Search Results: Authors starting with C from Ground Zero Books

London: John Blake, 2005. First Edition. First Printing. very good, good. 262, illus., appendices, firearms terms glossary, further reading, some wear to DJ edges, 1 small tear at bottom edge of front DJ. Foreword by Frederick Forsyth. This book analyzes sniper action today through a 200-year evolution, explains the nuances of famous sniper shops, shows the more professional (i.e. soldierly) aspects of sniper actions, and shows the need for snipers in today's security services.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1962. First Edition. First? Printing. very good. 25 cm, 304, illus., list of Books by Cabell, index, bookplate, pencil erasure on front endpaper, boards slightly worn and soiled. A collection of correspondence between James Branch Cabell and such luminaries as Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, H. L. Mencken, Theodore Dreiser, and many others. Introduction by Carl Van Vechten.

Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1985. First? Edition. First? Printing. good.. 103, wraps, map, ink name inside front cover. Jointly bublished with the Catholic Institute for International Relations, London, England. Orbis Books is published by the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll). The author was a Spanish priest as well as a journalist.

New York: Crown, c1985. First Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 22 cm, 233, pencil erasure on front endpaper, slight DJ wear and soiling. Foreword by Carlos Fuentes. Afterword by Walter LeFeber. A personal account on the process of becoming a revolutionary, an effectiveguerrilla fighter.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983. First? Edition. First? Printing. very good, very good. 23 cm, 220. Naval stratagy is examined in the context of general stategy and political requirements. This book is lucid in its presentation of alternatives for the future of the Royal Navy after being replaced by the U.S. and the Soviet Union as leading naval powers.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983. First? Edition. First? Printing. good, good. 23 cm, 220, minor wear and soiling to DJ. Naval strategy is examined in the context of general strategy and political requirements in this invaluable book which is lucid in its presentation of all possible alternatives for the future.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. First Edition. First Printing. good. 27 cm, 248, illus., maps, plans, bibliography, index, minor edge soiling, boards somewhat worn and soiled. Foreword by Nathaniel Alexander Owings, Chairman of the President's Temporary Commission on Pennsylvania Avenue. This history of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, from 1791 to date of this publication is well illustrated with photographs and prints. Interesting information on the burning of Washington by the British in 1814, the funeral processions of Lincoln and Kennedy, victory parades of the Civil War and the World Wars, inaugural processions, etc.

New York: American Heritage Pub. Co, 1969. good, fair. 29 cm, 399, illus. (some color), facsims., DJ worn, soiled, and torn. Legislation, entertainment, literature, fashion, attitudes toward sex, social institutions, our pleasures and our pains--all reflect deep-seated ideas of right and wrong.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/good. 27 cm, 248 pages. Illus., endpaper maps, plans, bibliography, index. Name of previous owner. present. DJ somewhat worn/soiled: sm edge tears/chips. Foreword by Nathaniel Alexander Owings. History of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC from 1791 to date of this publication. Well illustrated with photographs and prints. Interesting information on the burning of Washington by the British in 1814, the funeral processions of Lincoln and Kennedy, victory parades of the Civil War and the World Wars, inaugural processions, etc.

New York: Aperture (in association with The Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University), 2003. First Edition [Stated], Third Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. The format is approximately 11.625 inches by 9.875 inches. 190, [2] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Taken out of shrinkwrap for cataloguing. Small tear at bottom of DJ at spine. Minor edge wear through the shrinkwrap noted. Preface by Dr. Rubie Watson. Mabel "Muffie" Wentworth Brandon Cabot (née Bryant Hobart; born c. 1936) is an American heiress and socialite. During the 1980s she served as social secretary to Nancy Reagan. A member of an American family descended from passengers on the Mayflower, Cabot grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduated from Smith College. Her mother, Janet Elliott Wulsin, was a former explorer who undertook several National Geographic Society-financed expeditions to Tibet and Outer Mongolia. In 2003, the Aperture Foundation published Muffie Cabot's Vanished Kingdoms: A… Read More

Boston, MA: D. R. Godine, 1979. Limited Edition stated, one of 4000 copies. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 25 cm, xi, [3],191, [5] pages. Illustrations. Foreword by Robert S. McNamara. Appendix. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears/chips. One of 4000 copies (per page after p. 191). Signed by the author on the fep. Thomas Dudley Cabot (May 1, 1897 - June 8, 1995) was an American businessman. He also became U.S. Department of State's Director of Office of International Security Affairs. Cabot was named after Thomas Dudley, the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who signed the charter creating Harvard College. He took courses at Boston Tech and Curtiss Flying School, becoming a World War I flight instructor at Kelly Field in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, before graduating cum laude from Harvard University in 1919. Upon graduation, Cabot started working for Cabot Corporation,[founded by his father. He was CEO of Cabot Corporation from 1922 to 1960, when he relinquished active control of the company, and… Read More

Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 1979. Limited edition, one of 4000. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xi, [3],191, [5] pages. Illustrations. Foreword by Robert S. McNamara. Appendix. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears/chips. One of 4000 copies (per page after p. 191). Printed card with quotation from Sir James Barrie from Tom & Virginia. Thomas Dudley Cabot (May 1, 1897 - June 8, 1995) was an American businessman. He also became U.S. Department of State's Director of Office of International Security Affairs. Cabot was named after Thomas Dudley, the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who signed the charter creating Harvard College. He took courses at Boston Tech and Curtiss Flying School, becoming a World War I flight instructor at Kelly Field in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, before graduating cum laude from Harvard University in 1919. Upon graduation, Cabot started working for Cabot Corporation,[founded by his father. He was CEO of Cabot Corporation from 1922 to 1960, when he relinquished active control of… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1996. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. 600 pages. 504 illustrations, including 242 plates in full color. Chronology. List of Sources Cited. List of Exhibitions Cited. Index of Names. Index of Illustrated Works by Cezanne. Concordance. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tears. This was published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, This volume was published in conjunction with the exhibition Cezanne held at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, September 25, 1995, to January 7, 1996. The Tate Gallery, London, February 8 to April 28, 1996, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, May 30 to August 18, 1996. Paul Cézanne (19 January 1839 - 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne's… Read More

New York: Exeter Books, 1988. good. 255, illus. (some color, some diagrams), index, boards somewhat worn and small chips. Junkers, Fokker, Sopwith, Vickers, Dornier, Douglas C3, and more are described in this profusely illustrated book. Complete with technical specifications, color and black-and-white photos, and cutaway drawings, the book presents an indepth developmental history of 31 aircraft. Includes technical specifications.

London: Guild Publishing, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 187, [1] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, and small tear. Inscription on title page to Gotabaya Rajapaksa is signed by Lionel Balasuriya, near an address label pasted on title page. From 22 March 1991 - 21 August 2007 Lionel Balasuriya worked as a Director in Kenworth Corporation (U.K.) Limited. Len Cacutt was an editor of the magazine War Monthly, He spent five years during World War II as a Royal Air Force pilot. Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, RWP, RSP, psc, GR (born 20 June 1949) is a retired officer of the Sri Lanka Army, a former Secretary to Ministry of Defence and Urban Development of Sri Lanka. After serving through the early parts of the country's civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels, he retired from the army in 1992 and emigrated to the US. With the election of his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was appointed Defence… Read More

London: Guild Publishing, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 188 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, and small tear. Inscription on title page signed by Lionel Balasuriya, near is address label pasted on title page. From 22 March 1991 - 21 August 2007 Lionel Balasuriya worked as a Director in Kenworth Corporation (U.K.) Limited. Len Cacutt was an editor of the magazine War Monthly, He spent five years during World War II as a Royal Air Force pilot. Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, RWP, RSP, psc, GR (born 20 June 1949) is a retired officer of the Sri Lanka Army, a former Secretary to Ministry of Defence and Urban Development of Sri Lanka. After serving through the early parts of the country's civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels, he retired from the army in 1992 and emigrated to the US. W ith the election of his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was appointed Defence Secretary in November 2005.… Read More

Greensboro, NC: Guilford College, 1953. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Good. 15, [1] pages. Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 7.5 inches. Cover has some wear and soiling. Front cover has corner crease and part of following title page missing part at that corner. Footnotes. Some ink marks to text noted. Includes A Quaker Approach to the Bible. Also includes Suggested Reading, as well as a discussion by Henry J. Cadbury, Hollis Professor of Divinity in Harvard University, on A Quaker Approach to the Bible. This was the Ward Lecture, 1953, Given at Guilford College on Founders Day, November 9, 1953. Henry J. Cadbury, Hollis Professor of Divinity in Harvard University, is eminently fitted to discuss "A Quaker Approach to the Bible." His contributions to modern Biblical study are recognized by scholars everywhere, while all Bible readers are indebted to him for his share in the new Revised Standard Version of the New Testament. His contributions to modern Biblical study are… Read More

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006. First U.S. Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good/Very good. xii, 370, [2] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Ink marks and highlighting noted. Deborah Cadbury is a British author, historian and television producer with the BBC. She has won many international awards for her documentaries including an Emmy Award. Cadbury joined the BBC in 1978 as a trainee.[citation needed] She went on to produce films for the BBC's Horizon strand and won awards for her investigations. Her Horizon film, Assault on the Male, launched a worldwide scientific research campaign into environmental oestrogens, hormone-mimicking chemicals potentially impacting human health, and led to her book, The Feminization of Nature. She moved into history programming in 2003 as the series producer of the BAFTA-nominated drama documentary series, Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. The series was notable for combining live action with CGI, created by Gareth Edwards,… Read More

London: Fourth Estate [A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2003. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. [6], 376, [2] pages. Illus. Some discoloration noted. Signed by the author on the title page. Includes Introduction; The Great Eastern; The Bell Rock Lighthouse; The Brooklyn Bridge; The London Sewers; The Transcontinental Railroad; The Panama Canal; and The Hoover Dam. Also includes Bibliography and Sources; Illustration Credits; Acknowledgments, and Index. Deborah Cadbury is a British author, Historian and television producer with the BBC. She has won many international awards for her documentaries including an Emmy Award. Cadbury joined the BBC in 1978. She went on to produce films for the BBC's Horizon strand and won awards for her investigations. Her Horizon film, Assault on the Male, launched a worldwide scientific research campaign into environmental oestrogens, hormone- mimicking chemicals potentially impacting human health, and led to her book, The Feminisation of Nature. She… Read More

Oak Ridge, TN: Union Carbide Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, 1974. Preprint. Wraps. Good. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 146 pages, plus covers. Illustrations. Cover has wear, soiling, and is creased at back. This was prepared for submission to the Atomic Energy Commission and the Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center for Oral Presentation at the Physical Metallury of Uranium Alloys Conference, Vail, Colorado, February 12-14, 1974. Uranium alloys fall under the category of reactive materials and hence must be melted under relatively inert conditions. Selecting the most suitable method for melting depends primarily upon the tolerance of the final product for impurities and the degree of alloy segregation. To some extent, the form of the melting stock and final ingot shape may also influence the method chosen. This paper discusses the several methods commonly used in melting uranium alloys as well as some less exploited techniques. Emphasis was placed on melting parameters,… Read More