Search Results: History of the United States from Elk Creek Heritage Books

Woodbury, New York, U.S.A.: Bobley Publishing Corporation, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. From the Illustrated World Encyclopedia. Pale orange and dark gold boards with black spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. DJ shows light shelf wear with edge wear and bump at top of spine with small tear on fold line at top and a small tear at bottom of spine. * A Chronology of Events in American History by specific date - from October 12,1492 to January 27, 1975. 643 numbered pages.

Smithsonian Books, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. OVERSIZE. 2nd Printing Stated First Edition and number line indicating second printing. Hard cover with lilac boards, copper-colored spine lettering and lilac end papers in fine condition. Interior text block clean & tight. Contains all glossy paper (288 numbered pages) with black & white and colored photographs, illustrations and maps on almost every page throughout the extensive narrative. Size 11"" tall x 9"" wide x 7/8"" thick. Appears unread. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped, there is no price on front flap. * Introduction by George Horse Capture. From the book, ""In this intimate portrait, encounter the real Indians of North America, peoples whose cherished traditions have endured a mighty upheaval - the peopling of the New World by masses of humanity from the Old.""

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition with crisp bright wraps; no creasing. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Has beautiful colored and black & white pictures throughout. 400 numbered pages; Size approx 7"" wide x 9 3/4"" tall x 1 1/8"" thick. * A comprehensive and very readable history of the United States. Originally written for a 13 hour television series. From the book, ""As brilliant a popular study of the country as we are apt to get for a long while. . . . "" ""The first, and maybe the finest, tribute to the nation on its bi-centennial.""

Mill Valley, California: Cohen Publishers, Inc., 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. OVERSIZE. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. In addition, a number line which includes number one. Soft cover in very good condition with red, white, and blue wraps and French flaps. Text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Size approx 11 1/2"" tall x 10 1/2"" wide; 167 numbered glossy pages with black & white and color photographs throughout. * From the book, "". . . a stunning photographic survey of American life since the advent of photography more than 150 years ago. Researchers and archivists from around the country found fabulous old photographs tucked away in libraries and historical societies: Nebraska farmers and Philadelphia paperboys, Tallahassee May Queens and Seattle loggers. Then, David Cohen, innovator of the highly successful ""Day in the Life"" book series, assigned some of America's top photographers to… Read More

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in fine condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * In addition to three featured reviews and an extensive section of book reviews, contains the following five main Articles: Toward a Cultural History of Scholastic Disputation; Commons and Enclosure in the Colonization of North America; The Mexicanization of American politics: The United States' Transnational Path from Civil War to Stabilization; The Children of the Desert and the Laws of the Sea: Austria, Great Britain, the Ottoman empire, and the Mediterranean Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century; and Surface Tensions: Empire, Parisian Modernism and ""Authenticity"" in African Sculpture, 1917-1939. 670 numbered pages before section of advertisements.

A James H. Silberman Book / Harcourt, Inc., 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete letter line including letter A. Hard cover in very good condition with mustard colored boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition; no printed price on jacket flap. Book measures 9 3/8"" tall x 6 1/4"" wide x1 3/8"" thick. 610 numbered pages. * From the front jacket flap,""The Clinton Years ... they were the best of times - and the worst. . . . the product of four years of interviews with America's leaders in politics, business, and science, is in the best tradition of timeless social history - a memorable portrait of the nation at a turning point.""

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Copyright 1978 by Estate of Bruce Catton, and William B. Catton. No other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold colored spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears noted. Both front and back endpapers contain a map of the United States in 1815. Dust jacket in good condition, has been price clipped (at bottom of front flap - assuming price was clipped. ) Shows some rubbing and shelf wear near top of spine and a small closed tear at front bottom corner about 1/2"". * From the book, ""This is the story of America, from Columbus and the Colonial Age through the War of 1812--told with rare eloquence and power by two eminent historians"". ""Bruce Catton and his son William B. Catton bring their special flair for analysis, narrative drive, clarity, and precision to this the first of their eventual… Read More

Howell, Soskin, Publishers, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Robinson, Thomas P.. Copyright 1947. First Edition per no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with navy boards; on spine navy lettering in gold gilt panel and gold gilt lettering on blue portions of spine. Not ex-library, however had an aged Brodart cover which was taped on. Tape was dried out and easily fell off but light ghost of the tape can be seen on the boards. Jacket now sports a new Brodart jacket. Interior text block clean & tight with mellow age toning to the papers. No writing, no markings, no underlining noted. There is a blue spot on bottom text block and on bottom edges of jacket, especially verso, which appears to be color that bled from navy board at some point. Interior pages not affected. Dust jacket very good with age toning; light shadows indicate perhaps a water stain at front top and front bottom corner (see photo.) Not price clipped; original price $3.50. Illustrations… Read More

E P Dutton, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated First Edition; Second Printing per number line. Hard cover in very good condition with white boards & white spine cloth; gold gilt spine lettering. Sky blue end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Age toning and light foxing to text block edges. 371 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good; overall ghost of shelf & edge wear; 1"" closed tear at top of front panel; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""The first major exploration of the car wars around us. A tale of three continents, five car cultures, magnates and supermanagers, and two down-to-the-wire finalists: Detroit and Japan.

Avon Books, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Wraps bright & shiny & unmarked. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Mellow age toning to the papers. * From the back of the book, ""From Columbus's voyage to the Clinton administration, author Kenneth C. Davis carries the reader on a rollicking ride through 600 years of Americana. With wit, candor and fascinating facts, he explodes long-held myths and misconceptions - revealing the very human side of history that the textbooks neglect.""

New York: Bonanza Books, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bjorklund, Lorence. Hardcover in very good condition with tan cloth boards with black spine lettering. Former owner's name blacked out at top corner of front free end paper; no other markings noted in internal text block. Text block edges appear age toned and has some light spotting. Dust jacket very good with age toning/dust dulling to edges & light shelf wear. 384 numbered pages. Concludes with an Evaluated Bibliography and an extensive Index.

New York: Viking, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book, "". . . at once a thrilling review of America's uniqueness - including our role as a ""nation of nations"" - and a chilling reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless we embrace our own crucial role in living out what the founders entrusted to us. Metaxas explains that America is not a nation bounded by ethnic identity or geography, but rather by a radical and unprecedented idea based upon liberty and freedom for all. He cautions us that it's nearly past time we reconnect to that idea, or we may lose the very foundation of what made us exceptional in the first place.""

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 10th Printing Copyright 1987. Stated Tenth Printing: 1994. Soft cover in very good condition with only ghost of shelf & edge wear to the shiny wraps. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains black & white illustrations, photographs, and facsimiles of handwritten letters, etc. * From the back cover, ""Harriet A. Jacobs was born a slave in North Carolina in 1813 and became a fugitive in the 1830s. She recorded her triumphant struggle for freedom in an autobiography that was published pseudonymously in 1861.""

New York: Bantam Books, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition, First Printing: October 1992. Trade edition (a limited edition had also been published.) Hard cover in fine condition with navy boards, navy spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Contains two sections of glossy black & white photos. Dust jacket likewise in fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket, "" . . . in this candid, outspoken, and eagerly awaited autobiography, General Schwarzkopf reveals the full story of his remarkable life and a career spanning nearly four decades - a career that profoundly shaped his beliefs and provided the leadership lessons that served him so brilliantly in the Gulf War. . . ""

Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation with the Cooperation of the National Geographic Society, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. OVERSIZE. Hard cover in fine condition with faux brown leather boards, copper gilt lettering and decoratives on spine; front board with copper gilt stamp of Lady Liberty's head from a photograph by Peter B. Kaplan. End papers contain facsimile pages of names, with age, occupation, etc, completed by incoming immigrants. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Glossy pages throughout with color and black & white photographs on almost every page, many full page, along with detailed written history. Size 9"" wide x approx 103/4"" tall x 1"" thick; 304 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with light shelf and edge wear; closed tear on front near spine.No price clipped; there is no price. * Volume was compiled and printed in honor of the Centennial of the Statue. Amazing story of the Statue itself along… Read More

New York: A Fawcett Columbine, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no marking noted. Mellow age toning to the papers. * From the book, ""Gracefully written. Thoroughly researched. America is a banquet prepared by the Indians--who were forgotten when it was time to give thanks at the table."" ""Well written, imagery-ridden. A tale of what was, what became, and what is today regarding the Indian relation to the European civilization that 'grafted' itself onto this 'ancient' stem.""

Simon & Schuster, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition, First Printing of the Simon & Schuster edition per complete number line including number one. (A leather bound signed first edition of this book has been previously published by Easton Press.) Hard cover in fine condition with brown boards and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers how map of The Transcontinental Railroad 1869. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains a center section of 16 leaves / 32 pages of glossy black & white photographs and illustrations. Concludes with bibliographical references and an extensive index. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. * From the jacket flap, "". . . an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. . . the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad - the investors who risked their businesses and money; the enlightened politicians who understood its importance; the engineers and surveyors who… Read More

New York: Walker & Company, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Published in the United States of America in 1993. In addition, complete number line with number one. Hard cover in fine condition with deep green boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Approximately 7 5/8"" wide x 9 1/2"" tall x 3/8"" thick. 50 bright glossy numbered pages. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""A photo can capture a moment of history and freeze-frame it forever. But some special photos can do more than just capture history . . . one pivotal moment captured by a visionary photographer's lens has the power to mobilize an entire nation and change the course of history. . . .[This book] discusses seven episodes in U.S. history. . . .set the scene and introduce us to the photographers and the tools of their trade. . . .then show how the… Read More

Florence, Kentucky, 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 a WorldCat summary, ""... divided into three main sections, presenting key readings on Ancient Cities, Medieval and Early Modern Cities, and Pre-Industrial Cities in China and Africia.""

New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.Contains 4 leaves/8 pages of glossy black & whtie photos. Dust Jacket in very good condition; mild shelf & edge wear; foxing on verso which does not go thru to front. rubbing on back from underlying seam between board & spine cloth; is price clipped.