Search Results: Titles starting with B from Elk Creek Heritage Books

U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including the number one. Hardcover in very good condition. Beige boards with blue spine cloth containing silver colored spine lettering. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. Concludes with extensive bibliography and comprehensive index. Dust jacket in very good condition with only ghost of shelf and edge wear; not price clipped.

U.S.A.: Weybright and Talley, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition as no other printings noted. Hardcover in very good condition. Black boards with gold colored lettering on spine; red end papers. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket good with mellow age toning to the white background, shelf & edge wear and some chips and wrinkles (see photos.) Now in mylar cover. 566 numbered pages. * From the perspective of the 1970s, as the subtitle states, ""A major exploration of the great world of modern banking.""

Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. McBride, Angus. Hard cover in very good condition with orange boards and gold lettering along spine.. Text block clean and tight. No writings, no markings noted. Contains black & white illustrations throughout, in addition to a special section of 8 leaves/16 pages of full page colored illustrations by Angus McBride. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the book, ""This is an action-packed book as well as being full of new and established facts. Not only does it detail the weapons, wars and ways of these barbarian peoples, it also relates to their history the legends of Attila, Alaric and Charlemagne, so essential a part of the barbarian myth... The magnificent colour plates were specially painted for the book by the internationally renowned illustrator Angus McBride.""

New York: Collins, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with green boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Contains many black & white photographs throughout. Includes a chart with the Pedigree of Barbaro. Dust jacket very good; only a ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""This up-to-the-minute book follows the story of Barbaro, the Triple Crown contender whose unlikely fight back from almost certain death from a shattered leg and ensuing complications captured the hearts of a nation that responded with a stunning display of love.. . . .""

NY: Avon Books, 2006. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Hardcover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition. 472 numbered pages. * NOTE from the Publisher: This LARGE PRINT EDITION, prepared especially for Doubleday Large Print Home Library, contains the complete, unabridged text of the original Publisher's Edition.

U.S.A.: Bright Sky Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Printing First Edition. Hardcover with black boards containing silver colored spine lettering in near fine condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Red end papers. Dust jacket likewise in near fine condition. Signed inscription from the author on half-title page ( signature not authenticated.)

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rugged Land, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. First Printing per complete number line including number one. Off-white boards with red gilt lettering on front cover and spine; in very good condition. Tiny bumps at bottom of spine and front bottom edge.Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Colorful dust jacket very good with only hint of shelf & edge wear. No price printed on front flap; there is price printed on back panel with ISBN number.* From a review on the back panel, "". . . a hilarious and loving look at golf generally and the Ryder Cup in particular. . . ""

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Beautiful pictures throughout. * From the book, ""For many, the mention of bulb flowers brings to mind a spring field of yellow daffodils, a summer bloom of red gladioli, an autumn drift of lilies, or a winter bouquet of white narcissi. Beautiful Bulbs contains simple secrets for growing flowers from bulbs throughout the year. Illustrated with glorious, full-color photographs by Faith Echtermeyer.""

Boston, MA: Becon Press, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition with only a ghost of shelf wear. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. * From the book, ""In Becoming Gentlemen, Guinier, Fine and Balin dare us to question what it means to become professionally qualified, what a fair goal in education might be, and what we can learn from the experience of women law students about teaching and evaluating students in general.""

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2011. Soft cover. Fine. 3rd Printing Third printing. Soft cover in fine condition with crisp wraps as new; french flaps. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Presents as new and unread. * From the flap, ""No matter what brands have defined your beer-drinking career, cracking open a frosty cold one has been an International pastime since the invention of the can. . . . Featuring nearly 500 photos of beer cans - from the earliest Budweiser cans and the original Coors to Pabst's Big Cat Malt Liquor, Billy Beer, and the iconic waitress of St. Pauli Girl - ""Beer"" will take you on a tour of the brands and styles that defined the last century of beer drinking. Showcasing the iconic and the obscure, the colorful and the ""no frills,"" ""Beer"" is a cool, refreshing reminder of brews and cans gone by.""

Jerusalem, Israel: Feldheim Publishers Ltd., 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Printed in Israel. Two volume set in slipcase in fine condition. Only light shelf wear to case and dust jackets; no chips, no tears. Volume I: Bereshis-Shemos-Vayikra. Volume II: Bamidbar-Devarim-Festivals. Text blocks clean & tight; no writing, no markings; appear unread. * From the jacket, ""This book is really three books in one. First and foremost, it is a book on 'shalom bayis' (peace in the home), where a person can learn a great deal about how to have a wonderful and satisfying marriage. Second, it is a book of stories that all have important morals to teach. It is also a interpretation of midrashim, delving into the often difficult and unclear language of the midrash with probing questions. These questions are then answered to reveal new explanations and insights into the midrash's deeper meaning......The purpose of this book is to teach readers how to have a successful marriage.....""

NY: Warner Books, 2001. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hard cover in good condition with black and gold gilt spine lettering. Internal text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. However, there is an approx 1"" tall x 2 1/2"" wide rectangle cut from top corner of front free end paper (as if a name had been there.) Dust jacket good; shelf and edge wear, corners of jacket bumped and with small chips, especially head and heel of spine. * From the book, ""In 'A Bend in the Road,' Nicholas Sparks writes with a luminous intensity about life's bitter turns and incomparable sweetness. His affirming message carries a powerful lesson about the imperfections of being human, the mistakes we all make, and the joy that comes when we give ourselves to love.""

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. On March 2. 1895, THE SPECTATOR, a London news magazine still in print today, reviewed this book, noting that, ""The Scotch peasantry have never lacked those among their own countrymen who could describe and appreciate them....."" Between the covers, the reader ""will find ..a collection of stories dealing with the various episodes in the lives of the people belonging to the Parish of Drumtochty."" The reviewer concludes that ""No one can lay down this book....without feeling that...he has ..been brought within sound of that ""Virgilian cry - The sense of tears in mortal things."" Copyright 1894, Title Page: 1895. A small volume measuring approximately 6 1/4"" tall x 3 3/4"" wide x 1"" thick in very good condition. Beige boards with green line drawings on front cover, corresponding decoratives on spine, with title and author lettered on… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Hardcover in very good condition. White boards with white spine cloth containing gold/gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good; not price clipped.* From the front flap, '. . . Katie Couric reports from the front lines of the worlds of politics, entertainment, sports, philanthropy, the arts, and business - distilling the ingenious, hard-won insights of leaders and visionaries, who tell us all how to take chances, follow our passions, cope with criticism, and, perhaps most important, commit to something greater than ourselves.' See photo of the back of book to see names of those who contributed.

NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in fine condition. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. * From the book, ""The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2002,"" edited by Natalie Angier, is another eclectic, provocative collection"" (Entertainment Weekly). . . . ""Malcolm Gladwell, Joy Williams, Barbara Ehrenreich, Burkhard Bilger, Dennis Overbye, and many more of the best and brightest writers on science and nature explore such topics as the rise and fall of Islamic science, disappearing cancers, and the meaning of mountain lions in the back yard.""

Virginia: Pluto Press, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Appears unread. Contains some black & white photos. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the WorldCat Summary, ""Provocative exposes on the World Bank, the IMF, the World Trade organization, WalMart, and more are included in this collection of investigative journalist Palast's most incendiary stories.""

New York: Atria Books, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Atria Books hardcover edition July 2009. First Printing per complete number line including number one. Hard cover has pristine white boards, light aqua spine cloth, and red gilt spine lettering in fine condition. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the front jacket, "". . . a grand, hilarious, edge-of-your-seat adventure; a story about betrayal and loyalty, family history and small-town secrets. It's about living through tragedy, finding love where you least expect it, and the ties that keep best friends together.""

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.""

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Westminster Press, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Marian Ebert. 1st Printing First Edition with no other printings noted. Hardcover beige boards with red embossed illustration of three shepherds and their sheep under the Star of Bethlehem and red spine lettering in very good condition showing gentle shelf wear and age toning. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Papers show slight patina of age toning. Dust jacket good with light shelf wear and age toning to the white sections on flaps. Edge wear, including small chips at corners and edges. See photos of jacket front & back.

Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1981. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club Edition. Confirm of BCE is blind stamped square on bottom of rear cover. Copyright page from Macmillian contains number line indicating third printing. Size 6 1/2"" wide x 9 1/2"". Hard cover with orange boards, cream spine lettering, and orange gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings noted. mellow age toning to the papers. Contains two sections of 8 leaves/16 pages each of black & white photographs. Concludes with an Author's Note, chronology of Bette Davis' Performances on Stage and in Film, and an extensive Index. 316 numbered pages.