Military Books and Dirigibles

One of my favourite places is the Sorell Market, it's a total bric-a-brac market where you can find nothing and the next week find everything.  Last weekend was a everything day.  Military stuff was everywhere!  As you can imagine I became very excited, which I cleverly concealed behind a disinterested facade so as to not blow my haggling power.  Here are some of the great finds:

Isn't this great?!  Bazooka Kids!  How crazy!  I love Commando comics, action, excitement and adventure without any of that romance business!!!

Yep, a big book on tanks.  Isn't that a cool photo on the cover?  Every army needs a tank.

And this is fantastic picture book with lots of military arsenal to draw inspiration from, including one of my favourites: the Dirigible:

 Now, the term dirigible does not come from the word “rigid” but from the French verb “diriger” (to steer), and a dirigible is simply any lighter-than-air craft which is able to to be steered (as opposed to a balloon, which floats with the wind).  They just seem to have a beautiful 1920's feel about them and have been quite a presence in movies and propaganda as can be seen below:

One word: Awesome.