Search Results: Titles starting with H from Mikhail Barkovskiy

Text in Polish/Russian. A single-volume reprint of originally 2-vol. set published in 1853, which descr. 135 confirmed coats of arms of 389 noble families of the Kingdom of Poland. 17x25, Hb, leather-like binding, 476pp. Text in Polish/Russian

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

Bilingual Polish/German. 16,5x22,7cm, de-luxe hardcover leather-like binding with gilt lettering, 733pp, richly illustrated with color and b/w plates showing coats of arms. Descr. 341 coats of arms of Gdansk / Danzig patrician families. Published to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the City of Gdansk. HEAVY BOOK, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE

Text in Polish. Publisher's note and introduction in English. 18x25, new copy with almost no storage wear, cloth-like Hb with gilt lettering, 478pp, 88 color plates showing Polish noblemen coats of arms (5 per plate). Reprinted edition (originally published in 1908). Special enlarged edition prepared by Mieczyslaw Paszkiewicz and Jerzy Kulczycki. List of family names prepared with the cooperation of Teresa Korzeniowska. "Polish Coats of Arms" includes the work of Zbigniew Leszczyc "Herby Szlachty Polskiej" with an added index and a specially compiled "List of family names". It is an attempt to give the reader on the one hand a concise one volume armorial and on the other the most comprehensive list of surnames entitled to coats of arms. In this way the reader, once he has found the desired name, is able to check what coat of arms it is entitled to and furthermore he can find out more about the coat of arms itself. The list of nearby 20.000 Polish surnames is the largest ever published. A specially… Read More

Text in Polish. 18x25, Hb, laminated, new copy, 204pp. Richly illustrated: b/w and color illustrations throughout. Descr. history of vehicle registration plates used in Poland from 1900 to 2007. Incl. CD disc with a copy of Polish Ministry of Communication regulation of 1937 on registration plates. Massive reference, the only on the subject.

Text in Polish. Historia 17 pulku ulanow na tle wojsk litewskich 1812-1814 (History of 17 lancers as seen through the history of Lithuanian troops 1812-1814). 2nd enlarged and corrected edition of the book Historie du 17me Regt de cavalerie Polonaise first published in Cracow in 1904. Includes new material on history and uniforms and uniform color plates. New copy, Hb, laminated, 21,5x30,5, 170pp. Richly illustrated: 9 b/w plates in text (line drawings) showing uniformed figured and details of dress, 10 b/w illustrations in text, 42 full page uniform plates showing uniforms and equipment (artwork, color photographs of original items). Incl: history of regiment; uniforms of 17th lancers; documents; organization of Lithuanian Napoleonic Army, 17th lancers defeat at the battle of Sierakow; uniforms of Lithuanian Napoleonic troops; color plates description.

Text in Polish. 25x30.5cm, Hb, laminated, new copy, 320pp. Richly illustrated: color and b/w illustrations (drawings, photographs of preserved arms and armor, living history reconstructions etc.) throughout. Incl.: the origin of the Polish cavalry; medieval knights cavalry; modern age cavalry (16th-18th cc.); Polish cavalry following partitions; Polish cavalry in the 20th c. Massive reference. HEAVY BOOK, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE.

Text in Polish/English. 21x29,5, Pb, laminated, new copy, 72pp. Richly illustrated: 11 full page color plates showing camouflage and markings, 119 b/w photographs in text. Incl.: Belgium; Finland; Yugoslavia; Luftwaffe; Regia Aeronautica; USSR

Text in Polish. Colored reprint of the classical work first published in 1939. 21x29,5, Hb, new copy, sealed in plastic, 78pp, 60 color plates showing details of dress, arms, helmets, armor, equipment and standards of the famous Polish "winged" cavalry. Written by colonel Bronislaw Gembarzewski, an artist and distinguished expert of Polish military, the first director of the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw.