Went to the model shop on Saturday for a couple of very small things and then went into the military store next door. Came out with all of these! I've been wanting to get The Desert War Then And Now for a little while but I could have gotten it more cheaply if I'd bought it online. However I decided to support the local store.
The urge has been stirring in me after a year of consciously not buying any more tank books (other than the odd charity shop find, but I can handle that, it's not a habit...). This is not helping...
Hehe, sorry von Poop The other books were at prices I considered a steal. ($5 Cdn for the AFV Weapons Profile, $10 for the walkaround and Allied Tanks.
They all look perfectly good buys to me. I'd hate to know how much I've spent over the last 10 years on books, research, militaria and sending files etc to others. £K's
244 orders matching "book" I still pretend I am a low flying Martin Marauder whilst walking on the pavements and bombing the flak ships (manhole covers) Tomorrow I am mostly going to be a Sherman tank (not sure what mark yet)
I've got the Sentinel book (obviously because it also covers Matildas and they're from 1940 and therefore fab) and the Allied Tanks in Italy (some cracking photographs in that one) - Perrett, author of the later, curiously enough given another of your purchases', also wrote a book on Valentines, more specifically 'The Valentine in North Africa 1942-43' which I can certainly recommend - photos, bit of advice on maintenance (never know when you might need to replace the carbon gland on the AEC engine water pump), reminiscences and the like. I've got a few pre-war books on the desert on the go at the moment - Bagnold (him wot founded the LRDG) being particularly good. My wife can never understand how I have half a dozen books on the go at the same time (not actually reading at the same time of course, that would require multi-tasking abilities). Anyway - Happy reading Cheers Andrew
Bagnold wrote a book? That's fantastic! I actually own a copy of Perrett's Valentine book and have read a library copy(!!!) of his book about the Churchills. I would buy the Matilda book but it is a little dear.
I'll post this here too as its just released: Armor Photo History 5 British Cruiser Tanks A9 A10 - Military Pre 1946 Companion to his A13 book from the same publisher. He does good work.
Ah, in the absence of an emoticon I can't tell if that's a raised eyebrow at the Bagnold choice (Libyan Sands) or not - anyway decent enough (albeit very British) account of the mapping of hitherto largely unexplored sections of the western desert that surely stood the LRDG in good stead. In order to get the flavour of the period I've also been reading the works of C.S.Jarvis (specifically the three that cover his time in Egypt before the war). Perrett's Matilda usually sells for around £15 at the shows - fairly pricey for a slim volume. Regards Andrew
Hi Andrew, I was being sincere about Bagnold's book. I don't know anything about the quality of his writing, but I appreciate that he put pen to paper (figuratively speaking) and left us an account of his early explorations. P.S. I really ought to get the A13 book of photos. And the Comet book.
Libyan Sands well worth a shufti - the library will have it. As for your other purchases - it's worth remembering that you can't die if there's unread books in the house! (them's the rules) Cheers A
Hm, the library does have a copy - but it's reference only. Don't forget I'm over here "in the colonies" (Canada) I still haven't gotten around to reading The Desert War Then And Now because when I've been reading at home I also have the big book on the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps... and that's when I'm not on the computer, working on a model, watching TV, etc.
