Books

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 Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-02	Knotel's German States Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-03	Knotel's Napoleon's Adversaries of the Napoleonic Wars Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-05	French Army of the Napoleonic Wars Vol. I Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-06	French Army of the Napoleonic Wars Vol. II Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-07	The French Napoleonic Army by Carle Vernet Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-11	The Austrian Army by Allemande Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-13	The Austrian Army from Knotel's Uniformenkunde 1700-1869 Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-21	The Turkish Army of 1812 Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-22	The first 100 of the 1072 plate Knotel Uniformenkunde Collection Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-23	McDonald's History of the British Artillery 1630-1897 Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-30	Franco-Prussian War Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95
CD2004-36	Armies of the 18th Century Vol. I Click Here For More Details On This Item	$13.95
CD2004-38	Knotel's European Armies of the 18th Century Vol. II Click Here For More Details On This Item	$8.95

All prices and availability are subject to change without notice.

Please note that on all overseas orders we will no longer be able to ship to postal boxes due to an increasing number of orders going astray. All overseas orders will require a full street address for delivery.

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