Roberts Jr Charles C (76 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. The book may have minor cosmetic wear (i.e. creased spine/cover, scratches, curled corners, folded pages, minor sunburn, minor water damage, minor bent). The book may have some highlights/notes/underlined pages - Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included - Safe and Secure Mailer - No Hassle Return.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From their first introduction at the Battle of the Somme in the First World War, tanks proved to be one of the most important military developments in the history of warfare. Such was their influence on the battlefield, both as infantry support and as an armoured spearhead, their presence could determine the outcome of any battle. Another significant development during the 1930s was that of airborne forces, with a number of countries experimenting with air-dropped troops. Such a concept offered the possibility of inserting soldiers behind the front lines to sow fear and confusion in the enemy's rear. However, such troops, parachuting from aircraft, could only be lightly armed, thus limiting their effectiveness. It is understandable, therefore, that much thought was given to the practicalities of air-lifting tanks that could be dropped, or deposited, alongside paratroopers. Tanks, though, are heavy, cumbersome vehicles and before there could be any thought of carrying them by air, much lighter models would have to be produced. Charles Roberts' fascinating book opens with an investigation into the efforts in the 1930s by Britain, the Soviet Union and the USA into the development of, or adaptation of, light tanks for airborne operations. It was, inevitably, the start of the Second World War which accelerated efforts to produce an airborne tank and the means of delivery. The use of conventional powered aircraft to carry the tanks, limited their use to existing airfields which negated their employment with airborne troops landing in the open countryside. Another method of delivery had to be found, and this took the form of the glider, which could be landed in a field behind enemy lines. The combination of light tank and glider made the aim of airborne forces being supported by armour a realistic proposition and as a result, the 28th Airborne Tank Battalion was born. This detailed and comprehensive study deals with every aspect of design and deployment of American airborne tanks from the earliest concepts to their actual use, by British units, on D-Day and during Operation Varsity, the Rhine crossing. AUTHOR: Charles C. Roberts JR is the founder of Roberts Armory, a museum of Second World War military vehicles that is located in Rochelle, Illinois. Specializing in the acquisition and display of armoured vehicles, artillery and other artefacts used by American forces and its Allies in the Second World War, in its collection the museum has an example of the M22 'Locust' light tank. Charles is an expert on tank warfare and the author of Armored Strike Force, a history of the American 70th Tank Battalion. For more information on the museum, please see: 100 b/w illustrations From their first introduction at the Battle of the Somme in the First World War, tanks proved to be one of the most important military developments in the history of warfare. Such was their influence on the battlefield, both as infantry support and as an armoured spearhead, their presence could determine the outcome of any battle. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 12, No. 3 (Whole No. 70). Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "Visit to a Small Planet" (a play) by Gore Vidal. Includes "Survival Technique" by Poul Anderson & Kenneth Gray; "Useful Knowledge" (verse) by Leonard Wolf; "The Proper Spirit" by Robert Bloch; "Up" (novelet) by Charles E. Fontenay; "Pseudo-Science' and The Readers' Guide" (article) by C. W. Hart; "Dawn Invader" by Robert Sheckley; "The Canvas Pyramid" by Jane Roberts; "The Science Screen and Stage" (department) by Charles Beaumont & William Morrison; "The Splendid Source" by Richard Matheson; "Added Inducement" by Robert F. Young; "Recommended Reading: The Best Science-Fantasy Books of 1956: a Survey" by Anthony Boucher; "Last" by Fritz Leiber, Jr. Hard lean; tanning; creasing; corner and edge wear with a minorn tear or two.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 12, No. 3 (Whole No. 70). Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "Visit to a Small Planet" (a play) by Gore Vidal. Includes "Survival Technique" by Poul Anderson & Kenneth Gray; "Useful Knowledge" (verse) by Leonard Wolf; "The Proper Spirit" by Robert Bloch; "Up" (novelet) by Charles E. Fontenay; "Pseudo-Science' and The Readers' Guide" (article) by C. W. Hart; "Dawn Invader" by Robert Sheckley; "The Canvas Pyramid" by Jane Roberts; "The Science Screen and Stage" (department) by Charles Beaumont & William Morrison; "The Splendid Source" by Richard Matheson; "Added Inducement" by Robert F. Young; "Recommended Reading: The Best Science-Fantasy Books of 1956: a Survey" by Anthony Boucher; "Last" by Fritz Leiber, Jr. Tanning; creasing; minor spine tears.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 12, No. 3 (Whole No. 70). Edited by Anthony Boucher. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "Visit to a Small Planet" (a play) by Gore Vidal. Includes "Survival Technique" by Poul Anderson & Kenneth Gray; "Useful Knowledge" (verse) by Leonard Wolf; "The Proper Spirit" by Robert Bloch; "Up" (novelet) by Charles E. Fontenay; "Pseudo-Science' and The Readers' Guide" (article) by C. W. Hart; "Dawn Invader" by Robert Sheckley; "The Canvas Pyramid" by Jane Roberts; "The Science Screen and Stage" (department) by Charles Beaumont & William Morrison; "The Splendid Source" by Richard Matheson; "Added Inducement" by Robert F. Young; "Recommended Reading: The Best Science-Fantasy Books of 1956: a Survey" by Anthony Boucher; "Last" by Fritz Leiber, Jr. Lean; tanning; creasing.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light shelf wear. Contents: Cousteau, Calypso Explores for Underwater Oil. Bowen, Completing the Atlas of the Universe. Gray and Roberts, Across Canada by Mackenzie's Track. Fiher and Marden, Aviation Medicine on the Threshold of Space. Ellis and Fox, Skunks Want Peace--Or Else! ; 10.0" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Fully illustrated reference work on the development of the 37-mm gun widely used by American forces in World War II. Developed in response to the 1899 Hague Convention, the 37-mm gun met the restrictions on the size of weapons that could fire explosive shells, yet was also light and lethal enough to be used in battle. After World War I, in which the French Model 1916 37-mm was used extensively, several countries developed or adopted the 37-mm gun. Behind in their development of an anti-tank gun, the United States relied on the German Pak 36 37-mm design as a basis for development. By the mid 1930s, the US Ordnance Department designed the M3 37-mm gun and M4 carriage resulting in a towed anti-tank gun, the first anti-tank gun in the U.S. Army. This gun proved effective at the beginning of World War II, but as German armour protection increased, it could not penetrate the frontal armuor of many German tanks and was relegated to lesser roles. However, the gun proved effective against the Japanese tanks and Japanese strong points in the Far East. The US military used the gun on several production and experimental armoured vehicles including the M3 Lee Medium Tank, the M3 Stuart Light Tank, the M5 Stuart Light Tank, the M8 Armored Car, the T17E1 Staghound Armored Car and the M3A1E3 Scout Car. The gun was also used on several non-armoured vehicles, the P39 Aeracobra, and selected naval vessels. Despite its small size, the U.S. M3 37-mm gun served throughout the war, on many vehicles and performed exactly as designed. Fully illustrated, this is the first complete account of the development and use of the US 37-mm gun in World War II. AUTHOR: Charles C. Roberts, Jr. has a bachelor's degree, Masters degree, and PhD in engineering. He is the founder of Roberts Armory WWII Museum displaying artifacts from World War II including tanks, armoured cars, halftracks, cannons, soft skinned vehicles, and military personnel equipment including several 37mm guns. He served in the U.S. Army from 19681970 as an engineer, designing and testing tanks, cannons, and aircraft. He is an expert on World War II military history and equipment, having authored several books on World War II history including Armoured Strike Force, The Boat that Won the War and U.S. Airborne Tanks 19391945. Fully illustrated reference work on the development of the 37-mm gun widely used by American forces in World War II. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL 1966 PUBLICATION; softcovers; ex-corporate library; light foxing of endpages and edges; light creasing of corners of covers and leaves; o/w in good condition. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine. Cover art by Tony Roberts.

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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lightly foxed throughout, edges a bit rubbed. 1867 Hard Cover. v, [3], 420 pp. 8vo. A collection of medical papers by various authors, with discussions of: embalming; materia medica; carbonaceous lungs; wound of heart; gingival margin as a diagnostic sign; obstetrical statistics; report of a case of gunshot wound of the liver; fibrinous bronchial casts; ophthalmic surgery; biliary calculus; general paresis, or incomplete progressive paralysis; recto-vaginal and recto-labial fistula; retroflexion of the unimpregnated uterus; ether; reparative autoplastic operation; excision; acute enteritis; chronic hydrocephaly; sanitary conditions of Fish Alley; congenital hypertrophy of tongue, amputation; provision for the insane poor, asylums; tetanus; diploteratology; progressive locomotor ataxy. Illustrated with black-and-white plates, lists of members following articles. Garrison-Morton 534.64 (referencing three separate articles published 1865-1867): "Includes a valuable history of teratology with a detailed bibliography. Fisher assembled one of the largest of all libraries on teratology.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clean Copy, May have light wear on cover/edges, otherwise very good! Established Seller, We Ship Daily!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 208, xx, [1] ; illustrated, 4 in color ; 21 cm. ; John Horace McFarland (1859-1948) was an American master printer and horticulturist. Throughout his career, he advocated for civic beautification, and he became a leader in the conservation movement of the early twentieth century. His wide-ranging achievements made a lasting impact on printing processes, horticulture, and environmental protection. During McFarland's early years, his father operated a nursery and a small weekly newspaper in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. McFarland worked in both of his father's businesses as a youth. These early experiences instilled the passion for horticultural beauty and the business expertise that distinguished him personally and professionally. He eventually purchased his father's press. Combining the skills learned from these early experiences, he established a successful printing company of his own. He founded the J. Horace McFarland Company/Mount Pleasant Press, specializing in seed catalogs and nursery trade publications. Over the course of his lifetime, McFarland wrote and lectured extensively on horticulture, printing methods, and civic improvement. McFarland was a prominent member of the American Rose Society. It truly happened (poem)/Florence van Fleet Lyman -- The rose in poetry/Edmund M. Mills -- The music of the rose/Charles G. Adams -- The resurrection of the rose/Ruben Dario -- A tired woman's roses/Mabel Osgood Wright -- The Sunday rose festival/Edmund M. Mills -- The Sing Sing rose-garden/Richardson Wright -- About municipal rose-gardens/Harold A. Caparn -- The best in small rose-gardens (a symposium) -- Designing a small rose-garden/Harold A Caparn -- The small rose-garden in the West/Spencer S. Sulliger -- Planning the small rose-garden/Paul A. Kohl -- The ideal rose-garden/Liberty H Bailey -- Find a white rose of a thousand dollars!/Jesse A. Currey -- The rose/from the San Francisco Journal -- Who will carry on?/J. H. Nicolas -- Quick germination of rose seeds/Allen C Fraser -- Rooting budded roose-cuttings/Martin Bilon -- What do roses cost?/W. C. Egan -- "Heart of Gold" in 1926, an official announcement -- Heresy in rose-growing/G. A. Stevens -- Ordinary fertilizers vs. special plant-foods/Sidney H. DOggett -- The conquest of mildew/H. H. Hazelwood -- A mildewless rose-garden/W. DeP. Knowlton -- A cautionary word about fungicides/L. M. Massey -- The color of a red rose/James M. Petrie -- A California bloom record/P. J. Lauber -- More Denver rose news/Dr. William L. Hess -- Own-root roses in COlorado/John T. Roberts, Jr -- Georgia roses/Mrs. E. P. Crenshaw -- Texas roses/W. E. Haisley -- Is the South growing the right roses? -- A Chevy Chase rose-garden in 1924/Whitman Cross -- Some new roses in central New Yorkk/Mrs. Frank C. Soule -- The world's most important rose test-garden/J. H. Nicolas -- An intimate view of roses in France/J. Duperyat -- The rose news from Italy/Countess Senni -- German rose experiences/Wilhelm I. H. Kordes -- The rose in Spain/Pedro Dot -- The queen of flowers in the Philippines/W. W. Weston -- Rose-growing in a hot climate/R. A. Nicholson -- The favored roses of America, referendum report -- The 1925 members' rose forum -- What kind of rose catalogues do you want?, editorial inquiry -- The value of design in a flower show/A. D. Taylor -- A survey of the florists' roses/Wallace R. Pierson -- The 1925 rose cut-flower situation/S. S. Pennock -- The new roes and the grower/Anthony Ruzicka -- The English Gold-Medal roses/Courtney Page -- Where can I buy the new roses? -- The world's new roses -- Roses registered -- Rose notes. ; some wear and soiling ; VG. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Roberts, H. Armstrong; Knopf, Hans; Olsen, Herb; Monet,Dorothy; Pachner, William; Hawes, Charles; Darby, Eileen; Monroe, C.E.Jr.; Mawicke, Tran; Burns, George; Docktor, Irv S.; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles:.Stanley Anderson of Britain is Becoming An American; The Forty-Niners Listen in the Hills - Mining for Uranium - article with color photos; Unholy Crusade - Communism vs. the Church; Psycho Ward No. 3 - Boston Psychopathic; Young People in Theatre - John Barrymore, Jr.; No Business for Sissies - Henry Trefflich is the biggest wild-animal dealer in the U.S.; Star Without a Country - Tennis star Jaroslav Drobny; Great last page photo of a barn-raising bee with dozens of men at work. Fiction: renegade; The Sleeper; Give Me My Golden Arm; The Red Dog; Deadfall (part 2 of 3); The Heirs. Includes these nice vintage ads: Studebaker Trucks; Hamilton watches; Zenith tvs; Ansco camera film; Porto-Ped shoes; Chevrolet cars; Hickok men's fashion accessories; Plymouth cars; Pabst Blue Ribbon beer - with nice colour photo of "Hap" Arnold and his wife; Ford car-safety contest (centerfold); Budweiser; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring Olympic swimmer Jeanne Wilson. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, September 10, 1949 Stanley Anderson of Britain is Becoming An American; The Forty-Niners Listen in the Hills - Mining for Uranium - article with color photos; Unholy Crusade - Communism vs. the Church; Psycho Ward.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Sambrook, Russell (Cover Art); Wilcox, C.R.; Hallam, J.S.; Keay, Jack; McCrea, H.W.; Eldridge, H. (illustrator). First Edition. 60 pages. Features: Russell Sambrook cover illustration of boy in pajamas sneaking his dog upstairs; Dominion Linoleum colour ad inside front cover features yellow and maroon interior design of a 'very lucky' young person's bedroom; AC spark plug ad features horse talking to man cleaning his shotgun; Premier Aberhart of Alberta ponders 'licensing' newspapers; Fantastic one-page photo-illustrated ad for Marconi radios includes photos of newscaster Christopher Ellis and Frances James, plus photos of the model 79 A.C., 81 A.C. and 85 A.C. radios; One-page ad for the Parker Vacumatic pen features marathon theme; The Red Boar (short story from Rajputana); Revolt in Quebec - The English-Canadian View - article with photos of C.E. Gault, Maurice Duplessis and Camillien Houde; A Matter of Business (short story); Forward-Pass Time - article explaining how the aerial attack has made a new game of Canadian football - with photo of Rosso of the Argos in 1935; Beverley Baxter shares interesting new from London, plus he explains how Hitler saw propaganda used against Germany in WWI and vowed to use that same weapon to avenge his nation; Finished Picture (short story about the marriage trap); J. Bull, Customer - article on Canadian exports to Britain; The Thin Woman (short story); Photo-illustrated article on the settlers of King Ridges, 25 miles north of Toronto, where 41 families formerly on relief are plowing, sowing and reaping to earn their own living from the land; The General Died at Dawn (short story); Vintage one-page colour-photo ad for Green Giant Fine Foods of Canada features their canned vegetables; Very nice one-page colour-photo Westinghouse Air-pilot radio ad; Charming one-page colour Kraft ad features their cheese products; Prestone anti-freeze one-page ad features illustrations of (now) classy vintage cars; Half-page Palmolive Soap ad features two photos of the Dionne Quints, plus Dr. Dafoe who helped birth them; Stanfield's ad features illustration of man proudly strutting in his long underwear; Ponds Cold Cream ad features photo of Mrs. William Jay Iselin; One-page ad for the Singer "Make-It-Yourself" Wardrobe Plan; Fantastic colour photo/colour comic ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy and Rinso soaps feature "True B.O. Experience No. 127"; Back cover colour ad by the federal Department of Fisheries encourages readers to eat fish often; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this marvelous depression-era issue.