Search Results: Titles starting with S from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York: Amphoto, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. OVERSIZE. Soft cover in fine condition. Text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Wraps birght & shiny with only a ghost of shelf & edge wear; has a crease at the bottom corner of the back cover. Size: 8 1/2"" wide x 11"" tall. * From the rear cover, ""Whether you're just starting out in 35mm photography or you want to improve your technique, Shoot! is the book you've been waiting for. Its 256 pages are filled to the brim with the finest instruction--detailed information and helpful advice--from fourteen of the world's leading photographers. You'll learn everything you ever wanted to know about 35mm photography. Book contains 272 color photographs and 33 black and white photographs.

Boston: Beacon Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with blue boards, red spine cloth, and silver gilt spine lettering. Red end papers. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted; appears unread. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""In the decade following the attacks of 9/11, suspicion and animosity toward American Muslims has increased rather than subsided. Alarmist, hateful rhetoric once relegated to the fringes of political discourse has now become frighteningly mainstream, with pundits and politicians routinely invoking the specter of Islam as a menacing, deeply anti-American force. . . . Patel asks us to share in his vision of a better America - a robustly pluralistic country in which our commonalities are more important than our differences, and in which difference enriches, rather than threatens, our religious… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Free Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition, First Printing per complete number line. Hardcover in very good condition. Black boards with gold colored spine lettering. A 5"" x 2"" block of handwritten notes with years and events from period covered in text, in red ink on front free endpaper. Balance of text block clean & tight with no other markings or writings noted. Dust jacket very good with mild shelf & edge wear. Concludes wtih Section of Notes to the chapters, a Select Bibliography, and a comprehensive Index. 309 numbered pages. * From the jacket flap, "". . . two specialists on Middle East history and politics have combined their expertise to write the first in-depth political biography of the man who put Iraq on a collision course with the world.""

NY: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. 2nd Printing Second Printing per number line. Soft cover in very good condition with wraps crisp & bright; no creases. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. * From the comment by Ronnie Cummins, National Director of the Organic Consumers Association, ""David Steinman shows us how we must bring together the issues of food, health, and the environment if we and our children are to survive the coming crisis.""

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated: 'A signed first edition of this book has been privately printed by The Franklin Library.' This book is a First Printing of the First Trade Edition per same year on Title Page & Copyright Page and no other later printings noted. Hard cover in fine condition with beige boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt lettering on spine and front board. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings; no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; no price on jacket flaps. Overall book presents and new and unread. * From the jacket front flap, ""In her rich and absorbing new novel, Anne Tyler gives us the story of a young man haunted by guilt over his brother's fate - and of his struggle to atone for the wrong he feels he has done. . . . . .Anne Tyler makes us smile and ache at the same time as she weaves her inimitable spell, immersing us in the bewilderments of family… Read More

New Yoirk: Zebra Books, 2007. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. LARGE PRINT hardcover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition. 629 numbered pages. * From the jacket, "". . .Set against the backdrop of Regency London and the English countryside . . . Love is sweetest when it's unexpected. . . "" * NOTE from the Publisher: This LARGE PRINT EDITION, prepared especially for Doubleday Large Print Home Library, contains the complete, unabridged text of the original Publisher's Edition.

Guild America Books. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint edition. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold colored spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; small chip at bottom of back at corner. A compact volume at 5 3/4"" wide x 8 1/2"" tall. * Originally published in 1850 and a perennial classic.

New York: Random House, 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First U.S. Edition. In addition contains complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with black boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""The legendary biologist, provocateur, and bestselling author mounts a timely and passionate defense of science and clear thinking with his career-spanning collection of essays, including twenty pieces published in the United States for the first time.""

HarperOne, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards, deep yellow spine cloth and dark spine lettering. Light bump to heel of spine. Text block clean & tight with no markings or defects to note. Dust jacket very good; bright & crisp, no defects to note; not price clipped. 516 numbered pages. Contains Five Appendices: 1) The Geography of Jesus's World 2) Solving the Synoptic Problem 3) The Gospel of Peter 4) A ""Transcript"" of Q 5) Mapping the Narrative World of Luke. Concludes with Notes to the Chapters, An Ancient Writings Index, and a Subject Index. Biblical quotations are taken from the New Revised Standard Version. * From the book, ""In ""Scripting Jesus,"" famed scholar of early Christianity L. Michael White challenges us to read the gospels as they were originally intended - as performed stories of faith… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.Contains 4 leaves/8 pages of glossy black & whtie photos. Dust Jacket in very good condition; mild shelf & edge wear; foxing on verso which does not go thru to front. rubbing on back from underlying seam between board & spine cloth; is price clipped.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thomson Gale, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First Edition, First Printing, 2006. Hardcover with glossy color boards that mirror the dust jacket in very good condition. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket also very good; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, '. . . a fast-paced historical mystery that combines a diverse sense of oddball characters with an unrelenting sense of gallows humor. Set against the backdrop of World War Two .l . .'

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hyperion Press, 2008. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Stated: First Paperback Edition. Soft cover in very good condition; no writing, no markings noted. Appears unread. * From the rear cover : ""Winter 1944. As the Allies reach the borders of Germany and victory appears at hand, Hitler dispatches a company of English-speaking Nazi commandos on a treacherous assignment that could change the course of history. During the furious action of the Battle of the Bulge, all of his assassins are killed . . .all but two who were never accounted for.. . . Frost picks up where these facts leave off and weaves a breathtaking narrative around these last two commandos: one the Brooklyn-born son of German parents and the other a charismatic sociopath from the depraved ranks of the SS. . . .""

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paperback in very good condition. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings. Appears unread. Wraps crisp, shiny; no creases.

NY: Delacorte Press, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Has price label on back cover. * From the book, ""You'll love this touching and real story about four best friends.""

Treadwell, New York: Bright Hill Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Stated First Edition. Soft cover in fine condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * ""On a wintry January evening in 1992, in a hilltop house in the Catskill Mountain Region of New York, a reading series began. That series, Word Thursdays, and its subsequent affiliates--the annual Speaking the Words Poets and Writers Tour and Festival, the Share the Words Catskill High-School Poets and Writers Forum, Workshop, and Competition and Radio by Writers, have hosted more than six hundred established and emerging poets and writers from New York and other states and, through Bright Hill Press, published their poetry and prose. This collection celebrates those vibrant voices.""

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. Soft cover. Fine. OVERSIZE. Soft cover in very good condition with colorful wraps and French fllaps.. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Size 8 1/2"" wide x 9 1/8"" tall. 176 numbered pages with illustrations throughout. * From the book, ""Offering an imaginative, visual approach to dream interpretation, ""The Secret Language of Dreams"" shows us how to understand and learn from our dreams by unlocking their hidden symbolism.""

New Yoirk: Barnes and Noble, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A Barnes and Noble reprint edition. Hard cover in very good condition with dark gold colored boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf wear on outside. On verso, inside/back side of dust jacket, appears a small water stain that bled black color from spine onto the inside of jacket; does not go through to the front of jacket, ghostly shadow of this at bottom of both front and rear between board and free end paper. Not price clipped; no printed price. "" From the book, ""It is the least known, most misunderstood secret agency of the U.S. Few know the remarkable story of its origin in 1865 - and its original mission - to protect our money. . . it wasn't until 1951 . . .that Congress permanently authorized - and funded - the Secret Service to protect the President. . . Today, in… Read More

NY: The Free Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with beige boards and black spine cloth containing gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Contains a section of black and white photos depicting Hillary from 1969 to 1996. Dust jacket in very good condition with only ghost of shelf and edge wear and light age toning. * From the book, ""No public figure in contemporary life has elicited more polarized reactions than Hillary Rodham Clinton. The first presidential spouse who pursued a major policy-making role, the beleaguered first lady has been a heroine and role model to her feminist allies--and, to her conservative foes, a malevolent, power-mad shrew. Is she Bill Clinton's greatest asset, or his greatest liability?""

New York: Walker & Compamny, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated: Reprint. Originally published: Seek out and destroy! London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. This edition noted as ""oz edition"" and copyright 1984 by Alan Stoker. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards and red gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing. Only marking is a red dot on top text block edge. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""All readers of authentic wartime dramas will savor ""Seek and Destroy."" . . . an electrifying novel of World War One and a crucial engagement in that conflict.""

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition and complete number line with number one. Hard cover in fine condition with red boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. 200 numbered pages. Concludes with Bibliographical references and an extensive Index in addition to several relevant Appendices. Dust jacket likewise in fine condition; no defects to note; not price clipped. * As quoted from the foreword by Monsignor Robert J. Wister, ""The election of the pope is a process unlike any other in the world . . . As the Romans themselves say, 'The pope dies, we make another one."" This is the story of the making of popes.""