Search Results: Authors starting with B from Mikhail Barkovskiy

17x24, Hb, clothGood++ in good showing some wear and minor tear to edges Dj, ex-library, bearing regular markings on inner cover sides, 267pp, 23 line drawings (plans), 16 color photographs, 209 b/w photographs. Incl: construction of national industry; interwar period, 1918-1939; 1945-1970 period; WSK-Okecie aircraft plant; WSK-Mielec aircraft plant; WSK-Swidnik aircraft plant; gliders design and construction plant in Bielsko-Biala; WSK-Rzeszow; WSK-Kalisz; WSK-Warszawa II and Delta-Hydral in Wroclaw; Aviation Institute; revue of airplane and helicopters designs; engines; personell and commerce. Massive, almost the only reference on the subject. Text in Polish. Very rare.

Polish text. 16x23,5, Pb, laminated, new copy, 84pp. Well illustrated: 4 full page color plates (8 drawings) showing armored fighting vehicles camouflage and markings, 78 b/w photographs. Incl.: foreword; German armored troops stationed in Warsaw region, 1940-44; German armored units at the beginning of the uprising; 743 Tank Destroyer Battalion; "Totenkopf" improvised tank company; German armored divisions moving through Warsaw; 302 tank battalion - the assault; other armored units; tank divisions entering the battle; conclusions.

Text in Polish. 21x30, Hb, laminated, new copy, 304pp. Well illustrated: hundreds of b/w photographs, maps etc. Massive reference. HEAVY BOOK, WILL REQUIRED EXTRA POSTAGE

Text in Polish-English Oversized album, New copy, 27x30, Hb, 144pp, 152 illustrations. The third album in our series featuring the works of Zdzislaw Beksinski presents rarely reproduced paintings and drawings from the archive of the Historical Museum in Sanok as well as private collections. Beksinski 3 complements two previous bestselling albums, Beksinski 1 and Beksinski 2. The works featured in Beksinski 3 reveal yet another side of his artistic world and have not been published in the previous two albums. LARGE SIZE, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE

Text in Polish-English Oversized album, New copy, 27x30, Hb, 144pp, 132 illustrations. Beksinski 4 is the fourth in the album series showcasing the art of Zdzislaw Beksinski. This edition features the artist's lesser known and rarely published paintings and drawings from the archives of the Historical Museum in Sanok as well as private collections. LARGE SIZE, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE

Text in English. Oversized, 27x35cm, hardback, laminated, new copy, 512pp. Deluxe edition album featuring the best of the artist's paintings, including well-known pieces and new ones, part of foreign private collections, which have never been published before. HEAVY BOOK, OVER 5 KG INCLUDING PACKAGING, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE.

12x16,5, Pb, VG, 222pp, 32 b/w photographs. Incl.: Operation "Seelowe"; polish roads to RAF; Poles in the British squadrons; first stage: 8-18 Aug,; 2nd stage: 19 Aug.-6 Sept.; 3rd stage: 7 Sept.-5 Oct. Text in Polish

Russian text. 19,5x27,5cm, Pb, laminated, new copy, 260pp. Richly illustrated with color and b/w photographs and line drawings. Book describes 130 different bayonets and over 20 scabbards. Incl.: preface; M1891 bayonet, its variants and modifications (incl. bayonets of foreign manufacture); small-batch production bayonets before 1917; erzatz bayonets before 1917; Mosin rifle bayonets manufactured in Austria and Germany during WWI; experimental and small-batch production bayonets made in 1917-1948; Finnish bayonets for Mosin rifle; Estonian bayonets for Mosin rifles; M1930 bayonet; ersatz bayonets made in 1941-1945; bayonets for Mosin carbine M44; foreign bayonets made after 1945; training bayonets; non-attributed scabbards for Mosin rifle bayonets; bibliography. SMALL RUN: ONLY 300 COPIES WERE PRINTED.

Text in Polish. 17,5x25, Pb, laminated, new copy, 232pp. Richly illustrated: more than 280 photographs. Descr. 330 plane accidents in the Polish Air Force in 1961-1970. Interesting reference.

Text in Polish. 17,5x25, Pb, laminated, new copy, 214pp. Richly illustrated: ca 250 photographs. Descr. 550 plane accidents in the Polish Air Force in 1961-1970. Interesting reference.

booklet # 66 in Polish Ministry of Defence Publishing House "Types of Weapons and Armament" series, ex-library, bearing usual marks, otherwise VG, 16x23,5, 16pp, 5 color plates showing camouflage and markings, 20 b/w drawings and photographs, 1 color darwing. Incl.: history; design; service; camouflage and markings. Text in Polish, out of print, scarce

booklet # 112 in Polish Ministry of Defence Publishing House "Types of Weapons and Armament" series, VG, 16x23,5, 16pp, 5 color plates showing camouflage and markings, 28 color and b/w drawings and photographs. Incl.: history; design; in the Soviet Air Force and other Warsaw Pact forces; in the Polish Air Force, camouflage and markings. Text in Polish, out of print, scarce.

booklet # 50 in Polish Ministry of Defence Publishing House \"Types of Weapons and Armament\" series, near mint, 16x23,5, 16pp, 5 color plates showing camouflage and markings (including Polish Air Force), 22 color and b/w photographs and line drawings in text. Incl. history, design, use (incl. Polish Air Force), camouflage and markings. Text in Polish. Rare.

Polish text. 21,5x26, Hb, new copy, 234pp. Illustrated album containing more than 500 color and b/w vintage postcards. Incl.PART 1: the beginning of war; PART 2: military operations on the Eastern Front of World War I; PART 3:Polish military effort in WWI and restoration of independence; PART 4. Propaganda Postcards of WWI; PART 5: end of war.

Text in Polish, summary in English. Pb, 17x24, 350pp. Well illustrated: 233 b/w photographs, line drawings and plans. Descr. style and design (exterior and interior) of the neo-Moresque synagogues of the Central and Eastern Europe. Incl. catalog of 42 synagogues.

French text, 27x29cm, 144 pp, laminated, Hb in Dj. Book condition: minor wear to Dj edges, the book itself in VG+ / near mint condition. A photographic album describing history, organization, uniforms, weapons and equipment of the French Gendarmerie Nationale. Illustrated with 500 color photographs.

Bilingual Polish/English. 17x24, Pb, laminated, new copy, 270pp. Richly illustrated: 176 color photographs from the collection of the National Museum in Cracow. Incl.: foreword; history of the collection; fans in Europe: a historical outline; fans of the East: a historical outline; catalog: European fans; South-American fan; Asian fans: China, Korea, Japan, India, other Asian countries; bibliography. Massive reference. SCARCE, OUT OF PRINT

Polish text. Vol. 162 in the series of books devoted to Polish Army weapons and equipment of the Polish-German war 1939. Pb, laminated, new copy, 64pp. Well illustrated: 7 color and 48 b/w illustrations (photographs, maps and plans). Incl.: early years; 16th-18th cc.; Napoleonic period, Kingdom of Poland and November Uprising of 1830-31; post 1831 years: Warsaw Citadel; development of Russian fortifications; decommission of Fortress of Warsaw as permanent defence installation in 1910; WWI period; postwar period; Warsaw forts in 1939: forts erected around the citadel, western forts, eastern forts, inner forts; use in 1939 during the defense of Warsaw.

Polish text. 21x30, Pb, new copy, 132pp + amendments. Richly illustrated: b/w drawings, color and b/w photographs. Descr. numerous historic villas, hotels. lodges etc designed by Stanislaw Witkiewicz. Interesting reference.

Photographic album, 24x28, Hb, no Dj, fine, 224pp, 28 color and 30 b/w plates (photographs)
showing different units standards, 24 photographs of "eagle" standard badges, b/w and (few) color photographs period showing troops on parade and campaign. With the emphasis on 1943-45 period. Massive reference. Text and ill. descr. in Polish. Extra postage will be required.