The Devices Of War

Werner Laurie, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 232 pages. Light wear, pages yellowed; a sound binding; good overall. The jacket has some discoloring and wear. Inventions/military/Royal Commission on Awards. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military History; Inventory No: 203984. .

London: T. Werner Laurie, 1956. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Previous owners' name stamp to the first blank. Small patch of age-toning to the title page. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust… Read more about this item

London: W. Laurie, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in original cloth in a good, if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) dust wrapper, now mylar sleeved. Boards stained. Text remains clear without blemish. Physical description: 232 pages: illus., 23 cmSubjects: World War, 1939-1945 Engineering and construction. Military research Great Britain.Inventions Great Britain.

Werner Laurie, 1956. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text. The pictorial dust jacket is complete but with old tape strengthening to the verso which is showing in parts & thus good only. Illustrated, 232pp..

London: Werner Laurie, 1956 Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. Ex-Library. Octavo. 232 pages. Green imitation cloth with black lettering. All the usual library markings, including jacket taped to boards. Text is clean and binding is tight..

London: Werner Laurie. nice copy; the story of great military inventions of WWII: Mulberry Harbor, Pluto (pipeline under the ocean), radar, etc . Near Fine. Hardcover. First. 1956.

London. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Werner Laurie ; 1956; First . Edition. Kemp, Norman. The Devices of War. London: Werner Laurie, 1956, First Edition, 232 pages. Illustrated dust wrapper by H. Johns. Very good. Green hardcover with black titles to spine. Very good, light wear to … Read more about this item

London: Werner Laurie, 1956. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket 232pp., frontis., b/w plates, How the inventors came to think of their ideas, their struggles in winning official approval. Inc. the ÔZÕ Gun; Leigh Light; Mulberry Harbour; Pluto pipeline; Bunyan Bag & PIAT mortar. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy in slightly chipped dust jacket

London: Werner Laurie Limited, 1956. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. H. Johns (DJ). Frontis: A secret weapon in action: the lethal rocket-firing ' Z ' gun used in Britain's anti-aircraft defences. Book recounts how the inventors came to think of their ideas, their struggles in… Read more about this item

London: Laurie, 1956., 1956. 1st ed. 232p. Photos. Green cloth. Very Good Copy. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/None. Book.

London: Laurie, 1956., 1956. 1st ed. 232p. Photos. Near Fine/Near Fine Copy. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

London: Laurie, 1956., 1956. 1st ed. 232p. Photos. Jacket priced. Fine/Near Fine Copy. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Book.

London: Werner Laurie. Very Good/Very Good. 1956. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Frontis plate. With illustrations from photographs. A few light foxing spots. 232 pages clean and tight. DURING THE pAst eight years, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors… Read more about this item

London: Warner Laurie, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 6" x 9. 232pp. Accounts of inventions by British civilians and the part they played in World War II. Well illustrated. There are a few annotations in the margins but otherwise a clean and sound book with a chipped and worn dust wrapper which has had the price torn… Read more about this item

London: Werner Laurie, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing. Bumped at upper edge, very good in edgeworn, soiled dust jacket. There was a piece of tape covering a line on the copyright page, the tape is gone, but its ghost remains (browning in that spot)