Search Results: Titles starting with P from Mikhail Barkovskiy

Text in Polish. Hb, laminated, new copy, 20,5x29, well illustrated: History of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw erected in 1955 as a gift from the Soviet Union to the people of Poland, the tallest building in Poland, the eighth tallest building in the European Union. Incl.: foreword; the architect Lev Rudnev; American inspirations; The "Seven Sisters": a group of Moscow skyscrapers designed in the Stalinist style; other Stalinist style monumental buildings erected in the former USSR and Eastern Europe; Warsaw skyscrapers: buildings and projects before 1952; The origin of the Project; evaluation of the Project; construction; data and facts; interiors; surrounding area; bibliography. Interesting reference.

Polish text. 17x24, Pb, new copy, 500pp, 21 maps (7 in color). Descr. formation, training, organization and fighting of armored and armored cavalry troops of the Polish Army in the Middle East and Italy in 1941-1946. Massive reference.

Text in Polish. 28,5x19,5, Pb, laminated, new copy, 128pp, 95 color and 29 b/w illustrations. Incl.: "the Raclawice Panorama", "Berezina", "the Battle of the Pyramids", "The Crucifixion", "Bem in Siedmiogrod" and "The Martydrom of Christians in Nero's Circus".

Text in Polish/English. 21x29,5, Pb, laminated, new copy, 50pp. Well illustrated: 25 full page color plates showing camouflage and markings (73 profiles), 1 color photographs and 57 b/w photographs and line drawings. Incl.: camouflage patterns; national markings; air recognition markings; division and other unit markings; tactical markings; other markings. With the emphasis on Polish campaign of 1939

Bilingual Polish/English. 21x29,5cm, Pb, laminated, new copy, 66pp. Well illustrated: 37 color photographs (incl. "walk-arounds" and "close-ups"), 22 b/w photographs, 4 full page color plates showing camouflage and markings, 7 line drawings in text, 22 pages of 1:35 scale plans. Descr. L/70-armed tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV chassis: Panzer IV/70(V) "Guderian-Ente", Panzer IV/70(A) Zwischenlösung and Panzer IV/70(E) Sd Kfz 162/1. Incl.: foreword; Panzer IV/70(V), modifications and production; Panzer IV/70(A), modifications and production; Panzer IV/70(E); vehicle design: hull and superstructure, power unit, chassis, armament and optics, radio equipment and automatic fire suppression system; units organization and combat use; preserved museum vehicles; camouflage and markings.

Text in Polish, illustrations decr. in Polish/English. 21x30cm, Pb, laminated, fine (near mint). Vol. 1: 44pp, 65 b/w photographs, 2 separate 58x80cm sheets showing 1:87 and 1:35 scale plans. Incl.: foreword; German armored trains 1921-1939; Polish campaign 1939; campaign in the West 1940; Eastern front 1941-1944; Einheits-Panzerzug BP 42; Einheits-Panzerzug BP 44; heavy & light armored trains le.Spähwagen & s.Spähwagen; combat use: summer 1944 to May 1945; operational use of specific armored trains; camouflage & markings. Vol. 2: 26pp, 24 b/w and 12 color photographs, 4 color plates showing crew uniforms, 10 scale plans and drawings. Incl.: armored motor rail cars; steam locomotives; WR 360 C 14 diesel locomotive; crew uniforms; tactics.

Text in Polish. 20x25, Hb, laminated, new copy, 218pp, 176 illustrations. Incl.: foreword; introduction; PART I: steam locomotives manufactured by the First Factory of Locomotives in Poland Ltd. (Fablok): history of the factory, W1A Pinczow 19 type, W2B Niemce type, W2A type, W3A type, W4A Wisla type, W3B type, W5A type, W4B Lubna type, W5B Laura type, W3C Mirkow type, W1D Przeworsk type, W1E type, W7B Saturn type, W6A Bielszowice type, W1K steam locomotive for Latvian Railways, W7A Solvay type, W8A Unia type for the USSR, Solvay II & Solvay IIIa types, Riesa73 type, CH 531 type, Rys 82 type, Tw47 series, Las type, Baziel-Pernik 2 type, Pernik 1 type, Px48 series, Px48 series made for export, Px49 series, SAR (Saranowo) type for Bulgaria, Kp4 series made for export, Tw53 series, Hutnik type; PART II: steam locomotives manufactured by the Warsaw Factory of Locomotives JSC (WSABP): history of the factory, C1n2t type made for "Kruszwica" sugar factory, Cn2 type for Znin district railways, Dn2t type made… Read More

Polish text, illustrations captions and short summary English. 21x29.5cm, Pb, laminated, new copy, 50pp. well illustrated: 2 color plates (6 profiles), 1 color map, 4 line drawings, 9pp of 1:35 scale plans, 36 b/w photographs. Incl.: foreword; Peugeot 18 CV mlé 1918 Type 146/148KC French armored car in service with the Polish Army 1920-1939; Wz. 28 half-track type armored car Citroën-Kegresse B2 10CV chassis: frame and chassis, electric equipment, armored body, turret; project of an armored car on Pavesi P4 (Ansaldo "Polonia").

Text in Polish. 16.5x23.5cm, Pb, laminated, new copy, 320pp, organization tables and charts in text. Incl.: PART I: the role and place of the infantry in the structure of the Polish Army in 1918-1939: infantry during WWI; infantry of the Polish Army during the first years on independence; rebirth of the Polish Army and formation of infantry units 1918-1920, demobilization and conversion to piece-time organization in 1920-1923; the role and place of the infantry in the structure of the Polish Army between 1923 and 1935: the origin of the piece-time organization of the infantry, infantry of the Frontier Defense Corps, changes in organization of the infantry in 1921-1926, infantry of the Polish Army at the beginning of the 1930s; further changes in organization in 1936-1939. PART II: career officers' education, troops basic and advanced training: officers training and training establishments; NCO training; role of NCO in troops training; troops training and education. PART III: infantry weapons and… Read More

Text in Polish, 4pp summary in English and German. 17x24, Pb, laminated, new copy, 240pp of text + 32 pages in color showing 137 substitute coins and paper money issued and used in Silesia in 1914-1924 + 4 b/w illustrations in text. Incl.: preface; foreword. PART I: typology and periodization of substitute money in Silesia in 1914-1924. PART II: officially issued substitute money. PART III: privately issued substitute money. PART IV: substitute money during the Silesia plebiscite and the Third Silesian Uprising; afterword; English summary; German summary; tables (in Polish/German): official and private vouchers issued in Silesia in 1914-24; official and private coins issued in Silesia in 1916-22; official and private issuers of substitute money in Silesia in 1914-24; issues of substitute money in Silesia in 1914-24.

SCARCE, OUT OF PRINT. Polish text. 22 x 28.5 cm, Hb, laminated, new copy sealed in plastic, 272pp, illustrated with color and b/w photographs and line drawings. Incl.: foreword; VIS history: military handguns of the 1st half of the 20th c., Polish Army handguns 1914-45, Vis wz. 35 pistol, P.35(p) pistol, Vis of underground production, additional equipment, evaluation, Vis designers, Vis pistols from the collection of the Polish Army Museum; the catalogue: Vis pistols of Polish production, holsters of Polish production, Vis pistols of German production, holsters of German production; annexes: Vis manual, Vis ammunition, patent description, lost pistols. Massive reference. Heavy book, will require extra postage.

Text in Polish, 4pp of summary in English. 17x24.5cm, Pb, laminated, small shelve wear to the edges of the spine bottom, otherwise fine, 350pp. Incl.: war planning in Europe in the interwar period: concepts and implementation; Poland's military doctrine in 1921-1939; Polish interwar military thought on future war; German threat in Poland's military planning; Polish operational plans in the eastern direction; Lithuania in Poland's military planning; Czechoslovakia in Poland's military planning; Slovakia in Poland's security policy; Poland's sabotage activities on the eve of WWII; Poland's mobilization plans: attempts to increase the Order of Battle; mobilization of industry; Poland's frontier defense units in military planning; plans to expand Polish armored troops; operational training carried out at the Higher War School

Russian text. 14,5x22, VG, Hb, laminated, 272pp. Well-illustrated: 127 color drawings in text, many tables and charts. Descr. each species ecology and biology, constitution of poison apparatus or organs, pattern of intoxication; first aid, poison chemical constitution and mode of action, practical importance.  Incl.: list of abbreviations; index of amino acids; foreword; introduction. Part I: poisonous animals of the USSR: zootoxinologic characteristics of poisonous animals: toxinologic classification of poisonous animals, interaction of zootoxins and body, protection and rational use of poisonous animals; poisonous marine invertebrates: Coelenterata or Cnidaria, Nemertini, Annelida, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Spongia or Porifera; poisonous jointed-limbed animals: Arachnida; Insecta; Myriapoda; poisonous fish: active poisonous fish; passive poisonous fish; poisonous amphibians; poisonous snakes: front-fanged and rear-fanged snakes poison apparatus constitution; snakes venoms comparison; first aid… Read More

Text in Polish. 14.5x20.5cm, Pb, new copy, 296pp, 31 b/w photographs in text. Devoted to Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei (Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst) existed in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940-1943. Incl.: the origin and historic background; organization & everyday service; violence & corruption; Jewish Police as seen by the ghetto inhabitants; self-justification techniques; regulations; spring of 1942: "Operation Reinhardt", mass deportations of Jews to the German extermination camps and the role of the Jewish Police; Umschlagplatz; after the deportation; postwar courts; annexes.

Polish text, summary and ill. descr. in English. 21x29,5, Pb, laminated, new copy, 98pp. Richly illustrated: 4 full page color plates showing camouflage and markings (each includes 3 profiles), 14 color photographs (incl. close-ups), 110 b/w photographs, 14pp of 1:48 scale plans and detailed drawings, 12 line drawings in text. Incl.: foreword; research; modifications: I-153TK, I-153GK, I-153B, I-153UD, armaments variants, additional fuel tanks, I-153 with ramjet engine; serial production; combat use: Spain, Khalkhyn Gol campaign, over Poland 1939, Soviet-Finnish war 1939-40, on the eve of Soviet-German war 1940-41; Soviet-German war; I-153 in China; I-153 in Finland; camouflage and markings; technical description; special equipment; Polikarpov's last biplanes; I-190 technical description; I-170; I-195; decline of biplane fighter aircraft; flying replicas; English summary (8pp); scale plans. SCARCE, OUT OF PRINT

Large size 21,5x30,5, Hb, laminated, new copy, 264pp, ca 550 b/w photographs, several plans of captured Polish airfields. Captured Polish aircraft in German photographs of 1939. Many rare and unique pictures. Text in Polish. Heavy book, will require extra postage. PARTS 2 & 3 ALSO AVAILABLE

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

Polish text. 17,5x24, Pb, laminated, new copy, 96pp. Well illustrated: 5 color plates showing armor camouflage and markings and tankman uniform, 2pp of scale plans, 93 high quality b/w photographs, 1 color map, 11 color drawings and photographs. Vol. 3 in the series of books devoted to Polish Armored Troops in the West in 1939-1947. Incl.: history of the 2nd Polish Armored Regiment; regimental standard; commemorative badge; commanding officers; battle at Saint-Aignan, August 8, 1944; Sherman C tank

Polish text. Large size 21,5x30,5, Hb, laminated, new copy, 272, richly illustrated: ca 600 b/w photographs showing Polish Air Force equipment in Romania - taken over i n 1939 or manufactured under Polish license.  Massive reference. HEAVY BOOK, WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE

Polish text, 21x29, new copy, Hb, laminated, 206pp. 194 full page color uniform plates (photographs of original items, drawings) showing regulation and experimental items. Massive reference.