Search Results: Authors starting with W from Ground Zero Books

La Salle, IL: Open Court Publishers, 1974. very good, fair to good. 487, illus., bibliography, index, DJ soiled: edges worn and small tears.

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Bernard Waber. 128 pages. Name of previous owner is on fep. DJ front flap bottom corner is clipped (price is at the top corner). DJ has some wear and soiling. Published compliments slip laid in. This is a book about friends. Nobody is Perfick is a perfect combination of drawings and dialogue dramatizing everyday situations. This contains eight brief episodes show that even best friends and sunny days can have shortcomings. Bernard Waber (September 27, 1921-May 16, 2013) was an American children's author most famous for the books The House on East 88th Street (1962), Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (1965) and the subsequent books in the Lyle series. Waber wrote numerous children's books about the adventures of animals, including Do You See a Mouse?, Evie and Margie, An Anteater named Arthur, and A Lion Named Shirley Williamson. Waber's Lyle series, started in 1962, was his most well-known set… Read More

Place_Pub: Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2005. First Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 206, illus., footnotes, index, DJ slightly worn and soiled. Foreword by James W. Hilty. Autobiography by Marvin Wachman, a white Jewish man who served as the president of the traditionally black Lincoln and Temple Universities. "The Education of a University President" recalls Wachman's distinguished career in education and his steadfast dedication toliberal values.

Philadelphia, PA: University of PA Press, 1981. First? Edition. First? Printing. very good, good. 514, tables, bibliographies, minor edge soiling, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, and minor edge tears/chips. Based on a symposium cosponsored by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Reliance Group, Inc., and held in Philadelphia, March 1981.

New York: Random House, c1997. First Edition. Third Printing. good, good. 25 cm, 369, red dot on top edge. How a New York judge fell from the top to the very bottom of the criminal justice system.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. fair. 618, illus., maps, apps, index, errata, bds weak, fr bd reinforced w/ tape, bds soiled, sm tears at spine & lettering faded.

Birmingham, AL: New Hope Publishers, 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Good. 172, [4] pages. Illustrations. Cover curled up at front edge. Includes Dedication, Acknowledgments, Introduction, and A Prayer for Military Families. Also contains chapters on Facing Fear with Faith; Militarese 101; COs, XPs, Cheerios, and Uh-Ohs. Also includes chapters on Interruptions, Inconveniences, and Other Intrusions. Chapter 4 contains Duet Duty for the Solo Spouse; Chapter 5 covers A Father to the Fatherless; Chapter 6 contains Tempted: Absence Makes the Heart Go Wander. Chapter 7 covers Rank: A Right Perspective; Chapter 8 covers Address, Please: Where You Go, I Will Go; Chapter 9 covers Family, Friends, and Faraway Places--The Sacrifice of Separation; Chapter 10 covers Foreigners Focused on Forever; Chapter 11 covers Military Marriage: Mission Possible, and Staying Together Apart. Chapter 12 covers Ideas for Ministry to Military Families; Chapter 12 covers Ideas for Ministry to… Read More

Alexandria, VA: Horizons Technology Inc. for Defense Nuclear Agency, 1988. Presumed First Edition, First printing [Version 1.0 stated]. Spiral bound. Very good. The format is approximately 6.25 inches by 8.5 inches. Various paginations (80 pages per Standard Form 298). Illustrations. Tables, Appendices. Cited References. RARE surviving copy. This was prepared for the Defense Nuclear Agency as part of their Electronic Handbook Series. The BLUEOUT program calculates the reverberant environment at a sonar receiver following an underwater nuclear detonation. I requires the following inputs: locations of the detonation and receiver; frequency of interest; ambient noise level of the ocean basin, amount below the ambient level a signal may fall and still be considered significant, number of interaction with the basin boundary to be calculated, and yield of the weapon. Output includes the amplitude, bearing, and start and end times of each signal that reaches the receiver, as well as the total signal level… Read More

New York: Scribner, 1905, [c1903]. First? Edition. First? Printing. fair, ex-lib.. 22 cm, 417, illus., index, usual library markings, boards worn and soiled, front board weak/taped/glued. The author was the wife of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Franco-Prussian war, later ambassador to Russia and then England.

New York: Scribner, 1917. First Printing. good. 20 cm, 373, frontis illus., pencil erasure on front endpaper. Preface by Helen Choate Prince. One family's simple, everyday record of their experiences in France from 1914 to 1918.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Fair. viii, 324, [4] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Index. Spine torn (and reglued) and chipped. Front hinge weak. Some page discoloration. Inscribed to Mrs. John Page by Thomas Nelson Page inside front cover!!! Mary Alsop King Waddington (April 28, 1833 - June 30, 1923) was an American author. She wrote about her life as the wife of a French diplomat. Mary moved to France in 1871, where she met her eventual husband. During World War I, she helped raise funds for soldiers and refugees. Mary was the author of Letter of a Diplomat's wife (1902), Italian letters of a Diplomat's wife (1904), Chateau and Country Life in France (1909), and My First Years as a Frenchwoman (1914). In 1874, she married William Henry Waddington (1826-1894) in Paris. Waddington was a French statesman who became the Prime Minister of France in 1879, and French Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1883 to 1893 In… Read More

London: Pitkin Pictorials Ltd, 1961. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some ink underlining noted.. 24p., ill., 23 cm. This is one of the Pride of Britain series. Pbulished circa 1960. The author was the Provost of the St. Edmundsbury Cathedral.

Nashville, TN: Integrity Publishers, c2002. First Printing. very good, very good. 24 cm, 242, color illus., map.

Nashville, TN: Integrity Publishers, 2002. First Edition. First Printing. very good, good. 242, color illus., map, some wear and soiling to DJ. The captain of the U.S.S. "Greeneville" reveals the untold story of the deadly collision of the nuclear submarine with a Japanese fishing vessel on February 9, 2001. His accountability, integrity, and religious conviction provide an inspiring challenge to anyone who is facing difficultchoices in any area of life.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1950. Hardcover. Good/fair. 240 pages. Endpaper maps, illus., maps, biblio, index, fore-edge foxed, DJ worn, foxed, & stained, small tear to front DJ. Signed.

Philadelphia, PA: Society of Architectural Historians, 1991. Wraps. Good. 28 cm, 101, [3] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Maps. Footnotes. Some wear and fading to cover. The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes the study and preservation of the built environment worldwide. Based in Chicago in the United States, the Society's 3,500 members include architectural historians, architects, landscape architects, preservationists, students, professionals in allied fields and the interested public. The Society, originally named the Society of American Architectural Historians was founded on July 31, 1940, inspired by the work of Harvard University historian Kenneth John Conant. Twenty-five chartering members elected Turpin Bannister the first President, and directed him to edit the Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians. The name was shortened to its current form a decade later. SAH is currently the largest academic… Read More

Annandale, VA: Shetland Books, 1984. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author.. Henry, Myra Culpepper (Cover illustration). 79 pages. Includes illustrations. Inscription is signed and dated on title page. Some of the poems included in this book were first published in periodicals such as Agrosy, Better Homes and Gardens, Good Housekeeping, and the Saturday Evening Post (among other publications). The author at the time of this publication was a Professor Emeritus at the Northern Virginia Community College where she taught creative writing.

Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command, 1985. First? Edition. First? Printing. good. 28 cm, 115, wraps, illus., 3 maps, glossary. A detailed, comprehensive study of the logistical planning and in-country support of the U. S. military intervention in Lebanon in 1958. This study has particular value as well for its analysis of tailoring logistical units for contingency operations.

Durham, NC: Senior Class of Duke University, 1945. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page discoloration or soiling. Moisture stains at foreedge. Items pasted inside front cover. Some underlining and ink comments noted.. 298, [21] p. Includes illustrations. Some illustrations in color. This is Volume XXXIII in the series of yearbooks. This has sections on alumni, student life, fraternities, sororities, and athletics and advertisements. This is a scarce WWII era yearbook, printed under wartime restrictions. A section of In Memoriam, presumably for Duke's war dead, is on pages 8 and 9.

New York: American Solar Energy Society-Kansas City Chapter-Missouri Solar & Energy Association, 1983. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Good. [6], 256 pages. Illustrations (photographs and drawings). Figures. Tabular Data. References. The book has general wear around the edges and corners as well as staining primarily on the front cover. A relatively early attempt at a comprehensive review of passive solar technologies and applications that provides an insightful snapshot of the industry and technologies in the last quarter of the Twentieth century. One of the most important sections of the work is the chapter Honoring George Frederick Keck and William Keck as solar pioneers. A collection of papers illustrating the use of passive solar design are presented. Solar design is traced from over a century ago to the present. Discussed are design considerations for the mass market, products which enhance the application of passive solar techniques, market and financing problems.… Read More