Some interesting aquisitions.

 

 

 

Evening Compadres!

 This time I thought I would have a gloat. A few months ago I was wandering around the local charity shops with Ma Subs –her idea not mine- when, out of the corner of my eye I happened to see a painting with a flag on it on the opposite side. I meandered through all the pieces of furniture and came across the two little gems pictured below. I was extremely chuffed as you can imagine by both the prints and the price. For those of you who might not know, they are by the extremely talented American artist Don Troiani who specialises in the ACW. Aaaaannnddd, before that I picked up a 30" x 17" (600mm x 430mm) framed print of Lady Butler's charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, an absolute must to adorn the wall in the den/ room of any self respecting wargamer

However, that is not the end of my good fortune. About a week before that I was let loose on my own in town and on a whim decided to have a gander in the local Oxfam bookstore. Boy, was I pleased. I found a copy of Duffy’s ‘The Army of Frederick the Great’ for the princely sum of £3.99! as you have no doubt guessed, that went straight into the shopping bag…after paying of course. Then, less than a week later I found a copy of ‘The Golden History of the Mongols’ by Urgunge Onon (translated of course as my knowledge of the Mongolian language is about as good as my Sanskrit!). This seems to be a variation on ‘The Secret History of the Mongols’ by the same author. A rather posh volume by the Folio Society in its own …yep, you guessed it, little folio. That was a steal at £9.99, well I thought it was a steal anyway.

MickS