Search Results: Authors starting with S from Ground Zero Books

Washington, DC: GPO, 1946. fair to good. 235, slight darkening to text, some discoloration inside boards, some wear to boards. Inscribed by the author. Foreword by Vice President Henry A. Wallace. Senate Document No. 204. Complete title: Prayers offered by the chaplain Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, D.D., LL.D., LITT.D., at the opening of the daily sessions of the Senate of the United States during the seventy-seventh, seventy-eighth, and seventy-ninth Congresses, 1942-1946.

Washngton, DC: GPO, 1998. good. 24 cm, 55, wraps, illus.

Place_Pub: Washington, DC: GPO, 1999. very good. 23, wraps, Volume XVIII only, footnotes, minor wear and soiling to covers. Volume XVII subtitled "Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment: Modern Precedents, Minority Views, " Committee Print, Ser. No. 17, December 1998. Printed at the direction of Gary Sisco, Secretary ofthe Senate, pursuant to S. Res. 16, 106th Cong. 1st Sess. (1999). 106th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Document 106-3.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1904. fair to good. 47 + illus., illus., many fold-out plans, no title page, some soiling to flyleaves, boards scuffed, some wear to board corners. Small tears in margins of a few pages repaired with tape. Report on the construction of a new building for the Government Printing Office.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1887. First? Edition. First? Printing. fair. 29 cm, 220, frontis illus., bds somewhat worn/soiled, edges worn, corners bumped, bookplate, spine torn, ink notation 2nd front flyleaf. Complete title: Memorial addresses on the life and character of John Alexander Logan, (A Senator from Illinois), delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, February 9 and 16, 1887, with the funeral services at Washington, D.C., Friday, December 31, 1886. Prepared in accordance with joint resolution of Congress, and by authority of the Joint Committee on Printing, by W. B. Taylor, Clerk Committee Military Affairs, U.S. Senate. Includes a memorial address delivered by William McKinley, who served in the House of Representatives from 1877-1883 and 1885-1891.

Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1999. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. New. 3121 total, 4-volume set, wraps, footnotes. This is an unopened set, shrink-wrapped with stiff cardboard at top and bottom, sealed with tight plastic bands north/south and east/west. Some indentation of the cardboard brom the banding noted. This four-volume set contains the full record of the U.S. Senate proceedings in the impeachment trial of President Clinton, the only Presidential impeachment trial of the 20th century. Volume I contains preliminary proceedings; Volume II contains floor trial proceedings; Volume III contains depositions and affidavits; Volume IV contains statements of Senators regarding the impeachment trial of President Clinton. The impeachment of Bill Clinton occurred when Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, was impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress on December 19, 1998 for "high crimes and… Read More

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1917. Later printing. Wraps. fair to good. Pocket-sized. 62 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Figures. Tables. Some wear to cover edges, slight darkening to text. Pencil erasure residue on fep. All forms of practices fired with rifles, pistols, and machine guns. These regulations were adopted for the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps and the Naval Militia to take effect July 1, 1916, and then supersede the Firing Regulations for Small Arms, U. S. Navy, 1916. These regulations were designed to furnish systematic and progressive instruction, with due regard to the conditions prevailing in the naval service, to adaptability to existing range facilities, to convenience and expediency, to economy in time, ammunition, and effort commensurate with the results expected to be obtained, and, by relative standing and competition, rather than by stringent requirements, to promote among all grades of naval personnel interest and effort in overcoming difficulties which… Read More

Place_Pub: Washington, DC: GPO, 1999. good. 1614, wraps, Volume IV, Part 1 of 3 only, illus., minor wear and soiling to covers. Volume IV, Part 1 of 3 is subtitled Supplemental Materials to the Referral From Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr, House Document 105-316, Part 1. Printed at the direction of Gary Sisco, Secretary of the Senate, pursuant to S. Res. 16, 106th Cong., 1st Sess. (1999). 106th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Document 106-3.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1901. fair, ex-lib.. Quarto, 135, illus., appendix, weakness to boards, tears and small hole in front flyleaf, few library markings, boards worn and stained. Library pocket has been removed inside front board (small rough spots remain), library date due slip pasted inside front flyleaf, slight foxing to text. The statue was executed by Franklin Simmons. The appendix contains the report of the Grant Memorial Committee to the 34th National Encampment, G.A.R., Chicago, August 29, 1900. Complete title: Proceedings in Congress on the occasion of the reception and acceptance of the statue of General Ulysses S. Grant presented by the Grand Army of the Republic, May 19, 1900.

Washington, DC: U.S., 1943. fair. 122, wraps, covers worn and soiled, some page discoloration, some pages brittle. Inclosures #1 and # 2 to letter AG 400 (4-1-43) OB-S-C-M, April 8, 1943. Number at lower left of front cover 24-22180. Incl. #1 Pages 1-115 inclusive; Incl. #2 pages 116 to 122 inclusive. "Restricted" classification crossed out and Unclassifed determination stamp dated 1990. Listing of Unit priority, home station, or shiping point for equipment. This is an extremely scarce snapshot of U.S. Military organization and shipping points during World War II.

Washington, DC: GPO, 2003. First? Edition. First? Printing. very good. 41, wraps, illus. S. Doc. 108-4

n.p.: U.S. Army, c. 1917. fair. 8" x 13", 25, wraps, typescript (some on onionskin paper, some on regular paper), edge tears, chips, stains, small pieces missing. World War I training material--lecture notes for instructors. Topics covered include notes on relief of batteries; standing trench orders for officer in charge of detachment in trenches; Stokes Mortars in the attack; defense; ammunition lecture; general lecture--trench mortars; the gun and its parts; shell, fuse, propellants; registration, observation, deflection and communication; points to be observed before firing; emplacements; co-operation with other arms; storage and ammunition supply; trench warfare and relief; semi-open warfare; hints to battery commanders. Notes are held together with large metal clip in top left corner.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1978. very good. 15, wraps

Washington, DC: GPO, 1928. fair, ex-lib.. 1740, usual library markings, oversized book, heavy and shaken, some hinge weakness, boards worn, soiled, and corners bumped. This edition for the period 1774-1927 covers the Continental Congress (September 5, 1774, to October, 21, 1788) and the Congress of the United States from the First to the Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1927, inclusive). This is an important reference work, including information on figures who have now "dropped off the screen. "

Place_Pub: Washington, DC: GPO, 1999. very good. 65, wraps, Volume XXII only, footnotes, minor wear and soiling to covers. Volume XXII subtitled All Documents Publically Available from the Docket in Jones v. Clinton. Printed at the direction of Gary Sisco, Secretary of the Senate, pursuant to S. Res. 16, 106th Cong. 1st Sess. (1999). 106th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Document 106-3.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1998. good. 80, wraps, frontis illus., slight waviness to text. Tributes to Senator John Glenn of Ohio on his retirement from the U.S. Senate. Includes tributes from Senators Barbara Boxer, Tom Daschle, Christopher Dodd, Pete Domenici, Trent Lott, and Strom Thurmond.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1987. fair to good, ex-lib.. quarto, 690, wraps, figures, appendix, chapter notes, covers somewhat scuffed & creased, large tear at rear hinge, usual lib markings

Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, 1959. Seventh Edition. good. 536, illus., figures, index, neat pen underlining on a few pages, slight wear to board and spine edges. This manual was extensively revised in 1958 and 1959, to reflect the latest Infantry School teachings in tactics, weapons, and infantry techniques. Topics covered include drill and ceremonies, cadet drill, interior guard, combat formations and battle drill, supply economy and cost consciousness, military courtesy and customs, military organization, map reading, first aid, atomic and CBR training, anti-guerrilla and anti-infiltration training, field fortification, land mine warfare, marches and bivouacs, intelligence training, individual day and night training, patrolling, signal communications, weapons, basic rifle marksmanship, and tactics of the rifle squad, the weapons squad, and the rifle and weapons platoons, among other topics.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1960. First? Edition. First? Printing. fair. 423, illus., diagrams, bibliography, boards worn, scuffed, and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. Report 1461.

Washington, DC: GPO, 1981. very good. 518, references, index. Senate Document No. 96-63. The first ten essays offer personal assessments of the meaning and significance of Hoover's life and career, or relate to Hoover the person. The remaining essays focus on Hoover's domestic policies, including essays on Hoover's antitrust policy, Hoover as the father of our present-day bureaucratic state, Hoover and American labor, and Hoover as the bridge between Wilsonian and New Deal progressivism.