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95 19TH- & 20TH-CENTURY BRITISH • WORLD MILITARIA Uniforms & Equipment of the British Army in WWI, A Study in Period Photos Stephen J. Chambers. The quality images selected for this book were photographed in peace and wartime, in the studio and the field, and show in detail the service dress uniform, equipment and weapons in use by the British Army between 1900–18. Each photograph caption has been carefully and thoroughly researched, affording the reader infor- mation not to be found in any other single source. Size: 9"x12" • 600 color/bw photos • 320pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2154-4 • hard • $69.95 British Officers’ Peak Caps of the Second World War Olivier C. Dorrell. A first of its kind, this essential guide to British Officers’ peak caps shows collectors how to identify and date a cap to a particular period, learn about the peak cap’s history, and discover techniques on care, display and storage. This book provides a list of known cap makers and a price guide. Size: 9"x12" • 290 color/bw photos • 176pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4578-4 • hard • $69.99 Tartans: Abbotsford to Fraser Johnston & Smith. In this first of three alphabetically arranged volumes you will find over 400 examples of vividly striped tartans covering the names Abbotsford to Fraser. Size: 11"x8.5"•400color photos•112pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0961-7 • soft • $24.95 Tartans: Frederickton to MacNeil Johnston & Smith. Second of three al- phabetically arranged volumes you will find over 400 examples of vividly striped tartans covering the names Frederickton to MacNeil. Size: 11"x8.5"•400color photos•112pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0962-5 • soft • $24.95 Tartans: MacNichol to Yukon Johnston & Smith. Third of three al- phabetically arranged volumes you will find over 400 examples of vividly striped tartans covering the names MacNichol to Yukon. Size: 11"x8.5"•400color photos•112pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1029-1 • soft • $24.95 WORLDMILITARIA The Secret History of STASI Spy Cameras: 1945–1989. H. Keith Melton, Detlev Vreisleben, and Michael M. Hasco. This lavishly illustrated and authoritative book presents the secret history of Stasi and Warsaw Pact subminiature spy cameras used during the ColdWar. It is a history that could have been written only through the collaboration of veteran Stasi technical intelligence officers and the world’s foremost historians on Cold War spy cameras and tradecraft. Size: 9"x12" • 480 photos • 240pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6045-9 • hard • $50.00 The Secret History of KGB Spy Cameras: 1945–1995 H. Keith Melton and Lt. Col. Vladimir Alekseenko with Michael M. Hasco and Detlev Vreisleben. This lavishly photographed and au- thoritative book presents the secret history of Soviet subminiature spy cameras during the ColdWar. It is a history that could only have been has been written by the veteran KGB technical intelligence officers who created and used the cameras in secret operations. Size: 9"x12" • 350 photos • 208pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5616-2 • hard • $45.00 Contractor Gear: A Collector’s Guide to Weapons, Private-Purchase and Service-Is- sue Clothing and Equipment as Used by Civilian Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan Zammis Schein. This book is a comprehensive collector’s guide to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) civilian contractors’ private-purchase and service-issue clothing, equipment, and weapons as they were worn and used in the field between 2002 and 2014. Size: 8.5"x11" • 550 color photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5258-4 • hard • $59.99 Soviet and MujahIdeen Uniforms, Cloth- ing, and Equipment in the Soviet-Afghan War, 1979–1989 Zammis Schein. This book is the first detailed, illustrated guide to the military uniforms, civilian clothing, and equipment worn and used by Soviet soldiers and Mujahideen warriors in Afghanistan from December 1979 to February 1989. Size: 8.5"x11" • 551 color images • 320pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5115-0 • hard cover • $69.99 Evasion and Escape Devices Produced by MI9, MIS-X, and SOE in World War II Phil Froom. Describes the design, manufacture, covert shipment and use of the many ingenious evasion and escape devices provided to Allied troops during WWII. These devices would support evasion following a forced landing or escape from a prisoner of war camp to a covert escape line, or neutral country. Size: 8.5"x11" • 650 color images • 384pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4839-6 • hard • $69.99 Armies of the Napoleonic Era Digby Smith. Armies of the Napoleonic Era provides a complete overview of the tactics, organisation, uniforms, equipment, weapons, and actions fought during those dynamic years 1792–1815. A wide selection of illustrations and diagrams complements this unique work, which will be of incalculable value as a reference work to serious students of the period, modelers and wargamers. Size: 6"x9" • 80 bw images • 272pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1989-2 • hard • $39.95 Navies of the Napoleonic Era Digby Smith. This book falls into three parts: Part 1: The Ships and the Men describes ship construction, rigging, sail plans and rating system, life at sea, naval tactics; Part 2: The Engagements; Part Three: The National Navies gives the strength of fleets at various times, the organization and training of individual navies, and also detailed descriptions of the uniforms worn at different periods. Size: 6"x9" • 60 bw images • 272pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1988-4 • hard • $39.95 Orders, Decorations and Badges of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Edward J. Emering. The Orders and Decorations of the “enemy” during the Vietnam War have remained shrouded in mystery for many years. Covered are those Orders and Decorations now considered official by the SRV, as well as many of the obsolete awards bestowed by the DRV and the NLF. Size: 8.5"x11" • 190 color/bw photos • 96pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0143-8 • soft • $24.95 Weapons and Field Gear of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong Edward J. Emering. The Vietnam War by its very nature offers an incredible range and variety of these items for the interested collector. This book will help both the serious collector as well as those individuals interested in acquiring only a token piece of history to avoid potentially costly mistakes Size: 8.5"x11" • 400 color/bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0583-2 • hard • $39.95 Viet Cong: A Photographic Portrait Edward J. Emering. This work strips away the myth and mystery which surrounds the Viet Cong and, through the medium of their own candid photography, present them in human terms. A cultural obsession, photos were taken wherever and whenever possible. It is from such sources that these photos are made available, most for the first time ever, to the general public. Size: 8.5"x11" • 290 color/bw photos • 200pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0758-4 • hard • $39.95 Blue Seas, Red Stars: Soviet Military Medals to US Sea Service Recipients in World War II David A. Schwind. At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union deco- rated 217 men of the US Navy, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine who had performed “heroic acts" during convoy and antisubmarine duties in the Atlantic.The author identifies and tracks down every remaining medal and captures the stories of these brave men. Size: 9"x12" • 629 color/bw images • 160pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4829-7 • hard • $69.99 Uniforms of Imperial & Soviet Russia in Color: As Illustrated by Herbert Knötel, Jr. 1907–46 Robert W. Kenny Jr. Knötel’s expert renditions of one hundred uniforms of the Russian Army, 1907–20; a Berlin grouping consists of 45 images done on the post-WWII scene including those contracted for by the Military Intelligence Section, G-2, in 1945; and fifty images covering Russian/Soviet uniforms from 1921–46, with emphasis on the postwar era. Size: 9"x12" • 190 color images • 200pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1320-7 • hard • $49.95 Imperial Russian Field Uniforms and Equipment 1907–17 Johan Somers. This book provides a detailed look into the wide range of uniforms, weapons, and field equipment used by the Imperial Russian Army from 1907–17, and sheds light on the many interesting items in use during WWI. Size: 9"x12" • 800 color/bw photos • 336pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3522-8 • hard • $89.99 Uniforms of the East German Military: 1949–1990 Klaus-Ulrich Keubke and Manfred Kunz. This book is the most complete study in English on East German (DDR) military and police service, parade and combat uniforms. With over 1,000 images—hundreds in full color—the uniforms, headgear, and insignia of all military service branches as well as police and border forces are covered in superb detail. Size: 9"x12" • 1000 color/bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4356-8 • hard • $69.99 • Uniforms&Equipment of theCzaristRussian ArmedForces inWWI: AStudy inPeriodPho- tos S.A. Coil. Inaddition toa remarkable selectionof studiophotos, stunningcandidphotos of front-oviki, or frontline troops, offer an authentic viewof trench and battlefield life. Each photo has been carefully chosen and researched to offer the reader detailed information on the medical, motor, naval, and air service branches, as well as artillery, machinegun, pioneer, infantry, cavalry, guard troops andmore. Size: 9"x12" • 600 color/bw photos • 384pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2157-9 • hard • $69.95 Uniforms of the Soviet Union 1918–45 Webster & Nelson. For the first time a pho- tographic study of the Soviet uniforms from the Revolution, Civil War, Purges, and WWII. Hundreds of full color highly detailed photos of actual uniforms are combined with period bw photos. Actual uniforms of Marshals of the Soviet Union, to private soldiers of all services are to be found in this extensive volume. Size: 9"x12" • 500 color/bw photos • 288pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0527-1 • hard • $69.95