Welcome to the new-look Blue List of Military Booksellers for 2009.
This is your definitive guide to all the major military booksellers around today for new, antiquarian & second-hand books in military history on land, sea & in the air.

Organised by region for your convenience including newly added overseas booksellers, all members featured are dedicated independent retailers with extensive knowledge in their subject fields.

You can also download a PDF version here!

Please remember to mention the Blue List in any communication you have with your bookseller so they know how you found them!
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Marine & Cannon Books www.marinecannon.com
Naval & Maritime Dept.
'Nilcoptra', 3 Marine Road, Hoyake Wirral, Cheshire CH47 2AS
Telephone: 0151 632 5365 / Fax: 0151 632 6472
Email: michael@marinecannon.com

Military & Aviation Dept.
Square House Farm, Tattenhall Lane, Tattenhall, Cheshire CH3 9NH
Telephone: 01829 771109 / Fax: 01829 771991
Email: diane@marinecannon.com
Opening times: 0900 To 1800 Monday To Saturday, 24-Hour answering machine – Appointment necessary to view stock.
Out of print and antiquarian 10,000 + titles. We issue four catalogues per annum.
Specialities: Lord Nelson, Lady Hamilton, Napoleonic Wars, WW1, WW2, Manuscripts & Ephemera.
Members of the ABA & ILAB.

Mattocks Military Books www.mattocksmilitarybooks.com
8 Malvern Avenue, York YO26 5SG
Telephone: 01904 786022
Email: mattocks.militarybooks@ntlworld.com
Opening times: Private premises. Mail order only.
All books are new & sold at a discount to the published price.
Specialities: First World War, including campaigns, regiments, battlefield tours, biographies, militaria & memorials.

Spitfire Books www.spitfirebooks.com
Old Mill Barn, Waste Lane, Kelsall, Cheshire CW6 0PE
Telephone: 01829 751308
Email: pilot@spitfirebooks.com
Opening times: Private premises. Mail order & visits by appointment only.
Small stock of rare & signed aviation books covering all aspects of aviation, especially WWII biographies & autobiographies. Also signed aviation art, signed bookplates & aviation related ephemera.
Specialities: Specialist dealer in pilot signed books. Always looking to purchase collections or individual books & offer authentication & appraisal services.

Tony & Gill Tiffin
144 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington DL3 7RW
Telephone: 01325 487274
Email: tony.tiffin@btinternet.com
Opening times: Anytime, appointment only.
Large stock, specialising in First World War. Boer War & Second World War also.
Specialities: Memoirs, regimental histories, poetry of 19th & 20th Centuries.
PBFA member.

Caliver Books www.caliverbooks.com
100 Baker Road, Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire NG16 2DP
Telephone: 0115 938 2111 / Fax: 0115 938 4108
Email: dave@caliverbooks.com
Opening times: Monday-Saturday 9.00am to 5.30pm.
New & second-hand. 20,000 books.
Specialities: English Civil War, 18th Century, Napoleonic.
3 miles from Junction 26 M1
(Pass Ikea - towards eastwood - third road on right).

Paul Meekins Military & History Books www.paulmeekins.co.uk
Valentines, Long Marston, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 8RG
Telephone/Fax: 01789 722434
Email: paul@paulmeekins.co.uk
Opening times: Private premises by appointment. Mail order, website & shows.
Over 18,000 books on all periods of military history from ancient to 20th Century. Second-hand, out of print & new books.
Online catalogues including WW1, WW2, airborne, military vehicles, English & American civil wars & Napoleonic.
Books bought. Established 1990.

Anthony J. Simmonds www.navalandmaritimebooks.com
Maritime Books, 66 Royal Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8RT
Telephone: 020 8692 1794
Email: anthony@anthonysimmonds.demon.co.uk
Opening times: Tuesday-Saturday 10.00am to 6.00pm.
Mail order available. Some fairs attended.
Large stock - new, used & antiquarian on naval & maritime history.
Specialities: Naval & maritime history.
Nearest station Greenwich on Docklands Light Railway.
PBFA member.

Armchair Auctions
98 Junction Road, Andover, Hampshire SP10 3JA
Telephone/Fax: 01264 362048
Opening times: Private premises. Mail order only.
Regular postal auctions of military, naval & aviation books, relics & ephemera.
Specialising in the Great War. Contact George Murdoch.
Please write/telephone for free catalogue.

Bufo Books www.bufobooks.demon.co.uk
32 Tadfield Road, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 5AJ
Telephone: 01794 517149 / Fax: 08700 516786
Email: bufo@bufobooks.demon.co.uk
Opening times: Private premises. By appointment only. cont../
Approximately 5,000 titles. Fairs attended & catalogues available.
Specialities: Maps & ephemera.
PBFA member.

Falconwood Transport & Military Bookshop
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/falconwood-transport-bookshop
5 Falconwood Parade, Welling, Kent DA16 2PL
Telephone/Fax: 020 8303 8291
Email: falconwood@globalnet.co.uk
Opening times: Thursday-Saturday 9.30am to 5.30pm. Other times by appointment.
10,000 books on our specialised transport & military subjects. All secondhand.
Specialities: Aviation, military, naval, motoring, railways, military vehicles.
Easy parking (no yellow lines). Nearest railway station Falconwood then B16 bus towards Bexleyheath (3 mins).
No lists issued. Wants lists welcome. Worldwide mail order.

Invicta Bookshop www.invictabookshop.com
8 Cromwell Place, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 1AF
Telephone: 01635 31176
Opening times: Monday-Saturday 10.30am to 5.30pm. Closed Wednesday.
General second-hand bookshop.
Specialities: Large stock of military, aviation, naval & maritime books.
Opposite Marks & Spencers.
PBFA member.

Military History Bookshop www.militaryhistorybooks.com
PO Box 590, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2WX
Telephone: 01303 246500 / Fax: 01303 245133
Email: info@militaryhistorybooks.com
Opening times: Monday-Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm. Saturday 10.00am to 2.00pm. Private premises, telephone for appointment.
Regular catalogues issued. We have over 10,000 military book titles in stock.
Specialities: Used, out of print, antiquarian & selected new titles covering all aspects of military history.

The Aviation Bookshop www.aviation-bookshop.com
31/33 Vale Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1BS
Telephone: 01892 539284 / Fax: 01892 539597
Email: info@aviation-bookshop.com
Opening times: Monday-Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm. Saturday 10.00am to 5.00pm.
Mail order available.
New & secondhand aviation books & magazines.
Specialities: Signed books. Modelling reference book publishers.
Near Tunbridge Wells railway station.

Tommies Guides www.tommiesguides.co.uk
Menin House, 13 Hunloke Avenue, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22 8UL
Telephone: 0845 475 1945 / Fax: 0870 622 1918
Email: sales@tommiesguides.co.uk
Opening times: Private premises. Mail order & internet only.
Dedicated selection of current WW1 & WW2 books & related products.
Retail & trade sales. Hard to find & out of print service. Publishing services for authors.
Specialities: First World War, Ypres Salient & battlefield touring information.
Memberships: The Western Front Association, Guild of Battlefield Guides,
Last Post Association. UK National Defence Association & The Royal British Legion.

World War Books
Oaklands, Camden Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 5AL
Telephone/Fax: 01892 538465
Email: wwarbooks@btinternet.com
Opening times: Private premises. Mail order only.
Very large selection of military, aviation, naval books & ephemera.
Specialities: WW1, official histories, army, navy & airborne lists.
Maps & photograph albums. Books & ephemera always wanted.
Western Front Association member.
PBFA member.

British Grenadier Bookshop & Salient Tours (Ypres) www.salientours.com
Meensestraat 5, 8900, Ieper, Belgium
Telephone/Fax: +32 57 214 657
Email: tours@salienttours.com
Opening times: Monday-Sunday 9.30am to 1.00pm, 2.00pm to 6.00pm, 7.30pm to 8.30pm. No appointment necessary but can be useful. Mail order also.
New & used WW1 & WW2 books.
Many items of militaria, mostly WW1 & souvenirs of Ypres.
Specialities: Postcards, trench art, trench maps, war art, many Dutch & French used WW1 & WW2 books. Militaria collectibles, thousands of books on WW1 & WW2.
Battlefield tours also available for more information please visit our website.

Over The Top Tours Bookshop www.overthetoptours.be
Meensestraat 41, 8900, Ieper, Belgium
Telephone/Fax: +32 57 424320
Email: overthetoptoursshop@skynet.be
Opening times: Monday-Sunday 9.00am to 12.30pm, 13.30pm to 17.30pm, 7.30pm to 9.00pm.
First World War books.
Specialities: First World War memorabilia, antiquarian & used books.
Situated right next to the Menin Gate.
Battlefield tours also available for more information please visit our website.
Member of the Last Post Association.