Search Results: History of the 20th Century from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Routledge in association with The Open University, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover 7.5"" x 10"" with wraps in good conditions and showing shelf and edge wear with corners slightly bumped. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Concludes with extensive index. * From WorldCat Summary, ""....this book offers in-depth readings on the technological dimensions of US cities from the earliest settlements to the internet communications of the 1990s.""

U.S.A.: Free Press, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition. Black boards with gold colored spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no writing, underlining, or marks noted. Dust jacket in very good condition. Bright, crisp, and shiny with barely a ghost of shelf wear. 375 numbered pages.Concludes with an Epilogue, Notes to the Chapters, a Selected Bibliography, Acknowledgments, and a comprehensive Index.

U.S.A.: Viking, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line. Hardcover in very good condition. Blue papered boards with black spine cloth containing gold colored spine lettering. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition: crisp & unmarked, no creases; not price clipped. Contains a section of glossy colored photographs. 390 numbered pages. * From the jacket flap, "". . .the ultimate insider story of what many consider the most brilliant campaign ever run, by the man who helped design it and made it happen.""

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line with number one. Hard cover in very good condition with maroon boards, navy spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering, Title blind stamped on front board. Deep maroon end papers. Text bock tight. Former owner's book plate on ffp. No writing or markings on rest of internal text. Black streak on bottom text block. Dust Jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. Contains black and white photos and a Chart of the Chain of Command. Concludes with extensive Index. 398 numbered pages. * From the book, ""... tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President Bush and his military high command made their decisions. ... an extraordinary work of contemporary history, based on more than two years of exhaustive reporting on the inner workings of the Bush administration.. . [This book] .is about the decision-makers. Their relationships with one another and… Read More

New York: Hyperion Books, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated Second Edition. Note at top of front jacket flap notes that this is an alternate selection of BOMC and History Book Club, however there is no indication that this is a BCE; there is also a price on the front flap. Hard cover in very good condition. Dark gray boards with moss green spine cloth silver gilt spine lettering. Gray end papers. Former owner's name stamped in black at top of front free end paper. Interior text block clean & tight with no writing or other markings noted. Dust jacket very good; not price clipped. Concludes with sections: Notes & Selected Bibliography, Acknowledgments, and an extensive Index. 531 numbered pages. * From the front jacket flap, ""In Thomas Edison, America found its first true natvie-born genius, a man who fulfilled the nation's dreams about its potential while extravagantly personifying its cherished values. Imagination, dynamism, entrepreneurial… Read More

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover with teal boards and beige spine cloth containing teal spine lettering in very good. Text corners slightly bumped - probably due to size and weight of volumne. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. DJ is good; crisp & still glossy. Text corners slightly wrinkled from under boards but not torn. Slight edge wear to top & bottom of spine and 1/4"" closed tear at top of spine. 973 pages. * From the back jacket, ""Illustrated with 275 of the finest news photographs taken this century. Balanced coverage of Europe, Asia, Africa, The Americas and Australasia. Accurate, easily understood maps clearly provide the geographical context to events. The narrative is usefully subdivided, so that the history of each different region and even of an individual country can be read easily on its own.Ideal to read straight through, to dip into, to use as a reference work, and to return to… Read More

William Morrow and Company Inc, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hard cover in fine condition with cream boards, light rust colored spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. * From the jacket, ""Our images of the Middle Ages - of wars, tournaments, and plagues, of kings and saints, of knights and ladies - are so vivid that it might be difficult to believe that they are recently minted. However, in this ground breaking work, Norman F. Cantor explains that our current notion of the Middle Ages as an epoch is new; born of the twentieth century, when European and American scholars looked back from their own war-ravaged times and discovered another unique and troubled culture in the era between Rome and the Renaissance. In their hands, the century's great intellectual constructs - modernism, formalism, and the rest - became instruments of revelation, uncovering the roots of modern social… Read More

Smithsonian Books / Harper Collins Publishers, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Printing Stated : First Edition. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condtion with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Inscribed by the author on half-title page to former owner (signature not authenticated.) Otherwise interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Contains two sections of glossy black & white photographs in addition to black & white photos in the text. Concludes with section of Source Notes, a Bibliography, and a comprehensive Index. 374 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book jacket, "". . . presents a fresh, empathetic interpretation of the ambassadorship of Joseph Kennedy and explores the intricate, often shifting relationships among Kennedy, Chamberlain, Churchill, and, of course, Roosevelt. . . . Drawing on recently released… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Owl Books, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Wraps bright & crisp with only lightest of shelf & edge wear and no tears or creases. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Contains a Reading Group Guide at the end. 230 pages.

NY: Three Rivers Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Has a pictorial cover with white and green background. * From the book, ""Get ready for another year of award-winning journalism from The Onion, America's Finest News Source."" The Onion Ad Nauseam: Complete News Archives, Volume 14 collects every article that The Onion published between November 2001 and October 2002, including opinion pieces, horoscopes, and your favorite columns from all of the Onion regulars.""

London, United Kingdom: Kegan Paul International, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Printed in Great Britain by Kegan Paul International. Hardcover in very good condition. Green boards with gold colored spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no writing, no markings, etc., noted. Papers bright white. Dust jacket in very good condtion, bright & crisp with a ghost of shelf & edge wear. Concludes with a section on Notes & References and a comprehensive Index. 269 numbered pages. * From the book, ""This highly important book will engage the attention of both Muslims and the non-Muslims and is essential reading for all seeking to understand the critical questions underlying the relationships between the Muslim world and global order in the light of the Islamic world view.""