Search Results: Titles starting with O from Mikhail Barkovskiy

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. 21.5x30cm, Hb, laminated, new copy, 318pp. Illustrated with 270 b/w photographs, 1 color map (showing cavalry and horse artillery deployment as of March 1939), 5 color plates showing cavalry pennants and 1 color plates showing rank insignia. Incl.: preface; World War One era: Polish Legions; Pulawski Legion and Polish units in Russia; Polish Army in France; 1st Light Horse regiment of Jozef Pilsudski, 2nd Rokitnianski Light Horse regiment; 3rd Mazovian Light Horse Regiment of Jan Kozietulski, 1st Krechowiecki Lancers, 2nd Grochowski Lancers, 3rd Silesian Lancers, 4th Zamieniecki Lancers, 5th Zaslawski Lancers, 6th Kaniowski Lancers, 7th Lubelski lancers, 8th Lancer Regiment of prince Jozef Poniatowski, 9th Malopolska Lancers, 10 Lithuanian lancers, 11th Legion Lancers of Edward Smigly-Rydz, 12th Podole Lancers, 13 Vilna Lancers, 14th Jazlowiecki lancers, 15th Poznan lancers, 16th Greater Poland Lancers of Gustaw Orlicz-Dreszer, 17th Greater Poland Lancers of Boleslaw Chrobty, 18th… Read More

Text in Polish. 4th corrected and enlarged edition. 17x24, Hb, laminated, new copy, 572pp. Everyday life in Warsaw under Nazi occupation from October 1st, 1939 to July 31st, 1944. Incl.: situation in Warsaw after surrender in September 28th, 1939, characteristics and legal status of inhabitants; living conditions: food and food rationing, housing conditions, fashion, city transport and street traffic; cultural life: cultural policy, cinemas, theaters, music and books; city authorities: army and the German district; morality and state of minds. Interesting reference. HEAVY BOOK, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE

Polish text. 17x24, Pb, new copy, 254pp. Incl.: introduction; organization of logistics and administration in Polish Army in 1939; modernization and development of logistic and administrative services of Polish Army on the eve of WWII; quartermaster mobilization plan in 1939; war supply and evacuation system; road network; tasks and organization of logistic and administrative arm services of Polish Army in the event of war: quartermaster service, armament service, train, medical service, veterinary service, field post and military censorship, POW service, military police, automobile and armor service, engineer service, air force supply service, communication service, military justice, military priesthood, geographic service; preparations for war of logistic and administrative arm services of Polish Army: quartermaster service, armament service, train, medical service, veterinary service, field post and military censorship, POW service, military police, automobile and armor service, engineer service,… Read More

Text in Polish. 19x27cm, Pb in Dj, new copy, 260pp. Illustrated with b/w drawings and color photographs. Incl.: Foreword; from foundation in 1765 till the Third Partition of Poland in 1795; in Grand Duchy of Warsaw 1807-1815; in Kingdom of Poland 1815-1830; during the November Uprising 1830-1831; incorporation into into the honors system of the Russian Empire in 1832-1917; annexes: statute of the order, 1765; project of changes in 1791; statute of the order in 1829-1830; statute amendment in 1930; statute of the order of 1839; statue amendment in 1855; list of awarded by Stanislaw August Poniatowski; list of awarded by Duke Frederick Augustus I; list of awarded by Alexander I; list of awarded by Nicolas I (before 1830); order regulation of 1889.

Text in Polish. 19x27cm, Pb in Dj, new copy, 260pp. Illustrated with b/w drawings and color photographs. Incl.: Foreword; from foundation in 1765 till the Third Partition of Poland in 1795; in Grand Duchy of Warsaw 1807-1815; in Kingdom of Poland 1815-1830; during the November Uprising 1830-1831; incorporation into into the honors system of the Russian Empire in 1832-1917; annexes: statute of the order, 1765; project of changes in 1791; statute of the order in 1829-1830; statute amendment in 1930; statute of the order of 1839; statue amendment in 1855; list of awarded by Stanislaw August Poniatowski; list of awarded by Duke Frederick Augustus I; list of awarded by Alexander I; list of awarded by Nicolas I (before 1830); order regulation of 1889.

Bilingual Polish/English. 25x27cm, Hb, laminated, new copy, 194pp. Richly illustrated: 22 color and 175 b/w photographs, 2 pp of plans. A photographic album descr. the story of the legendary Blyskawica Polish Navy destroyer: from the very beginning of construction to its present-day role as a museum ship. HEAVY BOOK, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE

Text in Polish. 17x24, Hb, laminated, 130pp, 31 b/w illustrations in text, 4 full page color plates showing paint schemes and markings. Incl.: foreword; Hunt class escort destroyers; leasing of ships to the Polish Navy and polish crews; operational service: ORP Krakowiak, ORP Kujawiak; ORP Slazak; return to the British Navy; Polish Hunts paint schemes and markings.

Text in Polish. 16.5x24cm, Hb, laminated, new copy, sealed in plastic, 192pp. Richly illustrated: 134 b/w and color photographs and drawings, incl. 4 fold-outs. Descr. the third and fourth planned ships of the Grom-class of destroyers ordered for the Polish Navy shortly before World War II. They were to be built in Poland, their design included greater power and displacement than the first two ships of the class. Their construction was interrupted by the beginning of World War II and they were never completed.

TText in Polish. 16.5x24cm, Hb, laminated, new copy, sealed in plastic, 128pp. Richly illustrated: 94 b/w and color photographs and drawings, incl. 2 fold-outs. Devoted to WWII Polish Navy motor gun boat. Originally ordered by the Polish Navy on the eve of WWII at J Samuel White in Cowes, requisitioned by the Admiralty and designated MGB 48, the ship was later transferred to the Polish Navy being designated as S-1.

17x24, new copy, Hb, laminated, 480pp. Well illustrated, incl. line drawings and maps. Descr. wartime history of the famous and legendary Polish submarine ORP "Wilk". Incl. less-known episodes of its service in the West. Text in Polish. HEAVY BOOK, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE

Text in Polish. 32x23, Hb, laminated, new copy, 280pp. A pictural history of the famous Polish ocean liner illustrated with 724 b/w photographs (showing ship in ports, interiors, public events etc.). Incl.: foreword; purchase of ex-Dutch SS Maasdam in 1968; refitment in 1969 and 1970; passenger infrastructure; command bridge and communication equipment; kitchen; machine room; service in 1969-1988 on North America and South America runs; famous passengers; the crew; cultural events; flag-down ceremony; ship scraping.

Polish text. A photographic album. 21x29, Hb, new copy, 344pp, color photographs throughout. Contains photographs of 60 different operational steam locomotive depots in Poland made in 1987-1992. Including: locomotives, logistics and infrastructure and buildings. Excellent reference.

Text in Polish. 16x23,5cm, Pb, laminated, new copy, 98pp. Well illustrated: 92 color and b/w illustrations (photographs, drawings and line drawings). Vol. 4/2018 from Polish "Combat vehicles of the world" series. Incl.: vehicle origin and development; SKOT-2A APC design; variants and derivatives; in service with the Polish Army.

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. 20.5x29cm, Pb, new copy, 24pp. Richly illustrated: 21 full page color plates. Incl.: preface; pilot badges; observer badges; gunner badges; radioman badges; radio locator badges; bombardier badges; meteorologist badges; targeting analyst badges; mechanic badges; medic badges; parachutist badges; model maker badges; other specialist badges. RARE, OUT OF PRINT

Catalogue. 17x24, Pb, VG, 150pp, hundres of b/w photographs showing Army, Air Force and Navy briest bagdes of 1943-1989 period. Text and ill. descr. in Polish, Contents in French. Massive reference. Scarce.