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European & American Arms c.1100-1850 Claude Blair (1st print 1962) Hardcover book with 134 pages. The cover have wear and faded on some places. The book itself are in a good condition with the binding still strong.   European and American arms is the most complete visual encyclopaedia of its subject to have been published in a single volume. For the collector, dealer or museum curator in need of a representative corpus of illustrations of weapons used in the western world from 1100 to 1850, the book will be indispensible. There are over 600 photographs of pieces from nearly all major collections of Europe, America and Russia. There are also a comprehensive series of detailed drawings of regulation swords and firearms, accessories, marks, etc.     Please see the Photo's as part of the description. Sold as per scan.   International Bidders Welcome (Please enquire ab out shipping costs) Postage and Packaging: Shipping includes time, labour, packaging material and travel costs Post Office: R55 --- Courier R120  Items can be combined request.                                       

European & American Arms c.1100-1850 Claude Blair (1st print 1962) Hardcover book with 134 pages. The cover have wear and faded on some places. The book itself are in a good condition with the binding still strong.   European and American arms is the most complete visual encyclopaedia of its subject to have been published in a single volume. For the collector, dealer or museum curator in need of a representative corpus of illustrations of weapons used in the western world from 1100 to 1850, the book will be indispensible. There are over 600 photographs of pieces from nearly all major collections of Europe, America and Russia. There are also a comprehensive series of detailed drawings of regulation swords and firearms, accessories, marks, etc.    P lease see the Photo's as part of the description. Sold as per scan.   International Bidders Welcome (Please enquire ab out shipping costs) Postage and Packaging: Shipping includes time, labour, packaging material and travel costs Post Office: R58 --- Courier R130  Items can be combined request.                                       

European & American Arms c.1100-1850 Claude Blair (1st print 1962) Hardcover book with 134 pages. The cover have wear and faded on some places. The book itself are in a good condition with the binding still strong.   European and American arms is the most complete visual encyclopaedia of its subject to have been published in a single volume. For the collector, dealer or museum curator in need of a representative corpus of illustrations of weapons used in the western world from 1100 to 1850, the book will be indispensible. There are over 600 photographs of pieces from nearly all major collections of Europe, America and Russia. There are also a comprehensive series of detailed drawings of regulation swords and firearms, accessories, marks, etc.    P lease see the Photo's as part of the description. Sold as per scan.   International Bidders Welcome (Please enquire ab out shipping costs) Postage and Packaging: Shipping includes time, labour, packaging material and travel costs Post Office: R65 (With a tracking number) --- Courier R130, Postnet R115  Items can be combined request.                                       

 ARMS and MEN A Study of American Military History WALTER MILLIS;  Softcover Published by The New Americam Library  1956  Second Printing 1963 ; No. of Pages; 343  From Goodreads; "A classic..., a brilliant interpretation of the origins of mass warfare. In  Arms and Men, Walter Millis has helped to explain not only how war has come to dominate our age, but the often troubled, anomalous relationship between the military and the rest of American society. For everyone, from the beginning student to the advanced scholar, there is not a more comprehensive, more stimulating, or more lively introduction to the men, the ideas, the policies, and the forces that have shaped the development of American military power." --Richard H. Kohn Very good condition  very good binding, no tears or writing added  POSTAGE  / Shipping (within S A) For postage via SA PO (please add under  option 1)   please add R55.00 or  PREFERABLY via Postnet to Postnet for a total weight not exceeding 5kg then add R100.00. (Note with the P/Net option addit books may be included up to 5kg) or via PAXI  which is via the PEP Store branch network  - delivery around 9 days  Please add R55.00  under Option 1 and also add "  via Pep " in the Notes. Buyers from outside of S A may contact me for a postal quote.    

 ARMS and MEN A Study of American Military History WALTER MILLIS;  Softcover Published by The New Americam Library  1956  Second Printing 1963 ; No. of Pages; 343  Very good condition  very good binding, no tears or writing added  For postage within S A and via SA Post Office (OPTION 1)    please add R50.00  or via Postnet to Postnet for a parcel of up to 5kg then please add R100.00. Buyers from outside of SA  can contact me for a postal quote.  

  1992 1st Edition 303pp Hardcover with B&W photos Book Very Good, DJ Very Good some very minor shelfwear, contents very clean and crisp, tightly bound. Large heavy book, extra postage required: R55.00 An account of Black American soldiers in World War II who combated racism in the segregated military and on the home front. In April 1945, some Black American soldiers were among the first 'liberators' to enter Nazi death camps, encountering the survivors described by one GI as "walking skeletons." Companion volume to an upcoming PBS special, this work recounts the tragic saga of the 761st Tank Battalion, whose African American personnel trained for two years in the racist backwaters of the South, made a major contribution to Gen. George Patton's Third Army in the WW II European campaigns, then returned to the U.S. after the war to find that discrimination against them had grown worse. The 761st's military record is impressive. The battalion fought farther east than any other U.S. unit (but was prevented from making the historic link-up with the Red Army, a ceremony reserved for white troops), and led the way for U.S. forces in the liberation of Jewish survivors at Dachau and Buchenwald. In the saddest irony of all, the authors (all New York City film producers) describe how the African Americans received a warm welcome in England and from German civilians during occupation duty, and as a result were roundly resented by their white comrades in arms. Photos.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The Expendables A group of professional killers join forces to bring down a South American dictator. With cameo appearances from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis, the film also sees Stallone and Schwarzenegger sharing a screen for the first time ever. The Expendables 2 Mr Church reunites the formidable Expendables team, plus new member Billy the Kid, for what should be a straightforward job. But when one of their number is murdered by adversary Jean Vilain, the team's quest for revenge finds them pitted against an unexpected rival. The Expendables 3 Barney Ross comes face-to-face with old nemesis Conrad Stonebanks, with whom he originally formed the group of mercenaries known as the Expendables. However, when Stonebanks turned into a dangerous arms trader, Barney had no choice but to take him out and believed him to be dead - until now. With some new, younger additions to his team, Barney once again confronts Stonebanks but will the mission be a success this time? Features Summary The Expendables A group of professional killers join forces to bring down a South American dictator. With cameo appearances from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis... Contributors Sylvester Stallone (Actor), Jason Statham (Actor), Bruce Willis (Actor), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Actor), Mel Gibson (Actor), Wesley Snipes (Actor), Harrison Ford (Actor), Jet Li (Actor) Format Blu-ray disc (Boxed set) Release date

    Up for bid is a high relief, pewter U.S. Congressional Medal reproduction commemorating American Revolutionary War Major General Nathanael Greene, frequently misspelled Nathaniel! Medal awarded to Major General Nathanael Greene for defeating the British at Eutaw in 1781. The original was engraved by Augustin Dupré. Obverse: Left profile bust of Nathanael Greene in uniform. Latin inscription reads: "The American Congress to Nathaniel Greene, a distinguished general". The reverse depicts a winged Victory holding a crown of laurel in her right hand, and a palm branch in her left; one foot on a trophy of arms and flags of the conquered enemy. The reverse legend translates to "The enemy vanquished at Eutaw on the 8th of September 1781." Reproduced in pewter for the U.S. Bicentennial! Medal is 38 mm in diameter and weighs 21.3 grams!    

Bridge of Spies is the true story of three extraordinary characters — William Fisher, alias Rudolf Abel, a British born KGB agent arrested by the FBI in New York City and jailed as a Soviet superspy for trying to steal America's most precious nuclear secrets; Gary Powers, the American U-2 pilot who was captured when his plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over the closed cities of central Russia; and Frederic Pryor, a young American graduate student in Berlin mistakenly identified as a spy, arrested and held without charge by the Stasi, East Germany's secret police. By weaving the three strands of this story together for the first time, Giles Whittell masterfully portrays the intense political tensions and nuclear brinkmanship that brought the United States and Soviet Union so close to a hot war in the early 1960s. He reveals the dramatic lives of men drawn into the nadir of the Cold War by duty and curiosity, and the tragicomedy of errors that eventually induced Khrushchev to send missiles to Castro. Two of his subjects — the spy and the pilot — were the original seekers of weapons of mass destruction. The third, an intellectual, fluent in German, unencumbered by dependents, and researching a Ph.D. thesis on the foreign trade system of the Soviet bloc, seemed to the Stasi precisely the sort of person the CIA should have been recruiting. He was not. In over his head in the world capital of spying, he was wrongly charged with espionage and thus came to the Agency's notice by a more roundabout route. The three men were rescued against daunting odds by fate and by their families, and then all but forgotten. Yet they laid bare the pathological mistrust that fueled the arms race for the next 30 years.

In South Carolina, widower and legendary war hero Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) finds himself thrust into the midst of the American Revolutionary War as he helplessly watches his family torn apart by the savage forces of the British Redcoats. Unable to remain silent, he recruits a band of reluctant volunteers, including his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger), to take up arms against the British. Fighting to protect his family's freedom and his country's independence, Martin discovers the pain of betrayal, the redemption of revenge and the passion of love. Age: 13

Andorra 10 diners Pyramid at Chichen Itza Wonders UNESCO Silver coin 2009 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Andorra Metal Purity:    Silver 0.925 Box:   Yes Year of Issue:   2009 Weight:   28,28 CoA:   Yes Face Value:   10 Diners Dimensions:   36,6     Quality:   Brilliant UNC     Mintage:   10000   New coin with capsule, CoA and box Obverse: In the centre ¿ an image of the Pyramid at Chich?n Itz? in Mexico. Around the Pyramid ¿ a stylized image of an Aztec blade, decorated with pad printing, creating an interesting ornament. The ornament separated by stylized images of four heads of "Feathered Serpent", also called Quetzalcoatl - one of the major deities of the Aztecs, Toltecs, and other Middle American peoples. At the bottom ¿ a semicircular inscription in Catalan language: "LA PIR?MIDE DE CHICH?N ITZ?. YUCAT?N. M?XIC" (Pyramid at Chichen Itza. Yucatan. Mexico). Reverse: In the centre ¿ a stylized image of the world globe with an inscription in Catalan language: "LES MERAVELLES DEL M?N" (Wonders of the World). Below the inscription ¿ a nominal value (10 D., which means 10 Diners), a year of issue (2009) and the Coat of Arms of the Principality of Andorra. On the right of the "10 D" letter ¿ the Mint¿s mark (MW). At the bottom, along the edge ¿ a semicircular inscription in Catalan language: PRINCIPAT D¿ANDORRA (Principality of Andorra). ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.

1985.  Hard  cover with dust cover. 231 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg. CONTENTS Include: The Detente Legacy; The Current Crisis; Persian Gulf; Accommodating OPEC: The Chinese Connection; The Penetration of Africa; The Soviet-Cuban Partnership in America; Our current Military Posture; Restoring the Balance; APPENDICES: the SALT Delusion; The NATO disaster; Arms to the Arabs. The author lays bare the flawed assumptions that have ruled American foreign policy, from our unilateral détente concessions to the appeasement diplomacy of the Carter administration. The light-headed manner in which policy is made, particularly in regard to the Middle East and the Soviet threat to our oil supplies, is subjected to incisive analysis.