blue buckram covered, gold leaf lettering & royal coat of arms on the cover. Cost £ 30 . 1030gms.

Royal Naval Handbook of Field Training 1926

This publication covers the many and various Naval Training for operation on land and drill for forces fighting other than on their ship.

Subjects covered include: Squad drill, rifle exercises, field movement drill, sword exercises (cutlass), guard & sentries, platoon drill, company drill, battalion drill, pistol drill & accoutrements, field gun drill, battery drill, machine gun drill, guides and directing flank, and drill for markers, ceremonial, parade, reviews, the Kings Colour, Guards etc. With very good information on the personal dress & equipment type and wearing of. Field Gun Drill also has details of Gun, Limber, etc

It has 336 A4 size pages, 58 A4 size B & W photo plates. With many drawings in the text.

A4 size dark blue buckram covered, gold leaf lettering & royal coat of arms on the cover.

Cost £30 +£ 5 P & P( UK ) 1380gms

The Naval Gunnery Pocket Book 1945

This edition supersedes the 1932 edition and Ammunition Pocket Book 1935 of which contents now form this book. It covers the period of equipment used during WWII. It gives full details of: Gunnery on ships (a Cruiser & Destroyer), Ships Company, Naval Guns, Hand & Power worked Mountings, Ammunition, Low Angled Firing, Fire Control, Radar, Rangefinders, High Angled Firing, A.A. Gunnery, Damage Control, Boarding Parties, Gunnery Practices, Saluting Guns. With 3 colour &18 A3 size engineering plates & 37 diagrams. It has 213 A4 size pages, dark blue buckram covered, gold leaf lettering & royal coat of arms on the cover. Cost £30. 1130gms.

Instructions for the Armourers of Her Majesty’s Fleet 1885,

This covers Nordenfelt , Gatling , Gardner machine guns, Martini-Henry Rifle, Adam’s, Enfield pistols . iii, 56pp,9 plates (fold out), Soft Covers, £ 19. 275gms.

Rifle and Field Exercises and Musketry Instructions of Her Majesty’s Fleet 1877

Covers Martini-Henry Rifle, Field Exercises inc. Landing Party etc., xvi, 230pp ,24 + plates Soft Cover £19. 500gms

Notes on Armour and Artillery Defence of a Coastal Fortress c1888 by Major W.St . P.Bunbury .

This handbook covers the subject of Armour, its construction, penetration and application to war vessels and forts. The question of the power of guns , their ammunition, mounting and position. With 84pp with tables, and 67 pages of plates showing detailed drawings of Warships of Austria, France , Germany , Italy , & Russia . Cost £21.

Royal Flying Corps Training Manual 1914

Part I & Part II( Military Wing).

This is the first two Manuals ever issued to the then new Royal Flying Corps.

The Manuals cover Part I: care of aeroplanes, care of aeroplane sheds, repair of aeroplanes and organization of workshops, assembling, erecting and trueing up of aeroplanes, care and repair of internal-combustion engines, instruments, compasses, instruction in flying, navigation of the air by day, meteorology, motor transport. With 172pp, 21 illustrations in the text.

Part II covers: organization and administration , employment of aircraft in war.

This being issued which covers the general principles when, govern the training in peace & the employment in war of the military wing of the R F.C.

It points out that there is little experience and evidence from actual campaigns to assist in laying down any definite principles for the employment of aerial service in war, with 80pp.

Re-published as a pair, smaller than A5 size, hand bound to match in bucram cloth.

They can be supplied in either Khaki colour cloth with back lettering/badge or the traditional blue of the RAF with gold leaf letter & R.F.C. badge on cover.

Price for Pair £ 30.00 weight 700gms.

Artillery & Ordnance Collection

Handbook for the 14-Inch, (45 Cal ) B.L. GUN Mark III on Rail Track Mounting 1918

The 14-Inch B.L. Gun was one of the largest Rail Guns ever produced for the British Army. Built by Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Newcastle as a result of the race by nations during WWI to ever large calibre guns to out gun each other. In 1918 this gun fired a round 18 miles to hit is target on the rail lines at Douai .

The description includes the gun with its mounting bearings, the main truck with the forward compartment containing the air compression plant, the rear being the loading platform and storage box for the wire rope lifting slings. All carried on two main bogies with 15 axles.

Due to the highly detailed nature of the engineering drawings & plans, this handbook has been produced A4 size with A3 size fold out drawings. With 73pp ,appendix of xi, 54 fold out or double pages.

It makes a highly detailed “ Super ” Artillery Handbook.

Price £ 33.00 + postage of £ 6.00 ( UK ) weight 1075gms.

Artillery & Ordnance Collection

Handbook for the 3.7 -Inch, Q.F.Mark II On Mounting, 3.7-Inch. A.A. Mark II. 1940

With the progress made in aircraft design after WWI, the then old 3-inch and converted 13pd A.A. Guns were no longer good enough for these modern, high flying and faster machines .

In 1928 the 3.7-Inch A.A. Gun was first proposed. It was thought if it fired a 25lb shell 28,000 feet that would do well. However by the time it entered service this was increased to a 28lb shell fired 32,000 feet. The gun along with the Swedish 40mm Bofors Gun formed the main defence for A.A. Artillery during WWII and was responsible for the successful defence of London against the “Flying bomb”. Often compared with the German 88mm gun it could the same and better.

With 196pp, 4 colour plates, 24 pull out plans, 50 B & W plates, it makes a highly detailed “ Super” Artillery Handbook. Re-printed its original size with high quality digital B & W plans. Price £ 27.00 + postage of £ 4.00 ( UK ), 660gms

A new service of Hard/Hand binding Handbooks in our : Artillery & Ordnance Collection of Artillery Handbooks. For the additional cost of £ 9.50 any of the subjects in this range (not the 14-Inch Rail Gun) may be bound in hard covers of Khaki coloured buckram cloth with black lettering. This makes a better presented handbook which can be handled better and opened flat. When ordering just add the £ 9.50 to the cost of the Handbook. List of subjects available (SAE please) see photograph of handbooks .

For more details of any of the above publications, send 4 x 1 st Class Stamps or 4 x I.R.C.’s for a illustrated catalogue to the address shown on the main page. 10/9/08 .