Search Results: History of Europe from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The Viking Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Floyd, Gareth. 3rd Printing Stated Third printing May 1978. Pale gold boards with gray spine cloth and silver spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Endpapers contain maps. Dust Jacket very good with gentle shelf & edge wear; not price clipped.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First edition per complete number line including the number one. Beige boards with wedgwood blue spine cloth and gold spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. Contains black & white illustrations and photographs of period paintings. Dust jacket in very good condition with light shelf & edge wear; no tears; not price clipped. * From the book, "" . . . a merchant couple . . . 16th Century Nuremberg . . . weaving together a selection of their letters, Ozment paints a vivid portrait of domestic and commercial life in early modern Europe. . . ""

Random House, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First U.S. Edition. First printing of this edition per number line beginning with number two as per Random House convention for identifying first edition, first printing. Hard cover in very good condition with deep teal boards, purple spine cloth and gold gilt lettering on spine & front board. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. 156 numbered pages. Dust jacket likewise very good with only a ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""....Timothy Garton Ash's eyewitness account of one of history's most stunning transformations: the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. From the birth of Solidarity in 1980 to the momentous events of 1989, Garton Ash has been part of the events he so brilliantly chronicles.....""

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards, red spine lettering and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers show map of Spain titled ""Spain during the Civil War - How the Tide Turned."" Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. light dust dulling / age toning to text block edges; some spotting to top text block, two marker lines on bottom text block. Contains a section of 16 leaves / 32 pages of black & white photos. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""The memory is alive in art and literature: Piscasso's 'Guernica,' Hemingway's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' Orwell's 'Homage to Catalonia.' But what really happened in Spain from 1936 to 1939? Why did idealistic volunteers… Read More

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

Dorset Press / Hippocrene Books, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Hard cover in very good condition with green boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. There is a crack between the first & second signatures but all pages are intact and not loose. Interior text is otherwise clean & tight; no writings, no markings to note. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf wear; Not clipped; no price stated. Concludes with Bibliographical Notes and an extensive Index. 254 numbered pages. * From the jacket flaps, ""Arabs and Jews together once built an elegant kingdom in the southern half of Spain. . . . A thousand years ago some called this land a paradise because the markets were filled with the good things of life. Others thought it a paradise because no one went hungry, because the poor had some hope of riches and the slaves could hope for freedom, because there was an urbane acceptance of differences. . . .Elmer Bendiner describes Cordoba at its… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Stated: First American Edition. No other printings noted and same date on Title Page and Copyright Page. Hard cover in very good condition with beige boards and navy spine cloth with gold gilt spine lettering. Top edge stained blue. Small design in silver on front board. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings. 381 numbered pages. Contains a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of glossy black & white photographs. Concludes with a Bibliography and an extensive Index. Dust jacket good with age toning; shelf & edge wear; chips especially at head & heel of spine; rubbing to fold lines and edging. Small stain in center of title word Vienna. Not price clipped.

New York: Random House, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1st Printing First Edition per number line including number two, which is the Random House convention for indicating first edition. Hard cover in good condition with brown boards & spine cloth showing shelf & edge wear; several spots on front board. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Includes several maps by Paul Tremblay in addition to a section of 8 sheets / 16 pages glossy black & white portraits and scenes. Concludes with sections of Notes, Bibliography, Acknowledgments, and an extensive Index. 487 numbered pages. Dust jacket in good condition with light shelf & edge wear; small chips to head & heel of spine; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""Napoleon's calamitous invasion of Russia in 1812 is the stuff of legend, one of those historical events often referred to but rarely examined closely. Never in this centruy has the story been told in greater… Read More