Search Results: Authors starting with K from Mikhail Barkovskiy

booklet # 77 in Polish Ministry of Defence Publishing House "Types of Weapons and Armament" series, VG, 16x23,5, 16pp, 4 color plates showing camouflage and markings, 33 color and b/w drawings and photographs. Incl.: history; in Polish Air Force; Polish An-2; design. Text in Polish, out of print, scarce.

booklet # 35 in Polish Ministry of Defence Publishing House "Types of Weapons and Armament" series, fine, 16x23,5, 16pp, 4 color plates showing camouflage and markings, 22 color and b/w drawings and photographs. Incl.: development; in the Polish aviation; design; equipment. Text in Polish, out of print, scarce

Text in Polish. 20,5x26,5, Hb, laminated, new copy, 310pp, printed on high quality glossy paper. Well illustrated: hundreds of color and b/w illustrations showing coats of arms, seals, documents etc. Incl.: introduction; heraldry of cities of the Silesian Voivodship; heraldry of former cities; conclusions; sources. Incl. both current and former (historical, German, projects) heraldry. Massive reference. Text in Polish. HEAVY BOOK, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE

Text in Polish. 16.5x24cm, Pb, laminated, new copy, 234pp, 20 b/w illustrations in text (showing firearms). Incl.: preface; Part I: Polish special forces during WWII: "Silent Unseen" special-operations paratroopers, 1st independent Commando Company; Independent Company of Grenadiers, Polish Independent Special Battalion; Part II: Polish special forces in 1951-1989: development of special forces, command, structure, designation, operational capability, tactics, training; Part III: Polish special forces in 1990-2021: development of special forces, command, structure, designation, operational capability, tactics, training; Part IV: operational use: invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968, martial law in Poland 1981-1983, NATO peacekeeping operations in the Balkans 1996-2003, ISAF's mission in Afghanistan 2001-2014, Iraq 2002-2008, other peacekeeping operations; Part V: Polish special forces weapons & equipment: individual & team weapons, combat & special vehicles, aircraft, uniforms and personal equipment;… Read More

Polish text, Hb, new copy, 15x21, 192pp, well illustrated (more than 130 period photographs). Descr. more than 50 different armored cars and armored personnel carriers (Polish, improvised, foreign and captured) used by the Polish Army in 1918-1939, Polish Home Army (resistance), Polish Armed Forces in the West in 1939-1947 and People's Army of Poland in 1943-1950.

Text in Polish. 18x25, Hb, laminated, new copy, 316pp. Richly illustrated: hundreds of b/w photographs showing armored vehicles and soft-skin equipment, artillery pieces, fire trucks and boats bearing individual names. Incl.: Polish Army & organizations in 1917-1939; Polish Army in France 1939-1940; Polish Army in the West in 1940-1945; Polish Army in the East in 1939-1945; Warsaw Uprising 1944; Polish Army in 1945-2010; afterword; index of individual names. Massive reference

Text in Polish. 21x29cm, Pb, laminated, new copy, 168pp, illustrated with over 300 photographs, 25 full color profiles and 1:144 scale plans. In 1938, the USSR purchased a license for the production of the Douglas DC-3 communications aircraft. However, its design did not fully meet the requirements of users and for this reason, designer Boris Lisunov adapted the design to the requirements and production capabilities in the USSR. The aircraft was given the designation PS-84 and by the end of 1939 its production was launched at the Aviation Factory No. 84 in Khimki. In early 1941, the aircraft's designation was changed to Li-2. A total of about 5,000 planes were produced.

Text in Polish. Large size 21x29.5cm, Pb, laminated, new copy, 44pp. Well illustrated: 27 full color profiles, 46 color and 13 b/w photographs. Descr. paint schemes of aircraft manufactured or designed in Poland between 1971 and 2020. Incl.: planes: Lala-1 flying laboratory; I-22 Iryda jet trainer; PZL-106 Kruk agricultural aircraft; PLZ-130 Orlik trainer; PZL-110 Koliber trainer; PZL M-15 Belphegor agricultural jet plane; PZL M-17 trainer prototype; PZL M-18 Dromader PZL M-18 Dromader agricultural aircraft; PZL M-21 Dromader Mini agricultural aircraft; PZL M-24 Dromader Super agricultural aircraft; PZL M-20 Mewa utility aircraft; PZL M-26 Iskierka trainer & aerobatic aircraft; PZL An-28 cargo & passenger plane; PZL M-28 Bryza patrol & reconnaissance plane; PZL M-28 Skytruck cargo and passenger plane; TB-9 Tampico trainer; S-70i Black Hawk utility helicopter; PZL SW-4 Puszczyk multipurpose helicopter; SD-48-3 Jantar Standard 3 glider; SZD-50-3 Puchacz glider; PW-6U glider. COMPANION VOLUME DEVOTED TO… Read More

Text in Russian. 13,5x20,5, Hb, new copy, 288pp. Well illustrated: 16 color and 10 b/w plates, b/w drawings in text

booklet #89 in Polish Ministry of Defence Publishing House "Types of Weapons and Armament" series, near mint, 16x23,5, 16pp, 5 colour plates showing camouflage and markings (Soviet & Polish military and civil aviation), 23 color and b/w drawings and photographs in text. Incl. history; development; design; use; camouflage and markings. Text in Polish.

Text in Polish. 21x30cm, Hb, laminated, minor storage wear to spine upper and lower edges, little stains (5x2mm) to edges of 2 pages, otherwise VG copy, 112pp. Illustrated album devoted to dress of the Polish Army during WWII. Incl. campaign of 1939, Polish Army in the West 1939-1945: Polish Army in France, Polish Army in Great Britain, Middle East, Italian campaign, North-West Europe, Polish Army in the USSR 1943-1945; Home Army (resistance). 102 color plates, including 69 full page plates showing uniformed soldiers, 12 plates showing horse and personal equipment; 13 plates showing heavy equipment and armor and 8 plates showing combat scenes.

booklet #89 in Polish Ministry of Defence Publishing House "Types of Weapons and Armament" series, fine, 16x23,5, 16pp, 6 colour plates showing camouflage and markings, 31 color and b/w drawings and photographs in text. Incl. history; in the Polish military and civil aviation; design; camouflage and markings. Text in Polish.

booklet #90 in Polish Ministry of Defence Publishing House "Types of Weapons and Armament" series, near fine, 16x23,5, 16pp, 6 colour plates showing camouflage and markings (Soviet & Polish military and civil aviation), 45 color and b/w drawings and photographs in text. Incl. history; development; Jak-12 in the Polish Air Force; design and equipment; camouflage and markings. Text in Polish. Rare.

booklet # 107 in Polish Ministry of Defence Publishing House "Types of Weapons and Armament" series, VG, 16x23,5, 16pp, 4 colour plate showing camouflage and markings (Soviet, Polish, Hungarian), 46 b/w drawings and photographs in text. Incl. history; AIR-10 and UT-2; UT-2 in Polish Air Force; design; camouflage and markings; technical data. Text in Polish.

Polish text. 17,5x24, Pb, new copy, 93pp. Richly illustrated: 100 color and b/w illustrations in text. Vol. 1 in the series of books devoted to victorious battles in history of Poland. Incl.: the background; opposing forces: Polish Army, Red Army; the battle of Warsaw: battle of Radzymin, clashes near Ossow, battles for Chechanow, Plonsk and Nasielsk, counterattack from Wieprz; after the battle.

Polish text. 17,5x24, Pb, new copy, 93pp. Richly illustrated: color and b/w illustrations throughout. Vol. 5 in the series of books devoted to victorious battles in history of Poland. Incl.: historical; opposing forces: Polish and Lithuanian forces, Teutonic Order; the battlefield; course of the battle; after the battle.

Polish text. 17,5x24, Pb, new copy, 93pp. Richly illustrated: color and b/w illustrations throughout. Vol. 9 in the series of books devoted to victorious battles in history of Poland.

Polish text. 17,5x24, Pb, new copy, 93pp. Richly illustrated: color and b/w illustrations throughout. Vol. 7 in the series of books devoted to victorious battles in history of Poland. Incl.: historical background; opposing forces: Duchy of Warsaw, Austrian Army corps; the battlefield; the battle; after the battle.

Polish text. 17,5x24, Pb, new copy, 93pp. Richly illustrated: color and b/w illustrations throughout. Vol. 4 in the series of books devoted to victorious battles in history of Poland. Incl.: the background; the battlefield; opposing forces: Spain, France, Polish 1st Chevaux-Légers regiment; the battle; after the battle.

Polish text. 17,5x24, Pb, new copy, 93pp. Vol. 2 in the series of books devoted to victorious battles in history of Poland. Descr. the Battle of Mokra which took place on September 1, 1939 near the village of Mokra, Poland. It was one of the first battles of the Invasion of Poland, of the Second World War and one of the few Polish victories of that campaign. Richly illustrated: 106 color and b/w illustrations in text. Incl.: the background; opposing forces: Ordre de Bataille; battle territory and defence plan; the battle; after the battle.