Search Results: Authors starting with A from Elk Creek Heritage Books

U.S.A.: Travelers' Tales Inc, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Printing. Hardcover in very good condition with white boards and black spine cloth containing silver lettering. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dark blue endpapers. Dust jacket in very good condition with only ghost of shelf & edge wear.* From the book, ""A powerful combination of travel and spiritual adventure in which the healing of the world and the healing of one man appear to be inextricably linked.""

Charleston, South Carolina: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Originally published in 1876; reprinted in 1976; this edition 1998. Hard cover in fine condition with gray boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. * From the Introduction, ""Eleven years after the close of the Civil War, Abner Doubleday wrote 'Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-61.' According to Doubleday, he wrote the book "". . .to record the facts and incidents connected with the first conflict of the Rebellion . . . aware that later and more absorbing events have caused the earlier struggles of the war to recede in the distance . . . "" From 1865 to the present day, the opening events of the Civil War have received scant attention while stories of the great campaigns, records of battles and leaders have dominated bookshelves. . . . In… Read More

New York: Dutton, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First American Printing. September 2006. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Has red and black boards with gold lettering along spine. Black remainder mark on bottom text block. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * Among the unlikeliness research: A Swiss-Japanese-Czech team noted the effects of chewing hum flavor on brain waves . . .Two brothers figured out how to insinuate pungent scratch-and -sniffable perfume into magazines . . . A Japanese device translated dog barks into human language . . .and many more.

New York: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A later printing. Hard cover in very good condition with brown boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight but for former owner's name in small script on front free end paper. Otherwise no other writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""An incomparable up-to-date look at Adams and his family. A riches of description and evaluation. McCullough has illuminated Adams and his relationship with his beloved Abigail so well that our second President has been elevated to new stature. What McCullough has accomplished would have pleased John Adams immensely.(Adams) is getting his due in this bountiful biography"".

NY: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A later printing. Hard cover in very good condition with brown boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight but for former owner's name and date on front free end paper. Otherwise no other writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket very good condition; has been price clipped. * From the book, ""An incomparable up-to-date look at Adams and his family. A riches of description and evaluation. McCullough has illuminated Adams and his relationship with his beloved Abigail so well that our second President has been elevated to new stature. What McCullough has accomplished would have pleased John Adams immensely.(Adams) is getting his due in this bountiful biography"".

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Collins, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings. Dust jacket in very good condition. Has been price clipped and has a small closed tear at top of front cover. * From the book, ""Throughout the 20th century, American corporations were governed by autocratic, almost unaccountable chief executives. Their word was law and the only check on their power was a board of directors composed of their friends and allies.. . . Then, in a stunning reversal, a momentous series of firings deposed the heads of some of the world's best-known companies.. . . [This book] is the first look at the new world of corporate power and the last word on the transformational events of the last two years [2005-2007].""

New York: Random House, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing per Random House convention for indicating first editions with a number line beginning with number two. Hard cover in very good condition with maroon boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book, "". . . answers the questions millions of contemporary parents are asking. It is at once an immediate solution and an excellent source book that will endure for many years. It will help us achieve the closeness, fulfillment, and loving pride of a warm family circle--not on rare occasions but as a part of our daily lives.""

NY: A Touchstone Book, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. 3rd Printing Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * From the book, "". . . Karl Albrecht shows how managers can utilize a variety of organizational problem-solving resources to combat the problems caused by stress. Executive heart attacks, alcoholism, drug abuse, antisocial behavior, absenteeism and inferior performance all cost businesses money and time.""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. First Printing per complete number line including the number one. Blue boards with black spine cloth and gold lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Endpapers contain genealogy of The Hamdan Family and The Levy Family. DJ very good with only gentle shelf & edge wear and rubbing from boards underneath where board cloth seams with spine cloth. Not price clipped.

New York: Free Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First Free Press hardcover edition November 2012, plus complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with beige boards, brown spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings to note. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped.* From the back jacket, a review by Jon Meacham: ""This is an important book about an important relationship. Writing engagingly and with precision, Eve LaPlante sheds new light on the Alcott story, a story that is in some ways the story of America."" The author, Eve LaPlante, is the great-niece of Abigail May Alcott, Louisa's mother, and is cousin of Louisa.

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Little Brown and Company, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Original copyright 1933. Stated Ninth Printing 1968. Stated ""Alcott Centennial Edition."" Contains a ""New Introduction by the Author."" Hardcover in very good condition. Beige boards with brown lettering on front board and spine. Red endpapers. Text block clean & tight with no writings or markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition showing mild shelf wear and some edge wear and rubbing. Tiny chips at top and bottom of spine. Front of dust jacket contains a two inch gold sticker, the John Newberry Medal, for ""the Most Distinguished Contribution to American Literature for Children."" DJ not price clipped. Contains many illustrations throughout. Concludes with a Chronology of events in the life of Louisa May Alcott and a comprehensive Index.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering; size 5 3/4"" wide x 8 1/2"" tall. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted. Contains section of four leaves / eight pages of glossy black & white photographs. Dust jacket very good; no price on front flap; assumed later printing, no markings to indicate book club edition. * A sequel to 'The Spy Wore Red.' From the book, ""America's most captivating secret agent reveals how she recruited the duchess of Windsor - in her [this] spellbinding sequel to 'the Spy Wore Red.' ..... a true tale of danger and intrigue. . . ""

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

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hard cover in fine condition with brown leatherette boards, gold gilt spine lettering; gold gilt ruled rectangle on front board encasing a photograph o mountains. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Maroon ribbon bookmark bound in. All pages glossy with both narrative and beautiful color photographs throughout. No jacketBook presents as new and unread.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: National Geographic Society, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. Editorial Consultant: Daniel J Boorstin. A 10 3/4"" x 12 1/4"" hardcover in very good condition. Pictorial front and back boards with faux brown leather spine cloth containing gold spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. * An amazing social and cultural history of the American people in word and pictures. 659 illustrations, including 439 photographs. 456 pages.

HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Copyright 2006 by Isabel Allende with title ""Ines del alma mia. English language translation copyright 2006 by Harper Collins Publishers. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. This book is the stated First Edition of this translation and is a First Printing of same per complete number line including number one. Hard cover with tan boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering in fine condition. Teal colored end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no markings, no writings noted. Side text block with deckle edges. Light age toning to text block edges. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""... a magisterial work of historical fiction that chronicles the astonishing life of Ines Suarez, a daring Spanish conquistadora who toiled to build the nation of Chile - and whose vital role has too often been neglected by history...""

Atheneum, 1991. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Original copyright 1989 by Isabel Allende under Spanish title ""Cuentos de Eva Luna."". This is the English translation from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden and published by Atheneum, a division of Macmillan Publlishing Company of New York. First printing per complete number line including the number one.. Hard cover with dark yellow boards, black spine cloth, gold gilt spine lettering, and copper gilt lettering of author's name on front board. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. All pages tightly intact, however there is a crack between the front free end paper and the half title page where the page with previous works is glued to the front free end paper. Dust jacket very good; shows only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the book, ""In 1988 Isabel Allende published 'Eva Luna' a novel that recounted the adventurous life… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Copyright 1987 by Isabel Allende. A signed first edition of this book was previously published by The Franklin Library. This First American Trade Edition has benn translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. First Printing as no other printings noted. Hard cover in fine condition with maroon boards and copper gilt spine lettering and lettering of author's name and a decorative, also copper gilt, on front board. Interior text block clean & tight; no markings, no writings noted. Side edges deckle. Dust jacket likewise fine with only ghost of shelf and edge wear and with age toning to the white edges; not price clipped. * From the book, ""... As Eva tells her story, Isabel Allende conjureres up a whole complex South American nation - the rich, the poor, the simple, and the sophisticated - in a novel replete with character and incident, with drama and comedy and history ...""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hearst Books. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition. In addition, complete number line including number one. Pictorial boards showing photos of a Women's Clothing Shop and an Antique Store in very good condition. Light blue spine with white lettering. Text block clean and tight with no markings noticed. DJ very good with only gentle shelf and edge wear. A 1/3"" chip at top front at fold line. Contains a profusion of color photographs.

New York: Viking, 2012. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Originally published in French as ""American Lady: Une reporyer en gants blanc"" by Editions Robert Laffont, Paris. This is stated as First Published English by Viking. Includes complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition. Gray boards with black spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contain section of glossy black & white photographs. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""An American aristocrat - a descendant of founding father John Jay, first chief justice of the United States - Susan Mary Alsop (1918-2004) knew absolutely everyone and brought together the movers and shakers of not just the United States, but also the world."" ""In ""American Lady,"" the first biography of Susan Mary Alsop, Caroline… Read More