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

Gramercy Books / Random House, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition per number line beginning with number two which at the time of publication was the Random House convention for identifying first editions. Pale orange boards with pale orange gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; has been price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""For centuries, 'The Old Farmer's Almanac' has been offering its unique combination of science, folklore, humor, and no-nonsense advice on a variety of subjects. . . . offers the same singular mixture of practicality and fun with its selection of gardening tips, secrets, advice, and information. . . . illustrations, witty sidebars of facts and information, folklore, and humor. . .""

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Original copyright 1927. Copyright renewed 1955 by A.D.Scott. Introduction copyright 1959 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Hard cover in good/fair condition. Text block clean and tight. Some age toning inside front and back cover. Cover has a red design and the spine is brown with silver lettering. Spine lightly faded. Dust jacket in poor condition showing much wear at edges and a lot of use and handling. * '. . . the life of Isabella van Tuyll - she called herself 'Zelide.' From the book, ""This is the life of a woman who never could learn to trust her heart, which was warm and generous, or mistrust her reason, which was rigorous, exacting, and in the end, destructive."" "" Hard cover in good/fair condition. Text block clean and tight. Some age toning inside front and back cover. Cover has a red design and the spine is brown with silver lettering. Spine lightly faded. Dust jacket in poor… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition May 1999 in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with tan, lightly speckled, boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers contain maps: same on front and rear - on board verso: Seven Days' Battles; and on free end paper: Chattanooga to Atlanta. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains 182 black & white illustrations and photographs throughout. Each of the 1,001 'things' are numbered from 1 to 1,001. Book size is almost square at 7 1/2"" wide x 9 1/4"" tall; 276 numbered pages concluding with an extensive Index. Dust jacket very good; 3 1/2"" closed slit along front jacket fold line - not visible in protective jacket. Not price clipped. * From the jacket back, '....presents 1001 key facts about the war that tore the Union asunder.… Read More

St. Martin's Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition: October 2003. Hard cover in fine condition with red boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight with no writings, no markings, no defects to note. Dust jacket likewise in fine condition; not price clipped. Appears unread.

New Yoirk: Fireside Book / Simon & Schuster, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. 3rd Printing Stated: First Fireside Edition 1996, Third Printing per number line. Soft cover in very good condition with mellow age toning to the papers and mild shelf & edge wear to the wraps. Interior text block clean & tight with only writing that on half-title page of a gift inscription from a mother to a daughter (to help to find your myth) dated 1997. No other markings noted. * From Linton Weeks of The Washington Post, ""Iyanla Vanzant has been down and out. Now her books are pulling others up."" [The Blackboard Book of the Year.]

Pantheon Books, 1995. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First American Edition. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with light brown boards, darker brown spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Front free endpaper has been removed. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. A hefty 877 numbered pages. Dust jacket likewise very good with just a ghost of shelf & edge wear; rubbing to top corners; not price clipped. * Edited and with Introduction by Lucinda Vardey. Dedication: In memory of Thomas Merton and Edith Stein. From the jacket, ""Spanning the last fifty years and representing a host of religious traditions, including Chrisianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Gaia and goddess workship, New Age and agnostic beliefs ....serves as an inspiringcontemporary guide to the spiritual journey. Beginning with the initial quest for meaning, it follows the passage of… Read More

U.S.A.: Jossey-Bass Publications, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. First Printing per complete number line. Hard cover in very good condition. Deep red boards with gold colored spine lettering. Light chocolate colored endpapers. Text block clean & tight with no marks, no writing, no former owner name. Dust jacket in very good condition; bright & crisp, no tears, chips, or creases. Concludes with a Name Index and a Subject Index. 328 numbered pages.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1994. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Wraps in very good condition with only light shelf & edge wear. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted.

Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition, First Printing October 1997. In addition contains complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with glossy pictorial boards which show through the transparent sections of dust jacket. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. Overall presents as new and unread. Sections throughout for journaling, notes, logs - all are clean and unused. * EDGE = Every--Day--God--Experience. From the book, ""The edge is a guide for young Christians who want constructive advice on how to respond to the greed, poverty, prejudice, and immorality that confront each of us on a daily basis. In essence, it's a devotional for those who want more than simple answers to complex questions, who don't need someone to simply tell them to say ""no"" to temptation but who… Read More

New York: Arcade Publishing, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with white boards, dark green spine cloth, and green gilt spine lettering. Text block tight and clean. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. Book appears unread. * From the book jacket, ""A devastating, hilarious satire of coffee-swilling, celebrity-obsessed Southern California pop culture by one of the freshest new voices in fiction."" ""Mercilessly lampooning our fascination with reality television, celebrity blunders, and mindless infotainment, Starbucks Nation brilliantly showcases the absurdities of contemporary society.""

New York: Random House, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 1st Printing Stated: Random House First Edition; in addition, complete number line including number two which was the Random House convention for identifying first editions at the time. Hard cover in very good condition with brown boards and gold gilt lettering on front board and spine. Inscription on center of front free end paper. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings; no markings noted. 657 numbered pages. Dust jacket in fair condition; light edge wear; tears on front panel and front flap inexpertly mended with tape by previous owner (see photos.) Not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . a brilliantly realized, vividly imagined work of fictin in which most of the events and much of the dialogue are actual. The reader becomes, from the first pages, part of the tragic but also intimate action within the White House and the capital city itself. He sees the wartime leader as a living presence in… Read More

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.""

Rodale Books, 2015. Hardcover. Fine. 2nd Printing Hard cover in fine condition with glossy pictorial boards. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * From the book, ""With 'The Supercharged Virgin Diet,' you'll eat plenty of anti-inflammatory healing foods to reclaim your health and reset your metabolism, while avoiding the foods that are most likely to cause food intolerance. You'll never feel hungry or deprived, and in just one week you'll drop up to 7 pounds, lose belly bloat, gain energy, clear up inflammation, and look and feel years younger. And that's just the beginning. The key to weight loss is avoiding and overcoming food intolerance. Let The Supercharged Virgin Diet help you!""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 2nd Printing Hard cover with black boards, black spine cloth and white spine lettering in fine condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Gray endpapers. Dust jacket fine with only hint of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . takes you into the shadowy world of Robert Philip Hanssen, a twenty-five year veteran of the FBI who was a devout Catholic and a devoted family man, who attended the same church and sent his children to the same school as his boss, Bureau Director Louis J. Freeh. But as he emerged from a troubled childhood in Chicago to rise to the highest ranks of America's counterintelligence experts, Hanssen was also leading another life - as a diabolically clever spy for the Russian government.""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Fromm International Publishing Company, 1993. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Originally published in German as ""Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte"" in 1814. Stated First U.S. Edition. Hardcover with deep pink boards and maroon spine cloth with gold lettering in very good condition. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket is in very good condition with high gloss and no defects to note. * From the front DJ flap, ""Asked which book by another author he would most like to claim as his own work, Italo Calvino once said without hesitation, Adelbert von Chamisso's ""Peter Schlemiel."" First published in 1814, this brilliant novel is not only a precursor of Poe, Kafka, and the magic realists - it is a timeless fable with a remarkably contemporary flavor.""