Bofors, First Edition (27 results)

Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. First Impression. Octavo, [23.75cm/9.5inches], full gilt-embossed ebony-coloured cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. vii, 259, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during World War II, used by most of the western Allies as well as by the Axis powers. A small number of these weapons remain in service to this day, and saw action as late as the Gulf War. In exceptionally good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. first UK edition. An in depth history of the anti-aircraft gun that has seen a long history, In fine / fine condition, in protective covers.

84pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A very good copy. First edition.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Glossy pictorial softcover. First edition. Book is in fine, As New, gift-giving condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Historic photos as well as technical specs throughout. Oblong 4to. 96 pp.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Clean bright copy showing light shelf wear. Excellent model reference.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Good clean, sound copy. Hardback with wrapper. Illustrated. Inscribed. No loose pages. Sound binding. Not clipped. MILIT/weapons.

First edition. Softcover. 84pp. plus ads. V.g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Np. AB Bofors, 1963 p., original 1/4 cloth over blue boards. First edition of this overview of the steelmaker's history, with photographs of the facility throughout. Boards very slightly bowed, light fading to corners else a VG copy in a spotted VG- jacket with creasing to edges and a small chip out of top edge of rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. viii, 259, [5] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Bibliography. Index. Terry Gander is a leading authority on the history of artillery and armored fighting vehicles of the Second World War. Perhaps the most astonishing aspect of the story is that the fundamentals of today's Bofors guns remain virtually unchanged from the very first examples to come off the Karlskoga production line in Sweden. In all its forms, the Bofors continues to be a sound, reliable and lethal piece of military hardware that has given good service to gunners all over the world. Terry Gander's comprehensive account of the history of this remarkable weapon over the course of almost eighty years is fascinating?reading and an invaluable work of reference for military historians and artillery specialists alike. It is the definitive work in the field. The 40 mm Bofors Gun, first produced in the 1930s, has become one of the most famous artillery pieces of all time. It shows no sign of fading from the defence scene even though, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, it performs in many roles that were not contemplated by its original designers. It has also proved to be so versatile that it is now allied to electronic and other technological marvels that were mere pipe dreams only a few years ago. When the Bofors entered the international defence market, its primary quarry, the military aircraft, was still a slow and fragile machine that could be terminally damaged by a single hit from a 40 mm projectile. Terry Gander describes this early period in the gun's development and he shows how, despite increases in target speed and other performance parameters, it can still inflict a one-hit kill on almost any aircraft, helicopter, or guided missile.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 65 pages. 50 grams. Good condition exhibiting only light wear and markings. Monochrome illustration of Harrier II Gr Mk7. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Comics; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 004281.

Booklet. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Small military manual. A saddle stapled booklet showing shelf and edge/corner wear and rubbing to card covers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, pp. 84, two pages of advertising, covers mildly toned and with very light handling creases, back cover with a production fault, interior clean, bright and crisp, binding tight.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First English Edition. From an academic library with the usual stamps and labels. A worn but serviceable copy. Dustjacket has been glued to end papers of book. Page edges are a little darkened. Book is complete and the textblock is clean. This book is the revised English version of Bofors Handbok Varmebehandling av Stal. Published in Sweden in 1967. This is a heavy book and we will request extra shipping if ordered from outside the UK. A00019119.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First English Edition. From an academic library with the usual stamps and labels. A worn but serviceable copy. Dustjacket has been glued to end papers of book. Page edges are a little darkened. Book is complete and the textblock is clean. This book is the revised English version of Bofors Handbok Varmebehandling av Stal. Published in Sweden in 1967. This is a heavy book and we will request extra shipping if ordered from outside the UK. A00019120.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. pp 84. Playscript. Thin card wraps have been neatly laminated by a previous owner- carefully and inoffensively done, with a very faint tape ghost to endpapers otherwise VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. some wear and chipping to the edges of the dust jacket also some tears and some surface marking to the dust jacket illustrated 64 pages.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New quarto 58pp., colour & b/w plates, R 058 Photo Manual for Modelers. Over 250 colour close-up photographs of the gun etc. WWII German 1-ton Half-Track Sd.Kfz.10 Demag. ENGLISH TEXT.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Slight shelf wear, otherwise very good indeed in slightly marked and faded, edge-chipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. The jacket is bit torn, worn and marked. The laminate is lifting on the spine. Small chip on the spine. Minor damp stains. Some tanning. One rubber stamp. Internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp 64. Illustrated throughout with photographic images in both colour and black-and-white. Grey quarter cloth with deep blue paper-covered boards; company logo in white to upper board. Unclipped white pictorial dust-jacket. Housed in printed white card folder and accompanied by 6 associated softcover brochures in stapled pictorial card wraps comprising: Bofors Forgings for Gas Turbines and Aircraft, undated, quarto, pp4 with Supplement and Specifications loosely inserted; Introducing Bofors High Grade Steels, undated, quarto, pp 6 in fold-out format; Bofors Drop and Press Forgings, 1970,quarto, pp 8 paginated to include covers; Bofors Press and Hammer Forgings, 1969, quarto, pp 12 paginated to include covers; Bofors Steel Castings, 1969, quarto, pp 24 paginated to include covers; A Brief Introduction to Aktiebolaget Bofors and its Activities, 1971, octavo, pp 20. A clean copy with only very minor creasing to jacket top edge. Ringbinder holes punched to Steel Castings brochure otherwise brochures as-new. Wallet lightly surface soiled, with faint "Bofors" inscription to spine and a few nicks & creases to edge. A Fine copy in like jacket accompanied by Fine brochures in Very Good wallet. English text. Scarce title relating to the Swedish arms manufacturing company and its products.

Condition: Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed black-and-white wraps. The wraps are foxed around the edges & lightly rubbed. 84 pages plus 2-page publisher's catalog. Very good. First edition.Scarce.

Soft cover. Condition: . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). 1st Edition. Quarto. Pp. 129. Profusely illustrated with monochromatic plates. Original stiff wrappers printed in red and gold, old floral shape shelf-ticket at foot of spine, old military institutional stamp to title-page; extending edges of binding trifle frayed, first and last blanks foxed. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare German edition. Lavishly illustrated album which was produced by the steel manufacturer Bofors. In exquisite photographs it depicts aspects of life and work in the Bofors village and factories. Includes superb photographs of the manufacturing line in action and a catalogue of over 50 guns, cannons, and mortars. F-3.

1st edition. 117 pages. Light grey cloth boards with insignia on front and title to spine. Front board slightly darkened on top and with some bumping on lower corners otherwise clean and in good condition. Comes with complete dustwrapper in good condition with watercolour picture on front. Internally clean with mainly colour and black and white photographs. A good copy. SCARCE.

Hardcover. Condition: . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). 1st Edition. Quarto. Pp. 56. Multi-coloured map of the shooting range in Karlsborg. Multi coloured target analysis double-page plates. Photographs and technical illustrations. Tables. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's marbled boards, large lettering-piece printed in gilt on black within gilt frame mounted on cover. In mint condition. A splendid copy, practically new. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare report on the 3-days demonstrations and shooting tests of this Bofors anti-aircraft gun. I-3.

Hardcover. Condition: . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator). 1st Edition. Quarto. Pp. 56. Multi-coloured map of the shooting range in Karlsborg. Multi coloured target analysis double-page plates. Photographs and technical illustrations. Tables. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's marbled boards, large lettering-piece printed in gilt on black within gilt frame mounted on cover, old shelf ticket, old small military institutional stamp to title-page; paper over spine worn-off; minor marginal neat contemporary annotations in blue crayon to one page. In a very good condition, rather fine interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare report on the 3-days demonstrations and shooting tests of this Bofors anti-aircraft gun. I-3.

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. A collection of approximately 77 sales brochures and presentation materials from the Swedish arms manufacturer Aktiebolaget Bofors dating from 1954 to 1962, primarily associated with Bofors' Technical Department of War Material (abbreviated as KMT), showing off the features and uses of these weapons and products in a condensed and succinct manner. Most documents are 8 ½" by 11 ¾", some documents fold out to larger sizes. The collection features many images including full-color cross sections and diagrams, some black-and-white illustrations including three from photographs, as well as multiple charts and graphs. Accompanying many of these images are texts providing descriptions and data. All documents are in English, save for two that are in Swedish. A few documents are moderately dampstained but the information remains legible, overall a very good or better collection. Aktiebolaget Bofors, also known as AB Bofors, is most famous for their 40-mm gun, which was used by multiple armies in WWII. The gun became so famous for its quality that for a time the phrase "Quite Bofors" was used to mean "great" or "first-rate." This collection has two documents that explicitly mention the 40-mm rounds (KMT-153 and KMT-154), which outline the Fuze Fz 104 for 40-mm L/70 ammunition with cross-section diagrams and specifications. This manner of presentation is applied to many of the weapons and products covered in this collection such as the Anti-Tank Guided Missile BANTAM, the Star Shell, the Time Fuze M 53, and many more. One weapon of note is the 37-mm Antitank Gun, which is presented via a data sheet and four 47" x 24" blue-and-white diagrams and one 33" x 24" blue-and-white diagram, each showing the gun from a different angle or in a different configuration, but none providing any detail in text. Altogether there are 61 KMT documents (some of which are multiple pages), nine KKZ documents (an abbreviation we cannot decipher), and seven documents with no designating codes (five of which are the aforementioned blue-and-white diagrams, the only such kind in the collection). A detailed list of all documents can be provided upon request. A rare and visually striking collection of sales brochures and presentation materials from the famous Swedish arms manufacturer illustrating the design and evolution of many of their products from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s.