Libros raros de 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,… Leer más

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.""

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.

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: 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.""

Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1989. Hardcover. Fine. O'Connor, Heather. Hard cover in fine condition with glossy pictorial boards and green spine cloth with gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block of glossy pages clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Pink ribbon bookmark bound in. Color photographs of gardens throughout. Size 8 3/4"" square x 5/8"" thick. * Author Elizabeth Murray, with her passion for flowers, nature and art, left her home in California to spend a year working at the Claude Monet Museum Gardens in Giverny, France. Before and after her days working in the gardens, she photographed and wrote about the Gardens. This is her story. Not only details of Monet's home and the gardens featured in his many paintings, but detailed schematics of many of the Gardens, complete with planting schemes and details on the individual plants and, in the last section on ""Bringing Giverny Home,"" plants originally used in… Leer más

Jonathan David Pub, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. OVERSIZE. 5th Printing Original copyright 1983. This is Revised Edition 1992 : 5th printing per number line. Hard cover in very good condition with dark tan boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Bump to front top corner. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains black & white photos throughout. Dust jacket very good with colorful glossing color; small slit at top front along fold line; not price clipped. Size 11 1/4"" tall x 8 3/4"" wide x 1"" thick. * Introduction by Red Auerbach. From the front flap, "". . . presents intriguing portraits of the greatest Jewish sports figures of the past two centuries. .... Profusely illustrated with special sections on the Maccabiah Games and Israeli sports figures and a complete listing of the members of the Jewsish Sports Hall of Fame in Israel. . . ""

San Diego, California: Thunder Bay Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. OVERSIZE. 1st Printing First edition per number line. Hard cover in fine condition with glossy pictorial boards. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition and photographs and lettering mirror the glossy boards. * Front cover and back cover both show a photo of the Port of New York from the air : front photo taken 1933 and back photo taken 1995. Every glossy page of the volume contains black & white, sepia toned, or colored photographs. Includes color photographs of the NYC skyline showing the World Trade Center; opposite a photograph of the same view taken a week after the September 11th Terrorists attacks with a fog from the still burning debris where the towers had stood. From the jacket, "". . . a celebration of New York City's great past and a captivating look at the way in which the city has changed and evolved over the years… Leer más

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.....""

Dobbs Ferry NY: Sheridan House Inc, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. Three volume set of soft cover titles by sailing and cruising enthusiast, Eric Hiscock. Titles: COME ABOARD, WANDERING UNDER SAIL, SOU'WEST IN WANDERER IV. All are in fine condition; appear unread. Slipcase is made of card stock paper; very good condition. * Note: In the photos you will see an ISBN on the back of the slipcase; research shows this the ISBN for another book, not the one described here.

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.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. Publisher, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. A petite hard cover (square size 6 3/4"" x 6 3/4"" x 3/8"" thick) with green boards and paste down colored photo of a Christmas tree; white spine lettering. End papers contain various red-colored depictions of Santa's on white background. Internal text block clean & tight with no writing, no markings noted. Pages are all glossy toned with colored photographs on almost every page: Christmas scenes of decorated houses, rooms, trees, and more. Interspersed with Christmas related quotes from various literary works. In a very good slip case with front cut-out of a tree to show the photo on front board.