Windrow greene ltd london (42 risultati)
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Da: Virtuous Volumes et al., Wilson, WI, U.S.A.Virtuous Volumes et al.
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EUR 7,51
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Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Revised Edition. Scrape and small bulge on middle of front cover, call numbers on label on spine of dust jacket which is mylar covered and taped on, marked out bar codes on covers, 337 pages. Ex-Library.
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Da: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.Clausen Books, RMABA
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EUR 7,02
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Boards. Condizione: Near Fine. Very Good+ (in mylar). Book Club Edition. Clean and tight textblock. Light shelf wear. Unclipped dust jacket with slight loss to extremities. 160pp., including appendix and index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black & White Photographs/Maps (illustratore). Hardcover.
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Da: Prairie Creek Books LLC., Torrington, WY, U.S.A.Prairie Creek Books LLC.
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EUR 8,78
EUR 4,29 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine/near fine, used but looks like new. 160pp. Interior clean no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to dj, no chips or tears. There is no price on the dj but I am not familiar with Windrow & Greene titles. I do no…t know if this is a BCE or not.
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Editore: Windrow & Greene Ltd, London, Kent, United Kingdom, 1996
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Da: The Aviator's Bookshelf, Bumpass, VA, U.S.A.The Aviator's Bookshelf
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EUR 10,59
EUR 3,42 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Biography of the Luftwaffe Fighter Commander during World War II. He flew biplanes in the Spanish Civil War, fought in the Battle of Britain, was credited with more than 100 air-to-air victories and commanded the "Aces" squadron that flew the fir…st jet fighters toward the end of the war. 316 pages. Includes dust jacket.
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Da: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, Regno UnitoBarter Books Ltd
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Condizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 9,63
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Condizione: Very Good. First UK Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 96pp. Illustrated laminated card cover.
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Da: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, Regno UnitoBarter Books Ltd
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Condizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 9,63
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Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Crease to cover. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 96pp. Illustrated laminated card cover.
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Da: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, Regno UnitoBarter Books Ltd
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Condizione: Usato - Buono
EUR 9,63
EUR 9,35 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Maroon hardback cloth cover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 190pp.
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Da: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, CanadaMontreal Books
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EUR 17,65
EUR 4,24 spedizioneSpedito da Canada a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. With plates by Gerry Embleton. A nice copy with mild shelfwear only. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.
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Da: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, Regno UnitoBailgate Books Ltd
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EUR 5,77
EUR 16,95 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Revised Edition. Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Dust-jacket in non-adhesive clear protective sleeve. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. ISBN: 1872004563. ISBN…/EAN: 9781872004563. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 65615080089. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.
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Da: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.RPBooks
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EUR 17,65
EUR 5,96 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. With plates by Gerry Embleton. A nice copy with mild shelfwear only. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.
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Da: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, CanadaCARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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EUR 11,48
EUR 17,10 spedizioneSpedito da Canada a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hardcover in jacket. Some light bumping to book's spine. Moderate handling to jacket with closed tears to either side of the spine and some chipping to edges. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked--a sound copy.
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Da: Treehorn Books, Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A.Treehorn Books
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EUR 26,48
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. DJ has a little bit of rubbing aloing top edge and a tiny tear on the top spine. Book has yellowing down half of flyleaf. No marks or writing in interior. ; B/w and color illus.; 12.4 X 9.3 X 0.6 inches; 128 pages.
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Da: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS
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EUR 26,48
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Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condizione: Very Good. New Revised Edition. This is a very good copy of the New Revised Edition in an unclipped dust jacket. First published in 1975 by Osprey.
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Da: Marlowes Books and Music, Ferny Grove, QLD, AustraliaMarlowes Books and Music
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EUR 16,86
EUR 17,06 spedizioneSpedito da Australia a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hard Cover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. 128 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.
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Da: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery
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EUR 30,01
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Second Impression. 138pp.; HB brick w/gilt; slight rub w/sml.dent,bttm.edge; clean,tight pgs. DJ greengray w/yellow-photocover; slight rub. ".fully illustrated guide to the uniforms, insignia, and Marine-specific personal equipment . more than 300 photographs… in monochrome and full colour.".
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Da: Elaine Beardsell, HOLMFIRTH, Regno UnitoElaine Beardsell
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Condizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 10,83
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st edition. 12" x 8". 128pp, illustrated in colour throughout. Fine laminated hardback.
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Da: Broad Street Book Centre, Hereford, Regno UnitoBroad Street Book Centre
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EUR 12,04
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. 1st Edition. Green cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. 128pp. b/w & col. illus.; maps. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket only incl. scratch marks to back cover and head of spine and top edge scuffed. Hardcover and contents in very good condition, clean and unmar…ked. Price clipped. Heavy volume - Overseas orders are likely to require additional postage. Chappel, Michael (illustratore).
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Da: Broad Street Book Centre, Hereford, Regno UnitoBroad Street Book Centre
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EUR 14,45
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Hardcover. Condizione: Good++. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good++. 1st Edition. Red cloth, gilt title. 127pp. col. plates. Slight shelf and edge wear to boards; spine and corners a little rubbed. Some shelf wear to dust jacket ; remains of small label to top of upper panel. Conents are clean, bright and in very good condition. OVE…RSEAS ORDERS LIKELY TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE.
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Da: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, Regno UnitoSarah Zaluckyj
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EUR 13,24
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Very Good. 255 pages. B&W illustrations. Moderate forward lean to hardback binding. Royal-blue background dustjacket with light wear to edges, NOT price-clipped. Clean maroon hardback binding light/moderate wear to boards' corners. Very clean pages.
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Da: Broad Street Book Centre, Hereford, Regno UnitoBroad Street Book Centre
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EUR 16,85
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. 1st Edition. Blue cloth, blue title on gilt panel to front and spine. 127pp. b/w & col. illus. Slight shelf wear to boards with spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed.Minor shelf and edge wear to dust jacket; now in removable paper and clear plastic p…rotective wrapper. Page margins beginning to show light tanning, o'wise contents very clean and bright. A lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS LIKELY TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. Fosten, Bryan (colour plates) (illustratore).
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Da: Broad Street Book Centre, Hereford, Regno UnitoBroad Street Book Centre
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EUR 18,06
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. 1st Edition. Red cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. 128pp. b/w illus.; colour plates; maps. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Slight shelf and edge wear to dust jacket; price clipped. Contents in excellent condition, very clean and bright. OV…ERSEAS ORDERS LIKELY TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. Embleton, Gerry (colour plates) (illustratore).
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Da: Broad Street Book Centre, Hereford, Regno UnitoBroad Street Book Centre
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EUR 18,06
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. 1st Edition. Large format, blue cloth. 127pp. b/w illus. col. plates. Minor shelf wear to boards. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket with a little creasing to edges, small chips to spine and corners and 1 1/2 cm closed tear to top at rear by spine. Page margin…s very slightly toned, o'wise clean and bright. A lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. Fosten, Bryan (colour plates) (illustratore).
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Da: CURIO, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, Regno UnitoCURIO
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EUR 6,02
EUR 35,06 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 66pp. Colour photographs. Not library copy, no inscriptions, no creasing to spine. (62/5).
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Da: CURIO, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, Regno UnitoCURIO
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EUR 14,45
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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First English Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 95pp. Colour photographs throughout. Not library copy, no creasing to spine, no inscriptions, covers wrapped in self adhesive clear wrap. (59/4).
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Da: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, Regno UnitoAmazing Book Company
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EUR 18,06
EUR 35,59 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is in as new, unmarked condition bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper has one or two closed tears but is still in near fine condition.… International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Adolf Galland was the most famous German fighter pilot of World War II, and until his death in February 1996 he was the last surviving senior German combat commander of that war. An "ace" pilot with more than 100 air-to-air victories in the West, he was also the last living recipient of the supreme decoration for gallantry and leadership - the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, awarded to only 27 men among the millions who served. His combat career spanned an extraordinary period in aviation history, from flying open-cockpit biplanes in the Spanish Civil War, through command of a wing of Messerschmitt Bf109s in the fiercest fighting of the Battle of Britain, to leadership of a unique "aces' squadron" flying the world's first jet fighters against impossible odds in the last weeks of the war. But Adolf Galland's story is much more than the straightforward account of a fighter pilot's war. His meteoric promotion made him, at 30, the youngest general in the German armed forces; and his appointment as inspector-general of fighter forces brought him into regular and sometimes perilous contact with the leaders of the Third Reich. He was the recipient of Hitler's private musings about his global war aims; he was the fearless champion of the fighting pilots against the ranting disloyalty of Goering; he worked closely with the brilliant munitions minister Albert Speer; and in the end his outspoken refusal to compromise brought dismissal, and investigation by the Gestapo - his life or death finally turning on the result of a single telephone call. Ref AA 1.
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Da: Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, AustraliaReading Habit
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EUR 25,26
EUR 31,71 spedizioneSpedito da Australia a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 474gms, 160 pages. This compelling account of one of the most savage battles of World War II draws upon the vivid memories of Marine veterans of those 76 terrible hour…s of close-quarter fighting. It is supported by photographs, drawings, detailed maps and appendices. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. Boards and dust jacket are also in good condition with only light shelf wear, scuffing and chipping, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
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Da: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.Fahrenheit's Books
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Condizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 52,96
EUR 6,00 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Slipcase. 1st edition, Limited. First edition, hardcover, signed by Reid and Embleton, limited no. 63/250, has very faint hint of extremely slight lean to spine, and a touch of shelfwear to corners, otherwise a clean, solid Near Fine copy in like slipcase which has som…e areas of faint rubbing. Signed by Author(s).
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Da: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, Regno UnitoEdinburgh Books
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EUR 42,13
EUR 23,38 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1993. pp. Full colour images. "'During the 1960s, Triumph's model range was already complicated for a relatively small company. There were large and small sports car ranges, and large and small saloon ranges, with the small saloons be…ing subdivided into two types during the second half of the decade. Nowhere among them was a grand tourer, and nowhere in Triumph's post-1945 history had there ever been one. Yet, at one of the least auspicious times in its entire history, Triumph chose to develop one in the shape of the Stag.' … The story of the Triumph Stag - its ancestry, launch and development, its performance in the marketplace and the changes wrought on it after production had ended — is told here in comprehensive style by two historians noted for their depth of knowledge on the Stag. Also provided are valuable appendices on specifications, identification, production figures, colour and trim changes, performance figures and comparisons with rival cars. … In a recent classic car magazine poll, the Triumph Stag was voted the best all-round classic available for £10,000 or less. It was also voted the best-looking. For its many devoted owners and enthusiasts, this first full history of the Stag will be essential reading." Unclipped jacket has light wear to edges and corners. Book has gilt titles to spine. Previous owner's name to top of FFEP. Boards, pages and contents are in excellent condition. No inscriptions.
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Da: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, Regno UnitoSt Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A.
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Condizione: Usato - Quasi ottimo
EUR 30,10
EUR 35,06 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st 1993. Near-fine hardback copy in Near-fine jacket. Quarto size. HEAVY BOOK! ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY.
German Automatic Weapons of World War II; Live Firing Classic Military Weapons in Colour Photographs
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Da: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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EUR 66,21
EUR 4,29 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. 128 pages. Oversized volume, measuring 12 inches by 8-1/2 inches. Profusely illustrated with many color photographs and some line drawings/diagrams. Includes Introduction; Mauser Schnellfeuer-Pistole; Maschinenpistole 40/1; Maschinengewehr 34; Maschinengewehr… 42; Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42/1; Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42/11; Sturmgewehr 44. Also contains Sturmgewehr 44, and an Afterword: The Postwar Legacy. Select Bibliography. Technical Specifications. In this attractive new treatment, the seven classic automatic weapons of the World War II German Wehrmacht are illustrated in color photographs with a difference. Detailed sequences show them in close-up; during step-by-step field stripping; and during handling, loading, and live-firing trials in outdoor settings, by gunners wearing authentic period uniforms. The illustrations are accompanied by concise accounts of each weapon's historical and technical background, and by accessible, non-technical descriptions of its actual firing characteristics. The author was a US Army Sergeant First Class at the time this was published. He was a former infantryman, tank crewman, and military intelligence analyst. He became an internationally recognized magazine and book author, photo-journalist, archivist, lecturer, and authority on military small arms of the 20th century. He has been shooting, evaluating, and writing about the world's infantry weapons for more than two decades. As one example, the FG 42 (German: Fallschirmjägergewehr 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective-fire 7.92×57mm Mauser automatic rifle produced in Nazi Germany during World War II. The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjäger airborne infantry in 1942 and was used in very limited numbers until the end of the war. It combined the characteristics and firepower of a light machine gun in a lightweight form slightly shorter (but considerably bulkier and heavier) than the standard-issue Karabiner 98k bolt-action infantry rifle. Considered one of the most advanced weapon designs of World War II, the FG 42 influenced post-war small arms development, and many features of its design, such as general shape, stock style, gas-rotating bolt operation (itself copied from the Lewis gun) and sheet metal and plastic construction were copied by the US Army when they developed the M60 machine gun. At the time of the Battle of Crete (Operation Mercury), German Fallschirmjäger (parachute infantry) were equipped with the same assortment of small arms as the Heer, carrying only 9×19mm Parabellum chambered pistols and hand grenades on them during parachute jumps, with 9×19mm Parabellum submachine guns, 7.92×57mm Mauser chambered rifles and crew-served weapons stored separately in containers that were dropped from the wing of the exit craft. The German RZ parachute harness, with one single riser and two straps attached to the body, making the paratrooper land on his hands and knees in a forward roll, did not allow for heavier equipment such as rifles and machine guns to be safely carried during jumps. At Crete, long-range rifle and machine gun fire from dug-in Commonwealth defenders inflicted heavy casualties on the outgunned German paratroopers in the early stages of battle as they attempted to retrieve their support weapons from containers scattered all over the battlefield. These combat experiences demonstrated the need for a rifle that could be carried on the person of the paratrooper. The American M41 Johnson LMG has many parallels with the contemporary FG 42. Both had in-line stocks, fed from the left side, and both fired from the open bolt in automatic mode and closed bolt in semi-automatic mode. Despite these similarities, there is no evidence that either weapon had any effect on the design of the other. As they were both seeking to solve similar problems, it is reasonable to expect that each weapon's respective engineers approached these problems similarly but independently, unaware of the developments of.
