Search Results: Titles starting with F from Ground Zero Books

New York: F.A.C.O.T.S. Association, 1919. fair. 322, illus., roster, front board weak, boards scuffed and faded, some wear to edges of spine and corners of boards. Foreword by Arthur H. Carter. Message to the Members of the F.A.C.O.T.S. Association by Major General William J. Snow, Chief of Field Artillery. Dornbusch 1265.

New York: F. A. O. Schwarz, 1997. Limited Edition was designed exclusively for F. A. O. Schwarz. Hardcover. Good. Exclusively designed for F.A.O. Schwarz. Back cover has several F.A.O. Schwarz catalog covers 1920-1948. This unique nostalgic work of art serves as a keepsake of a universal moment of innocence and wonder. A large format book commemorating the original artwork on the Christmas catalogues issued by F. A. O. Schwartz between 1920 and 1948. Includes a single large center pop-up of a carousel with reindeer instead of horses, with brightly decorated presents around the base. Each package contains a small removable cardboard ornament has a gold attached string for hanging [ONE MISSING]. Ribbon tie at fore-edge. Cover has slight wear and soiling. FAO Schwarz, founded in 1862, was once the oldest toy store in the United States. The company is known for its unique high-end toys, life-sized stuffed animals, dolls, and games. The FAO Schwarz flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City… Read More

Washington DC: Federal Civil Defense Administration, 1952. reprint from the Defense Technical Information Center, circa 2004. Wraps, two staples on the left side. Good. xii, 87, [1] pages. Originally Secret Restricted Data document declassified to Unclassified. Mailing information on the back cover. The contents include Preface, Abstract, Introduction, Procedures, Results, Effects of Shot Baker, Effects of Shot Charlie, Effects of Shot Dog, Discussion, Conclusion, and Recommendations. Illustrations. Tables. Project 9.1.a Buster was designed to determine the effects of atomic explosions on small civil defense shelters for family use. Since limited participation in the program did not permit tests of all proposed shelter designs, four types of data shelters were selected. They were (1) covered-trench, (2) metal-arch, (3) wood-arch, and (4) basement lean-to. Twenty-nine simple structures were built along an arc 1200 ft from the target point. Construction was varied without regard to protective values… Read More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. xvi, [16 pages of illustrations, 543, [1] pages. Family tree. Illustrations. Index. Foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt. This first volume of Franklin Roosevelt's correspondence covers the period from 1887, when at the age of five he wrote his first letter, to 1904, when he graduated from Harvard. Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote his first letter to his mother in 1887 when he was 5 years old. "Dear Sallie." he scratched with his pen, "I am very sorry you have a cold and you are in bed I played with Mary today for a little while I hope by tomorrow you will be able to be up I am glad to say my cold is better your loving Franklin D. Roosevelt." There are several references to Theodore Roosevelt in these letters, including criticism of Theodore Roosevelt's actions in settling the 1902 coal strike. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12,… Read More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. xvi, [16 pages of illustrations, 543, [1] pages. Family tree. Illustrations. Index. Front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn and soiled: edge tears/chips, several DJ pieces missing. Pencil erasures on endpapers. Foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt. This first volume of Franklin Roosevelt's correspondence covers the period from 1887, when at the age of five he wrote his first letter, to 1904, when he graduated from Harvard. Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote his first letter to his mother in 1887 when he was 5 years old. "Dear Sallie." he scratched with his pen, "I am very sorry you have a cold and you are in bed I played with Mary today for a little while I hope by tomorrow you will be able to be up I am glad to say my cold is better your loving Franklin D. Roosevelt." There are several references to Theodore Roosevelt in these letters, including… Read More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. xix, [1], 674, [2] pages. Some wear and soiling noted. Family tree on endpaper. Foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt. Illustrations. Index. This second volume of the personal letters of Franklin D. Roosevelt has proved to be of a far different character from the first volume. This volume, covering the years 1905 through 1928, presents for the first time a vivid portrait of the mature personality which the people came to know and understand during the Presidential years. It is the opinion of the editor of this volume that two people were primarily responsible for the interior survival of Franklin Roosevelt following the shattering attack of infantile paralysis. They should be credited with the amazing reactivation of his mental outlook and interest in life. Lois Howe and Anne Eleanor Roosevelt fought day and night for F.D.R.'s recovery, and, during the long years of… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973. First Edition. First? Printing. fair, poor. 24 cm, 461, index, faint "damaged" stamp on front endpaper, DJ worn, rear DJ flap separated. Introduction by Anna Roosevelt Halsted. Bernard Asbell spent six years analyzing Roosevelt's private papers, and diaries of White House associates and interviewers. He has written--as a speculation on history--F.D.R. 's New Deal memoirs for him.

New York: W. W. Norton, c1997. First Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 25 cm, 252, A fascinating expose.

Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some edge soiling. Bookplate. Ink mark inside back cover.. xvii, 555, [1] p. Illustrations. Footnotes. Notes. Index.

Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation, Ltd, 1996. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has slight wear, soiling, and sticker residue/scuff.. 60, [3] p. Includes illustrations. This is one of the scarcer F. Scott Fitzgerald items, especially in terms of his specific association with Maryland. The people, places, and experiences in Rockville that influenced Fitzgerald's formative years found their way into his writings. The author's life long connection to Rockville was maintained to the end, to his final resting place. In addition to providing insight into some of F. Scott Fitzgerald's writings, this work also serves as a baseline from which to trace the development of the City of Rockville and key parts of Montgomery County, Maryland.

Warren, MI: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1978. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Good. Lou Drendel. Format is approximately 11 inches by 8.25 inches. 48, [2] pages, plus covers. Illustrated covers. Illustrations (some color). Cover has some wear and soiling. Aircraft series No. 35. A very well illustrated history of the history, from planning and production to combat, of one of the great fighter planes in the U.S. arsenal, the F-111. Lou Drendel is a world-renowned aviation artist. His paintings have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Berkely Books, The Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society, EAA Warbirds Magazine, and in the 60+ books he has authored on military aviation for Squadron/Signal Publications and for ARCO Publishers. He has also authored and published "The Lima Lima Flight Team: The Life and Times of the World's First Civilian six-Ship Formation Aerobatic Team". Lou is a founding member of the famous Lima Lima Flight Team. He is a Life Member of EAA and a former… Read More

Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Company, 1999. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The format is approximately 10.25 inches by 10.25 inches. 192 pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Decorative dust jacket. Illustrations (many in color). Appendices (including Glossary). Index. Paul F. Crickmore is the renowned aviation expert, photographer, and author of numerous books on aircraft such as the Lockheed Blackbirds A-12, SR-71, YF-12A and the M-12, the F-117 Stealth fighter and the McDonnell F-15 Eagle. His chronicling is recognized as the master documenter of the history, legacy and lore of these incredible programs. Paul gained his pilot's license and flew in KC-135 tankers refueling fighter and bomber aircraft. Flying has shown him the full spectrum, supersonic in a RAF Lightning, a four ship with the British Red Arrow team, DAC with F-16s, F-4s low over the Nevada desert, and C-130 transports. Rotor wing experience includes Blackhawks, HH-53s, Wessexs, Gazelles,… Read More

New York: Military Press, 1991. Presumed First Edition, First printing Thus. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Quarto, 128 pages. Profusely illustrated (color). DJ has small tear at top of front near spine. A Western Australian by birth, Tony Holmes was a published aviation author by the age of 20. Moving to England in 1988, he has worked in aviation publishing ever since. Tony has written more than 50 books and edited a further 300 in the past 25 years. Passionate about naval aviation, he has conducted more than 30 carrier embarks on US Navy and Royal Navy vessels across the globe, including nine visits to supercarriers sailing in the waters of the Northern Arabian Gulf whilst they were conducting operations over Iraq and Afghanistan. Tony Holmes has worked as Osprey's aerospace editor since 1989, having previously served as an author/photographer for this publishing house in Australasia. He established the critically acclaimed and hugely popular Aircraft of the Aces series in 1994. Designed to improve on… Read More

Fort Worth, Texas: General Dynamics, Fort Worth Division, 1980. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Highlighting noted on a pages titled "Machining Work Center" and "Work Centers". Some corners creased.. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Unpaginated. Collection of more than a half dozen vugraph presentations presumably given to the Industry Review participants. From Wikipedia: "The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4, 500 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976. Although no longer being purchased by the U.S. Air Force, improved versions are still being built for export customers. In 1993, General Dynamics sold its aircraft… Read More

New York: Crescent Books, 1991. Presumed First Edition thus. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Quarto, 128 pages. Profusely illustrated (color). DJ has slight wear and soiling. Roy Braybrook is a highly regarded aviation writer who has worked in the aeronautical business for over thirty years. Having worked for Hawker Siddley Aviation from 1958, he became a full-time aviation writer upon leaving British Aerospace in 1980. Roy Braybrook has authored many titles for Osprey, including Osprey Aerospace: Soviet Combat Aircraft: The Four Generations. Provides technical information on the F/A-18 Hornet, and depicts the fighter planes in the air and on the ground with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the Navy Blue Angels aerobatic team, and the Canadian, Spanish, and Australian Air Forces. The "son" of the Northrop YF-17 Cobra, the Hornet grew both in weight and capability after being ordered by the Navy to replace the venerable Vought A-7 Corsair II. Now an integral part of the modern… Read More

Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. First? Edition. First? Printing. good. 779, wraps (stiff paper covers), illus., covers somewhat worn and soiled.

Washington, DC: GAO, 2000. very good. quarto, 38, wraps, illus., footnotes, appendices

Washington, DC: GAO, 2000. very good. quarto, 14, wraps, footnotes

Washington, DC: GPO, 2000. good. 114, wraps, figures, front cover soiled This hearing addressed the issue of whether defibrillators should be required on aircraft and at airports.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1999. very good. 103, wraps, tables, charts This was a joint hearing with the House Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology.