Search Results: Titles starting with O from Ground Zero Books

New York: The Viking Press, 1983. Fourth Printing. very good, good. 402, illus., map, index, ink notation on front endpaper, slight edge soiling. Complete subtitle: Improbable city of political wizards, fearless ethnics, spectacular aristocrats, splendid nobodies, and underrated scoundrels. Albany, NY, and some of the people who shaped its history.

Sao Paulo: Edicoes GRD, 1980. very good. 22 cm, 72, wraps, illus. Inscribed by the author. Fifty-four poems by this influential author. Text is in Portuguese.

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1972. First edition. First edition [stated[. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has some wear, soiling edge tears and chips. Nice inscription on fep to David Thomas Austern, 74, one of the nation's top experts on asbestos and other mass tort litigation and his wife Marilyn.. ix, [5], 297, [1] p.; 22 cm. From Wikipedia: "Donald Wayne Riegle, Jr. (born February 4, 1938) is an American politician from Michigan, who served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator in the U.S. Congress. In 1966, Riegle, defeated incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative John C. Mackie to be elected from Michigan's 7th congressional district to the 90th Congress. He was subsequently re-elected in the next three elections. In 1973, Riegle changed party affiliation to become a Democrat over differences with the Nixon Administration regarding the Vietnam War and civil rights. On December… Read More

Leningrad: Giz, 1930. Fifth Printing. fair to poor. V. Lebedev. 6, wraps, profusely illus., text darkened, covers quite worn: soiled, stained, large tears at spine, small edge tears/chips. Text is in Russian. Vladimir Lebedev (1891-1967) is known as the greatest Russian children's book artist. He and poet Samuil Marshak (1887-1964) collaborated on many children's picture books.

Istanbul, Turkey: IRCICA, 1988. fair to good. Quarto, 42, wraps, illus., covers and spine somewhat worn and creased. Contains articles on the visit of H.E. Rauf Denktas, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; the visit of H.E. Dato Abu Hassan bin Haji Omar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia; and the 17th Islamic Conference held in Jordan in March 1988.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 25 cm, 274, slight wear and soiling to DJ. The author is a trial lawyer.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 25 cm, 274, A prominent lawyer examines O. J. Simpson and the trial of the century.

New York: Pocket Books, 1973. Fourth Printing. fair to good. pocket paperbk, 744, wraps, illus., maps, appendix, chapter notes, bibliography, index, text somewhat darkened, some wear and creasing to covers

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. good/fair. 670 pages, illus., endpaper maps, appendix, chapter notes, bibliography, index, sticker ins fr flylf, DJ soiled & creased: small tears. Sticker residue on front DJ. This book recounts, moment by moment, the process that gave birth to the state of Israel. Collins & Lapierre weave a tapestry of shattered hopes, valor & fierce pride as the Arabs, Jews & British collide in their fight for control of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem! meticulously recreates this historic struggle. It penetrates the battle from the inside, exploring each party's interests, intentions & concessions as the city of their dreams teeters on the brink of destruction. From the Jewish fighters & their heroic commanders to the charismatic Arab chieftain whose death in battle doomed his cause but inspired a generation of Palestinians, O Jerusalem! tells the 3-dimensional story of this high-stakes, emotional conflict. Larry Collins, born… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. First Printing. good, fair to good. 637, illus., endpaper maps, appendix, chapter notes, bibliography, index, rough spot inside front flyleaf, DJ soiled & edges worn.

New York: Khronika Press, 1975. good. 79, wraps, footnotes, small stains to rear cover. Text is in Russian. Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident, and human rights activist. This book contains sections entitled Soviet Society, Freedom to Move, Problems of Disarmament, Indochina and Middle East Events, and Liberal Intelligentsia in the West: Its Illusions, Its Responsibilities.

Alphascript Publishing, 2010. 10th Anniversary Special (May 2010). Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has slight wear, soiling, and signs of mailing label removal.. 260 pages. Illustrations (many in color). A lot of planning went into this 10th anniversary edition. There is 'an annotated tour' of 18 memorable covers, plus Oprah's list of some of the best books and favorite recipes. The purpose of O is to offer recipes for living.

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North, 1959. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. xiii, [1], 211, [3] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Roster of Equipment. Bibliography. Two fold-outs in rear pocket. DJ worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Edges soiled. In notation on fep. Helmer was born on November 12, 1926, in Oneida, NY. Bill earned an A.A.S. in Auto Mechanics at Morrisville Agricultural & Technical Institute and a B.A. at the New York State College for Teachers at Albany. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Old English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Bill had a lifelong fascination with railroading and wrote two railroad histories: O&W: The Long Life and Slow Death of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway (1959), considered a classic in the genre, and Rip Van Winkle Railroads (1970), deemed to be a definitive history of railroading in the northern Catskills. Bill was featured in the documentary, Rails to the Catskills. He had… Read More

Ray Palmer, 1960. Reprint Edition. The Green or Ray Palmer edition. Hardcover. good. 20 x 25.5 cm. xii, [4], 910, [2] pages. Illustrations. Fold-out plate measuring 48 x 25 cm. Footnotes. Glossary. Index. Addendum. Boards somewhat worn, soiled, & sticker residue. Ink name and address inside front flyleaf, some soiling inside boards. Subtitled: A sacred history of the dominions of the higher and lower heavens on the earth for the past twenty-four thousand years, together with a synopsis of the cosmogony of the universe; the creation of planets; the creation of man; the unseen worlds; the labor and glory of gods and goddesses in the etherean heavens; with the new commandments of Jehovih to man of the present day, with revelations from the second resurrection, formed in words in the thirty-third year of the Kosmon Era. Reprint of the first edition originally published in 1882, plus reproductions of original oil paintings and photographs by John Ballou Newbrough excerpted from the 1891… Read More

Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1992. Presumed reprint of First Edition, First printing thus. Staplebound. Very good. 54 pages plus covers. Most sheets printed on both sides. Illustrations. This is a hard copy vugraph presentation that is a mix of text slides, data slides, diagrams, and illustrations. Dr. Reck was the Director for Space Technology, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology at NASA when he delivered this overview presentation. This is a wonderful snapshot in time of the state-of-knowledge, the state-of-practice, and the state of space-related technology in the early 1990's as pursued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology was connected with the Ames, Dryden, Langley, and Lewis Research Centers, High Performance Computing, Space Technology, Space Experiments, and the National Aero-space Plane. NASA's Technology Transfer Program ensures that innovations developed for exploration and discovery… Read More

n.p.: Orange County Milk Assoc, 1942. good. 3.5" x 5.75" This is an extremely scarce example of World War II-era advertising, touting the public health benefits of buying milk that has been pasteurizedand bottled "at the creamery. " Very suitable for museum exhibit and collector display case use.

Washington, DC: United States, Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste, 1999. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. Mailing label on back cover.. Includes illustrations. Various paginations (approximately 120 pages).

Chicago, IL: Mil. Training Camps Assoc, 1925. fair to good. Quarto, 147, illus., appendix, some foxing to front flyleaves, some wear to board and spine edges, bkplate ins fr bd, ink name ins fr flylf. The Citizens' Military Training Camp at Fort Eustis, a system of voluntary military training for young men ages 17 to 24.

Paris, France: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1995. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 46, [2] p. Notes. Selected Publications and Sources for Further Information.

Paris: OECD, 1979. good. 28 cm, 57, wraps, illus., bibliography, addendum sheet laid in, some wear and soiling to covers. OECD economic outlook: Occasional studies The OECD's international linkage model, INTERLINK, in being developed and maintained by the Economics and Statistics Department's Econometric Unit.