Search Results: Titles starting with P from Ground Zero Books

London, Ontario, Canada: Zaria, 1981. good. 74, wraps, frontis illus., notes, neat blue and red underlining to text, some wear to cover edges. Inscribed by the author to D. A. Levitsky and dated Pittsburgh, 1982. PeterStruve (1870-1944) was a Russian political economist, philosopher, and editor. He started out as a Marxist, later became a liberal, and after the Bolshevik Revolution joined the White movement. From 1920 on, he lived in exile in Paris, where he was a prominent critic of Russian communism. Chapters include: Introduction; Ideo-Political Evolution; Enemy of Revolution and Reaction; Patriot of Great and Free Russia; Leontievets or Chicherinets? ; Liberal Conservative; and A Man of Willful Ideas. Text is in Russian.

Los Angeles, CA: Price Stern Sloan, c1993. First Printing. very good. 26 cm, 71, wraps, color illus.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1968. First Edition. First Printing. fair to good. 310, illus., endpaper maps, index, bkplates & stamps ins fr bd & fr flylf, stains to fore-edge & rear flylf, bds scuffed & scratched. Imprisoned in a POW camp in Eastern Germany, the author with his companions eascaped, but were recaptured time and time again. After the collapse of Romania, he was finally freed by the U.S. Air Force. Foreword by Douglas Bader.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1945. fair to good. John Worsley. 226, illus., boards & spine scuffed, pencil marks p. 11. The author was a prisoner of war of the Germans and the Italians during World War II.

New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1976. First Printing. good, good. 24 cm, 633, illus., appendix, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, front DJ flap price clipped. Inscribed by the author (Hubbell). Small stains and foxing to fore-edge, small chips missing to DJ edges.

New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1976. very good, very good. 24 cm, 633, illus., appendix, index, DJ in plastic sleeve.

New York: Ivy Books; Ballantine Books, 1990. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing. Mass-market paperback. Good. [2], 341 p. Illustrations. Maps. Diagrams. Signed by author. Cover has some wear and soiling. Lawrence Nicholas "Larry" Guarino (April 16, 1922 - August 18, 2014) was a U.S. Air Force officer, and veteran of three wars. Shot down on his 50th combat mission, he spent more than 8 years as a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War and earned the Air Force Cross. As a POW at the Hanoi Hilton, he shared a cell with John McCain, future senior United States Senator from Arizona and Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election. Colonel Guarino authored A P.O.W.'s STORY: 2801 Days in Hanoi about his experiences in captivity. Guarino was the only Vietnam POW to have flown combat missions over Hanoi in a previous war. The author was the eleventh American to be captured during the Vietnam war. He was a veteran of three wars. Through eight years… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Philippe Beauvillain (Jacket Photograph). 25 cm xi, [3], 304, [2] pages. Illustrations. Index. Slight creasing to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author in French to Henri Tran Van Kha. Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 - October 16, 2004) was an American journalist, author and politician. He had served as the seventh White House Press Secretary for United States Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Salinger served as a United States Senator in 1964 and as campaign manager for the 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign. After leaving politics, Salinger became known for his work for ABC News, particularly for his coverage of the Iran Hostage Crisis and the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Salinger worked on Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1960, and became one of the leading figures in the campaign. In 1961, after JFK became President, he hired… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Philippe Beauvillain (Jacket Photograph). 25 cm xi, [3], 304, [2] pages. Illustrations. Index. Slight creasing to DJ edges. Minor staining at bottom edge of rear cover and DJ near spine. Inscribed by the author to Elaine Jones. Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 - October 16, 2004) was an American journalist, author and politician. He had served as the seventh White House Press Secretary for United States Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Salinger served as a United States Senator in 1964 and as campaign manager for the 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign. After leaving politics, Salinger became known for his work for ABC News, particularly for his coverage of the Iran Hostage Crisis and the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Salinger worked on Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1960, and became one of the leading figures in the campaign. After… Read More

Chicago, IL: Bonus Books, c1999. First Edition. First? Printing. very good, very good. 24 cm, 401, illus., slight soiling to DJ.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 25 cm, 304, illus., index, small sticker residue on front DJ.

Place_Pub: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 25 cm, 304 pages. Illus., index, top corner rear flyleaf and a few pages bent. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author.

Houston, TX: World Book Encyclopedia Sci, 1964. fair to good, fair. 250, illus., weakness to front board, p. 239 creased, DJ soiled & scuffed: small tears, sm pcs missing, larger pc missing fr DJ. Excerpts from 422 letters sent to John Glenn after his orbital flight and commenting on his entrance to politics.

Leatherhead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom: Profile Publications Ltd, 1966. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. Tear to cover down much of spine.. Goulding, James, and Ward, R. 12 p. Includes illustrations. Color illustrations inside front and back covers. The Kara must be acknowledged as a pioneering initiative of the Polish aviation industry. It used the innovative metal sandwich structure and influence later designs.

No. Hollywood, CA: Challenge Publications, 1965. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling.. 40 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. This includes 3-view drawings, operational history, squadron assignments, specifications & colors. This is part of the Air Museum Series. This was published in association with the Ontario Air Museum research staff as part of a series of reference books on classic aircraft.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c. 1972. Book Club Edition. very good, fair to good. Quarto, 144, profusely illus. (some in color), charts, small tears/chips to DJ edges. The U.S. Eighth Air Force's "twin-tailed pursuit ship, " called the Lightning by the British, survived rejection by the RAF to become one of the most deadly American fighters of World War II, serving with distinctionin the Pacific, the North African desert, the Mediterranean, and the final assault on Germany.

Leatherhead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom: Profile Publications Ltd, 1966. Presumed first edition. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling.. Wright, Walter; Endsleigh Castle, P.. 16 p. Includes illustrations. Color illustrations inside front and back cover and on center pages. The P-38 proved to be a controversial warplane. Noted for its lethal firepower, and the remarkable range of its armament, it was able to operate a long range from its bases. However, mechanically it proved problematical, and often planes returned on one engine. This warplane was the only U.S. military aircraft in production when the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor and entered the Second World War.

Burbank, CA: Lockheed-California Company [A Division of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation], 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Comb binding. Good/No dust jacket issued. Various paginations (approximately 160 pages--tabbed sections--xiii, [1], 7 [1], 29 [1], 4, 21 [1], 40, 15 [1], 7 [1], 5 [1], 21 [1], 4 pages). Cover quite worn and soiled, with ink notes on the front. Interior in better condition. The sections are: Summary, List of Figures, List of Tables, Introduction, General Description, Aircraft Structure, Aircraft Systems, Avionics, Armament System, Maintainability and Maintenance Support, Weight and Balance, Aircraft Performance, and Configuration and Growth Capability. The material herein is an updated version of the classified (Confidential ) document LR 26452, dated January 28, 1974, and describes the Weapon System of the UPDATE II Aircraft. All classified information has been deleted from this publication, but LR 26452 remains the reference for classified specification data and… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. good. Quarto, 160, profusely illus. (some in color), rough spot inside front flyleaf, some wear to edges of boards and spine.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1977. First Edition. very good, fair. Quarto, 160, profusely illus., edges of DJ worn and small tears.