Rare books from Elk Creek Heritage Books

Boston: Dana Estes and Charles E Lauriat, 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. A DeNeuville, Leopold Flaming, G Staal, Viollat, Philippoteaux, Lienard, and others. I, II, III Three volume hardcover set in good to very good condition. Solid boards with tiny- pebbled maroon leather cover and deeper maroon corners and spine edged in gold gilt. Decorative raised bands on spine with a section used for title, a section used for author and volume, rest of bands with decorative scroll. Vol I has gold printing / decoratives well rubbed and off along most of center of spine; Vol II and Vol III still quite crisp and clear. Rubbing and wear along corners and extremities. Vol I has a section of front board with area of ""blotch"" - as if someone had rubbed too hard when cleaning. Marbled endpapers in all volumes in orange, blue, and maroon. All Volumes have a bookplate pasted on verso of front board but no handwriting or previous ownership noted. All edges marbled with orange, blue, and maroon,… Read More

Neuhausen, Stuttgart: Hanssler-Verlag, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. OVERSIZE. Hard cover in fine condition with navy boards and white spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. Contains beautiful black and white and colored photographs. Size 13"" tall x 9 3/4"" wide x 3/4"" thick. * From the book, ""This beautiful book by Hilla and Max Jacoby is unlike any other on the subject of Israel. Like the preceding works by these artists, it is highly interesting and informative, and above all it is a most unusual documentary in pictures, in which the past and present are contrasted in an outstanding way. This book is particularly topical today, exactly 21 years after the reunification of Jerusalem and 40 years after the foundation of the new State of Israel.""

New York: Macmillian, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 3rd Printing Third printing per number line. Hard cover in fine condition with white boards and green spine cloth with gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight with no defects to note. Dust jacket likewise in fine condition; has been price clipped.

Warner Books, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated ""First Printing: September 2001"" with complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in fine condition with blue boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Deep mustard colored endpapers. Interior text block clean & tight with no writings, no markings, no defects to note. Dust jacket likewise in fine condition; not price clipped. * From a review on the back jacket from the Washington Times, ""Destined to become a classic that will be read by anyone who wants to get closer to the essence of Christmas.""

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 York City, New York: Bristol Park Books, 2012. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated: First published in the U.K. in 2006 as ""Why Do Kamikaze Pilots Wear Helmets?"" This First American Edition was published by Bristol Park Books in 2012 with no other printings noted. Hard cover in fine condition with cream boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight with no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped - there is no price present. *' From the front jacket flap, ""Baffling and bizarre. Entertaining and Enlightening. This witty and compulsive collection of trivia will captivate and surprise."" Among some of the other questions posed and answered: Why do snooze alarms go off every nine minutes? Can it be too cold to snow? What Causes Jet Lag and How Can It Be Prevented and Cured? Why Were Neckties Invented? And, the answer to the… 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.

Jewish Publication Society, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 2nd Printing Stated First Edition with number line indicating this is the Second Printing. Hard cover in fine condition with bluish green boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings; appears unread. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""For the convert and potential convert, the book offers essential information, from descriptions of the various branches of Judaism to suggestions on what it takes to actually ""feel"" Jewish. . . . From her interviews with converts and their families and friends, Romanoff illustrates the tremendous impact the conversion decision can have on the lives of those who choose Judaism as well as on the lives of theose around them. . . .""

Viking Peguin, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated: First Published in 2003 by Viking Penguin. Complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with black boards, sky blue spine cloth, and gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Contains two sections each 8 leaves /16 pages of glossy black & white photos. 512 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""Everything about the conception and creation of Rockefeller Center was outsized and wildly improbable. Launched in the teeth of the Depression, the most ambitious construction project since the Pyramids was the unintended result of a philanthropic gesture gone awry. . . . Richly detailed, frequently surprising, and consistently entertaining, 'Great Fortune' brings this compelling saga to vivid life.""

New Yoirk: DK Publishing, 2016. Soft cover. Fine. Stated: First American Edition 2016. Soft cover in fine condition with glossy colorful pictorial wraps in likewise fine conditions. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted; presents as unread and new. * From the cover, ""...all you need to build thrilling racing challenges, crazy platform games, and fiendish puzzles. .....Follow the simple steps to become an expert coder using the popular programming language Scratch.....""

New Yoirk: Simon and Schuster, 2020. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 3rd Printing Stated First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition June 2020. Third Printing per number line. Hard cover in fine condition mustard colored boards and black gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no markings, no writing. Contains eight leaves (16 pages) of glossy black & white and color photographs. Dust jacket in fine condition; lettering on front panel in raised letters; not price clipped. * From the book, ""Since the 2016 election, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan has traveled to five countries interviewing more than one hundred sources - from former housekeepers to photographers to roommates - to deliver a deep and complex account of the first lady ...."".

San Marcos, California: Green Tiger Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. OVERSIZE. Smith, Jessie Willcox. Copyright 1989; Reprinted from the 1909 edition from Moffat, Yard and Company edition. Stated First Edition [of this reprint], Second Printing per number line. Hard cover in fine condition with pink boards and illustration on front board with title, author and illustrator names. Front and rear end papers decorated with repeating illustration of a girl and a tree. Text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket very good; tiny closed tear and a chip on bottom of back panel. * From the book front flap, ""....first published in Collier's Magazine in 1908. It was run serially, one picture and poem per issue. In it, Jessie Willcox Smith and Carolyn Wells captured a dream of ideal childhood. The progression of images show children at seven stages from infancy to adulthood.

Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 2007. 2nd Edition. Audio Book (DVD). New. Course No. 1810. New in unopened shrink wrap: consists of three parts: Soft cover Course Guidebook, one DVD case with 8 DVDs, a second DVD case with another 8 DVDs. From the visible back of the second DVD case and assuming same on first case : each DVD contains six lectures of 30 minutes each; in total 96 lectures. * From the course description, ""This course concentrates on the most exciting aspects of our fantastic Universe and on the methods astronomers have used to develop an understanding of it.""

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.""

Southampton, Great Britain: Ashford Press Pub., 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Pritchett, R.T.. Facsimile of the First Edition published in 1894 with an Introductory Note, dated 1985, by the Eleventh Duke of Beaufort, whose great great-grandfather, the 8th Duke of Beaufort, was instrumental in bringing about The Badminton Library series of books about many great sports such as these volumes on Yachting. Two volume set in fine condition. Blue boards with gold gilt lettering on spine and front board; coat of arms also in gilt on front board. Blue end papers. Interior text blocks clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Glossy papers have retained their whiteness. Contains numerous photographs, illustrations, diagrams, maps. Volume I (0907069223) contains 479 numbered pages; Volume II (0907069231) contains 501 numbered pages. Each volume 7 3/4"" tall x 5 3/4"" wide x approx 1 3/8"" thick. No dust jackets as issued.