Search Results: Authors starting with N from Mikhail Barkovskiy

Ex-library, German text, 14x20,5, 268pp, b/w and few color illustrations throughout. Condition: good, spine inside needs some repair, all pages are tight, clean and complete

Polish text. Vol. 23 in the series of books devoted to Polish cavalry regiments in 1918-1939. 17,5x24, Pb, laminated, new copy, 93pp. Well illustrated: b/w photographs throughout, several color plates. Incl.: origin and history of the regiment; the battle of Rossoszyca and Chociszew, September 3-4, 1939; regimental commanding officers; regimental standard (2 color drawings); uniforms and equipment (7 color drawings and photographs); regimental breast badge (8 color illustrations); Maxim Maschinengewehr 08 heavy machine gun (1 color plate).

Polish text. Vol. 274 in the series of books devoted to Polish Army weapons and equipment of the Polish-German war of 1939. Pb, laminated, new copy, 64pp. Well illustrated: 13 color photographs and drawings, 35 b/w photographs, 29 b/w drawings and plans (incl. 1 fold-out). Descr. Jastarnia Resistance Centre, a fortification complex dating back to 1939, designed to protect the Hel Fortified Region from the mainland. Incl.: foreword: a historic background; between March and September 1939; bunkers of the first line of defense; bunkers of the second line of defense; German invasion of Poland.

Polish text. Vol. 143 in the series of books devoted to Polish Army weapons and equipment of the Polish-German war 1939. Pb, laminated, new copy, 64pp. Well illustrated: 26 line drawings (incl. 1 fold-out), 7 color illustrations (photographs and map) and 43 b/w photographs. Incl.: foreword; Schneider-Creusot 130 mm M 1924 naval gun; Bofors 120 mm M 1936 naval gun; Bofos 105 mm M 1936 naval gun; Schneider 100 mm M 1917 naval gun; Canet 100 mm M 1891 naval gun; Schneider 75 mm M 1928 universal naval gun; 75 mm M 1897 gun; Hotchkiss 47 mm rapid-firing naval gun M 1885; Vickers 40 mm M 1928 AA gun; Bofors 40 mm M 1936 AA gun; barrel training inserts; range finders and predictors; training equipment; Polish-German war of 1939; the enemy: 12,7 cm SKC/34 naval gun; preserved naval pieces.

OUT OF PRINT. Polish text. 17,5x24, Pb, laminated, new copy, 120pp. 89 b/w illustrations (photographs, maps, line drawings and scale plans) and 26 color illustrations (photographs and drawings). Incl.: seacost artillery installations on the Hel Peninsula: initial concepts; procurement of Swedish Bofors 152.4 mm guns; delivery of procured guns; loading hoists; construction of works; fire-control system; barracks and other auxiliary structures; place of the battery in the structure of the coastal artillery battalion; combat use in 1939; second battery; battery as seen through the reports of the German intelligence; postwar period. Massive reference

Polish text. Vol. 255 in the series of books devoted to Polish Army weapons and equipment of the Polish-German war 1939. Pb, laminated, new copy, 64pp. Well illustrated: 21 b/w plans and maps and 5 color maps (incl. 1 fold-out), 36 b/w photographs. Descr. a set of Polish fortifications, constructed on the Hel Peninsula in northern Poland in 1930s. Incl.: the foreword; normal gauge railway; the origin; naval base; warehouses; fuel tanks; power plant; narrow gauge railway; barracks and quarters; construction of the fortified area; on the eve of war; during the German invasion of Poland, September 1939.

Polish text. Vol. 158 in the series of books devoted to Polish Army weapons and equipment of the Polish-German war 1939. Pb, laminated, new copy, 64pp. Well illustrated: 13 color and 42 b/w illustrations (photographs, line drawings and scale plans). Descr. Polish interwar attempts to procure heavy coastal artillery pieces. Incl.: early plans; 1920s: first competitions: Schneider, Armstrong, Vickers, Vickers-Terni, Bofors, Bethlehem Steel Co and Driggs; Italian proposal: Ansaldo; late 1920s: British Vickers-Armstrong; attempts to procure in Estonia ex-Russian 305 mm pieces; 1930s: further prospecting; Sweden: Bofors pieces; Netherlands: Vlessing & Co; US and Estonia; the enemy: "Goeben" battery in Swinemünde

OUT OF PRINT. Polish text. Vol. 206 in the series of books devoted to Polish Army weapons and equipment of the Polish-German war 1939. Pb, laminated, new copy, 64pp. Well illustrated: 20 color photographs illustrations, 10 color and b/w maps (incl. 1 fold-out), 6 color and b/w fortifications plans, 11 b/w photographs. Incl.: Chelmno and its surroundings strategic role; historic fortifications; WWI; early postwar period; during the Polish-Bolshevik war; later period; on the eve of WWII; 1939.

Polish text. Vol. 248 in the series of books devoted to Polish Army weapons and equipment of the Polish-German war 1939. Pb, laminated, new copy, 64pp. Well illustrated: 13 color and 35 b/w photographs, maps and plans (incl. 1 fold-out). Incl.: the town of Fordon: a historic outline; the construction of the bridge, 1890s; development of strongholds; strategic importance of the bridge; Treaty of Versailles; during the Polish-Bolshevik war; bridgehead military administration; Fordon as a part of the Pomeranian fortified region; interwar period; on the eve of WWII; during the German invasion of Poland

Text in Russian, contents and summary in English. New unread copy, 14,5x22, Hb, 346pp, b/w illustrations in text. Incl.: Author’s preface; introduction; chronological table; natural conditions, social and military organization; armament: protective armament, weaponry, non-specific and casual weapons, hand-guns, armament complex, war clothes, war transport; war-making: war and peace, strategy, battle, fate of the enemies, use of the battle dogs; assault and defense: defense and assault of the Reindeer Chukchi, defense and assault of the Maritime Chukchi and Asian Eskimos; sea warfare; cultural aspects of the war; conclusion; Appendix I.: some aspects of the warfare of the Eastern Siberian Cossacks in the mid-17th-first half of the 18th century; Appendix II.: Folklore tales: Chukchi heroic texts, Koryak take, Eskimo heroic tales; abbreviations; bibliography; English summary. Interesting reference.

Text in Polish. 17x24, Hb, laminated, new copy, 264pp. Well illustrated: 12 color plates showing uniforms, badges, insignia and flags, b/w illustrations (photographs, organization charts and drawings) in text. Incl.: introduction; origin and development of Polish Navy 1918-1939 (5 b/ photographs, organization charts); ranks and rank insignia of Polish Navy; uniforms and headdress eagle badges (9 line drawings, 1 b/w photograph); branch and good conduct insignia; side arms (10 line drawings); surface ships: ex-Russian/Finnish Vodorez-class gun boats, ex-German FM-class minesweepers; ex-German Type V 105 destroyers; ex-German A-type destroyers; Bourrasque-class destroyers; Jaskolka-class minelayers; Grom-class destroyers; Gryf minelayer; submarines: Wilk-class minelayers; Orzel-class submarines; auxiliary ships; ships mobilized in August 1939; planned ships (83 b/w drawings and photographs); bibliography.

Text in Polish. 24,5x21,5, Hb, VG, 119pp, richly illustrated: 67 colour photos showing authentic standards and pennants and their details. Desc. battle standards and pennants of the Polish Armia Krajowa (Home Army) - the main Polish Resistance force during the WWII. Excellent reference. Text in Polish

24x34, Hb, new copy sealed in plastic, 360pp, 86 full page uniform colour plates, 4 black and white plates. Descr. Polish formations of the Napoleonic Guard: regiments of Light Horsemen and their combat path through Spain, Austria, Russia, Germany and France, uniforms, arms, equipment and the garrison life; as well as lesser known Polish guard troops: Tatars, Eclaireurs and Infantry Grenadiers. Polish text, descriptions and summary in English and French

Russian text. 21,5x30,5, Hb, laminated, new copy, 80pp, 99 line drawings, 26 charts, 107 b/w photographs. Incl.: foreword; classification of wheeled armored vehicles; first Russian wheeled armored vehicle: M1905 Nakashidze; Russian wheeled armored vehicles of WWI era: commercial chassis, medium wheeled armored vehicles, medium half-tracked armored vehicles, heavy wheeled armored vehicles, experimental wheeled and half-tracked armored vehicles, development of Russian armored wheeled vehicles during WWI; Russian wheeled armored vehicles of the Revolution and Civil War era 1917-1921: commercial chassis, wheeled armored vehicles, half-tracked armored vehicles, development of Russian armored wheeled vehicles during Civil War; Soviet pre-war wheeled armored vehicles (1921-1940): commercial chassis, light wheeled armored cars, medium wheeled armored vehicles, heavy wheeled armored vehicles, special wheeled armored vehicles, half-tracked armored vehicles, experimental wheeled armored vehicles, development of… Read More