Books and Other Media

The World Toy Soldier Directory & Compendium is absolutely essential for the toy soldier collector.  It contains enlightening and comprehensive articles about the hobby by various experts, as well as a list of suppliers and stores in over 17 countries world-wide.

Choose from a variety of books detailing the famous manufacturers, or magazines devoted to the hobby.

Some titles are now out of print.  If you are not sure, please ask!  

 

GENERAL BOOKS

 

CATALOG#

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

FINK

Western Composition Figures From Germany

$110.00

HARRIS

Model Soldiers

$15.00

JOPLIN

Toy Soldiers

$15.00

LMW

Long May She Wave

$60.00

MARTIN

Military Uniforms

$15.00

OTSN

Old Toy Soldier Magazine-An excellent American publication! If you would like a back issue, please ask! 

$10.00

SCHIFFER

Toy Soldiers & Figurines

$59.95

SCHIFFER2

Britains Civilians Toy Figures

$59.95

TAMAROV

Afghanistan, A Russian Soldier's Story

$40.00

TOYS2

Toys, Official Guide - Soft Cover

$10.00

TOYS3

Toys Go To War, Jack Mathews - Soft Cover

$29.95

TSMF

Toy Soldier and Model Figure-Great reading about current and past toy soldiers.  We have the current issues here at the store.  If you would like a back issue, please ask.  We have a limited supply of certain issues.

$8.50

WALLIS3

Armies of the World

$40.00

 

 

 

 

Osprey Books

    Osprey Books are the finest series of Uniform and Army guides ever published. They are ideal for the armchair historian or the miniature enthusiast. They have informative text and colorful illustrations. Some titles are currently in stock, while others will need to be special-ordered.  

 

 

 

 

CATALOG#

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

 

MEN AT ARMS SERIES

 

11

Foot Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard

$14.95

14

English Civil War Armies

$14.95

38

Army of the Potomac

$14.95

39

British Army in North America (revised)

$14.95

43

Napoleon's German Allies (2) Nassau & Oldenburg

$14.95

44

Napoleon's German Allies I

$14.95

46 Roman Army:  Caesar to Trojans $14.95

58

The Landsknechts

$14.95

68

Napoleon's Line Chasseurs

$14.95

69

The Greek and Persian Wars 500-323 B.C.

$14.95

70 US Army, 1941-1945 $12.95

73

Grenadier Guards

$14.95

75 Armies of the Crusades $14.95

76

Napoleon's Hussars

$14.95

78

Flags Of The Napoleonic Wars #2

$14.95

84

Wellington's Generals

$14.95

85

Saxon, Viking and Norman

$14.95

88

Napoleon's Italian Troops

$14.95

89 Byzantine Armies, 886-1118 $14.95

90

Napoleon's German Allies (3)

$14.95

93 Roman Army, Hadrian to Constantine $14.95

94

Swiss at War 1300-1500

$14.95

101

The Conquistadors

$14.95

105 The Mongols $14.95

106

Napoleon's German Allies

$14.95

109 Ancientr Armies of the Middle East  

110

New Model Army 1645-60

$14.95

111 Armies of Crecy and Poitiers $12.95

113

The Armies of Agincourt

$14.95

114

Wellington's Infantry Vol. 1

$14.95

115

Flags Of The Napoleonic Wars

$14.95

118

The Jacobite Rebellions 1689-1745

$14.95

119

Wellington's Infantry II

$14.95

121 Armies of the Carthaginian Wars, 265-146 BC $14.95

122

Napoleon's German Allies

$14.95

127

Israeli Army - Middle East Wars

$14.95

128

Arab Armies - Middle East Wars

$14.95

129 Rome's Enemies:  Germanics and Dacians $14.95

133

Battle for the Falklands (1), Land Forces

$14.95

136 Italian Medieval Armies, 1300-1500 $14.95

137

The Scythians 700-300 B.C.

$14.95

139

German Airborne Troops 1939-45

$14.95

140 Armies of the Ottoman Turks, 1300-1774  
144 Armies of Medieval Burgundy, 1364-1477  

146

Napoleon's Light Infantry

$14.95

148

The Army of Alexander The Great

$14.95

149

Prussian Light Infantry

$14.95

150 The Age of Charlemagne $14.95
151 The Scottish and Welsh Wars, 1250-1400 $14.95

152

Prussian Line Infantry

$14.95

154

Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars

$14.95

155 The Knights of Christ $14.95

162

Prussian Cavalry Of The Napoleonic Wars

$14.95

165

Armies in Lebanon

$14.95

166 German Medieval Armies, 1300-1500 $14.95

167

Brunswick Troops 1807-15

$14.95

170

American Civil War Armies (1) Confederates

$14.95

171 Saladin and the Saracens $14.95

172

Prussian Cavalry Of The Napoleonic Wars

$14.95

173 The Alamo and The War of Texas Independence $14.95
175 Rome's Enemies #3:  Parthians, Sassanid Persians $14.95

176

Austrian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1)

$14.95

177

American Civil War Armies (2) Union

$14.95

179

American Civil War Armies #3

$14.95

180 Rome's Enemies #4:  Spanish Armies 218-19 BC $14.95

184

Polish Armies (1) 1569-1696

$14.95

189

Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars #2

$14.95

193

British Army on Campaign (1) 1816-1853

$14.95

194

Arab Armies - Middle East Wars

$14.95

199

Napoleon's Specialist Troops

$14.95

200

El Cid and the Reconquista 1050-1492

$14.95

203

Louis XIV's Army

$14.95

204

Wellington's Specialist Troops

$14.95

206

Hanoverian Army of the Napoleonic Wars

$14.95

211

Napoleon's Overseas Army

$14.95

212

Queen Victoria's Enemies (1) South Africa

$14.95

224

Queen Victoria's Enemies (4): Asia, Australasia, and the Americas

$14.95

226

The American War 1812-1814

$14.95

227

Napoleon's Sea Soldiers

$14.95

228

American Woodland Indians

$14.95

232

The Armies of Bolivar and San Martin

$14.95

240 Spanish Armies of the Napoleonic War $14.95

244

The French Army in the American War of Independence

$14.95

249

Canadian Campaigns 1860-70

$14.95

253

Wellington's Highlanders

$14.95

258

Union Flags Of The Civil War

$14.95

260

Peter the Great's Army (1) Infantry

$14.95

276

The Austrian Army 1740-80 (2): Infantry

$14.95

281

U.S. Dragoons 1833-55

$14.95

294

British Forces in the West Indies 1793-1815

$14.95

296

Louis XV's Army (1): Cavalry

$14.95

310

German Medieval Armies 1000-1300

$14.95

311 German Army 1939-1945 (1)  Blitzkrieg $12.95

321

Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars #1

$14.95

     
 

CAMPAIGN SERIES

 

C2

Austerlitz 1805

$18.95

C7

Alexander's Battles 334-323

$19.95

C9

Agincourt 1415

$18.95

C10

First Bull Run 1861

$18.95

C13

Hastings 1066

$18.95

C20

Jena 1806

$18.95

C22

Qadesh 1300 B.C.

$18.95

C51

Inkerman 1854 - PD

$18.95

C54

Shiloh 1862

$19.95

 

ELITE SERIES

 

E4

U.S. Army Special Forces 1952-84

$16.95

E7 The Ancient Greeks $14.95

E8

Israeli Defense Forces Since 1973

$16.95

E27

Soldiers of the English Civil War

$16.95

E42

The Persian Army 560-330 B.C.

$16.95

 

ESSENTIAL HISTORIES

 
EH30 The Second World War:  War At Sea $14.95
 

WARRIOR SERIES

 

W11

English Longbowman 1330-1515

$16.95

 

After the Battle

This is an excellent series of battle and campaign publications. 

These books are great resources for finding out some of the hidden stories behind the wars!

 

CATALOG#

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

ATB3

Ruhr Dams Raid, Dunkirk

$7.95

ATB7

The Last Days Of Mussolini

$7.95

ATB8

Battle Of Falaise Pocket

$7.95

ATB10

Malta G.C.

$7.95

ATB11

German Spies In Britain

$7.95

ATB14

Paris

$7.95

ATB16

Crossing The Rhine

$7.95

ATB18

Battle For San Pietro

$7.95

ATB19

Hitler's Headquarters

$7.95

ATB20

Death Of General Sikorski

$7.95

ATB21

Gibraltar

$7.95

ATB27

Dachau

$7.95

ATB30

Wrecks on St. Kilda

$7.95

ATB32

Operation Ambassador

$7.95

ATB33

St malo 1944

$7.95

ATB34

The GI's In Northern Ireland

$7.95

ATB37

Breaking Enigma

$7.95

ATB39

The Death Of Leigh-Mallory

$7.95

ATB45

D-Day's Most Ignominious Casualty

$7.95

ATB50

The Soviet Victory In Europe

$7.95

ATB53

The London Victory Parade

$7.95

ATB54

The Man Who Almost Is

$7.95

ATB62

The Aleutians

$7.95

ATB63

Colditz

$7.95

ATB66

Munich 'Der Neunte Elfte'

$7.95

ATB68

Blitzkrieg In The West

$7.95

ATB86

Market Garden

$7.95

ATB87

The Great Escape

$7.95

ATB89

Bergen-Belsen

$7.95

ATB96

The Death Of Orde Wingate

$7.95

ATB97

Battle Of The Alps

$7.95

ATB99

Soviet Victory In The Arctic

$7.95

ATB100

Special 100th Edition

$7.95

 

 

Uniformology

The History of Uniformology

During the 19th and the early part of the 20th Centuries prior to the First World War the military as a profession was considered a prestigious enterprise. There was no greater reflection of this prestige than the uniforms of the various armed forces. One might even surmise that before the advent of modern sports that the military service of the country might be considered the "team" that represented national, regional, or local pride. In Europe most large communities had "Honor Guards" made up of societies finest who would don their fancy if impractical uniforms for ceremonial occasions and to escort visiting dignitaries. In the United States before and after the Civil War their were numerous local militias and volunteer military units. Many of these in their unique uniforms saw service in the Civil War on both sides and many acquitted themselves with honor and bravery in battle. Winners and losers copied the styles of their foes. The British Sixteenth Lancers adopted red tunics in honor of the famous Dutch Lancers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard and all of Europe and even the United States rushed to adopt spiked helmets after the German's defeated the French in the Franco Prussian War.

During this period the military uniform print was sought after and studied as people reflected on military glory past and present. Following the Napoleonic Wars military fashion was at its peak as the combatants and their heirs on all sides of the conflicts relived and reveled in their past glories. Changing technology and weaponry over the next hundred years brought about changes in uniforms and tactics. The military artists of the time kept up with the changes and provided their eager audiences with illustrations of current and past uniforms in all their color and splendor.

For over 40 years Uniformology has been fortunate to obtain and to photograph originals of many of the worlds most interesting and valuable collections of military uniform prints from the 18th, 19th and early 20th Centuries. These photos were taken over a thirty year period by the late Bob Cowan who achieved a mastery of print photography. Bob owned and operated MILITARIA, a shop in Dallas, Texas specializing in military miniatures, rare books and other military items. As he acquired rare and costly originals such as Knötel's UNIFORMENKUNDE or books by artists like Chelminski, Bellange, and many others before selling them to collectors he photographed the plates. For the first time the collector without the resources of a rare book dealer could own some of history's most interesting and attractive military uniform prints. For many years Bob sold reproductions of these photographs as photographic prints and slides through the shop and by mail order.  Uniformology sold and shipped these prints to customers all over the world on a regular basis. After Bob sold Militaria and retired in the early 1980's he took his collection of print and slide masters with him and he passed them on to Uniformology in the early nineties.

NOTE:  Our supply of Uniformology is extremely limited as we have not worked with them in several years.  

CATALOG # 

DESCRIPTION

PRICE 

CD2004-01

Knotel's French Army of the Napoleonic Wars
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$8.95

CD2004-02

Knotel's German States Armies of the Napoleonic Wars
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$8.95

CD2004-03

Knotel's Napoleon's Adversaries of the Napoleonic Wars
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$8.95

CD2004-05

French Army of the Napoleonic Wars Vol. I
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$8.95

CD2004-06

French Army of the Napoleonic Wars Vol. II
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$8.95

CD2004-07

The French Napoleonic Army by Carle Vernet
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$8.95

CD2004-11

The Austrian Army by Allemande
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$8.95

CD2004-13

The Austrian Army from Knotel's Uniformenkunde 1700-1869
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$8.95

CD2004-21

The Turkish Army of 1812
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$8.95

CD2004-22

The first 100 of the 1072 plate Knotel Uniformenkunde Collection
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$8.95

CD2004-23

McDonald's History of the British Artillery 1630-1897
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$8.95

CD2004-30

Franco-Prussian War
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$8.95

CD2004-36

Armies of the 18th Century Vol. I
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$13.95

CD2004-38

Knotel's European Armies of the 18th Century Vol. II
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$8.95

     

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