Weapons of the Waffen SS. From small arms to tanks. by Quarrie. Bruce - 1988

Patrick Stephens. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 1852600489 . A clean tightly bound hardcover copy. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine and edges of the dust jacket and lightly bumped corners. A really nice copy overall. ; B/W Photos; 168 pages .

(Wellingbborough, England): Patrick Stephens (Thorsons Publishing Group, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 168pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Abrasion to the spine tail, else near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with similar abrasion to the spine tail.

London: Guild Publishing by arrangement with Patrick Stephens Limited, 1988. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Small handling wear on jacket.

UK: Patrick Stephens.. Good. Hardcover. 1988. 168 pages. .

UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Bookclub edn.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj.8vo,168pp,b/w photographic endpapers,an index and b/w photographs. The Waffen-SS led a chequered career in its search for the right to carry arms in the face of opposition from the Army,which considered it had the sole right,then for the material with which to equip itself.The original SSStabeswache was formed by 'Sepp' Deitrich as a praetorian bodyguard for the Fuhrer and carried rifles and sidearms;it would have been of little use as a bodyguard without them,and besides,the unit was so small that the Army couldn't consider it a threat.But as the armed branch of the SS grew in size and power particularly after the Rohm purge and the institution of an SS inspectorate and training schools under Paul Hauser,the Army began to pay more attention.Obstacles… Read More

Bath.: Self published. , 1988.. First edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . 4to.. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.