Robert p breckenridge (8 resultados)

Condición: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (military, civil defense, camouflage) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. …

hardcover. Condición: Good. Missing. Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. [Published Date: 1942]. Hardcover, 280 pp. No other printings listed. In good condition / NO dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards have light bumping to edges and corner and a bit of nicking to the cloth at the corner tips and top and bottom of spine. Moderate overall scuffing, aging, spotting and soiling to covers as well. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Not Ex-library. A good reading copy. Includes a color chart of the nine official Army camouflage colors and 132 photographs and diagrams. Aimed at a wider, non-military, readership, this is a comprehensive look at field camouflage as of the early 1940's (there is little or no information about naval camouflage). The subject of camouflage was of the utmost importance after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, which strengthened the general belief that airpower had become the decisive factor in industrial warfare. Breckenridge argues that camouflage ought to be treated as a legitimate science, based on empirical research and aimed at the systematic improvement of civil protection. The author was a major in the US Corps of Engineers and a descendant of John C. Breckenridge, Secretary of War for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Contents include: Foreword by U.S. Grant, 3D; Introduction; What is Camouflage?; What is the purpose of camouflage? Aerial Bombing; How does the Bombardier identify his target? Types of protective concealment; Site selection; The Development of a new site; Concealment of existing grounds and roads; Plant materials for protective concealment; Concealment of Existing Buildings; Other special and difficult problems; Decoy installations; Blackouts; Preparing the camouflage plan; The construction of models; Other aids to concealment; Looking ahead; appendix; bibliography; Index.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Near Fine. First Edition. Original cloth. First edition. Light rubbing and slight bumping to points. Some toning to eps. Tight and square. The DJ is near fine.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pages.

Hard cover. Condición: Fair. No jacket. Cover boards are worn and scuffed, but text is clear and bright. Spine is cracked, but all pages remain attached to binding. Endpapers are tanned. Text block is foxed, visible on edges of some pages but not covering any text or images. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. A little edgewear to top and bottom of spine of dustjacket - see image. Protected in a Mylar sleeve if requested - no charge, of course. ; Both book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. Camouflage encompasses every means taken to disguise the true nature of objects. It is the most important defensive action to be taken against attack and scope extends from the dimming-out of cities to the concealment of factories, landmarks and gun emplacements. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pages.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Robert P. Breckenridge, Major, Corps of Engineers. Forward Brigadier General U.S. Grant, 32. X-library. Text, photos, graphs, tables and black and white illustrations all clean. Library book label on inside front cover. Library pocket glued and torn on back inside cover. Top and bottom outside page edges stamped. Bound in green cloth with black lettering of title on front cover and spine. Corner edges bumped and exposed. Spine ends worn. Several small holes on front cover. No DJ. …

Condición: good, fair. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 280, illus., color frontis illus., tables, diagrams, index, DJ worn, torn, chipped, & soiled. Foreword by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant 3rd.

HB GREEN CLOTH FINE PP280 DW FINE 8V0 Illustrated guide to this science; colour chart of official army camouflage; 130+ photographs and diagrams.