Patrick stephens northamptonshire (38 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Spine of wrapper sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes indexes. Subjects; Bombing, Aerial Great Britain History 20th century. Bombs History 20th century. Bombing, Aerial Great Britain History. Service Aviation - Air Warfare. Instruments and Equipment - Armament. Weapons systems. Military weapons. Bombs. Bombs History. Projectiles, Aerial. Great Britain History, Military 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Jacket is price clipped and there is small handling wear on it.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Faded spine present with light handling wear in places on the hinges and edges. b/w photographs from official German wartime photographs from the Bundesarchiv (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. First edition, first printing. Printing number series 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. Small fading on the edges of the cover. Small handling wear on jacket, not price clipped.

Zustand: Good. Original blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous b/w illustrations (mostly photographs), 4to.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. VINTAGESTAN Title: Operation Spetsnaz by Michael G. Welham and Bruce Quarrie Author: Michael G. Welham and Bruce Quarrie Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd. Northamptonshire Year Published: 1989 Edition: 1st Edition Dimensions: 24cm x 16cm Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: 18526601213 Notes: SKU: VSS / 247 / G / 6142 / 4605 Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rubbing to edges Book condition: Good. Aging, toning, Binding: Intact Pages: 159 pages. …

Hardback. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First. This lovely 1987 first edition of Stirling Moss My Cars My Career by Stirling Moss with Doug Nye is now in the possession of St Marys Books Beneath the charming dustjacket featuring a full colour image of Stirling Moss racing this hardback book is bound in black cloth with silver gilt lettering to the spine Inside past the free endpapers which feature black and white photographs of Moss racing one finds 304 pages of text including indicies which detail the career of Stirling Moss This text is peppered with black and white and full colour images of cars documents and other information to aid the reader This book is in very good condition though it is an exlibrary copy the dustjacket is remarkably well preserved and the interior is very clean and unblemished This book is looking for a new home and would make for a perfect gift for any Stirling Moss enthusiastsnbsp. book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 176pp. 850g. Fully illustrated. A collection of b/w photographs from the 1930's by F. C. Le Manquais. Gray cloth boards, FINE in a Near FINE d/w with light crease along top edge.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrations. U.S. 8th kAir Force Fighter Operations 1942-45.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Edition. 4to ( 28 x 20 cm). 304 pp. Black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 2nd Edition. 8vo (medium). Blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, Jaguar logo in gilt on bottom right of front board, 252pp, light toning to text-block, small bumping on spine ends. Fine in Fine, unclipped d/w, lightly creased.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. 192 pages. Illustrations. DJ is price clipped at bottom corner of front flap. Some page edge discoloration noted. Includes Author's Note, Epilogue, and Index. Also contains chapters on Early Days; The Path to the Cockpit; Airborne at Last; A Fighter Pilot is Born; The Waiting Game; Called to Arms; No 130 (Punjab) Squadron; The Big Push; The Last Lap; Enforced Interlude; The Land of the Midnight Sun; Au Revoir to the Service; and Airborne Again. The author enlisted for the RAF as a regular airman when he was 16 years old in 1938, under the mistaken impression that he was well on the road to fulfilling his dream of becoming a fighter pilot. He soon discovered his mistake. Yet against all the odds he managed by sheer determination to becoming a senior NCO and a Spitfire pilot operating over Northern Europe with 130 Squadron. Before that was achieved, he had been an aircraft hand, fire fighter, teleprinter operator, wireless operator, had taken a posting to Air Ministry Signals, had undertaken navigator training, and finally pilot training. In this forthright and honest book he rails against the injustice to NCOs in the service who, however talented, were overlooked because of class snobbery. The memoirs of a navigator in the RAF who made it to fighter pilot, flying first Hurricanes then Spitfires. He describes his experiences flying in the desert, in Italy, in Arnhem, through to the end of the war and the trials and tribulations of service life.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Pictorial card cover. 160 x 215 x 14mm. 192pp. B/w illustrations throughout; includes index. A little minor wear to corners of rear cover; otherwise clean and crisp both inside and out. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.…

Hardback. Dustjacket not price clipped 192pp Contents clean illustrated throughout. book.

Signed on title page; small 4to.; cloth covered boards and illustrated endpapers, hardcover; 304 pages; black and white and color photographic illustrations; bottom corners are bumped else very good in a very good dust jacket.

Zustand: Good. Original black boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, decorated endpapers, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour and b/w photographs, 4to.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. 224 pages. Map. Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Sources. Introduction. Index. Includes chapters on The Congo; Angolan tragedy; Seychelles--Mike Hoare's finale; A worldwide phenomenon; What makes a mercenary?; One man's nightmare; Mercenaries for hire--and that's unofficial; and will the mercenary become extinct? Contains a two-page map of Mercenary activity around the world, a map of Operation Watch-chain, a full page map of Stanleyville to Kabala, a full-page map of the Fizi-Baraka Campaign, a half-page map of Northern Angola; a full-page map of the Seychelles; and a full page map of Iran to South Yemen. Also includes 137 black and white photographs as well as 17 color photographs. Cover has minor soiling. There is a 2 inch ink mark on rear endpaper. Presents interviews with mercenaries, describes the use of mercenaries during the past twenty-five years, and explains why individuals become soldiers of fortune. A mercenary, sometimes known as a soldier of fortune, is an individual who takes part in military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for political interests. Beginning in the 20th century, mercenaries have increasingly come to be seen as less entitled to protections by rules of war than non-mercenaries. Indeed, the Geneva Conventions declare that mercenaries are not recognized as legitimate combatants and do not have to be granted the same legal protections as captured service personnel of a regular army. In practice, whether or not a person is a mercenary may be a matter of degree, as financial and political interests may overlap, as was often the case in all of history. The private military company (PMC) is the contemporary strand of the mercenary trade, providing logistics, soldiers, military training, and other services. Thus, PMC contractors are civilians (in governmental, international, and civil organizations) authorized to accompany an army to the field; hence, the term civilian contractor. Nevertheless, PMCs may use armed force, hence defined as: "legally established enterprises that make a profit, by either providing services involving the potential exercise of [armed] force in a systematic way and by military means, and/or by the transfer of that potential to clients through training and other practices, such as logistics support, equipment procurement, and intelligence gathering." Private paramilitary forces are functionally mercenary armies, though they may serve as security guards or military advisors; however, national governments reserve the right to control the number, nature, and armaments of such private armies, arguing that, provided they are not proactively employed in front-line combat, they are not mercenaries. That said, PMC "civilian contractors" have poor repute among professional government soldiers and officers-the U.S. Military Command have questioned their war zone behavior. In September 2005, Brigadier General Karl Horst, deputy commander of the Third Infantry Division charged with Baghdad security after the 2003 invasion, said of DynCorp and other PMCs in Iraq: "These guys run loose in this country and do stupid stuff. There's no authority over them, so you can't come down on them hard when they escalate force. They shoot people, and someone else has to deal with the aftermath. It happens all over the place." Speaking of the use of American PMCs in Colombia, the former U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Myles Frechette has said: "Congress and the American people don't want any servicemen killed overseas. So it makes sense that if contractors want to risk their lives, they get the job". In Afghanistan, the United States has made extensive use of the PMCs since 2001, mostly in a defensive role. PMC teams have been used to guard bases and to protect VIPs from Taliban assassins, but almost never in offensive operations. First Edition [Stated], Fir.…

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 224 pp with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, being £20.00 in 1990. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 168 printed pages of text with monochrome diagrams and photographs throughout. Fine clean unopened condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubs, creases and chips, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0850597293 TOY & MODEL MAKING.…

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 232 pp with archive monochrome and colour photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 209 pp with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. AEROPLANES. …

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Derek Bell has become one of motor racing's national treasures. He is best known as one of the world's finest ever endurance sports car drivers, winning Le Mans five times and the Daytona 24 Hours three times, as well as numerous other significant sports car races. Contains 208 pp with monochrome (and some colour) archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS. …

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 160 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper with sun fading to the blue of the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0850598818 GERMANY [World War II].…

Zustand: Fine. Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 329 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1852603763 ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).…

Pappband mit Umschlag-O. Zustand: Gut. -. 288 S., Gr.-8°, mit zahlreichen s/w Abbildungen, gutes Exemplar 105585_Auto Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. Quarto 11" x 8" 200 pages. ISBN 0850598338. Colour and monochrome photographic illustrations. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. TOY & MODEL MAKING.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blackcurrant cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 216 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Ink message inside. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with slight sun fading down the spine. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.…

Kartoniert-O. Zustand: Gut. -. 217 S., Gr.-8°, mit zahlreichen s/w Fotos, Einband minimal bestoßen, sonst gutes Exemplar 106073_Auto Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.

Hardcover. Zustand: Gut bis sehr gut. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Gut bis sehr gut. History of Motor Racing from 1906-1951 Vol. 1.