Son of Sherman Book 2nd Edition the Sherman Tanks Design & Development: 2 volume set  Pat Stansell

Hard cover with 972 pages of photos (combined), documents, facts and figures concerning the M4 Sherman in WWII

Our price £229.99 inc free p&p UK. 

For overseas add £80 (Tracked) as its Very Heavy at over 6KG, 'but only Insured for £50 value'. You take the risk of damage/loss!

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(Sorry but Overseas shipping prices went up April 2024, so there is nothing about these prices, they are fixed and are sent via Royal Mail Tracked and signed for)

Hard cover with over 970 pages (both books) and many black & white & colour photos. It's expensive but if you said that every photo is worth/cost £10! Then with over 1,600 photos (you can work that out). Then its well worth the money?

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Book info, 

# Limited Edition, Stocks are limited!  So buy now! Before we sell out! (We only managed to purchase a few) #

It's not cheap, but it is possibly the most definitive set of books on the famous WW2 US Sherman Tank!!

(Sorry we will not split, this is a Two Book Set, so please don't ask)

# Please note, the Rare and very hard to find 1st Issue, 'One book' are fetching over £300 Second Hand!, thus making this a great price and value for money!! #  Feel free to search for yourself.

1st Review -  This is THE all in one reference book for any Sherman tank lover! Both books are crammed with photos and lots of info. I would say that even if you have the original book, the newer edition will be of even more use. Although expensive, this is an amazing source of information! Really pleased with the book and service, thank you! Duncan Stevens, Sussex, UK (balhallam1) 26/11/23

BOOK INFO, READ ON! -

In 1978 R. P Hunnicutt issued his “Sherman - A History of the American Medium Tank” 

which set the standard for authoritative research into this iconic tank.

Thirty-five years later, in 2013 this bar was raised when Pat Stansell issued the 

“Son of Sherman” - a 386-page volume detailing the nuances of the various models, 

manufacturers and production runs of the Sherman tank. This book sold out almost immediately, 

and now routinely sells on the secondary market for 2 to 6 times its original issue price!

Now, a decade later, Stansell raises the bar even higher, with this massive, 

two-volume 972 page book that considerably expands the depth and scope 

of knowledge concerning the M4 Sherman series in WWII. 

This book will surely be the “Gold Standard” reference on the Sherman for the next 35 years.

This publication consists of two bound volumes in a stiff slipcase.

The 26 chapters comprising the two volumes are divided into three “books” 

(think of the Holy Bible - one volume consisting of 66 “Books” - Genesis, Exodus, 

…Matthew, Mark...). There are also four appendices, a four-page bibliography, two indexes 

(nine pages), and a glossary (also provided in bookmark form). 

Don’t be mislead into thinking that this publication contains three bound volume, 

nor should you believe that these two volumes are “follow on” to the prior edition.

While built around the 2013 edition 386-page book, this new work is, in fact different, 

considerably different. What material remains the same? Only some of the photographs. 

The entire book has been rewritten, more or less from scratch. 

Some of the 2013 text was used as the nucleus for the new material, 

and a sentence-by-sentence search may yield some repetition. But, by and large, 

EVERYTHING has been revised and rewritten—including any original captions.

Very little of the 2013 drawing material remains. 

The bottom hull drawings are present but are now separate. 

All drawings are now complete four-view sets that include all parts of the vehicle.

The component chapters are closest to the 2013 book, 

but all material has been revised, expanded, and reorganized. 

For example, the original section on remanufacturing was ten pages, and it is now 34.

Also, despite some rumors that have surfaced, neither of these volumes is a reprint of the 2013 edition. 

These are all new books, and while by necessity there is some duplication of content, 

the duplicated content is overwhelmed by the new, unpublished, or revised material.

There are two chapters on Pressed Steel Car, three on Fisher Tank Arsenal, 

and four on Chrysler Defense Arsenal. Many of the chapters are substantial and are 

small books in their own right. For example, the first chapter on PSC is 64 pages,

and the total coverage of Chrysler Defense Arsenal is 149 pages.

There are 1,160 historical photos in the set and 440 color walk-around photos. 

There are 110 drawing sets and 77 other original drawings. 

There are ten historical drawings and 35 charts and graphs.