Search Results: Titles starting with M from Ground Zero Books

Great Bookham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom: Profile Publications Ltd, 1967. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Has slight wear and soiling.. Roffe, Michael. 12 p. Includes illustrations. Center illustration in color. This is Number 14 in the Armor in Profile series. Series Editor was Stevenson Pugh.

Great Bookham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom: Profile Publications Ltd, 1967. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling.. Roffe, Michael. 12 p. Includes illustrations. Center illustrations in color. This is Armour in Profile Number 6. The Series Editor was Stevenson Pugh.

Great Bookham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom: Profile Publications Ltd, 1967. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Has some wear and soiling.. Roffe, Michael. 12 p. Includes illustrations. Center illustration in color. This is Number 17 in the Armor in Profile series. Series Editor was Stevenson Pugh.

Great Bookham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom: Profile Publications Ltd, 1967. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. Small edge tears noted.. Roffe, Michael. 12 p. Includes illustrations. Center illustrations in color. This is Armour in Profile Number 3. The Series Editor was Stevenson Pugh.

New York: Abradale Press, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1982. English Language Reprint Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The format is approximately 9.75 inches by 12 inches. 349, [3] pages. Illustrations (606, including 36 plates in full color). DJ is worn, torn, soiled and chipped. This is a large and very heavy book and if sent outside of the United States will require additional shipping charges. All of the more than four hundred and fifty prints made by the popular graphic artist are reproduced and thoroughly discussed in an annotated study of Escher's unique visual exploration of time and space. Contents include Biographical Chronology, Escher Senior, Early Life, Italy and Spain, Rome, Switzerland and Belgium, Back in Holland, Letter to Arthur, Crystallographers' Recognition, Voyage to Canada, The Final Years, The Vision of a Mathematician, The Regular Division of the Plane, Catalogue, Notes on the Illustrations. Concordance List of Colour Plates, Selected Bibliography, Index of Works… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, c1988. First Printing. good. 24 cm, 294, ink name on front endpaper.

Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1997. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xvii. 500 p. Illustrations. Index. Foreword by Anne Lamott. Reminiscence by Lawrence Clark Powell. Food writer M. F. K. Fisher's letters, from her life as a young married woman in France to shortly before her death at the age of 84. Fisher's letters are an intriguing guide to her complex and witty personality, but the quality of the writing doesn't compare to her autobiographical works. However, the letters are a valuable adjunct, and they do shed light on a most unusual life. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.

Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1994. very good. 23 cm, 207, wraps, illus., map.

Lawrence Hill Books, 1992. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. xiii, [1], 225, [1] p. Glossary. Notes. Index. From Wikipedia: "Howard Bruce Franklin (born February 1934) known as H. Bruce Franklin is an American cultural historian who has authored or edited nineteen books on a range of subjects. He is most known for being a leader in the Communist radical group Venceremos, whose members murdered Chino State Prison (California) guard Jesus Sanchez in 1972. As of 1987, he is the John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. His award-winning books and teaching on science fiction played a major role in establishing academic study of the genre. His books on American prison literature have been said to open an entirely new field of study. In 2008, the American Studies Association awarded him the Pearson-Bode Prize for Lifetime Achievement in American Studies."

Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration, 2011. Presumed First thus. Three Ring Binder. Good. Includes sections on LANL (ICF), LLNL (ICF), SNL (ICF), LANL (ICF), LLNL (SC), NNSS (SC), and SNL (SC). Includes information on ICF, Ignition, Diagnostics, Facility Operations, Pulsed Power, Science Campaign, Primary Assessment Technologies, Dynamic Materials Properties, Advanced Radiography, Secondary Assessment Technologies, and Advanced Certification. Some of the cost breakdown is by: Chargebacks, Purchases, Travel, Labor, Equipment, Training, Subcontracts, Other Direct Costs, Material, Institutional costs, Service Center, and Overheads. This is a rare snapshot into the range of expenditures and the monthly progression of expenditures. Cost analysis is a comparison of costs. Costs used to prepare financial statements are not the same as those used to control operations. Costs may be controllable or non-controllable and are subject to time periods and constraints. For example,… Read More

c1955: Charles G. Evers. Framed black and white Lithograph. Good. Frame is approximately 14.5 inches by 18 inches. Wooden frame is approximately 1 inch wide on all sides, so image is approximately 12.5 inches by 16 inches visible behind a glass plate. Facsimile signature of the artist is on the print. Lithographed in the U.S.A. Charles G. Evers may also have been known more frequently as Carl Evers who was a painter of maritime subjects, mostly in watercolor of tugs, freighters, liners, naval ships and ships in coastal waters. He was born in Dortmund, Germany and studied at the Slade School in London and in Sweden, before emigrating to the United States in 1947. Evers painted for the U.S. Naval Institute, Reader's Digest and his book covers have been published by Ballatine and Simon & Schuster. His works can be found at the South Street Seaport Museum, The Mariners' Museum, The U.S. Naval Institute, the Moran Towing Company, Grace Lines. Farrell Lines, Cunard, as well as, the Reader's Digest… Read More

San Diego, CA: Custom Publishing Group, Inc, 2010. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 132 p. Includes illustrations. Many illustrations in color.

New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Claire Alexandra Hatfield (Front of Jacket photogr. [12], 253, [7] pages. Illustrations. DJ has some edge wear. Signed by the author sticker on front of DJ. Signed by the author on the title page. Chapters include Cafe 'Ino; Changing Channels; Animal Crackers; The Flea Draws Blood; Hill of Beans; Clock with No Hands; The Well; Wheel of Fortune; How I Lost the Wind-Up Bird; Her Name Was Sandy; Vecchia Zimarrra; Mu; Tempest Air Demons; A Dream of Alfred Wegener; Road to Larache; Covered Ground; How Linden Kills the Thing She Loves; Valley of the Lost; and The Hour of Noon. Contains slight pencil underlining. Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "punk poet laureate", Smith fused rock and poetry in her… Read More

Oxford, England: Osprey Publishing, 2017. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Very good. Henry Morshead and Johnny Shumate. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 9.75 inches. 48 pages plus covers. Illustrations (some in color). Selected Bibliography. Index. Jamie E. Prenatt is a senior analyst in the Department of Defense. He has over 30 years of military and civilian intelligence experience and has served in a wide range of analytic, leadership, and representational assignments. He holds an MA in Government/National Security Policy from Georgetown University and has a particular interest in weapon systems development. He has taught military history, wargaming, and historical miniature painting at the Smithsonian Institution for several years and intelligence studies at the university level. Henry Morshead is a design consultant in the European automotive and aerospace sectors, with clients including Jaguar, Bentley, Citroën and Airbus. He is also a technical sponsor of the Bloodhound… Read More

Export, PA: Scott A. Duff Publications, 1996. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Good. vii, [1], 180 pages. Illustrations. Small scuff marks to cover & spine. Signed by both editors, Scott A. Duff and by John M. Miller with the sentiment Good Shootin'--RARE. Book includes Acknowledgments, Table of Contents, and Foreword. Chapters include Introduction and History; Standard Nomenclature of Components; Selecting the Rifle; Operation and Functioning; Disassembly and Assembly; Stoppages and Malfunctions; Cleaning, Lubricating, and Maintenance; Zeroing the Rifle; Inspection, Tips and Tricks; and Match Conditioning Instructions. Appendix includes information on Gunsmiths; Parts, Accessories and Tool Dealers; Book Dealers; and M14 Rifle Related Books. The M14/MIA has dominated service rifle competition for over 30 years. Before the publication of this book, no single document existed which described in detail selecting a rifle, operation, troubleshooting, disassembly/assembly, inspection,… Read More

Washington, DC: GPO, 1983. fair to good. Quarto, 51, wraps, illus., figures, examination (answers in ink), large rough spots on rear cover, covers somewhat soiled. Small tear in rear cover, staple holes in margin through entire document. Includes two lessons: how to maintain the M16A1 rifle, magazine, and ammunition, and how to load and unload the M16A1 rifle magazine; and how to zero an M16A1 rifle, how to engage targets with the M16A1 rifle, and howto prepare and use aiming and firing stakes for the M16A1 rifle. Includes extracts from Army Field Manual FM 7-11B1/2.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1982. fair to good. Quarto, 77, wraps, illus., figures, examination (answers in pencil), large rough spot on rear cover, some cover soiling. Staple holes in margin through entire document, top inside corner of entire document creased. Mechanical training on the TOW (Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-command link guided missile), and target engagement. Includes extracts from FM 7-11B1/2, Load, Arm, and Unload an Encased Missile, from TC 23-23 (a guide for training infantry antitank squads with the TOW weapon system), and TM 9-1425-470-12 (maintenance and preventive maintenance services on the TOW launcher).

London: Osprey Publishing, Ltd, 1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. very good. Peter Sarson. 48, wraps, illus., slight wear, soiling, and sticker residue to covers.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1983. fair to good. Quarto, 41, wraps, illus., figures, sample examination (pencil & ink notes), staple holes in side margin throughout, covers scratched. Small stains on covers, large rough spot on rear cover. This subcourse booklet contains one lesson, the solution to the lesson exercise, an examination, and an evaluation questionnaire.

London: I. Allan, 1981. First? Edition. First? Printing. fair, good. 24 cm, 112, illus., some wear to DJ, p. 49 torn, scuff inside front board where bookplate has been removed, some page crinkling. Like most modern MBT's the M48 has spawned a number of variants, from bridgelayer to recovery vehicle, and these are detailed along with the other, sometimes less successful, projects like mine clearing devices and self-propelled guns.