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NEW BOOKS FOR 2010

RARE BOOKS ON

BRITISH SMOOTH-BORE ARTILLERY

of the 1860’.

Above L-R: Elementary Lectures on Artillery, Rough Notes on the Manufacture of Ordnance etc.

Produced for the use of the Gentlemen Cadets of the Royal Military Academy .

The following two publications were originally bound as 3 works in I with original watercolour paintings in the form of plates illustrated by the Gentleman Cadet as he attended the lectures and did the practical elements of the course. These paintings were bound with the books and course notes to form a unique record of manufacture, testing, usage of Ordnance, Carriages & Ammunition of the Smooth-Bore period.

ELEMENTARY LECTURES on ARTILLERY 4 th Edition

by Charles H. Brown.

This publication contains notes on the History of Artillery, Construction of Ordnance, Description of Smooth-Bore Ordnance, Artillery Carriages, Beds, Platforms, Ammunition. Gunnery, application of Gunnery, Organisation, Equipment and application of Artillery. With 261pp, 32 plates which 10 are A3 size fold out.

With the addition of “Rough Drawings on Artillery” watercolour paintings of which there are 13 colour plates which 5 are A3 fold out size. The standard book has on the left hand side of the pages scholarly annotations and calculations on almost every page.

ROUGH NOTES

on the

MANUFACTURE of ORDNANCE, CARRIAGES, and AMMUNITION .

With

NOTES on GUNPOWDER

With TACKLES and PURCHASES.

The above two titles bound in one book along with Tackles and Purchase and a series of Practice Reports to form a rare combination of printed text book, practical reports, illustrated notes & paintings and use of Ordnance.

With 100pp+6 plates, 25pp+ 4 A3 fold out plates, 15pp of Practical Reports. In addition to 31 full colour plates of copies of the original watercolour paintings.

The contents of the book are : Manufacture of Cast Ordnance, of B.L. Built up, M.L. Built up, Bouching of M.L. Ordnance, Inspection and Proof, Sighting, painting, browning. Manufacture of Carriages, Platforms, timber, wooden carriages, traversing platforms, repair of wooden carriages. Manufactures of Ammunition, combustible components, Projectiles for S.B. Ordnance, Projectiles for B.L. and M.L. Ordnance, Fuzes , Cartridges, Wads, Lubricators, Tubes, Small Arm Ammunition, Rockets. Followed by the practical section on Tackles and Purchases, followed by Practical Reports of Ordnance used by the Gentleman Cadet covering all types & sizes of Gun in service with the services during that period.

Notes on Gunpowder covers the ingredients, manufacture and proof of gunpowder with copies of lithographs of the principal machines used for the manufacture of gunpowder by the Royal Powder Factories at Waltham Abbey in the 1860’s.

With copies of the original Colour plates covering Manufacture of Ordnance, Manufacture of Carriages, Manufacture of Ammunition

In Conclusion, the above two titles form an in-site into the state of Smooth -Bore Artillery use, testing, manufacturing etc along with a collection of hand written notes made by the student during his lectures and practical work of visiting the works in Woolwich, using the Ordnance in proof firing and attending the latest demonstrations of carriage design including the then new

Moncrieff Gun system.

Publishing Specification of a book of the mid Victorian Period.

Each of the above two publications are A4 size, printed using coated art paper, hand bound in dark blue balacrome cloth, simulated raised band design on spine with gold leaf lettering on spine & special badge design on cover. With hand made Spanish marble endpapers. Bound to match each other .

Price

Cost £ 85.00 each publication + postage (weight of Lectures on Artillery 1.50 Kg, Rough Notes on Manufacture 1.4Kg weight.) ( £ 8.60 postage per book UK.) e-mail for price of postage outside UK

SPECIAL OFFER

Orders are now being taken before the 15 th MARCH for the first production run which will be ready mid-April.

If BOTH titles are ordered together they will cost

£150.00 + postage.

More Books on BRITISH ARTILLERY

Above L-R: Artillery: its progress and present position, Short Notes on Field Batteries.

ARTILLERY:

Its Progress and Present Position.

By E.W. Lloyd & A.G.Hadcock .

Originally Published 1893, In two Parts with Appendix

This publication gives a serious overview of the state of Gunnery both of the Army & Navy at a time when new technologies are coming in to service . The authors use their experience at Elswick and Woolwick Arsenal . Describing many guns and ancillaries, hoists, with all forms of weapons, ammunition and defenses . The book contents cover the subjects :

Part 1 Artillery before & after the Crimean, Gun-construction, Naval Gun Mountings, Hydraulic Gun-Mountings, Quick Firing Guns, Coast-Defence Guns and mountings, Ammunition, Field ,Mountain and Siege Artillery.

Part 2 Internal Ballistics and External Ballistics. Appendix covers details of the various illustrations, tables.

Produced A4 size xii+463pp, 93 plates+folding table.

Price £45.00. Weight 1.94Kg.

SHORT

Notes on Field Batteries c1871

Capt. C . Orde Browne R.A.

This small manual of two parts bound as one, gives a practical use and principles of arrangement of horses in a Battery , fitting of harness handling of guns in the field, and the working of a mounted Battery . With Part 2 giving details of Ammunition (Boxer, Shrapnel, light balls, Double shell, Case shot, Common Shell) Rockets, Ammunition for small arms, Fuzes , Time, Percussion, Mitrailleuses .

Hand bound in blue buckram smaller than A5 size with iv+ 51pp 22 figs in text, viii+120pp+ 40 figs in text.

Price £ 21.00 weight 410gms.

Above L-R: Handbook of Artillery Material 3 rd Ed, A Primer for Garrison Artillery, A Primer for Horse, Field & Mountain Artillery.

Handbook

Artillery Materiel

3 rd Edition

Major F.C.Morgan R.A

This third edition revised and is now used as a textbook for Royal Artillery Officers qualifying for promotion in the subject “Artillery”

Subjects covered include: Materials used in Gun Construction, Rifle Muzzle-Loading built-up Guns, R.M.L. converted Guns, Old Patten R.B.L. Guns, Smooth-Bore Guns, Breech-Loading Guns, Gunpowder, Cartridges, Projectiles, Fuzes , Tubes, Field & Siege Carriages, Carriages & Platforms for Heavy Ordnance, Transporting carriages and Machines, Tackles, cordage, skidding, sheers, derricks, Gunnery.

With x ,116pp Enlarged by 30% each page being A4 size, 19 plates XI tables. Bound in blue buckram cloth, gold leaf lettering & badge Price £ 30.00. Weight 1.1Kg.

A Primer for Garrison Artillery, A Primer for Horse, Field & Mountain Artillery are shown but are already part of the range in the Artillery collection of books , see Artillery section.

New

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

22.Field Howitzers and Mortars 1892 £10

23.The Field Powder-Magazines 1858 £5

24. Rifling for Heavy Guns 1873 £10

25. Dress and Equipment of the Army 1868 £10

26. The Military Breechloaders of Prussia , France & England 1871 £10

27. Field Railways and their general application in war 1873 £15

28. The Protection of our heavy Guns for Coast Defence 1886 £10

29. Mounting and Working of Heavy Guns at sea 1872 £15

30. Breaching experiment with smooth-bored guns against Martello Towers 1861 £ 10

31. Naval and Military Signals 1864 £10

32. The Process of our Heavy Ordnance & Principles of its construction 1870 £10

33. Military Pontoons 1865 £15

34. Signs and Marks on Military Stores 1886 £10

35. Historical Sketch of Rifled Ordnance 1850-68 £10

36. Construction of our Iron-clad Fleet & Iron Shields for Coast Defence 1864 £ 10

37. Our Rifled Projectiles and Fuzes 1871 £10

38. Field Engineering 1875 £15

39. Submarine Miners in relation to war 1886 £10

40. Working Heavy Guns and Projectiles 1870 £15

41. Fire-Proof Gun Powder Magazines £10

42. The Turret versus The Broadside System 1868 £15

43. The Time Fuze (Armstrong, Boxer, Pettmans ) 1864 £10

44.The Progress of Breech-Loading Small Arms 1868 £10

45. The Gatling Gun :Its Place in Tactics 1876 £10

46. Naval Guns 1872 £10

47. The Application of Steam Power to the working of Heavy Guns 1866 £10

48. The Construction of Our Heavy Guns 1868 £15

49. Military Bridge Construction 1876 £15

50. The New Garrison Carriages 1876 £15

51. Breech-Loading and Muzzle-Loading for Guns 1875 £10

52. Notes on the 2.5-Inch Jointed Screw Gun 1886 £10

53. The Field Gun for India 1870 £15

54. The Construction of Heavy Rifled Ordnance 1868 £10

55. The Nordenfelt Machine Gun 1881 £10

56. Field Fortifications 1858 £10

57. Coast Fortification and the Naval Attack of Fortresses 1879 £10

58.Cartridges for Breech Loading Small Arms 1869 £10

59. Considerations relating to Magazines ,Storage and other similar

requirements for Garrison & Coast Battaries 1860 £10

60. Hotchkiss Revolving Guns 1880 £10

61. Shelter-Trenches or temp . cover for troops 1871 £15

62. Diagrams of Gun Carriages 1854 £15

63. Military Telegraph and Signalling 1871 £10

64. Quick-Firing Guns for Fortress Defence 1890 £5

65. An abstract of Mullers History of Fortress-Warfare c1880 £15

66. Krupp’s Meppen Experiments of 1879 £10

67.Power of Guns and Armoured Defences and Ship versus Forts 1890 £10

68.Austrian Mountain Artillery 1870 £15

69.Diagrams of Service Ordnance 1891 £15

70. The composition and strength of a Siege Train required for the Attack

of a Modern Fortress 1879 £10

A few of the new subjects to follow…………………..

Notes on the Shrapnel Shell 1864

The employment of Mitrailleurs during the recent war 1873

The Strategical importance of military harbours 1875

Improved War Rockets for use in the Military 1877

Military Equipment 1878

Coast Defence 1886

Military Ballooning 1884

The Forts of Today 1883

Dress and Equipment with practical illustrations 1890

Steam Transport on Roads 1894

Improvements in Lights for Signalling in the Navy & Army 1878

The Heavy Guns of 1884

Magazine Rifles 1883

Heliograph and Army Signalling 1881

Modern Field Artillery 1881

The Pneumatic Torpedo-Gun 1889

Use of Railways for Coast and Harbour Defence

Military Cycling 1886

Historical Sketch of the Defence of Malta 1879

Fortified Camps and Fortresses 1880

Hydro-Pneumatic Gear for Siege and Heavy Ordnance 1884

Historical Sketch of the Defences of Dover 1886

Modern Types of Guns 1883

The Milford Haven Experiments 1886

Historical Sketch of the Coast Defences of England 1886

Artillery in Coast Defence 1880

A Descriptive History of Quick-Firing Guns

Notes on the Equipment and Services of Mountain Artillery

NEW SECTION of Books for

2009

NEW PUBLICATIONS October 2009

Uniforms of The Early-Victorian Yeomanry Cavalry 1837-1870.

By Robert J. Smith and David J. Knight

Following the highly acclaimed and well received first vol. on the History of the Uniforms of the Yeomanry Cavalry, the authors give us a further insight into the Full Dress Uniform worn by every Regiment & Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry of the period covered.

No publication has ever recorded before the uniform of every Regiment and Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry of the same period before. As the authors have spent over 50 years researching the subject using prints, contemporary portraits, photos, order & letter books, newspaper articles, tailor & accoutrement makers pattern books, and of course surviving items of uniform & headdress. With new evidence emerging since the Ogilby Trust publications , this series of books make a comprehensive account of the dress of each Regiment for a reference guide for collectors of militaria, students of military dress and military modellers alike.

About the book

This follows the same format as the first book with an Introduction, general notes on the Yeomanry of that period, notes on Yeomanry uniforms of this period, then information on all 65 Regiments. With each Regiment’s organization, C.O., strength, notable events, then a detailed description of their Full Dress :Headdress, Tunic or Jacket, leg wear, arms & accoutrements, saddlery & horse furniture starting with the Officers & then the NCO’s & Men.

Book specification

With vi, 324pp,over 460 B & W photos almost all published for the first time and 38 colour plates showing 77 different Full Dress uniform some mounted showing the shabraque of the Regiment. These are from the original paintings of David J.Knight .

The book A4 size, using coated art paper, hand bound in dark blue balacrome cloth, gold leaf lettering on spine & special badge design on cover. With hand made Spanish marble endpapers.

Orders are now being taken before the 15 th October for the first production run which will be ready mid-November.

Cost £ 65.00 + postage 1.50 Kg weight .( £8.60 postage UK ) send e-mail for price of postage outside UK

NEW PUBLICATIONS

The Napoleonic Period

Photo Top L-R The Campaign Diary of Lt. Swabey, The Bombadier and Pocket Gunner 1813.

The Bombardier and Pocket Gunner 1813

Capt. R.W.Adye R.A. and Capt. W.G.Eliot R.A.

With an introduction by

Dr. Stephen Summerfield

This seventh edition revised and expanded by Capt. Eliot R.A. He added some 200 pages on the previous edition with material by Kelly, Muller, Scharnhorst . Supplemented with tests done between 1810-1813 by the Board of Ordnance . Although much enlarged it was still intended for practical use in the field.

This edition is the best one for collectors & researchers of the Napoleonic Era, which until now has been widely quoted and talked about but so rare that the modern day researcher has been un adle to read or consult it until now.

Hand bound with darkbrown Balacrome cloth gold leaf cannon badge on cover & lettering to spine , Introduction of 34pp, main book 394pp,over 170 tables of information. Enlarged by 30% each page being A5 size. Price £ 30.00. 740 gms .

THE CAMPAIGN DIARY Of Lt. William Swabey R.H.A.

Covering the years 1807, 1811-13 & 1815

For the first time two diaries along with a letter to his brother just after Waterloo have been published in one book. Along with an introduction by Dr. S.Summerfield who gives the reader a full introduction to the establishment of the then new arm of the services the “Royal Horse Artillery”, its ordnance, details of scale plans of carriages & ordnance and a list of references. The Diary covers service in Copenhagen 1807, Peninsular 1811-13 and a letter after Waterloo 1815. And as an account of the events are justifiably considered the best of the Diaries covering this period by many historians. It has 22pp Introduction, 28pp 1807 Diary, 218pp 1811-13 Diary, 6pp letter, plus 4 maps with an addition of 28 B & W illustrations/plates which have not appeared in any other edition.

This edition is produced 16x24.5cms size,hand bound with dark blue buckram cloth, hard covers, Spanish Marbled end papers, lettering, gold lines & special Royal Artillery badge on cover in gold leaf.

A limited edition of 100 numbered copies only.

Price £ 65.00 . Weight 820 gms .

NEW PUBLICATIONS ON

ARTILLERY

Photo above, Treatise on Military Carriages 1902 Text & Plates and Plates Vol. open.,

Treatise on Military Carriages. 6 th Edition 1902

In Two Volumes 1 TEXT with viii ,648pp & 148 illustrations

2 PLATES with 274 plates (130 in FULL colour)

Covering all types of carriages used upto this period with chapters on Field, Siege , Mountain RBL,RML,BL, Moncrieff , Vavasseur , Barbette Carriages, Hydro-pneumatic garrison mountings,transport , Royal Engineer, Ambulance wagons etc. Due to the great increase in the new carriages of B.L. & Q.F. types introduced since the 5 th edition, these section have had a re-write along with a new chapter on the general principles in gun mountings and on automatic sights. This is the first edition with a separate Text & Plates volumes .Re-published 25% larger than the original. Produced A4 size , hand bound with dark blue buckram cloth, hard covers, gold leaf lettering,Royal Arms badge on cover in gold leaf.

Price £ 160 for both Vol’s Weight: Text Vol. 2Kg,

Plates Vol. 2.5Kg.

New PUBLICATIONS ON MILITARY ENGINEERING

and FORTIFICATION

In PHOTO, L. Vauban Builder of Fortresses. R. AIDE-MEMOIRE For The USE of OFFICERS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS

VAUBAN BUILDER of F ORTRESSE

DAVIDHALEVY

Vauban fortified every frontier town in France , this his story of his life and times. With chapters on : Ancestry and first steps, The Great Years, The height of Glory, France against Europe, The Last Peace, The Last War, Notes.

This edition is produced A5 size hand bound in red buckram material with gold leaf lettering to spine. Of 256pp with portrait .Price £ 21.00.

600gms.

AIDE-MEMOIRE For The USE of OFFICERS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS

Compiled by

Colonel A.C.Cooke C.B. ,R.E .

In 2 Vols : Vol 1 Formulae ,Tables,Military Satatistics & Memoranda,

Vol 2 Permanent Engineering Works.

Published in 1876, this pair of books provided the Royal Engineers Officer with all the information & data needed to be a Military Engineer. Information on Artillery, fortifications, barracks, powder magazines, hydraulic, railway, surveys, transport, bridges, with data & formule .

Vol 1 has 394pp 222 illustrations, Vol. 2 has 482pp 280 illustrations .

Bound to match in red Buckram material with gold leaf lettering, & Royal Arms badge on cover. Price £ 95.00 for bothVol’s . WeightVol 1. 1.37Kg Vol 2. 1.60Kg

NEW TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

A series of booklets covering subjects of interest to Artillery, Fortifications and the general collector are being made available for the first time in their original size since they were first published from the 1850’s onwards.

For subjects of a non technical nature ie , Battles ,Campaigns and other material. These are covered in the Special Publications collection.

Each subject is published in a card cover booklet 16cm x 24.5cms. ( their original size) with plans & fold outs carefully folded & placed in the place as the originals were.

These publications can be supplied in two ways:

Folded & stapled as a booklet.

Pages cut to single pages & punched to fit our binder.

Binders of buckram cloth (Dark Blue for Tec. Pub., Dark Green for Special Pub.) with gold leaf lettering & badge on spine & cover. Each with Spanish marbled endpapers, spring clip & compression bar can be supplied.

These cost at the moment £16.00 + postage. They are made to order as additional ones have different Vol. numbers.

This range of new publications will have between 2-4 issued per month covering as wider subject matter as possible and cost between £5 - £15.00 depending the content & complexity of production.

The NEW selection of Technical Publications are as follows:

8. The Works of Franciso Di Giorgio Martini £ 5

9. The Evolution of A Field Gun £ 5

10. The Story of the 36-Inch Mortars of 1855- 1858 £ 10

11. The Maxim Automatic Machine Gun £15

12. Modern Carriages for Heavy Naval Ordnance 1867 £15

13. Iron-clad Sea-going Shield Ships £15

14. A New System of the application of Iron to Forts and Ships £15

15. The Conversion and Rifling of Cast-Iron Ordnance, and on Chilled

white Iron Projectiles £10

16. A Proposed New System of Fortifications 1859 £10.

17 Naval Ordnance 1864 £10

18 Coast Defences, and the application of Iron to Fortifications 1868 £15

19 Spithead Forts and the Defence of Portsmouth 1864 £15

20 The Machine Gun: Their place in the wars of the future & The Gatling Battery,Agar ,Claxton Guns, French & Montigny Mitrailleurs 1869 £10

21 The Martini-Henry Rifle(the new military breech-loader) 1869 £10

Postage 70p ( UK ) per booklet . 5 or more sent post free.

More to follow watch this space.

200 Years of Books on Artillery & Gunnery.

NEW PUBLICATIONS

for April 2009

NEW PUBLICATIONS

The Napoleonic Period

Photo above, L. Dupin’s Napoleonic Ordnance, plate from book.

Photo above, L. Dupin’s Napoleonic Ordnance, R. Napoleon’s Marshals .

Dupin’s British Napoleonic Ordnance

Edited by By Dr. Stephen Summerfield.

Dr. Summerfield adds to the original book by writing an informative preface on Charles Dupin and the Dupin Family.

The editor follows the events of the period and giving the full background of this important and accurate documentation of the state of British Military Ordnance of the Napoleonic period. He takes from the Atlas Force Militaire Atlas a series of plates which are re-presented as 56 detailed scale plates, each placed in the text at the required position to give the finished book the maximum value to the modern day researcher.

The original book is split up of contents as :Punishment & discipline (48), Military Schools (83), Small Arms (70), Ordnance (74), Parks & Arsenal ( Chatham, Portsmouth & Woolwich) (47) Royal Engineers (43).With a 14 page Preface, 365pages published 2 to an A4 landscape page, with 56 pages of scale detailed plates with up to 8 items illustrated per plate & 5 portraite engravings.

Bound in dark blue “Balacrome” material with gold leaf lettering, & Napoleonic badge on cover. Price £ 45.00. weight 1200 gms

NAPOLEON’S MARSHALS

An account of twelve of the men who held this title under Napoleon’s period of service, with an introduction on “The Marshals of France ”

Capt. H.M.Davson R.H.A.

With an introduction by

Capt. E.S.May R.A.

This book covers twelve men to hold this title :

1. Lannes , 2. Davout , 3. Ney , 4. Soult , 5. Lefebvre, 6. Marmont ,

7. MacDonald, 8. Massena, 9. Oudinot , 10. Suchet , 11. Murat ,

12. Bernadotte .

Each subject has a detailed text covering the main events of their life & service, a portrait engraving, illustrations, maps & B & W photographs showing the main battle(s) they were involved in.

24.5cm x16cm size with dark green Balacrome cloth, Introduction of 8pp,164pp,12 engravings, plus pen & ink drawings, B & W photos and maps of various battles etc,.

Price £ 21.00. 520 gms .

NEW PUBLICATIONS ON

ARTILLERY

Photo above, L. A Treatise of Gunnery, R. The Origin of Artillery.

A TREATISE of GUNNERY C1731

JOHN GRAY

This edition is produced A5 size a preface xliii, 94pp, with tables & drawings showing various mathematical calculations etc,2pp listing of other titles, produced with period finish & texture paper , hand bound with dark blue buckram cloth, hard covers, gold leaf lettering and simulated raised bands to the spine, hand made Spanish marble end papers, coloured header & ribbon book mark.

Price £ 35.00 + £6.00 postage( UK ) 600gms.

The Origin of Artillery

Lt.Col . Henry W.L.Hime R.A.

The Author traces the origin of Gunpowder, Cannon and Ammunition from their earliest existence. With detailed notes and sources on each subject.

The book is in three parts : Part 1 contains Saltpetre, The Greeks, Marchs Graecuts , The Arabs, The Hindus, The Chinese, Friar Bacon.

Part 3 contains table of Ammunition ,hand ammunition, war rockets, gunpowder, shock projectiles, ingneous projectiles, igniters, signals, with 16 tables.

With viii, 232pp, A5 size with a B & W plate . Bound in dark blue buckram cloth with gold leaf lettering on spine. Price £21. 470gms.

NEW PUBLICATIONS ON

ARMS & AMMUNITION

In Photo, L. The Armourer’s Handbook, R. A Dictionary of Explosives

The ARMOURER’S HANDBOOK 1943

By LABORE

Published to help assist Armourer’s & their staff in the maintenance, repair of the weapons in service and to bring home to the individual the importance of “looking after” this part of his equipment which his life may depend upon. Published originally by Gale and Polden Ltd. as three different booklets, this is the first time they have been all bound as one book.

The three parts were : 1. The Rifle, 2. Machine Carbines and Pistols 3.Light Machine Guns. Each part has a section on the 5 or 6 different subjects. Each firearm has: details of examination looking at all views, magazine,bolt etc, applied safety,Stripping,Gauging , Method of testing etc. With a B & W Photograph and a fully detailed fold out plan with all parts dis -assembled & named.

24.5 cm x 16 cms size, 106pp, 17 B & W Photos, 17 fold out plates ,. Bound in maroon buckram, gold leaf lettering & royal coat of arms to cover.

Cost £ 21.00 weight 720gms

A Dictionary of Explosives c1886

A Practical Dictionary on the explosives used or proposed to be used in the United Kingdom which are or have been licensed for use and manufacture for general sale under the Explosives Act 1875

Major J.P. Cundill R.A.

H.M. Inspector of Explosives.

This book covers eight different classes of explosive:

1 Gunpower , ordinarily so-called, 2 Nitrate mixtures other then gunpowder, 3 Chlorate mixtures, 4 Nitro-compounds containing nitro-glycerine, 5 Nitro-compounds not containing nitro-glycerine, 6 Explosives in which picric acit is a main constituent, 7 Explosives of the sprengel type, 8 miscellaneous explosives.

With an additional section on : Some of the more recent developments and applications of explosives by Col. V.D.Majendie C.B.

24.5cm x16cm size with dark green Balacrome cloth , 96pp , 3 drawings in the text,plus Recent Developments & Applications 20pp.

Price £ 21.00 400gms .

New PUBLICATIONS ON

FORTIFICATION & EQUIPMENT

In PHOTO, L. A History of Fortifications 3000BC to AD1700, R. The Manual of Military Electrical Lighting.

A History of Fortifications from 3000B.C. to A.D.1700

Sidney Toy

The object of this work is to trace the development of the art of fortification generally from the period of the earliest historical examples down to the forts designed for defence by artillery. The developments in the subject are noted in order wherever they occur,

described and illustrated to show these original features.

This book has over 160 different locations used to show this history from ancient fortress of Ur of the Chaldees to the artillery fort of Fort Fincastle in Bahams . It has xxiv +262pp, 100 B & W photos & 150 illustrations , diagrams & maps. A4 size . Hand bound in grey cloth

Price £ 37 + £ 5.00 postage ( UK ) 1200gms.

The Manual of Military Electric Lighting

Vol. I, II & III.

1909-1912

This is the only detailed Manual on this equipment , all bound as one book.

Full details of all equipment used with Military lighting , motors, generation equipment, battery power, projector gear, projectors, search lights in Fortress installations, reflectors, switchgear & boards, accumlators , field electric lighting, central power stations, fittings & lamps, arc lighting, electric cable and accessories.

With tables, circuit diagrams, installation diagrams, cable network diagrams , illustrations of equipment, B & W photographs of the equipment itself & IEE Wiring rules 6 th edition 1911.

With Vol I 104pp 101 ills, Vol II 178pp114 ills, Vol III 136pp 63 ills., Giving a total of 416pp & 278 illustrations & tables. Bound in maroon buckram, gold leaf lettering & royal coat of arms to cover.

Cost £ 25 + £8.00 Postage. 1660 gms

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

As series of booklets covering subjects of interest to Artillery, Fortifications and the general collector are being made available for the first time in their original size since they were first published from the 1850’s.

For subjects of a non technical nature ie , Battles ,Campaigns and other material. These are covered in the Special Publications collection.

Each subject is published in a card cover booklet 16cm x 24.5cms. ( their original size) with plans & fold outs carefully folded & placed in the place as the originals were.

These publications can be supplied in two ways:

Folded & stapled as a booklet.

Pages cut to single pages & punched to fit our binder.

Binders of buckram cloth (Dark Blue for Tec. Pub., Dark Green for Special Pub.) with gold leaf lettering & badge on spine & cover. Each with Spanish marbled endpapers, spring clip & compression bar can be supplied.

These cost at the moment £16.00 + postage. They are made to order as additional ones have different Vol. numbers.

This range of new publications will have between 2-4 issued per month covering as wider subject matter as possible and cost between £5 - £15.00 depending the content & complexity of production.

The small selection of Technical Publications are as follows:

1. Repots on the mounting of heavy ordnance at Malta 1877 £5

2.Memorandums of Artillery arrangements and alterations made in carriages, harness, ammo. of the Expedition to Egypt 1801 £10

3.Notes on Armoured Defences 1879 £15

4.An Account of the Great Cannon of Muhammad II £10

5.Experimental Casemates at Shoeburyness 1870 £10

6.The 80-Ton Gun £5

7.The Field Gun of 1906 £5

Details of Technical Publications Binder

More New Publications, details to be added.

HISTORY OF THE DRESS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY

DRESS REGULATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY 1826-1894

NEW SECTION of Books for Jan.2009

SELECTION OF NEW BOOKS ON ARTILLERY

Key to above photo L-R: Modern Artillery in the Field

1911, Treatise on Artillery 1855(all books A4 size)

Modern Artillery in the Field 1911.

A Description of the Artillery of the Field Artillery and the principles and methods of its employment.

By the author of “Modern Guns and Gunnery”

by Colonel . H, A. Bethell R.F.A.

A book of 4 parts: Equipment, Practical Gunnery, Minor Tactics of Artillery, Combined Tactics.

The parts have Chapters on :The Q.F. Field Gun, The Q.F. Howitzer, Heavy Field Gun and Howitzer, Horse and Mountain Artillery, The Q.F. Balloon Gun, Ammunition, Artillery Draught, Arms & Stores, Field Artillery Fire, Fire Discipline, Entrenchments, Organization, command, Reconnaissance, camps and quarters, outposts, marchers, manoeuvre, Artillery Positions, Modern Q.F. Tactics , Artillery Tactics against the various arms, tactics of Horse and Mountain Artillery, The support of Infantry by Artillery, Artillery advanced and rear guard, in night operations, in Fortress Warfare, under special conditions, in Aero-Naval Warfare.

This edition is A4 size with x, 394pp+ 4pp of amendments 1912, 13 B & W photographs, 126 drawings & illustrations in the text.

ISBN 978 -1-906394-35-6 Cost £ 37.00 + £5( UK ) 1.4Kg

TREATISE ON ARTILLERY

1855.

By Capt. Boxer R.A..

Published for use of the practical class at the Royal Military Academy course Woolwich

This book contains Chapters on: Explosive effects on Gunpowder, The Ballistic and Gun Pendulums, Initial Velocity, a Motion of a Project in a Vacuum, the resistance of the Air, the effect of the resistance of the Air upon the Motion of a Projectile, the Deviation of Projectiles. With many tables of information and 2 A3 size pull out drawings.

There has never been such a detailed publication on these basic subjects connected with of British gunnery .

Hand Bound in dark blue Balacrome cloth card covers, gold leaf lettering on spine & early Vic. Royal Arms badge on front cover. To match the other two Vol’s “Diagrams of Guns” etc.

With viii ,178pp , Size A4. Cost £45. 800gms.

The Artillerist’s Manual

Adapted to the Service of The United States

Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged

Brig.Gen John Gibson , US Army .

This classic work covering the Civil War period ordnance has 13 chapters covering the following subjects: Gunpowder, ordnance, form of ordnance-materials, rifles, projectiles, artillery carriages, materials etc, the theory of fire, the practice of fire, fuzes , artillery implements, ammunition, field artillery, attack and defence of fortified places.

With 478pp, 30 plates showing 230 detailed drawings of ordnance & equipment ,in addition to 280 detailed illustrations/ drawings in the text. A 4 size. Hand bound in navy blue buckram cloth, gold leaf lettering.

Cost £ 45.00 + £7 ( UK ) 1.73Kg

SELECTION OF NEW BOOKS ON Arms & Ammunition

Books from L- R Ammunition:A Descriptive Treatise

1870, The Rifle Musket

AMMUNITION :

A Descriptive Treatise ,Part II

Ammunition for Rifled Ordnance 1870

By Capt. C.O. Brown

A descriptive treatise on the different projectiles, charges, fuzes ,rockets etc, at present in use for land and sea service, and on other war stores manufactured in the royal laboratory

This edition covers the Armstrong Breech-Loading system, B.L. Projectiles, Segment shell, Common Shell, Shot, Muzzle-loading Armstrong Shunt system, Woolwich System, Boxer Shrapnel Shell, Palliser Projectiles, Special equipment for 7-pd & 9-pd adopted for India, Charge, Patterns of B.L. Service markings, Charges & Cartridges for M.L.(Armstrong) Shunt Gun, Charges for Woolwich Guns, Tubes, Armstrong E & F Time Fuzes , Percussion Fuzes , Rockets & Rocket Machines, Hale’s War Rockets, Boxer’s Life Saving Rockets, Notes on Flight & Penetration of Projectiles.

With 252pp A4 size with 86 woodcut plates of illustrations on rifled ordnance and rockets.

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

Cost £25 +£ 5 P & P( UK ) 950gms.

The Rifle-Musket:

A Practical Treatise on The Enfield-Pritchett Rifle, recently adopted in the British service.

Capt. Jervis-White Jervis R.A.

Pub. 1854.

This book has a preface, and is in four chapters ,The Musket, The Charge, The Projectiles, The Aim.

With a detailed account of the manufacture of the Barrel, Lock, Stock, Ramrod & Bayonet with illustrations. The Charge chapter covers saltpetre, charcoal, sulphur, proportion and incorporating of ingredients , explosive force of gunpowder, then details of the bullet and finally how to use (aim) the rifle with range tables.

A5 size with dark green Balacrome cloth, x + 70pp and 30 Illustrations in the text & historical notes.

Price £ 19.00 360gms .

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Equipment

Books from L- R Manual of Military Electric Lighting

1909-12, Army Equipment, Pt. 1 Cavalry 1865

The Manual of Military Electric Lighting

Vol. I, II & III.

1909-1912

This is the only detailed Manual on this equipment , all bound as one book.

With tables, circuit diagrams, installation diagrams, cable network diagrams , illustrations of equipment, B & W photographs of the equipment itself & IEE Wiring rules 6 th edition 1911.

Cost £ 25 + £8.00 Postage. 1660 gms

Army Equipment 1865

Part I, Equipment of Cavalry

Compiled by Lt. H.M. Hozier .

This is the only detailed publication available on the early period of equipment of The Cavalry Regiments.

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 number of changes in such a short period the illustrations were never issued.

This is the first part of this series(the last part to be published) and covers: Classification of Equipment, Historical Notes on Cavalry, Organization and Composition of Cavalry, British Cavalry, Cavalry Staff, Household Cavalry, Cavalry of the line, Cape Mounted Rifles, Clothing & Necessaries, Arms, Accoutrements, Saddlery , Harness & Stable Necessaries, Bands & Musical Instruments, Ammunition, Books, Forms, Hospital Equipment, Veterinary Equipment, Saddler’s and Saddletree Makers Equipment, Armourer’s Forge, Articles of Musketry Instruction, Camp Equipment, Transport by sea, Tonnage, Marks on Packages & Stores.

Full details of all uniform, equipment etc. of Officers & OR’s.

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

With 288pp A4 size pages. Bound in maroon buckram, gold leaf lettering & royal coat of arms to cover.

Cost £ 2500 + £5.00 Postage. 1030 gms

NEW BOOKS ON Regimental Colours

OLD SCOTTISH REGIMENTAL

COLOURS .

From the banners in the days of chivalry to the Colours carried by the Scottish Regiments, its Fencibles , Volunteers & Brigades placed in St, Giles Church in 1883.

By Andrew Ross S.S.C..

Covering: The Royal Scots Greys, all numbered Regiments of Foot, Fencibles , Volunteers. With a large section on the early history , a detailed account of each Battalion, its Officers, Battles etc. A classic book on this subject when published in 1885 . It had xii , 158pp

28 FULL PAGE COLOUR plates and, 5 B & W illustrations .

This edition is produced A4 size , hand bound with dark green buckram cloth, hard covers, gold leaf lettering, special colours badges on cover in gold leaf.

Is of limited edition of 50 numbered copies only.

Price £ 65.00 + £6.00 postage( UK ) 1280 gms .

Some of our first edition books of 2008

FRENCH ARTILLERY of 1824.

By P.L.Dawson & Dr. S.Summerfield.

This is not one book but three in one covering the development of the subject its manuals, tactics & ordnance upto 1824

The book is split up as follows: Part 1: Gribeauval and AnXI Systems by the two authors. An overview of nearly 100 years of French manuals, tactics and ordnance. With a number of short biographies of important personalities. Written in 7 chapters & 5 appendices. In total 92pp. Part 2: Ministre de Guerre (1824) a 24 page introduction then 112 pages of this 1824 Artillery manual. Part 3: Levault F.G. Originally 26 plates showing the drill in serving the Artillery at that time and detailed drawings of the Ordnance itself. This presented into 51 plates with English annotations by the authors.

In addition to the above, 6 colour plates of the period are added and 8 new colour plates drawn by Stephen Summerfield on modern computer graphics show 28 Barrels/Artillery pieces & 2 plates showing the servicing of the Guns by modern day re-enactors.

There are 300pp A4 size, 51 detailed line drawings plus the colour plates mentioned above. Bound in dark green "Balacrome" material with gold leaf lettering, & French badge on cover. Price £ 50.00. Postage (UK) £8. 1.65Kg

SELECTION OF NEW BOOKS ON UNIFORM

Uniforms of The Late-Victorian Yeomanry Cavalry 1880-1899.

By Robert J. Smith and David J. Knight

Foreword By F.M. Sir John Chapple, G.C.B., C.B.E., D.L.

Books on British Army dress & uniform are now widely available however, the Yeomanry Cavalry has very few complete studies of its dress. For the first time ever all Regiments of a given period are included in one publication.

About the book

This publication contains an introduction and general notes on Yeomanry dress, information on all 39 Regiments. With each Regiment’s organization, C.O., strength, notable events, then a detailed description of their Full Dress :Headdress, Tunic or Jacket, leg wear, arms & accoutrements, saddlery & horse furniture starting with the Officers & then the NCO’s & Men.

The Background

This project started over 50 years ago by author Robert J.Smith & the late Leslie Barlow to document & photograph the Uniform, Headdress and developments of the Yeomanry Cavalry. Visiting Museums, Drill Halls, Private collection, tailors shops etc. to research their subject to come to some conclusion to be in a position to publish their research in a book.

Twelve Single Regiments were covered in booklet form by the Ogilby Trust from 1977-1991. But no single volume was published.

With the research & specially illustrated paintings of David J Knight this book is now the result.

Book specification

With xii, 204pp,over 350 B & W photos some enlarged to A4 size many re-published for the first time and 50 colour plates 5x7" size of which 42 are taken from the original paintings of David J.Knight. The book A4 size of gloss art paper is hand bound in dark blue buckram cloth, gold leaf lettering on spine & badge design on cover. With hand made Spanish marble endpapers.

Cost £ 55.00 + postage 1.8 Kg weight.

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