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AN ILLUSTRATED DATA GUIDE TO BATTLE TANKS OF WORLD WAR II.
Tiger Books, London, 1997, 1st edn., 77pp, colour and half tone ills. in text, tall format 9 x 4.5 inches, pictorial laminated boards, the title says it all, no dustwrapper, fine,
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GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 7.72 | JP¥ 1187]
Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 battle tank weapon panther tiger churchill cromwell sherman lee grant kv t34 t-34 armour armor afv
THE BATTLE OF THE V-WEAPONS 1944-45.
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1964, 1st edn., 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., 3 maps and 3 diagrams in text, grey/blue dichromatic cloth lettered in red at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the author, an intelligence officer with the Air Defence Staff during WW2 provides a detailed documentary account of the V1 and V2 offensives of 1944-45, with a history of experimental types, the intelligence about the V-weapon development that reached the Allies, the use of agents and photo-reconnaisance, the Allied bombing campaign on the manufacturing and launch sites and the defensive campaign against the incoming V-1's, with a chronological summary of events, sl. cocked, edges tanned and lightly foxed, faint foxing to endpapers, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, a few fox marks, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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GBP 29.50 [Appr.: EURO 35 US$ 37.96 | JP¥ 5837]
Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 v1 v2 oslo report babington smith peenemundeski sites dornberger cherwell hill pile
HITLER'S SCIENTISTS - Science, War and the Devil's Pact.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 2004, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, xvi, 535pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of scientific achievement in Germany between the end of WW1 and the end of the Third Reich, winning the lion's share of Nobel prizes but being hijacked by Nazi political interests, faint vertical crease in spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
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GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 10.94 | JP¥ 1682]
Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 germany scientists
SCIENCE AT WAR.
HMSO, London, 1947, 1st edn., paperback original, [vi], 185pp, 44pp half tone photo ills., many diagrams and line ills. in text, photo montage wrappers, a report from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on the British scientific advances that helped in the prosecution of WW2, from radio-location and the cavity magnetron to the development of radar navigation by the RAF, IFF, radar gun-laying for the RN and Home Defence, etc; operational research on a number of aspects including bombing, convoy sizes, mine-laying, etc.; the work to develop the atomic bomb; and at sea, mine counter-measures and the detection and destruction of submarines, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned and a little foxed, very good,
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GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 US$ 12.87 | JP¥ 1979]
Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 science scientific research weapons counter measures radar radio location chain home navigation h2s mine anti submarine hedgehog atom atomic bomb hmso
GERMAN SECRET WEAPONS - Blueprint for Mars.
Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, map, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, in the Pan/Ballantine 'Illustrated History of World War II' series, the V1 flying bomb, the V2 rocket, anti-aircraft shells, jet engines, rocket aircraft, midget submarines, schnorkel and acoustic torpedoes under development by Germany during WW2, rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss at edges of spine, light creasing and some marks to wrappers, edges tanned, fair,
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Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 history germany rocket v1 v2 me163 262 natter heikel 177 seehund vf45 pan ballantine
GERMAN SECRET WEAPONS - Blueprint for Mars.
Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and map, no acknowledgement of the previous UK Macdonald issue (1970), in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War II', the V1 flying bomb, the V2 rocket, anti-aircraft shells, jet engines, rocket aircraft, midget submarines, schnorkel and acoustic torpedoes under development by Germany during WW2, a little rubbed at extrems., spine sl. sunned, light creasing to wrappers, very good,
A Book for all ReasonsProfessional sellerBook number: 43748
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 9.01 | JP¥ 1385]
Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 history germany rocket v1 v2 me163 262 natter heikel 177 seehund vf45
GERMAN SECRET WEAPONS - Blueprint for Mars.
Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and maps, no acknowledgement of the previous UK Macdonald issue (1970), in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War II', the V1 flying bomb, the V2 rocket, anti-aircraft shells, jet engines, rocket aircraft, midget submarines, schnorkel and acoustic torpedoes under development by Germany during WW2, lightly rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, very good plus,
A Book for all ReasonsProfessional sellerBook number: 43750
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Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 history germany rocket v1 v2 me163 262 natter heikel 177 seehund
SHINGLE STREET - Flame, Chemical and Psychological Warfare in 1940, and the Nazi Invasion that never was.
LTM Publishing, 1994, 1st edn., paperback original, [viii], 159pp, half tone photo ills., map and facsimiles in text, erratum page tipped onto inside of upper wrapper, large format (8 x 6 inches approx.), coloured lettered wrappers, an examination of the rumour and local folklore surrounding Shingle Street, a village on the Suffolk coast near Woodbridge during WW2, concerning a failed German invasion, an accident during chemical warfare trails or a disatrous 'friendly fire' incident, rumours which eventually led to wild press speculation, questions in 'the house' and the early de-classification of several sealed wartime files, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,
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Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2
THE GUNS : 1939 - 45.
Macdonald, London, 1970 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers in Purnell's series 'History of the Second World War, Weapons Book No. 11', described as the panorama of Second World War artillery, ranging from the monster 60cm 'Karl' gun to the 'soft-drink bottle filled with a deadly brew of benzine, latex and phosphorus', a multitude of weapons and their lethal projectiles, both used and proposed, conventional and bizarre, rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges a little tanned, very good,
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Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 army weapons guns artillery purnells
V FOR VENGEANCE - The Second Battle of London.
William Kimber, London, 1981, 1st edn., 203pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, red cloth grain paper covered bds. lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the development of the German V1 and V2 rockets and the campaign against London and South-east England in 1944 and 1945, light foxing to upper edge, dustwrapper: small nick in laminate at tail of spine, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,
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Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 blitz rocket v1 v2 secret terror weapon
THE SECRET WAR.
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), London, 1978, 1st edn., 352pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and frontis, numerous in text half tone photo and line illustrations, large format (10 x 7 inches), grey cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, expanded from the BBC TV series of the same name, WW2 as fought by the scientists and technicians; Luftwaffe navigational beams and the countermeasures; the development and use of radar in defence and aircraft navigation; the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket; the battle against the u-boats incl. the development of new weapons, new vessels and new tactics; the countering the German mines; many special weapons; and the work at Bletchley Park in the breaking of the codes produced by the Enigma machines, boards rubbed along upper and lower edges, dustwrapper: rubbed with loss at extrems., repaired to reverse, very good in a good dustwrapper,
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Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 bbc tv tie-in beams knickebein x-gerat y-gerat oboe radar h2s magnetic acoustic mine hedgehog u-boat enigma ultra codes
THE SECRET WAR.
Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2004, 1st in imprint, large format paperback, 352pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and frontis, numerous in text half tone photo and line illustrations, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches), photo pictorial wrappers, expanded from the 1977 BBC TV series of the same name and a re-issue of the 1978 BBC publication, an account of WW2 as fought by the scientists and technicians; Luftwaffe navigational beams and the British countermeasures; the development and use of radar in defence and aircraft navigation; the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket; the battle against the u-boats incl. the development of new weapons, new vessels and new tactics; the countering the German mines; many special weapons; and the work at Bletchley Park in the breaking of the codes produced by the Enigma machines, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
A Book for all ReasonsProfessional sellerBook number: 45820
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 US$ 15.44 | JP¥ 2374]
Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 bbc tie-in beams knickebein x-gerat y-gerat oboe radar h2s magnetic acoustic mine hedgehog u-boat enigma ultra codes
THE SECRET WAR.
Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2004, 1st in imprint, large format paperback, 352pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and frontis, numerous in text half tone photo and line illustrations, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches), photo pictorial wrappers, expanded from the BBC TV series of the same name, WW2 as fought by the scientists and technicians; Luftwaffe navigational beams and the countermeasures; the development and use of radar in defence and aircraft navigation; the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket; the battle against the u-boats incl. the development of new weapons, new vessels and new tactics; the countering the German mines; many special weapons; and the work at Bletchley Park in the breaking of the codes produced by the Enigma machines, lightly rubbed at tips, slight ripple to lower edges final pages, good plus,
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Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 bbc tie-in beams knickebein x-gerat y-gerat oboe radar h2s magnetic acoustic mine hedgehog u-boat enigma ultra codes
THE SECRET WAR.
Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2004, 1st in imprint, large format paperback, 352pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and frontis, numerous in text half tone photo and line illustrations, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches), photo pictorial wrappers, expanded from the BBC TV series of the same name, WW2 as fought by the scientists and technicians; Luftwaffe navigational beams and the countermeasures; the development and use of radar in defence and aircraft navigation; the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket; the battle against the u-boats incl. the development of new weapons, new vessels and new tactics; the countering the German mines; many special weapons; and the work at Bletchley Park in the breaking of the codes produced by the Enigma machines, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,
A Book for all ReasonsProfessional sellerBook number: 45822
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 US$ 12.87 | JP¥ 1979]
Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 bbc tie-in beams knickebein x-gerat y-gerat oboe radar h2s magnetic acoustic mine hedgehog u-boat enigma ultra codes
THE SECRET WAR.
Pen and Sword, Barnsley, 2004, 1st in imprint, large format paperback, 352pp, half tone photo pictorial half title and frontis, numerous in text half tone photo and line illustrations, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches), photo pictorial wrappers, expanded from the BBC TV series of the same name, WW2 as fought by the scientists and technicians; Luftwaffe navigational beams and the countermeasures; the development and use of radar in defence and aircraft navigation; the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket; the battle against the u-boats incl. the development of new weapons, new vessels and new tactics; the countering the German mines; many special weapons; and the work at Bletchley Park in the breaking of the codes produced by the Enigma machines, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,
A Book for all ReasonsProfessional sellerBook number: 45823
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 US$ 12.87 | JP¥ 1979]
Catalogue: WW2 - Weapons and Scientific Research
Keywords: war ww2 bbc tie-in beams knickebein x-gerat y-gerat oboe radar h2s magnetic acoustic mine hedgehog u-boat enigma ultra codes