Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Viceroy Books

Poland: Kagero, 2006. New book, 44 pages, 186 photos. Extensive photographic coverage of the Yak-23, in the kind of detail modellers love. All English text, also includes a high quality masking foil. . Soft Cover. As New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Poland: Rossagraph, 2004. New book, 33 pages, 100 photos most in color. Extensive photographic coverage of this Cold War era Russian trainer, in the kind of detail modellers love. Dual Polish/English text. . Soft Cover. As New. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Mushroom Model Publications, 2008. New book, 152 pages. The Yak-23 was the final development of the highly successful Soviet fighter series which began with the Yak-1 in 1940. Its immediate predecessors were the Yak-15 and Yak-17, both simple jet-powered versions of the wartime Yak-3, but the Yak-23 was an updated all-metal version of the basic design. It saw service with several Warsaw Pact air forces, as a lightweight fast-climbing interceptor. The design, development and operations of the Yak-15, -17 and -23 are described and illustrated in this book, which is copiously illustrated with photos, scale plans, drawings and colour profiles. An essential guide to these first-generation Soviet fighter aircraft!. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Juszczak, Artur; Radomski, Marek. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Osprey Pub Co, 2012. New book, 64 pages, CMD26. Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku was the defining Japanese naval commander of World War II. Although by no means part of the militarist clique that dominated Japanese politics in the 1930s, when war came Yamamoto was completely committed to his country's cause and planned and executed the daring pre-emptive strike on Pearl Harbor that so damaged the US Pacific Fleet and ushered in the Pacific War. Yamamoto's career in the Imperial Japanese Navy started in the early years of the 20th century and he saw service in the Russo-Japanese War, being wounded in the battle of Tsushima in 1904, before going on to study at Harvard University and serve as a naval attaché in the inter-war years, an experience that was supposed to give him a unique insight into the American psyche. Despite his opposition to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and war with China in 1937, as well as the tripartite pact with Germany and Italy, he retained his position as… Read More

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 48 pages, NVG181. From the end of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th, most Western powers maintained a naval presence in China. These gunboats protected traders and missionaries, safeguarded national interests, and patrolled Chinese rivers in search of pirates. It was a wild, lawless time in China as ruthless warlords fought numerous small wars to increase their power and influence. This book covers the gunboats of all the major nations that stationed naval forces in China, including America, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Japan, and looks at such famous incidents as the Japanese bombing of the USS Patay and the dramatic escape of the HMS Amethyst from Communist forces in 1947, which marked the end of the gunboat era. . Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Bryan, Tony. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mushroom Model Publications, 2021. New book, 176 pages. 50 colour profiles, 100 b&w photos. This second volume describes in detail the camouflage and markings of more of the day fighters used by the Yugoslav Air Force from 1918 to 1941. Aircraft of Yugoslav, British, German, Czech and French origin are shown in many historical photographs and colour profiles showing the colours and markings carried by the aircraft. Detailed colour notes and precise description and illustration of national markings over the period complete a two-book set that will be invaluable to aircraft enthusiasts, historians and modellers.. Pictorial Cover. As New. Illus. by Petrovic, Ognjan. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Mushroom Model Publications, 2020. New book, 192 pages. This first volume describes in detail the camouflage and markings of the day fighters used by the Yugoslav Air Force from 1918 to 1941. Aircraft of Yugoslav, British, German, Czech and French origin are shown in many historical photographs and colour profiles showing the colours and markings carried by the aircraft. Detailed colour notes and precise description and illustration of national markings over the period begins a two-book set that will be invaluable to aircraft enthusiasts, historians and modellers.. Pictorial Cover. As New. Illus. by Petrovic, Ognjan. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Mushroom Model Publications, 2021. New book, 176 pages. 50 colour profiles, 100 b&w photos. This second volume describes in detail the camouflage and markings of more of the day fighters used by the Yugoslav Air Force from 1918 to 1941. Aircraft of Yugoslav, British, German, Czech and French origin are shown in many historical photographs and colour profiles showing the colours and markings carried by the aircraft. Detailed colour notes and precise description and illustration of national markings over the period complete a two-book set that will be invaluable to aircraft enthusiasts, historians and modellers.. Pictorial Cover. As New. Illus. by Petrovic, Ognjan. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Mushroom Model Publications, 2020. New book, 192 pages. This first volume describes in detail the camouflage and markings of the day fighters used by the Yugoslav Air Force from 1918 to 1941. Aircraft of Yugoslav, British, German, Czech and French origin are shown in many historical photographs and colour profiles showing the colours and markings carried by the aircraft. Detailed colour notes and precise description and illustration of national markings over the period begins a two-book set that will be invaluable to aircraft enthusiasts, historians and modellers.. Pictorial Cover. As New. Illus. by Petrovic, Ognjan. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.