Hedley Paul Willmott (12 results)

Second printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xiv, 399 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with some bumping at top edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Beige boards; light bumping to spine heel and front board's top fore-edge corner. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. With nine b/w maps, nine tables, unpaged section of b/w plates, Appendixes, Notes, Primary Sources, Secondary Sources, and Index. ISBN 0253345286.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 499p; [16]p of plates; ill; 24cm. Notes: Bibliography: p485-490. - Includes indexSubjects: World War, 1939-1945. World War 2.Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Traces the development of the famous U.S. bomber, evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of its design and looks at the use of B-17s in World War IITraces the development of the famous U.S. bomber, evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of its design and looks at the use of B-17s in World War II. 64 pages, Hardcover. First published January 1, 1980. War Planes in Color. A Bison Book. We show no pre-determined postal rates due to the huge variety of weights, dimensions and destinations. Each order is determined individually - at cost, using the least costly options. ABE is unable to post correct rates because it's system does not calculate weights or speed. The posted rate on our site - not a guaranteed rate - is based on weights of 500g or less, under 20mm thick - Canada Post Lettermail. Please note, ABE applies this same rate to ALL shipments regardless of weight and/or size, or destination.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 499p; [16]p of plates; ill; 24cm. Notes: Bibliography: p485-490. - Includes indexSubjects: World War, 1939-1945. World War 2.Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 352 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Subjects; Battleships History 20th century. Naval history, Modern 20th century. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 352 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Subjects; Battleships History 20th century. Naval history, Modern 20th century. 1 Kg.…

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper worn at the edges with a tear to the top corner of the upper panel and lightly spotted on the verso. Previous owners' name and date to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over quarter-bound red on blue boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 9¼" x 6¼" (1 kg); pp (xviii) 316; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Order of battle; Black & white photographs; Chronological tables (1); Tables; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #192916 ||.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Auch mehr als 90 Jahre nach seineme gilt der Erste Weltkrieg mit seinen acht Millionen Toten als eines der einschneidendsten Ereignisse der Moderne, welches die politische Weltordnung grundlegend veranderte. Der renommierte Militarhistoriker H. P. Willmott legt mit diesem Buch einen beeindruckend facettenreichen Abriss der Ereignisse vor - von den Anfangen bis zur ,neuen Weltordnung" der Nachkriegsjahre. Politische Voraussetzungen, Kriegsausbruch und -verlauf, Militarstrategien, grosse Schlachten, Siege und Niederlagen werden detailliert nachvollzogen und anschaulich erlautert. Eine aussergewohnliche Fulle dokumentarischen Bildmaterials, detaillierter topografischer Karten, Tabellen und Zeitleisten sowie zahlreiche Schilderungen von Zeitzeugen schaffen ein vielschichtiges Panorama des ersten globalen Krieges.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. PRVNI SVETOVA VALKA znamenala v dejinach lidstva tak hroznou udalost a predstavovala tak titansky zapas, ze nas vzpominka na ni desi i v nasem 21. stoleti. Zadny predchozi konflikt nebyl tak brutalni, nebyl veden v tak rozsahlem meritku a ani jeho nasledky nebyly tak hluboke, ze si mohl delat narok na oznaceni "Velka valka" Jadro teto knihy tvori bitvy, vedene zurive na sousi, na mori i ve vzduchu, pricemz autor v nekterych pripadech prichazi s jejich novou a neobvyklou interpretaci. Dilo vyznamneho historika H.P. Willmotta vsak take slouzi jako detailni analyza toho, co se skryva pod suchym vyctem vojenskych operaci: celeho labyrintu pricin a sirsich dusledku politickych, ekonomickych, kulturnich a spolecenskych. V tomto panoramatickem prehledu je presne reflektovan cely rozsah prvni svetove globalni valky. Kniha ukazuje, jak valka, vnikla jako konflikt mezi evropskymi mocnostmi, rychle eskalovala a zasahla i jejich kolonialni panstvi. Autor shromazdil velke mnozstvi puvodnich dokumentu a vizualnich materialu, aby mohl ctenari nabidnout novou perspektivu na vsechny aspekty valky. Drasajici liceni udalosti je okoreneno zivymi osobnimi dojmy z boju, dopisy z fronty a znepokojivymi versi valecne poezie. To vse ctenari pripomina dulezity aspekt "valky s cilem ukoncit vsechny valky" jeji desivou cenu lidskych zivotu.…

4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cassell's 'History of Warfare' series under the general editorship of John Keegan.…

4°, gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Neu. 64 Seiten : mit Abbildungen : Mit Schutzumschlag; insgesamt neuwertig --- Delivery via Freight Forwarder : For organisational reasons, direct shipping is not possible to all countries; however, you are welcome to order by entering a valid German delivery address (e.g. your forwarding agent) directly within the platform's checkout process. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 951.…

4°, gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Sehr gut. 320 Seiten : mit Abbildungen : Mit Schutzumschlag, dieser leicht lagerspurig und sehr gut; Einband (in gleicher Aufmachung / Illustration) des Schutzumschlags, fast neuwertig; Papier innen insgesamt neuwertig --- Delivery via Freight Forwarder : For organisational reasons, direct shipping is not possible to all countries; however, you are welcome to order by entering a valid German delivery address (e.g. your forwarding agent) directly within the platform's checkout process. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1432.…