Authors starting with Z from Capricorn Books

Columbia University Press, New York, (1960), reprint.. 203 pp, 8vo, soft cover. "Out of the wit, the science, and the literary resources of Spanish Jewish society of the twelfth century comes this rich and revealing collection of stories and anecdotes...Written by Joseph Ben Meir Zabara, a learned phys. ician of that day, these tales are not only enjoyable to read, but reflect the literary, moral, and scientific beliefs of the influential Arabic-Jewish culture of the Iberian peninsula...There are ... more information

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Donald I. Fine, New York, (1986), Ist edition.. 269 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. "During one long weekend in the Catskills at a minor-league professional gold tournament - his first as a pro - Thurmond Leaner finds himself and his vision of what he stands for tested by a nubile golf groupie who s. imply won't let him go, a shady event-organizer who blakens his reputation to boost the gate receipts, and a near incapacitating back injury that forces him to play through the pain to a heart-stoppi... more information

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Osprey, Oxford, 2000, first edition.. 96 pp, 9 3/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 1841760897 Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, maps/battle plans. "In the wake of the defeat in Normandy in the summer of 1944, Hitler planned to stymie the Allied advance by cutting off Patt. on's Third Army in the Lorraine with a great Panzer offensive. But Patton's aggressive tactics continued to thwart German plans and led to a series of violent armored battles. The battle-hardened ... more information

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Arms and Armour, London, 1984.. 240 pp, small 4to (10" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0853686068 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings/diagrams, profiles. "In June 1941, 39 Russian armoured divisions stood ready to face the onslaught of Hitler's German Army.. With 20,000 tanks, the Russians enjoyed a superiority of 4:1 over their foes. Despite such odds, it took them more than two years to master the art of mobile warfare: for many of those 20,000 tanks were obso... more information

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Harper & Row, New York, (1983), Ist U.S. edition.. 255 pp, small 8vo, HC - pictorial boards - no dust jacket. 200 color illustrations, 130 designs and 60 b&w photographs. "Everything you need to know abut decorating ceramics; tools, techniques and decorative elements." Interior - previous owner's. info. on free front endpaper, sticker ghost on rear pastedown, otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - light edgewear/rubbing. VG. ... more information

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Privately published, High River, Alberta, 1979.. 260 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Sepiatone photographs. "(Canadian) Prairie boys on the lower decks played a big part in the '39-'45 North Atlantic War. It was the greatest experience of their lives....being hollered at by big b. urly instructors, having to learn which is their left and which is their right foot, how to sling a hammock and how to get in one without upsetting it. They saw for the first time those vast ... more information

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Sunflower University Press, Manhattan, KS, 1995.. 146 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0897451724 B&w photographs. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - spine slightly twisted, very light edge wear. Very Good+. ... more information

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Polity Press, (Cambridge, 1988).. 204 pp, large 8vo (9 3/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "The main aim of this work is to understand Jesus as he saw himself, and to compare that self-understanding with the ways in which others have grasped the nature of his mission. To achieve . this aim, the key problems, questions and issues in dispute among scholars are reexamined, and resolved by means of a sociological method - that is, by carefully situating Jesus's biography in its social and histo... more information

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Avon, (New York, 1970), 6th printing.. 190 pp, paperback. "From the most hopeless and dark of all worlds, The House of the Dead, Anubis restores life to his servant and sends him forth armed with insuperable powers on a mission of vengeance. From the place where hopes and dreams are bo. rn, The House of Life, Osiris sends forth his son Horus on a mission to destroy utterly and forever The Prince Who Was a Thousand - the very same mission the messenger from the dead is given. But neither of the... more information

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Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, (1981).. 288 pp, oblong 8vo, soft cover. Bilingual text (English/French). Exhibition catalogue. Profusely illus in b&w and col. Contents: The Early Years; Painting in British Columbia; New Directions; The B.C. College Years; Nootka; The Indian Landscape. s; The Modalities; The War Years; The Automatics; Transition; France; The Late Works; The Last Year. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edgewear/rubbing, light soiling/... more information

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Ernst Paul Lehmann Patenwerk, Nuremberg, 1988.. 147 pp, square 4to, soft cover. Profusely illustrated in color. Story of the toy company L.G.B. which specializes in model trains and accessories. Contents: Facts about LGB; LGB special editions 1988; Starter and track extension sets; Important . points concerning LGB locomotives; Steam locomotives; Electric locomotives; Diesel locomotives; A few words about passenger & freight cars for LGB; Passenger cars; Freight cars; Tracks, switches and track acce... more information

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Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2000, Ist edition.. Unpaginated (approx. 28 pp,), 4to, HC (glazed pictorial boards, dj). Decorated eps. Illus. in color by Seymour Chwast. "What do you do when the moon comes to your window and offers to take you on a night ride? You say yes, of course! And so beg. ins a night of surprising travel around a city that never sleeps. Seymour Chwast has spent many evenings exploring New York City after dark. Harriet Ziefert adds to the fun with a text that is both humo... more information

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Methuen, London, 1987.. 95 pp, 7 3/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 0416347002 "John Barth represents most completely what has been termed postmodernism, not because his work comprises more postmodernist features than other contemporary writers but because for Barth 'life' and 'ar. t' are two sides of the same coin. In this brief study Heide Ziegler examines all Barth's novels. She argues that each pair of novels first 'exhausts' and then 'replenishes' those litera... more information

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R.C.A.F. (W.D.) Association, Hamilton, Ontario, 1973, first edition.. 173 pp + pictorial section and index, 8vo (8 9/16" H), hard cover (blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, gold lettering and insignia on front board) - no dust jacket. B&w photographs, reproductions. Contents: Before the C.W.A.A.F.; The First 1. 50; Basic Training and Manning Depots; Postings and the Original Trades; Trade Training and Courses; Life on the Stations; Off Duty: Entertainment, Sports and Leaves; Officers, Mos... more information

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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1978, Ist U.S. edition.. 221 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w political cartoons. "What are the true feeling of the British about their monarchy?...Philip Ziegler sets out to discover the answers from the people themselves, in their own voices...Drawing on the arch. ives of Mass Observation (begun with the abdication crisis of 1937)...(and supplemented) with excerpts from the bulging post-bag of Willie Hamilton, M.P....with innumerable reports from other jour... more information

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Pathway, Hamilton, (1983).. 172 pp, 8vo, soft cover. B&w drawings. INSCRIBED, "WITH BEST REGARDS, ADAM C. ZIMMERMAN, SEPT. 1987". "In tune with nature, the seas and winds - a finger on the pulse of humanity - Adam C. Zimmerman (of Hamilton, Ontario), both sailor and lawyer,. writes with feeling and fondness for all good aspects of life. This collection of poems also illustrates the love and respect the author holds for great poets of the past. He writes with compassion of peop... more information

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Sunflower University Press, Manhattan, KS, 1988.. 166 pp, 11" H, soft cover. ISBN 0897450973 B&w photographs. "(This book) describes the contributions of operations analysis to diverse agencies in the U.S. air forces with humorous and perceptive accounts of the men who controlled U.S. National s. ecurity and made military policy - from World War II into the 1970s." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light rubbing, light edge wear, light soiling o... more information

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University of Toronto Press, Toronto, (1989), Ist ed.. 209 pp, lg 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. How admirals, scientists and politicians impeded the development of high technology in Canada's wartime navy. The reasons were diverse - the limited pre-war infrastructure, poor leadership, nav. al conservatism, inadequate international technical liaison and the Admiralty's refusal to give reasonable assistance to the Canadian effort. Illus with b&w photos. Very light edge wea... more information

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Doubleday, Garden City, New York, (1958).. 239 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w drawings by Robert Day. "During his three and a half years as movie critic for the New York Herald Tribune, William K. Zinsser viewed and reviewed over 600 motion pictures...Mr. Zinsser's motion picture . education also took him to Hollywood. In a hilarious guided tour of the movie capital he penetrates the inner sanctuaries of a motion picture studio...(his) account of the on- and off-screen education of ... more information

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Elek, London, (1970), reprint.. 312 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 02363080804 "In this novel, Zola studies the problem of male chastity. How does the Roman Catholic priest, sworn to celibacy, reconcile his vow with human nature? With great and poetic delicacy and ho. nesty, he tells the story of young Serge Mouret, Vicar of Artaud in Southern France, the victim of a conflict between a morality that has made sex evil and a natural impulse to love, purely and utterly, a young girl...&qu... more information

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