from Military History Books

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) In spite of the relatively small numbers produced, the Tiger I and Tiger II tanks were arguably the most famous armoured fighting vehicles of the Second World War. This book uses archive photos and extensively researched colour illustrations to examine the tanks and units of the German Army and Waffen-SS heavy panzer… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) An account of all the most important tanks of the Second World War, where they fought and a description of their development and leading characteristics. The treatment is basically chronological but deals in full with each nation's tanks as they entered the war. (Published: 1979) (Publisher: Profile Publications) (ISBN: 0853830611) (Pagination: iv… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) The Panzerartillerie was one of the key components of the Panzer divisions that were the spearhead of the German forces when they overran most of Western Europe, and reached as far as the gates of Moscow. The Blitzkrieg required fast-moving, mobile artillery that could support units at the front line, and the… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) In the battles to hold the Eastern Front, the Panther tank was perhaps the most important weapon in the Wehrmacht’s arsenal. Desperately switched from one crisis-point to the next, the Panther battalions of the Heer, Waffen-SS and the Luftwaffe were able to blunt the Red Army’s spearheads time and again and in… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) A comprehensive reference/photo album on Atlantic Resolve: NATO's Show of Strength 2014-2018, Volume 1 Armour. A photographic study on NATO armoured forces, (especially US, and partner nations including Ukraine) on exercise in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Baltic States and Germany. Featuring approximately 300 colour photos of armored vehicles participating in numerous excercises… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) In this third AFV Photo Album book, the authors focus on Panther tanks in Czechoslovakia. A considerable number of these legendary tanks were photographed during the last months of the war and after the cessation of hostilities. Marek Solar and Petr Dolezal have meticulously documented and identified the various versions, assembly plants… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) The author shows how the tank's battlefield shrank under the contracting influence of new weapons and airpower. From it's introduction in 1916, he looks at the mistakes of Cambrai, the battle of Hamel, German experiments with armour at the secret Russo-German base on the Volga, and on to World War Two with… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) An illustrated study of British, French US, German and Russian tanks from WWI to post WWII. (Published: 1969) (Publisher: Ian Allan) (ISBN: 0711000212) (Pagination: Landscape Format. 95pp illustrations) (Condition: Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) The development of the machinery of warfare from the earliest times to the 1970s. From early weapons, chariots, siege ramps to biological and chemical warfare (Published: 1975) (Publisher: Octopus) (ISBN: 0706404165) (Pagination: 140pp, 223 col & b/w ills, large format) (Condition: Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) Slight fading on spine. A study of the tanks that formed the backbone of the German Panzer force of WWII, with hundreds of photographs, diagrams and detail views. The book also covers Command, Flakpanzer, Assaultgun, Panzerjager, and artillery variants of the basic design. (Published: 1989) (Publisher: Galago Books) (ISBN: 0946784124) (Pagination: 128pp,… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) In World War II, aside from the battlefields in the West, the Eastern Front and in North Africa, there was another small area where the Panzers ruled: the OZAK (Operations Area Adriatic Coastland), a large area which included the north-eastern border regions of Italy and parts of present-day Slovenia and Croatia. What… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) No date, although owner name on endpaper is dated 1980. The history of the German "Panzer" from WWI to the end of WWII. Chapters include: the Blitzkrieg, Operation Barbarossa, Desert Warfare and the Herman Goering Division. (Publisher: Arthur Barker) (Pagination: 144pp, 200 col & b/w photos, maps.) (Condition: g in torn dw… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) A study of armoured Warfare in the twentieth century. Macksey looks at Tank battles from the earliest actions in WWI, the inter-war developments, WWII and the development of sophisticated tank v tank tactics. (Published: 2001) (Publisher: Chancellor Press) (ISBN: 0753705443) (Pagination: 192pp, col & b/w photos, col & b/w diags, col cutaways,… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) A very well illustrated study on artillery from the muzzle loaders of the Crimean War to the rocket and tube artillery of today's battlefields. Includes chapters on the First Wars of the industrial revolution, Artillery in the Small Wars 1871 - 1914, WWI, the Inter-War period, WWII, post-WWII. Details on Sieges, field… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) Published by Newcastle City Libraries. A selection of photographs of public transport in Newcastle 1900-1958. (Published: 1985) (ISBN: 0902653261) (Pagination: 21 captioned photographs) (Condition: Very good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) With the aid of many contemporary photographs this book recalls a past transport age, with its different modes of travel. Here are open tramcars in the park, electric trains to the coast, steam trains and motorbuses while heavy coal trains journey unceasingly to the staiths. (Published: 1985) (Publisher: Ian Allan) (ISBN: 0711014728)… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) First two pages were detaching and have been re-glued. Italian text. Fronte Terra. Carri Leggeri Carro V 33-35 - le operazioni belliche. Fast Light tanks 33-35 - wartime operations. Includes numerous black and white photos plus several printed in and fold-out plans (believed to be to 1:35 scale). (Published: 1973) (Publisher: Edizioni… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) Italian text. Fronte Terra. L'armamento Italiono nell 2 Guerra Mondiale. Tanks in Service between the two wars. Includes numerous black and white photos plus several fold-out plans (believed to be to 1:35 scale). (Published: 1972) (Publisher: Edizioni Bizzarri-Roma) (ISBN: No ISBN) (Pagination: small format, 64pp, numerous b/w photos plus fold-out plans) (Condition:… Read more

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) The story of Armoured cars produced in America in the years 1940-45. (Published: 1969) (Publisher: Almark Publications) (Pagination: 24pp col/bw illustrations) (Condition: Good in card covers) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: Land Vehicles & Weapons - General) Italian text. Fronte Terra. Carri Leggeri Carro V 33-35 - evluzione del mezzo. Fast Light tanks 33-35 - evolution. Includes numerous black and white photos plus several printed in and fold-out plans (believed to be to 1:35 scale). (Published: 1973) (Publisher: Edizioni Bizzarri-Roma) (ISBN: No ISBN) (Pagination: small format, 90pp, numerous b/w… Read more