Search Results: History of the Colonial Period & Revolutionary War from Elk Creek Heritage Books

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Copyright 1978 by Estate of Bruce Catton, and William B. Catton. No other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold colored spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears noted. Both front and back endpapers contain a map of the United States in 1815. Dust jacket in good condition, has been price clipped (at bottom of front flap - assuming price was clipped. ) Shows some rubbing and shelf wear near top of spine and a small closed tear at front bottom corner about 1/2"". * From the book, ""This is the story of America, from Columbus and the Colonial Age through the War of 1812--told with rare eloquence and power by two eminent historians"". ""Bruce Catton and his son William B. Catton bring their special flair for analysis, narrative drive, clarity, and precision to this the first of their eventual… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knoff, Inc., 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated Second Printing: October 1988. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards, gold gilt lettering on spine & author's initials on front board. Mild shelf & edge wear; corners slightly bumped. Side of text block has deckle edges. End papers contain maps; on front: ""The West Indies in Relation to Europe and America;"" on rear: ""The March from New York to Virginia."" Interior text block clean & tight; no writing but for a date neatly written in red ink at top of ffp; no other markings to note. Dust jacket in very good condition with only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. Contains 16 pages of illustrations, 8 in full color, and 6 maps. * From the jacket flap, ""....Drawing on her broad knowledge of history, her grasp of both human nature and the workings of government, and her exceptional narrative gift, Tuchman… Read More

Ithaca, New York: Great Seal Books : a Division of Cornell University Press, 1961. First Paperback Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Original copyright 1949: New York University; Reprinted per permission of Cornell University Press; First Printing Great Seal Books 1959, this is Second Printing 1961. A 5"" x 7 3/8"" soft cover in very good condition with yellow wraps containing green printing on front wrap. Internal text block clean & tight with only writing the former owner's name at top of title page; no other writings or markings noted. External text block: on side text block, about an inch up from bottom of approx last 30 pages, a thumb print like indent which does not effect text. At this point, we would say '171 numbered pages' which is true, however following these 171 pages is a re-print / repeat of pages 141 to 171. * Chapters: Crucibles of Culture; Boston: The Puritan Begins to Play; New York: Father Knickerbocker Becomes Aesthetic; Philadelphia:… Read More

NY: Simon and Schuster, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated Simon and Schuster paperback edition 2004; 2nd printing per number line. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * From the book, ""In his ambitious and deeply rewarding novel, Jimmy Carter brings to life the Revolutionary War as it was fought in the Deep South: it is a saga that will change the way we thing about the conflict.""

Camden, Maine, U.S.A.: International Marine Publishing, 1992. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated: First paperback printing 1992. Original copyright 1987. Softcover 10"" wide X 7"" tall. Wraps are very good with only gentle shelf & edge wear. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. Contains numerous illustrations, charts, diagrams, maps and an extensive index. * From the front cover: ""His account of the voyage that changed the world.""

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with muted rose colored boards and brownish spine cloth with gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight, no writing, no markings to note. Dust jacket very good with ghost of shelf & edge wear and wear; not price clipped. Contains maps and black & white illustrations. Concludes with a section of Notes, a Bibliography, and an extensive Index. * From the book, "" . . .the definitive book on the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time. . . . High adventure, high politics, suspense, drama, and diplomacy combine with high romance and personal tragedy to make this outstanding work of scholarship as readable as a novel.""

Fleischmanns, New York: Purple Mountain Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition, in addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with navy boards and silver gilt spine lettering. End papers depict a facsimile of a poster ""To all brave, healthy, able bodied, and well disposed young men . . .to join the troops now raising under General Washington for the defense of the Liberties and Independence of the United States against the hostile designs of foreign enemies. . ."" Interior text block clean & tight with no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket very good; light shelf & edge wear; rubbing on fold lines;, small creases & one small closed tear at head & heel of spine. Not price clipped. * From the jacket front flap, ""In Yankee Doodle Days, award-winning biographer and historian Lincoln Diamant introduces a diverse group of men and women who contributed in… Read More