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DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF MILITARY BUILDINGS A Handbook for the Use of the Royal Engineer Officers and Their Staff (118/General/1069) by The War Office - 1933

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DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF MILITARY BUILDINGS  A Handbook for the Use of the Royal Engineer Officers and Their Staff  (118/General/1069) by The War Office - 1933

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF MILITARY BUILDINGS A Handbook for the Use of the Royal Engineer Officers and Their Staff (118/General/1069)

by The War Office

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London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1933. Compiled in the Office of the Director of Works" 94 pages (several of which are blank presumably to enable notes); folding plan of recreational grounds plus 36 plans and elevations of typical military buildings, many of which are folding. Bound in at the rear at two thick envelopes titled Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 but both of these are empty. Several amendments have been made by hand or typescripts neatly inserted, these are neatly documented in manuscript to the front paste-down and dated. Original dark blue pebbled cloth binding with gilt lettering to the front board, very good with light general wear. Contents clean and tight, stamp of Commander Royal Engineers Wessex Area dated 20 jun 1933 to the front endpaper and initials added. A very good copy. Scarce.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (21 x 33cm).
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  • Publisher His Majesty's Stationary Office
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1933
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Description of the Wind Component Indicator. Mechanical Features, Methods of Assembling and Dismounting, and Rules Governing Its Care and Preservation in Service (One Plate) ... Revised March 23, 1908.

by United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Ordnance

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Washington: GPO,, 1917. 6 pp., 1 folding plate; extraction roughness and chip at spine with no loss, now in self wrappers, good only. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Coast Artillery Targets and Accessories (Three Plates) ... Revised August 21, 1917.

by United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Ordnance

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Washington: GPO,, 1917. 11 pp., 3 plates after technical drawings; spine rough and now entirely disbound, complete but good only; instructions of how to build small, pyramidal, and triangular seacoast targets and how to take care of accessories but pointedly not what to do with them. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Description of the Deflection Board (Model of 1906) with De Carre Drift Chart for 12-Inch Mortar. Mechanical Features, Rules Governing Its Care, Operation, and Preservation in Service (One Plate) ... Revised July 2, 1917

by United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Ordnance

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Washington: GPO,, 1917. 10 pp., 1 plate; light general age toning and extraction roughness at spine, good only in self wrappers. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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The Art of Guerilla Warfare: May, 1939
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The Art of Guerilla Warfare: May, 1939

by The War Office, G S (R)

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Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 3-Inch 15-PDR. Barbette Carriage Model of 1903 (Three Plates) ... Revised May 5, 1916.

by United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Ordnance

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Washington: GPO,, 1917. 27 pp., 3 folding plates after detailed technical drawings; extraction roughness at spine with chipping at inside margins of early leaves, now in self wrappers and good only. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Weapons and Equipment of the North Korean Army 1950 (Military)
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Weapons and Equipment of the North Korean Army 1950 (Military)

by The War Office The War Office

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Small Arms Firing Manual, 1913; Changes No. 1, War Department, Washington, June 16, 1914. [C.S.A.F.M. 1.]

by U.S. War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff

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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1914. 1914 printing. Hardcover. Fair. 2 pages [8.5 by 5.5 inches single sheet, folded in half, resulting with two printed sides and two blank sides.] Changes to War Department Document No. 442., Office of the Chief of Staff. Provides adjustments to paragraphs 90, 112, 188, 196, 212, 240, and 244, and Plate IX. Edges are worn, discolored and soiled. Small arms include revolvers and pistols, rifles and carbines, assault rifles, submachine guns and light machine guns. Together with light weapons (heavy machine guns; hand-held grenade launchers; portable anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns; recoilless rifles; and mortars of calibers of less than 100 mm), they comprise the Small Arms and Light Weapons category. "Since weapons in this class are capable of being carried, if a small arm, by one person or, if a light arm, by two or more people, a pack animal or a light vehicle, they allow for mobile operations where heavy mechanized and air forces are… Read More
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Small Arms Firing Manual, 1913; Changes No. 2, War Department, Washington, June 26, 1914. [C.S.A.F.M. 2.]

by U.S. War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff

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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1914. 1914 printing. Hardcover. Fair. 2 pages [8.5 by 5.5 inches single sheet, folded in half, resulting with two printed sides and two blank sides.] Changes to War Department Document No. 442., Office of the Chief of Staff. Provides adjustments to paragraphs 153, 183, 186, and 190. Edges are worn, discolored and soiled. Small arms include revolvers and pistols, rifles and carbines, assault rifles, submachine guns and light machine guns. Together with light weapons (heavy machine guns; hand-held grenade launchers; portable anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns; recoilless rifles; and mortars of calibers of less than 100 mm), they comprise the Small Arms and Light Weapons category. "Since weapons in this class are capable of being carried, if a small arm, by one person or, if a light arm, by two or more people, a pack animal or a light vehicle, they allow for mobile operations where heavy mechanized and air forces are not available or are… Read More
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Handbook of Line Communication: Volume I. The Royal Signals. W.O. Code No. 1698. (Manual of Military Publications.)

by Colwyn H.H. Vulliamy, Major-General, Director of Signals, The War Office, Foreword

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Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1959. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London, Fifth impression 1959, incorporating Corrigenda. 905 pages. Illustrated. 8.5 x 5.5", hardcover, no dj. No dj, text clean, tight, VG/None.
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Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 3-Inch 15-PDR. Barbette Carriage Model of 1903 (Three Plates) ... Revised May 5, 1916

by United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Ordnance

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