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21/08/2026

Hello Everyone,
As we have a Postcard & Stamp fair this Saturday in Berwick, l thought l'd share some of my hundreds of Military Postcards l have in stock. Prices vary according to subject and whether postally used or not.
Mike

22/07/2026

Hello Everyone,
The book of the week this time is;
THE LAST YEARS OF A FRONTIER
By D. L.W. TOUGH
Many historians of the Elzabethan period have wrongly regarded the Borders as something ofa back water, although the Queen, her counselors and the Scots government treated Border affairs as matters ofgreat importance. D.L.W. Tough's metculously rescarched book shows what a wealth of material has been overlooked when chronicling these important chapters of our past.
from his research through an impressive number of sources, many being original diaries, journals and manuscripts, the author has assembled a well-documented record of the life and events in the arca from 1558-1603. His modestly stated aim: "to attempt a picture of the Borders as they were in their last years, an explanation of their state and a narrativeofevents" -ismore thanachieved.
This is a fascinating account written by a considerable scholar whose own lively interest in the area and the period of history he described is vividly conveyed
miles around the Borders and illustrated the book with his own photographs.
Out of print for almost 60 years, this excellent book is an invaluable addition to the history of the arca, and a genuine
'And for local and social historian alike.
Jacket design by Janet Dickson.

First printed in 1928 this Sandhill Press reprint is from 1987. 229pp Nr Mint £20

The first photo shows the featured book with some books on the same subject.

Mike

10/07/2026

Hello Everyone,
The book of the week for this week is;
ANY GUN CAN PLAY The Essential guide to Euro-Westerns.
By Kevin Grant with a foreword by the Legendary Franco Nero.
1st Edition 500pp fully illustrated throughout.
Near Mint, in illustrated boards withVG jacket
£45.

THE EURO-WESTERN BEYOND LEONE
he worldwide success of Sergio Leone's Dollars' trilogy in the '60s sparked a gold rush, as a legion o I European filmmakers - many of whom shared the get-rich-quick mentality of Leone's mercenary anti-keroe
- followed the master's lead to create some of the wildest westerns ever made.
Cynical and stylish, bloody and baroque, Euro-westerns replaced straight-shooting sheriffs and courageous cowboys with amoral adventurers, whose murderous methods would shock the heroes of Hollywood westerns.
These films became box-office sensations around the world, and their influence can still be felt today.
Any Gun Can Play puts the phenomenon into perspective, exploring the films' wider reaches, their recurrent themes, characters, quirks and motifs. It examines Euro-westerns in relation to their American ancestors and the mechanics of the Italian popular film industry, and spotlights the unsung actors, directors and other artists who subverted the 'code' of the western and dragged it into the modern age.
Based on years of research backed up by interviews with many of the genre's leading lights, including actors
Franco Nero, Giuliano Gemma and Gianni Garko, writer Sergio Donati, and directors Sergio Sollima and Giuliano Carnimeo, Any Gun Can Play will satisfy both connoisseurs and the curious.
Complete with a foreword by Euro-western legend Franco Nero, this stunningly illustrated reference guide takes aim at the lingering notion that the genre has little to offer beyond the Dollars' films and a fistful of others, exposing the full, vibran history of the Euro-western.

01/07/2026

Hello Everyone,
This week we remember the Battle of the Somme, which began on this day 1 July. The British Army suffered 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 killed, making it the bloodiest single day in British military history.

Over the course of the five-month Battle of the Somme in 1916, an estimated 108,000 to 125,000 UK and Commonwealth soldiers were killed or are missing.

As this is mainly a memorial posting l won't go into any detail of the books shown other than they are;
"Three Cheers For The Derry's" by Gardiner S. Mitchell. 1st Edition 1991 228pp £35.

The Battles Of The Somme by Martin Marie Evans 1998 96pp £8.

The Irish On The Somme by Steven Moore 1st Edition 2005 280pp £20.

Mike

27/06/2026

Hello Everyone,
Armed Forces Day 2026 takes place on Saturday, 27 June 2026. The nationwide celebration honours currently serving troops, veterans, reservists, and their families. Events, parades, and community celebrations will be held across the UK.

Wishing all serving and veteran members of the services a Happy and Safe Armed Forces Day.

This week the books on show cover the three branches of the Armed Forces.

The Senior Service in the middle.
Mike

16/06/2026

Hello Everyone,
The book of the week is about the Battle of Waterloo fought 211 years ago this week, which ended the Napoleonic War and the threat of Invasion.

"The Duke can see little because of the smoke... French roundshot and shell are flying near him, and the noise is pounding the eardrums, screams from the wounded, drummers on the far ridge, the regimental bands playing ...
Wellington's great gift was to remain calm in this turmoil ...
He is watching the far ridge, using his telescope, trying to read what Napoleon intends, but he is also turning that spyglass to the east...

ON THE 18TH JUNE 1815 the three armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days the French army had beaten the Prussians at Ligny and fought the British to a standstill at Quatre-Bras. The Allies were in retreat. The little village north of where they turned to fight the French army was called Waterloo. The blood-soaked battle to which it gave its name would become a landmark in European history.
In his first work of non-fiction, Bernard Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting account of every dramatic moment, from Napoleon's escape from Elba to the smoke and gore of the three battlefields and their aftermath.
Through quotes from the letters and diaries of Emperor Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington and the ordinary officers and soldiers, he brings to life how it actually felt to fight these famous battles. His detailed understanding and graphic description of the battles also brings a clarity to the ebbs and flows of these four days. It is a history of many key decisions and moments of amazing bravery on both sides that left the actual outcome hanging in the balance till the bitter end.
Published to coincide with the bicentenary, Waterloo is a tense and gripping story of heroism and tragedy - and of the final battle that determined the fate of Europe.

WATERLOO THE HISTORY OF FOUR DAYS, THREE ARMIES AND THREE BATTLES

By Bernard Cornwell 1st Edition, William Collins 2014, 352pp £14
With a few pictures of some of the other related books in stock.

Mike

11/06/2026

Hello Everyone,
The book of the week is relevant, at this time in 1982, the War in the Falklands was still in full flow. This is a relatively unknown part of it.

ACROSS AN ANGRY SEA THE SAS IN THE FALKLANDS WAR
By Lieutenant General Sir Cedric Delves. 1st Edition 2018 341pp £30

An SAS commander's unflinchingly honest account of the Falklands War.
In early summer 1982—winter in the South Atlantic-Argentina's military junta invades the Falklands. Within days, a Royal Navy Task Force is assembled and dispatched. This is the story of D Squadron, 22 SAS, commanded by Cedric Delves.
The relentless pace of events defies beliet. Raging seas, inhospitable glaciers, hurricane-force winds, helicopter crashes, raids behind enemy lines the Squadron prevailed against
them all, but the cost was high.
Holding fast to their humanity, D Squadron's fighters were there at the start and end of the Falklands War. Theirs was the first Union Jack raised over Government House in Stanley.
Across an Angry Sea is a chronicle of daring, skill and steadfastness among a tight-knit band of brothers; of learning fast, fighting hard, and winning through.

05/06/2026

Hello Everyone,
There is no book of the week this week, because we are celebrating D-Day - 6 June 1944.
D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare. The statistics of D-Day, codenamed Operation Overlord, are staggering. The Allies used over 5,000 ships and landing craft to land more than 150,000 troops on five beaches in Normandy. The landings marked the start of a long and costly campaign in north-west Europe, which ultimately convinced the German high command that defeat was inevitable.
Rest in Peace all who died, and all the veterans who have died since. For our tomorrows you gave your today...

Mike

-Day

27/05/2026

Hello Everyone,
Today we highlight the Battle of Goose Green and show some of the books on the subject.

On 26 May, 2 PARA was ordered to move south and engage the Argentinian Strategic Reserve and airfield on the Darwin / Goose Green Isthmus. The attack began during the early hours of 28th May with limited naval and artillery support.

The battalion was forced to go to ground at daybreak right across the isthmus, from Boca House in the West to the Darwin feature in the East, outgunned by an enemy who could hold us up at a distance with long, unimpeded fields of fire. The Commanding Officer, Lt Col H Jones, was killed during the battle.

The assault continued with some ferocious trench to trench fighting and by last light enemy positions across the isthmus, less the Goose Green Settlement had been taken. Negotiations with the Argentinians led to their surrender the next day.

R.I.P all who died during that battle, regardless of which side you fought for.
Mike

21/05/2026

Hello Everyone,
The Book of the Week this time is;
THE PEOPLE'S WAR Original Voices of the American Revolution.
By Noel Rae 614pp Hardback First Edition 2012.

An up-close view of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of the people who fought it and endured it
The outcome was one of history's great, surprising events, David slaying Goliath.
At the beginning of the war, which cast the world's most powerful nation against a shaky collection of its wildly independent colonies, no such outcome was conceivable. But as the upstarts slowly welded themselves into an effective force, step by step the Americans whipped the mighty British to found the world's most enduring democracy.
See the war through the frank and vivid diaries and letters, reflective memoirs, lurid and sensational newspaper accounts, and sober official documents of the American Revolution. Hear the voices of the farmers and merchants, tradesmen and housewives, who joined with the generals and the country's new leaders to wage The People's War.

A lovely book.
£20 in stock for you to look at and buy.
Thanks for reading
Mike

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