Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First American Edition 1970. Hard cover with blue cloth board in very good condition. Gold gilt spine lettering.Blind stamped picture of a ship at bottom right of front board with clouds above; boards lightly spotted; spine cloth creased but binding tight. Orange end papers. Interior text block clean with no writings, no markings to note. Mellow age toning to the papers. Text block edges toned with light dust soiling and small dark smudge at bottom corner. 448 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with shelf & edge wear; chips with wear and minor less at corners and especially head & heel of spine. Has been price clipped. * From the book, ""Based on an actual event of the 1930's .....Aboard the luxury liner ""Franz Joseph"" are more than a thousand Jews who have paid Hitler a small fortune to escape from Germany in 1939..... illustrates the true nature of… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Contemporaries, A Division of Random House, Inc., 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition with wraps showing only light shelf & edge wear. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted.

Rodale Press, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Hard cover with glossy pictorial boards in fine condition. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Very light foxing to top text block. Size: 9 1/4"" tall x 7 3/4"" wide x 1 5/8""; 610 numbered pages. * From the back cover, ""In just the last few years, scientists have found hundreds of substances in foods that go way beyond vitamins and minerals for pure healing power. . . . . .you will learn exactly how to use the ""healing foods"" to treat and prevent dozens of conditions, from arthritis and fatigue to high blood pressure and stroke.""

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1989. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First published in 1989 by Century Hutchinson Ltd, London. Stated that this is the First American Edition, 1989. No other printings noted. Hard cover in fine condition with green boards and gold gilt spine lettering and 5"" intricate decorative devise. Decorative End pages titled ""Poems (?1895)"" by Althea Gyles. (See photos.) Frontispiece of Cover or Title Page of Yeats ""Poems, 1895."" Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains black & white photographs and black line drawings throughout. Dust jacket in fine condition; shiny & bright; not price clipped. * From the Introduction, ""This new biography is intended as a study of Yeats's life rather than a blend of biography and a critical assessment of the writings. It does draw freely, however, upon the published and unpublished poetry, the plays… Read More

New York: Berkley Books, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition: April 2005. Complete number line with number one. Hard cover in good condition with blue boards & spine cloth & silver gilt lettering. HOWEVER, though book and jacket appear new & unread, when it was bound, the center section of 8 leaves/16 pages of glossy black & white photos were split into two blocks and when bound were off-set by approximately 1/8"". Does not affect the text or the reading of the book. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Hard cover in fine condition with pictorial boards. Text block clean and tight; no writings; no markings noted. Has black & white and color photos and illustrations throughout, including actual letters. Size approx 10 1/2"" tall x 8 3/8"" wide; 191 numbered pages. * From the Foreword by Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, ""The 87 letters contained in this wonderful volume are but a few examples of the tens of thousands of such letters that have crossed Presidents' desks since 1789. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. And I hope that these letters inspire you to sit down and write to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and tell the President what's on your mind.""

New York: The Free Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hardcover in fine condition wth blue boards, black spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Test block clean & tight; no tears; no writing; no markings. Appears unread. Dust jacket likewise in fine condition; not price clipped (U.S. $27.50).