Search Results: Authors starting with P from Mikhail Barkovskiy

Text in Polish. 18x24.5cm, Hb, laminated, new copy, 416pp + 48pp containing b/w and color photographs and maps. Incl.: before the Warsaw Pact was established: exercises of May 1950, army development plans in the mid-1950s; organization of the Warsaw Pact; the security system and war doctrine of the People's Republic of Poland; operation plans developed for the Armed Forces of the People's Republic of Poland during the Warsaw Pact era: Berlin crisis of 1961: the beginning of the work on the first operation plan, work on the first operation plan and the mode of its introduction in 1963, visit to Moscow and development of the operation plan 1964, Operational plan for the Coastal Front in 1965, review of the operation plan in 1967-1970, Coastal Front offensive operation plan of 1970, works on the operation plan in 1973-1977, operation plan of 1977, operation planning in the first half of the 1980s in the face of the economic crisis, development of the new operation plan in 1985-1986, plan of 1986 for the… Read More

21x29, NEW copy, Pb, laminated, 88pp. English/Polish text. Well illustrated: 8 color drawings, 52 photographs, including 12 in full color, 128 close-ups, including 44 in full color, 16pp of scale plans. Incl.: Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer, StuH 42/2, Flammpanzer 38, Jagdpanzer 38 Starr, sIG 33/2 and G-13.

Text in Polish. 21x26, Hb, laminated, new copy, 106pp. A tourist guide-like book devoted to the most beautiful examples of Polish wooden architecture.

Text in Polish. 14,5x20,5, Pb, new copy, 324pp. Well illustrated: 144 color and b/w photographs, 81 line drawings and plans. Presents the achievements of Polish engineer Mieczyslaw Plucinski as yachts and boats designer (know for designing Ametyst / King Ametyst seagoing yachts). Part I presents the profile and activity of Plucinski, part II contains catalog of designed boats, motor boats and yachts

Text in Polish/Russian. A single-volume reprint of originally 2-vol. set published in 1853, which descr. 135 confirmed coats of arms of 389 noble families of the Kingdom of Poland. 17x25, Hb, leather-like binding, 476pp. Text in Polish/Russian

21x28, Pb, 32pp, 2 full page color plates showing camouflage and markings, 49 b/w photographs, 20 scale plans and line drawings. Incl.: history; design; T-28-based special vehicles; T-28-based projects and prototypes; tracked-wheeled T-29 tank; service and combat use. Text in Russian, illustration description in English. Very rare.

17x24, Hb, near fine copy (signed by previous owner), 425pp, ca 500 b/w illustrations showing aircraft, pilot, squadrons badges. Descr. air force, naval and border protection corps squadrons. Incl.: staff, training, organization, aviation schools etc. Text in Polish.

Text in Polish. 14.5x20.5cm, Pb, new copy, 296pp, 31 b/w photographs in text. Devoted to Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei (Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst) existed in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940-1943. Incl.: the origin and historic background; organization & everyday service; violence & corruption; Jewish Police as seen by the ghetto inhabitants; self-justification techniques; regulations; spring of 1942: "Operation Reinhardt", mass deportations of Jews to the German extermination camps and the role of the Jewish Police; Umschlagplatz; after the deportation; postwar courts; annexes.

Text in Polish. 21x29, Hb, new copy, laminated, 88pp, color and b/w illustrations throughout. Incl.: first fire trucks in Poland; first Polish fire trucks; categories and designations of fire trucks in inter-war Poland; fire tucks in Poland during WWII; production of fire trucks in the People's Republic of Poland; fire trucks of the Republic of Poland; categories and designations of fire trucks in inter-war Poland after 1945; new technologies; State Fire Service of Poland and the National Firefighting Rescue System; special rescue units; air fort Firefighting Rescue units; firefighting & rescue operations; new equipment; fire trucks scale models; afterword; bibliography. Text in Polish

Text in Polish, 20x20, Hb, laminated, new copy, 240pp. Richly illustrated: color photographs throughout. Vol 2 descr. 35 different traditional folk costumes once commonly worn by the inhabitants of villages and small towns. Incl. history of costume, characteristics, basic materials, cut and embroidery. Interesting reference.

Text in Polish, 20x20, Hb, laminated, new copy, showing some storage wear, 228pp. Richly illustrated: color photographs throughout. Vol 3 descr. 19 different traditional folk costumes once commonly worn by the inhabitants of villages and small towns. Incl. history of costume, characteristics, basic materials, cut and embroidery. Interesting reference.

Text in Polish. 20x20, Hb, laminated, new copy, 240pp. Richly illustrated: color photographs throughout. Excellent reference.

Text in Polish. 13x20cm, Pb, laminated, new copy, 220 pp. Based on the book "An outline of the combat history of the 1st Armored Regiment" first published in 1935 by major Michal Piwoszczuk. Incl.: preface; the origin and early organization of the regiment; battle actions in 1919; battle actions in 1920; the battle of Warsaw; in Lwow; after the war; list of servicemen killed in action or died of wounds received in action; list of servicemen awarded the Virtuti Militari, 5th Class; names list

Russian text. 24x26,5, new, Hb, cloth, deluxe Dj, 288pp, 35 color and b/w drawings and photographs showing portraits and scenes from military life, 3 full page color uniform plates showing border guards uniforms from 1827 to 1917 (22 figures, including naval units). Book is devoted to the Independent Corps of the Russian Border Guard (1893-1917). Incl.: from border guard to border troops: origin of the Independent Corps of the Russian Border Guard; organization and command; legal status: rights and duties; recruitment; officers and enlisted men training; character training; members social rights; pay, weapons and uniforms; medical service; service on frontiers; participation in WWI; revolutions of 1917; appendixes. Massive historical reference. Text in Russian.

Text in Polish. 21x30cm, Hb, laminetad, new copy, 180pp. Richly illustrated: 283 b/w photographs and drawings, 86 line drawings and plans. Incl.: foreword; Bulgaria: Chavdar, Madara; Czechoslovakia: Avia-Praha, Karosa, LIAZ, Praga, Skoda, Tatra; Yugoslavia: FAP Famos, Ikarus-Zemun, IMV, TAM, Zastava; GDR: Barkas, IFA, Multicar, Robur, Sachsenring; Poland: FS Lublin, FSC Starachowice, FSM, FSO Warsaw, FSR Poznan, Jelcz, Autosan, WSK Mielec, Nysa; Romania: Intreprinderea Autobuzul, Intreprinderea Autocamioane, ARO, Cimpulung, Dacia; Hungary: Csepel, Ikarus, Raba; USSR: BelAZ, YerAZ, GAZ, Izh, YaAZ, KamAZ, KAwZ, KAZ, KrAZ, LAZ, LiAZ, MAZ, AZLK, PAZ, RAF, UAZ, UralAZ, ZIS/ZIL. Massive reference. HEAVY BOOK, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE. bHb

Bilingual Polish/English. 22x16, Pb, laminated, new copy, 276pp. Richly illustrated: 15 line drawings (profiles) showing container ship design and arrangements, 203 color drawing and photographs showing ships, interiors, christening ceremonies, shipyard crew etc. Descr. container ships built by the Szczecin Shipyard in 1970s-2000s. Incl.: introduction; history of containers and container ships; semi-container ships, the first container ships and fascination with them; M/V "Kairo"; short and interesting series; superseries B170; the biggest ships B178; extraordinary ships: B584, paper carriers B587, B201; ships interiors; brief history of the Szczecin Shipyard since 1948; shipowners of container ships built in Szczecin; ships technical data; list of container ships built in 1973-2009.

Text in Polish, summary in English / German. 19,5x24,5, new copy, Hb, laminated, 292pp. Richly illustrated: 203 line drawing and photographs (incl. color). The book presents all the series and types of standard-gauge steam locomotives (as well as wide-gaude locomotives) manufactured in Polish factories for the Polish State Railways (PKP), industry and foreign customers, being the output of Polish engineers or manufactured according to foreigh documentation. In the 1920s three factories produced steem locomotives in Poland: Pierwsza Fabryka Lokomotyw w Polsce S.A. (Fablok) in Chrzanow, Warszawska Spolka Aukcyjna Budowy parowozow (WSABP) in Warsaw and Zaklady Mechaniczne Hipolita Cegielskiego (HCP) in Poznan. After WWII this production was continued by two factories: Fablok and HCP. In total, 5600 steam locomotives were manufactured in Polish factiries, Incl.: steam locomotives manufacture in Poland, the last one leaving the assembly hall in 1963. Incl.: LINE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES FOR POLISH STATE RAILWAYS:… Read More

Text in Polish, summary in English / German. 19,5x24,5, new copy, Hb, laminated, 240pp. Richly illustrated: 168 line drawing and photographs. Descr. Polish broad-gauge, standard-gauge & narrow-gauge diesel locomotives, produced for domestic market and export. Incl.: diesel locomotives production in Poland; STANDARD-GAUGE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES: G1C, 2DL, 3DL, 5DL-25B100, 6DL, 8DL, FIAT 35, Ls40, Ls60, Ls75 & 2Ls75, 410D, 2D (Ls150), 1D (Ls300E), 9D (Ls350H), 401D & 401Da (Ls350E), 12D (Ls750Hm), 6D (Ls800E), 101D (Ls800E), 411D (Ls1200E), 301D, 302D, 303D, 418D & 418Da, 311D & 311Da. NARROW-GAUGE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES: 1DL, 7DL, ungerground type 1DK, ungerground type 2DK, ungerground type 3DK, ungerground type 4DK, Ebermann type, Wetzl type, WLs40 & WLs50, 2WLs40 & 2WLs50, WLs75, GLs20, GLs25, GLs30 & GLs70E, WLs150 & WLs180, ungerground type Lds70, Lds100 & Lds100M, ungerground type SKZ-81, mine surface type WLp50 & WLp85, for peat industry type Ls600. UNREALIZED PROJECTS: Rybicki type, narrow-gauge 4DL,… Read More

Text in Polish. 20x25, Hb, laminated, new copy, 218pp, 176 illustrations. Incl.: foreword; introduction; PART I: steam locomotives manufactured by the First Factory of Locomotives in Poland Ltd. (Fablok): history of the factory, W1A Pinczow 19 type, W2B Niemce type, W2A type, W3A type, W4A Wisla type, W3B type, W5A type, W4B Lubna type, W5B Laura type, W3C Mirkow type, W1D Przeworsk type, W1E type, W7B Saturn type, W6A Bielszowice type, W1K steam locomotive for Latvian Railways, W7A Solvay type, W8A Unia type for the USSR, Solvay II & Solvay IIIa types, Riesa73 type, CH 531 type, Rys 82 type, Tw47 series, Las type, Baziel-Pernik 2 type, Pernik 1 type, Px48 series, Px48 series made for export, Px49 series, SAR (Saranowo) type for Bulgaria, Kp4 series made for export, Tw53 series, Hutnik type; PART II: steam locomotives manufactured by the Warsaw Factory of Locomotives JSC (WSABP): history of the factory, C1n2t type made for "Kruszwica" sugar factory, Cn2 type for Znin district railways, Dn2t type made… Read More

Text in Polish. 20X24.5cm, Pb, lamimated, new copy sealed in plastic, 188pp. The book describes over 130 narrow-gauge railcars (known also as motor cars) used in Poland from 1926 to the beginning of the 21st century. Incl. cars designated for track gauge of 600, 750, 785, 800 and 1000 mm, built in Poland, purchased abroad and those taken over from German railroads in 1945. Descr. the design of each series of cars and, where possible, the fate of individual cars. Massive reference.