Search Results: Authors starting with O from Mikhail Barkovskiy

Text in Polish, 5 pages of English summary. 22x29.5cm, Hb, laminated, new copy, 440pp. Illustrated with hundreds of b/w photographs. Incl. Introduction; wars to establish the border of the reborn Poland: Lwow and East Galicia, Polish-Lithuanian conflict, Polish-Soviet war; protection of Poland' eastern borders in 1919-1924; the Border Protection Corps 1924-1939: Polish-Soviet Border, Polish-Lithuanian border, Polish-Latvian border, Polish-Romanian border, Polish-German border, Polish-Hungarian border; KOP organization: cavalry branch, signal branch, engineers, military police, other branches, everyday service, barracks and outposts, the men; during the invasion of Poland in 1939; English summary. Massive reference. Heavy book, will require extra postage.

Text in Polish. 17x24cm, Hb, laminated, new copy, 220pp. Richly illustrated: 335 illustrations (mostly in full color). Covers "soft" headgear (except combat helmets). Incl.: foreword; medieval ages to the 17th century; 18th century: mitra caps, tricorns and rogatywka caps; 1800-1831: shakos, czapkas and bicorns; polish military headdress from 1831 to 1863: November and January Uprisings; on the way towards the independence: 1912-1918: military headdress of the Polish troops in Austria, Russian and France; Polish military dress in 1918-1939; 1939-1945: Polish Resistance, Warsaw Uprising and Polish Armed Forces in the West; M1943 Rogatywka cap and postwar era; modern period: 1989-2010. Massive reference

Text in Polish-English Oversized album, New copy, 27x30, Hb, 144pp, 120 illustrations. An unusual collection of Zdzislaw Beksinski works. It comprises 1970's drawings, paintings of all creative periods, and computer collages, which prove how important to Beksinski is the use of a computer with all its possibilities. An important part of this album is contributed by two collections which make up the very personal selection of their owners, the artist's wife Zofia, and his son Tomasz. After their owners' deaths these works were put into the Sanok History Museum. Incl. archive photographs from a private collection by Zdzislaw Beksinski, which haven't been published until now. LARGE SIZE, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE

Text in Polish. 16x24, Hb, laminated, new copy, 472pp. Descr. WWII Polish Air Force special Missions over occupied Europe, including anti-nazi resistance supply drops and agent insertion. Incl.: origins of aerial communication between UK and Poland in 1939-1941; receiving of airdrops in the occupied Poland; Polish Air Force units in the service of SOE in 1941-1943; airdrop operations carried by No.1586 (Polish Special Duties) Flight RAF squadron; air support of the Operation Tempest; political and military aspects of air support of Warsaw Uprising; airdrops over Warsaw in August 1944; airdrops over Warsaw in September 1944; air support carried by "Heroes of Warsaw" air squadron; final airdrop operations in the service of SOE in 1944; last year of the service of SOE of No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron "Land of Pomerania, Heroes of Warsaw"; Polish airmen during operation Wildhorn. Interesting reference.

30,5x21,5, Hb, Dj, new copy, 512pp. Well illustrated: 519 b/w photographs, line drawings and maps. Descr. Polish interwar naval aviation. Massive reference. Text in Polish. VERY HEAVY BOOK (ca 3 KG), WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE

Polish text. Vol. 46 in the series of books devoted to Polish Army weapons and equipment of the Polish-German war 1939. Polish text, 17,5x24, Pb, laminated, new copy, 64pp. Well illustrated: b/w and color illustrations throughout. Incl.: brief notes on history of the Modlin Fortress prior to 1918: Napoleonic period: 1806-13; Russian period: 1831-1915; Polish fortress in 1918-1939: Polish-Bolshevik war, 1920; Modlin Fortress garrison: 2nd Cadet Corps, bridge engineers battalion, engine battalion, combat engineers training center, 1st regiment of engineers, 32nd infantry, electro-mechanical engineering battalion, armored troops training center, 3rd armored regiment; riverine flotilla base; fortress reconstruction and modernization; during Polish-German war of 1939; armored train no. 15 "Smierc"; the enemy: German 15cmschwere feldhaubitze 18; current state

Russian text. 14,5x22, VG, Hb, laminated, 272pp. Well-illustrated: 127 color drawings in text, many tables and charts. Descr. each species ecology and biology, constitution of poison apparatus or organs, pattern of intoxication; first aid, poison chemical constitution and mode of action, practical importance.  Incl.: list of abbreviations; index of amino acids; foreword; introduction. Part I: poisonous animals of the USSR: zootoxinologic characteristics of poisonous animals: toxinologic classification of poisonous animals, interaction of zootoxins and body, protection and rational use of poisonous animals; poisonous marine invertebrates: Coelenterata or Cnidaria, Nemertini, Annelida, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Spongia or Porifera; poisonous jointed-limbed animals: Arachnida; Insecta; Myriapoda; poisonous fish: active poisonous fish; passive poisonous fish; poisonous amphibians; poisonous snakes: front-fanged and rear-fanged snakes poison apparatus constitution; snakes venoms comparison; first aid… Read More