Hello there and welcome to my "me" page. I am a 40 something married man with a beautiful wife and four sons to support. My wife is a Shona princess and a sister at a major Hospital. My two step sons are aged 10 and 7, whilst my two sons are still at toddler and baby stages. I started on eBay with the intention of clearing out my large collections of books, CD's, DVD's and Vinyl as I needed to fund my pride and joy, the 1988 XJ-S V12 convertible in my shop logo, and was getting fed up of packing them every time I moved. Now it has expanded into a necessity to help feed my growing family, confirmed bachelor to father of 4 in 28 months!

You may be wondering about the shop name? Bilgames (Bill Gah Mezz) is the ancient Sumerian rendition of the more widely known Gilgamesh (Gill Gah Mezz). Gilgamesh was a king of the ancient city of Uruk in Mesopotamia some time around 2700 BC. The tales of his deeds are known as the Epic of Gilgamesh and were written on clay tablets in one of the earliest forms of writing known as cuneiform. The Epic is widely accepted as the oldest known 'book', predating the Old Testament by some 2700 years.

The law says I now have to register as a business as I buy and resell. However I do work full time so please do not expect instant responses! I will endeavour to reply to all questions and offers ASAP and certainly within 24 hours.

I have always had an interest in all things Naval, my grandfather served in WWII on Icarus and Euryalus minelaying, Battle of Narvik, Arctic and Mediterranean convoys, North Africa, Sicily etc.

My shops main focus is thus Naval books especially the Ensign and man o'war series, Warship Profile series and Conway Warship series. You will also find many paperbacks about daring real exploits and the grind and terror of convoy work.

I can do a bookfind service for anyone interested in Conway's Warship series. Price will depend on how many of the set you require and what condition you would like. If you are not worried about dust jackets it is cheaper as copies that have none or have faded or ripped ones are much cheaper. Also if you are happy to take US versions by Naval Institute Press they also tend to be cheaper. Some are cheaper than others, some go for £100-£300 in bookshops. Have a look on the booksite Abe. I will aim to get them much cheaper to maintain the average price! Volumes XI and XII are next to impossible to find. I found one pair and sold them for over £75 each!

Beware, there are an awful lot of bad copies out there going for so called bargain prices. Some are Ex-Library with pages missing and stamps all over them, others are just dirty. I only supply clean copies unless otherwise requested.

I also buy books, so if you have anything of the sort I am already selling please do drop me a line at kurt@russellcory.freeserve.co.uk