Winter 1944 (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Center of Military History, United States Army, DC. A study of the 5th US Army in the winter of 1943-1944. Commanded by General Mark Clark the 5th Army was across the Italian boot north of Naples but south of Rome. This book is the sequel to From the Volturno to the Winter Line. Originally published in 1945, this reprint was part of the 50th Anniversary of WWII Commemorations. Very good copy of the soft cover book. 117 pages.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some minor staining to panels. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical desc.: 303 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Women - History and condition of women - Women and society. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Wie neu. [186] unpag. S., groß-8°, ill. Pp. m. zahlr. Grafiken - [Gedichte und Kommentare als Zeitdokumente, neu geordnet und neu geschrieben nach dem Lesen von 18 Bänden Stasi-Akten.] Grafik: Jochen Ende. Vor- u. Nachsatz wurden auf sichergestelltes Original-Stasi-Papier gedruckt. - Lyrik. - (beti).

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some minor staining to panels. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical desc.: 303 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Women - History and condition of women - Women and society. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed. ; 1st printing ; 143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm ; ISBN 9780394538907, 0394538900 ; OCLC 10779098 ; LCCN 84042705 ; LOC No TR713 .F47 1984 ; Dewey 778.3/5 ; 80 photographs on a variety of extraterrestrial subjects give access to the world of space exploration and adventure ; grey cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Timothy Ferris was born on August 29, 1944, in Miami, Florida. He graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in 1966 and did graduate work from 1966-1967. Ferris is the author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way, for which he was awarded the American Institute of Physics Prize and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; The Red Limit; The Whole Shebang: A State of the Universe(s) Report; Galaxies; The Mind's Sky; The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature, and other popular books on astronomy and physics. He has received the American Institute of Physics Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize, the Klumpke-Roberts Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Books by Ferris have been nominated for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. His PBS special, The Creation of the Universe, won an Emmy nomination in 1986. In addition to his books, Ferris is a former editor of Rolling Stone magazine and has authored more than 100 articles, essays, and reviews in such publications as Esquire, Nature, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review, and Reader's Digest. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, writes a column for Scientific American, has served as an essayist for The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, and is a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Ferris produced the Voyager phonograph record, an artifact of human civilization containing music, the sounds of Earth, and encoded photographs, that was launched aboard the Voyager spacecraft. He serves as a consultant to NASA on long-term space exploration policy. ; Contents: Quick focus -- For want of a thesis -- Good shots -- The weather birds -- The whole Earth satellite -- Mars illustrated -- UFOs and allegedly suppressed photographs -- How to obtain your own space photographs. ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Octavo, single issue, cover by Earle K. Bergey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Magic Moon" by Brett Sterling. Edges trimmed, dampstain to upper edge, a good to very good copy. (19202).

Octavo, single issue, cover by Earle Bergey, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Magic Moon" by Brett Sterling (pseudonym). Also includes a Henry Kuttner short story. The only hero pulp magazine solely within the science fiction genre. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 155-157. Mild edge wear, light damp stain to lower left front corner, a very good copy. (23749).

Octavo, single issue, cover by G. Gross, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Last Secret" by Dana Chambers. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 131-132. Mild tanning to text paper, supple, light edge wear with some tiny tears, light wear to spine ends with edge splits at ends. A very good copy. (32203).

Grosses Original-Pressefoto (quer 8 to, aus der Simmel-Verfilmung LIEBE IST NUR EIN WORT, mit Malte Torsten und Herbert Fleischmann), eigenhändig signiert.

Large octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers, stapled. Last of the three published issues. Includes "Insulation," a short story by E. E. Smith. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index, p.75. A very good copy. (#151099).