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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1999 **NEW** In 1982, ownership of Matchbox die cast toys, the most popular metal vehicles in the world, passed from Lesney to Universal. The toys produced under Universal's ownership are documented in this thorough text. It includes the vehicles and a wide variety of other toys manufactured under the Matchbox logo, including infants' educational toys, dolls, and puzzles. This is the third in a series (preceded by Lesney's Matchbox Toys: The Superfast years, 1... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1999 **NEW** The most popular die cast toys in the world, Matchbox metal vehicles took on a new look in 1969 with the introduction of the Superfast line, and this new book documents them all. The diversity of these tiny toys is truly amazing. Written as a sequel to this other popular volume, Lesney's Matchbox Toys, Regular Wheel Years, 1947-1969 (Schiffer, 1992), author Charlie Mack has compiled clear color illustrations of the toys and accurate text to identi... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1995 **NEW** The wide range of exciting Matchbox die-cast toys produced after Universal transferred company ownership to Tyco(America's third largest toy company) are presented here with a detailed, incisive text explaining the variations, the number code of all the toys, and brilliant color photographs. Included are additional toy lines including Harley Davidson motorcycles, Thunderbirds action figures, Live N Learn preschool toys, and the Crash Dummies. Toys... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2002 **NEW** It's all here! Fifty-four years of toys! The toys pictured and listed in this book represent the immense volume of items produced from 1947, when the Matchbox company was founded, to mid-2001, including their popular diecast vehicles along with playsets, dolls, plastic kits, robots, and ephemera all in one massive volume--now in its third edition! The international scope of Matchbox toys is illustrated through catalogs, boxes, and labels on to... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2000 **NEW** In June 1943 the quiet English countryside around the village of Ridgewell in northwest Essex was transformed by the arrival of the 381st Bomb Group with its B-17 Flying Fortresses. The subsequent battle in the skies over Europe witnessed the 381st, in concert with their fellow-airmen with the "Mighty Eighth", striking 297 times at Hitler's 'Fortress Europe' and dropping over 22,000 tons of ordnance in the process. The cost to the group ... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2004 **NEW** The ‘Air Branch’ of the Royal Navy that was to carve its name into maritime history as the Fleet Air Arm faced an ‘orphan’ existence up to 1937 when the Admiralty, having handed over control in 1918 to the RAF, resumed charge of its aviators. The Force was poorly equipped and dangerously short of qualified personnel with which to effectively challenge its Axis adversaries, and suffered accordingly in the initial stages of World... more information

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Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2003 **NEW** The 44th Bomb Group, which flew the B-24 Liberator, was the "pioneer" unit for what evolved from the "Mighty Eighth's" 2nd Bomb Wing into a full-scale Bomb (and later Air) Division. The Group amassed an impressive 343 missions and won two Distinguished Unit Citations between November 1942 and April 1945, dropping nearly 19,000 tons of ordnance in the process including the legendary August 1943 Ploesti mission. These statistics were achieved at a materia... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1998 **NEW** A squeaky toy was possibly the first toy to grab your attention when you were a baby. For centuries parents have cooed, clucked their tongues, or softly whistled to entertain their babies. Rattles of all shapes and materials have had their places as attention-getters, but during the 1940s the rubber, and later, vinyl squeaky toys became the most diverting toy of all. Early rubber squeaky toys were a simple ball with just a hole or a metal whistle ... more information

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Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001 Kimono is a generic term for traditional Japanese clothing; it means thing to wear. This book provides an overview of some traditional garments, introduces types of designs found in twentieth century kimono that are still available, and presents wearable art inspired by kimono from contemporary artists. The text gives price ranges for items that would be reasonable in a store or gallery, and explains what to look for when collecting. It is the only book we know of that provide... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1999 **NEW** Two thousand nine hundred forty-five men lined up in four motorized columns immediately behind the German Army on June 22, 1941 as it prepared to launch Operation Barbarossa - the German attack on the Soviet Union - an attack designed to win the war. Their mission - for the glory of Greater Germany - was to butcher as many human beings as they could get their hands on - men, women and children who were at that very moment peacefully sleeping in th... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2001 **NEW** The twenty-eight day siege of the Warsaw Ghetto was one of the most protracted large-scale urban battles in World War II. Only the fighting at Leningrad from 1941-1943, Stalingrad in 1942-1943, the Warsaw Rebellion of 1944, and Budapest in 1944-1945 lasted longer. The Jews had resisted en masse and had created a legend that would transcend the war and continue even to this day. Much has been written on this heroic struggle from the standpoint of t... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1999 **NEW** nside these pages you will meet over 960 infamous men - the officers of Nazi Germany's Totenkopf (Death's Head). You will encounter the 256 SS officers who worked at Dachau - the SS concentration camp that doubled as a training school for death. You will encounter twelve SS officers who served in Treblinka and the other very secret camps of Operation Reinhard - Heinrich Himmler's extermination plan for the Jews of Poland. And, you will... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1998 **NEW** This is a brutal story - but, from the safety of fifty years distance in time - it is an extremely compelling one. It is also an enduring lesson that a military unit, formed under an evil ideology, led by a social outcast and composed of vicious criminals, will sink to its lowest common denominator - hate. The Dirlewanger Battalion, also known as "Sonderkommando (special commando) Dirlewanger" was perhaps the least understood, but at the... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1999 **BRAND NEW** This book presents a nostalgic look at baby and children's wear from the Victorian Era to the first half of the 20th century. . Hard Cover. New/New. ... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2001 **NEW** Matchbox vehicles, from cars and trucks to tractors and trailers, produced in series 1 through 75, from 1953 to 1969, are presented here in both detailed text listings and over 370 vivid color photographs. Variations of each vehicle manufactured are described, and many are shown. Various box styles used throughout this period are presented. Prices for the Matchbox vehicles and their variations are listed in this easy-to-use text. . Soft Cover. New... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1998 **NEW** The writing of this book, the first in-depth and fully detailed research about the early years of the Chel Ha'avir - from the light-plane days to the supersonic fighters received roughly ten years later - is the culmination of a long research period by the author. Research that was made harder by the tight - but understandable and respected - security measures involving Israel's Forces. An exceptional source of information has been the help provid... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1995 **NEW** This new work provides an in-depth examination of personal flight clothing and equipment used by United States Army Air Force flyers in World War II. Included are: flight helmets, oxygen masks, goggles, clothing, boots, gloves, flak armor, paper items and emergency equipment such as parachutes and "Mae Wests." In addition to U.S. issue items, the book also covers R.A.F. gear used by American airmen. The original items are presented in fu... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1994 **NEW** This new look at the uniforms and insignia of the USAAF during the World War II years covers a broad range of clothing, collar insignia, rank insignia, shoulder/sleeve insignia and squadron patches. Additionally, there is an in-depth examination of wing qualification badges. Actual items are presented in nearly 600 illustrations in full color, and also as they appeared in actual war-era photos. Actual uniform regulations and illustrations from the... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1997 Jon Maguire's book Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens was a tremendous success and set a new standard for American uniform and insignia references. Following its publication there still remained among collectors and historians a desire for more information. There was also an outpouring from many serious collectors who made available a wealth of items-the result, More Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens. This book of all new material greatly expands on the wing... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1997 Jon Maguire's book Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens was a tremendous success and set a new standard for American uniform and insignia references. Following its publication there still remained among collectors and historians a desire for more information. There was also an outpouring from many serious collectors who made available a wealth of items-the result, More Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens. This book of all new material greatly expands on the wing... more information

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