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The Royal Armouries
 The Naval & Military Press has access to the libraries and collections housed within its three sites. These have proved to be a rich source of material for our publishing programme. The Royal Armouries houses the British national collection of arms and armour. It is the oldest museum in the United Kingdom and one of the oldest museums in the world. The collection is split across three sites:
* The Royal Armouries Museum (Leeds) in Leeds
* HM Tower of London (London)
* Fort Nelson (Portsmouth).
The collection is as old as the Tower of London, but was not regularly opened to the public until the reign of Charles II in 1660. From the 15th century (and possibly earlier) distinguished visitors were allowed access to the Royal Armouries in the Tower. From the reign of Elizabeth I, a greater range of visitors was permitted to view a collection made up almost entirely of items from the reign of Henry VIII.
Collections now include the Spanish Armoury, which contains instruments of torture and punishment, and the Line of Kings, mounted figures representing English monarchs. The collections contain many trophy weapons from the height of the British Empire.
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Dr J H McLean’s PEACE-MAKERS
Product Code: 9711
Illustrated brochure of the inventions of a late 19th century US arms manufacturer, written as a ‘plea for peace’ since his weapons are so destructive! Features offensive and defensive forts, shells, torpedoes; small arms and a prototype machine gun.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GUNS AND SHOOTING
Product Code: 9198
A complete international bibliography of books, treatises and articles on guns and explosives from ancient times to 1895. Indispensible for the serious student of shooting.
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WAR AND THE ARME BLANCHE
Product Code: 9196
Critique of cavalry tactics after the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese war by the ill-fated author of ‘The Riddle of the Sands’. Admiring foreword by Lord Roberts.
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BLENHEIM ROLL 1704
Product Code: 9193
Rare annotated roll list of the Duke of Marlborough’s officers who won the great battle of Blenheim, complete with biographical footnotes.
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LIGHT HORSE DRILL: 1802
Product Code: 9189
Unofficial illustrated training manual of the Volunteer cavalry raised to resist the threat of Napoleon’s invasion.
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