Lionel Leventhal is a British publisher of books on military history and related topics, whose eponymous company was established in 1967.
Founded at a time when few new publishing houses were being established, Arms and Armour Press began on Leventhal's kitchen table, but grew rapidly to be one of the United Kingdom's leading publishers of militaria and military history, with a stable of authors including some of the most renowned specialists in the field, including Ian V. Hogg, David G. Chandler and Steven Zaloga.
[6][7][8][9][10] In 1971, Clive Bingley and Leventhal organised The Specialist Publishers’ Exhibition for Librarians, with 22 exhibitors displaying titles on tabletops.
1976 saw the acquisition of Ken Trotman Limited, the leading specialist bookseller of books on militaria, which was sold to its manager, Richard Brown, in 1984.
Contractually precluded from publishing any new books for a period, he started with three series of reprints of classic aviation, crime and science fiction titles.
As with Arms & Armour Press, the imprint grew, eventually reaching a total of almost 700 titles published and attracting a renowned group of authors, including Chaim Herzog, John Elting and Kenneth Macksey.
The book is edited by Michael Leventhal and includes contributions from Antony Beevor, Asa Briggs, Tim Newark, Richard Holmes, Gary Sheffield, Ian Kershaw, Stephen Turnbull and illustrations by Chris Riddell.
Lionel Leventhal Limited retains ownership of stocks and copyright licences of books published under the Chatham imprint.
To date, the imprint has published fifteen books, including modern works by Shira Geffen, David Polonsky, Rinat Hoffer, Ori Elon, and Shoham Smith.