Authors starting with Z from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, 1961. Paperback 10.25" x 8". 56pp. Staple - bound printed sheets. Mild soiling to front cover, else a near fine copy. SAO Special Report No. 65. This highly technical work is a very early published work for the American space program. ... more information

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. Hardcover First edition 12.25" x 8.75". 189pp. Color illustrated cloth hardback, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket has a very light bit of edge wear and two small chips. This charming children's book features numerous full page color and black & white illustrations by the author. The ship section features the children and their family on an ocean liner. ... more information

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1990. First edition 9" x 9.75". 96pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This book is a picture history of the exquisite linen picture postcards that flourished during the 1930's through the 1950's. With images of cards showing lgrandary and grand establishments such as Sherry Netherlands in New York City, to less opulent accomodations in other towns, such as Gallatin Gateway Inn in Gallatin Gateway, Montana. ... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers - Publishers, 1950. Hardcover 10.75" x 8.25". [Appr. 125pp.] Fine condition in a lightly used dust wrapper. Here is a book that will enable anyone to draw anything. In this easy to understand volume the author sets down an art "grammar" providing a clear and simple demonstration of fundamental drawing principles. With many illustrations. ... more information

Las Vegas, Nevada: 2826 Press Incorporated, 2003. Paperback First American edition 8.5" x 5.5". 281pp. Glossy illustrated paper wrappers. Fine condition. The author's "memoir of his nightmarish experiences as a sniper at Stalingrad" fighting Hitler's Nazi shock troops. This book inspired the films 'Enemy at the Gates' and 'War of the Rats.' ... more information

[Olympia]: Pierce County Commissioners and Pierce County Soil and Water Conservation District, 1972. Paperback 11" x 8.5". 15pp., plus plates. Spiral bound with heavy illustrated paper covers. A technical treatise with detailed descriptions of soils and landscapes. With seven maps of areas in Pierce County, Washington. With a supplement laid in. ... more information

Reno : Nevada Historical Society, 1994. Paperback 9" x 6". 185pp. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Near fine condition. This copy signed by the author on the half title page. With historical accounts of the Native Americans / Indians of Nevada, Nevada mining camps, desperadoes and gunfighters, bizarre incidents such as sightings of Halley's comet and mirages, etc. With many black & white illustrations from photos and drawings. ... more information

Ithica and London : Cornell University Press, 1990. Hardback First edition Octavo. 279pp., with index. A couple of leaves very lightly bumped, else a fine copy an a very nice jacket. ... more information

New York: Watson - Guptill Publications, 1981. Hardcover First edition 11" x 8.25". 191pp. Green cloth in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the nice jacket has a small price sticker and light rubbing. An excellent how - to art book with details on selecting the best materials for the job, basic shapes, ellipses, proportion, still lifes, altering objects in your drawing, rendering with tone, rendering textures with tone, and more. ... more information

Phoenix: Salt River Project, 1984. Hardback First edition 11.5" x 8.5". 250pp. Red cloth, in dustwrapper. Fine condition; the jacket has minor edge wear, else near fine condition. A history of the Roosevelt Dam up to 1911. With many black & white photo illustrations. ... more information

Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1964. Hardback First edition 9" x 6". 108 pp. Green cloth, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jacket is somewhat rubbed. An overview of Morocco's history, government and political and economic development. ... more information

South Brunswick and New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1977. Hardcover 8.5" x 5.5". 94pp. A fine hardback copy in a lightly rubbed and used dust wrapper. This handbook to one of the basics of every football play includes chapters on the quarterback stance, the pocket, the pivot, the handoff, and the handoff reception. With illustrations by the author. ... more information

(Tomball, TX): 1992. Paperback 11" X 8.25". 56pp. Illustrated stapled paper wrappers. Illustrated after b&w photographs. This copy in as new condition. A selection of articles, member listings, show results and new titles relating to Borzoi dogs. ... more information

(Tomball, TX): 1993. Paperback 11" X 8.25". 64pp. Illustrated stapled paper wrappers. Illustrated after b&w photographs. This copy in as new condition. A selection of articles, member listings, show results and new titles relating to Borzoi dogs. ... more information

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. Hardback First edition 9.75" x 10.25". 120 pp. Glossy illustrated boards with red cloth spine. Fine condition. With many illustrations of Civil War scnese from actual stereo cards. ... more information

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997. Hardback First edition 9.75" x 10". 120 pp. Blue grey paper covered boards, with a blue cloth spine. Fine condition. A pictorial history of the American Civil War, with an accompanying 3-D viewer with which to view the photographs. With many images from old stereocards. ... more information

Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, 1984. Paperback First edition 7" x 4.5". 111 pp. Gray illustrated paperback. Fine condition. A history of ancient Chinese scientists, including Hua Tuo, Bi Sheng and Shen Kuo. ... more information

Astoria, Oregon: Moffitt House Press, 2002. Hardcover First edition 10" x 9.75". 214pp. Fine condition in a near fine dust wrapper. This copy signed by the author on the title page. With many color and black & white photo illustrations, maps, etc. A detailed book on the time that the Corps of Discovery spent in the Pacific Northwest. ... more information

(Olympia, Washington): Washington State Department of Game, 1978. Paperback First edition 10" x 7". 106pp. Illustrated paperback. Near fine condition. With chapters covering the historical reord about mule deer, their habitat characteristics, the characteristics of the deer themselves, the management of the species in Washington state, and more. A useful book for nature lovers and hunters. With many illustrations. ... more information

New York: The Viking Press , 1967. Hardcover Second printing 8.5" x 5.5". 376pp. Black cloth lettered in silver & blue. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket with a trace of wear at edges, otherwise clean & unmarked. A detailed literary and cultural history with material on Frank Norris, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Kate Chopin, Theodore Drieser, and others. ... more information