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

U.S.A.: Rosemoor Press, 2012. Advanced Reading Copy. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover Advance Reading Copy in as new condition. Wraps bright & shiny; spine uncracked. Appears to have never been read. 268 numbered pages.

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.....""

Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Black boards with gold spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with underlining of a paragraph or two on 5 or 6 pages; no other markings noted. Dust jacket very good with only hint of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. 492 pages. * From the front flap, "". . . Fisher has written the monthly ""Portfolio Strategy"" column for Forbes magazine for the last 25 years . . . he's witnessed everything from the stock market crash of 1987 and the great bull markets of the 1980s and 1990s to the Tech bubble of 2000 and the global market meltdown of 2008. . . "" ""Preceding Fisher's columns for each year are a few pages of commentary, putting them in historic context . . .""

Penguin Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First published in 2007 by The Penguin Press. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with baby blue boards, wedge wood blue spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight: no writings, no markings noted but for shadow of stain on front end paper. Smudges on text block edges; black line on bottom text block near spine-possible remainder mark.. Dust jacket very good; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . the history of an era rather like our own - a time when dissenters and rebels were hemmed in by conformists and hardheaded authoritarians, a time when a nation on the eve of global domination fretted about its future. It was, however, an era when those who argued that a British empire would be a disaster for liberty were eventually squashed by imperialists, just as those who railed against mindless… Read More

Kansas City, Kansas: Andrews and McMeel, Inc., 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per copyright 1979 with no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with light red boards, gold gilt spine lettering, and the Vatican Coat of Arms stamped in gilt on bottom right of front board. End papers contain a map of Vatican City. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains three sections of four leaves / eight pages each of black & white photos. 302 numbered pages. Concludes with sections of Notes, Appendices, and an Index. Dust jacket very good with light shelf & edge wear, rubbing to the folds, age toning to the white of rear panel, especially top inch. Not price clipped; price on front flap at bottom center. * From the front jacket, "" . . .an epic, which will not be equaled during modern times - a chronicle of the death of two popes and the election of their successors in the space of only two… Read More

New Yoirk: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition / First Printing per same date on Title Page & Copyright Page, contains the letter A, and no additional printings indicated. Hard cover in good condition with pink boards, black spine cloth, and spine lettering which has rubbed off. Stamped decorative with gold gilt accent in center of front board. Top text block shows dust dulling and foxing. Interior text block clean; no writing, no markings noted. First signature loose where glossy frontispiece was bound in. Frontispiece is a portrait of Mamie Doud Eisenhower by Thomas E. Stephens which is repeated on front panel of dust jacket. Dust jacket in good condition; shows shelf & edge wear, age toning to paper, tiny chips to head & heel of spine and corners. Not price clipped. * A Biography of the wife of U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition - November 2000. First Printing per complete number line including number one. Light gray boards with gilt spine lettering in very good condition; light age toning. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. DJ very good with only gentle shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. Contains 16 pages of glossy black & white photographs, a Bibliography, and a comprehensive index. * From the front flap, ""Everyone knows 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' but few know that 'Dorian Gray' actually existed. This is his story. . . .""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Nation Books, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover with light gray boards with black spine cloth containing silver spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. DJ very good with only hint of shelf and edge wear; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, ""This is the story of an exile, fraudster, statesman, banker, math whiz, gourmand, and aesthete. It is the story of the remarkable life of Ahmad Chalabi, whose legendary charisma and charm - and his almost hypnotic powers of persuasion - helped propel the United States to war in Iraq. Chalabi has been subject to enormous scrutiny since the invasion of Iraq but his real history remained a secret. Until now. . . .[An] extraordinary investigative biography . . .""

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First American edition 1997. In addition, contains complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with rose-red boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings; no markings noted. Contains black & white illustrations & photographs throughout. Dust jacket likewise very good; light edge wear to corners; dog-eared crease line at bottom of back flap; not price clipped. * From a review by David Thomson, ""A rapturous, giddy, and irrepressible book . . . Let us be clear: This is a delight, a marvel of research . . .and a superb argument for the case that William Claude Dukinfield (1880-1946) was, and is, the greatest comic the movies have given us.""

Harvard University Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition, Copyright 1988 and no additional printings noted. Hardcover in very good condition with rose colored cloth boards and silver spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with tiny edgewear and chips at head of spine and closed tears, chips, and wrinkle at heel of spine. 313 numbered pages. * Concludes with an extensive section of References for further reading and an Index. Summary from the dust jacket flap, ""In the fourteen articles collected in this volume, Gilligan and her colleagues expand the theoretical base of 'In a Different Voice' (Harvard University Press, 1982) and apply their research methods to a variety of life situations. The contrasting voices of justice and care clarify different ways in which women and men speak about relationships and lend different meanings to connection, dependence, autonomy, responsibility, loyalty,… Read More

NY: Picador, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Printing First Picador Paperback Edition: September 2003, in addition complete number line including number one. Soft cover in fine condition. Text block clean and tight. Contains some colored and black and white photos. No markings noted. * From the book, ""Mapping Mars"" is a brilliant, sustained achievement which presents not just our changing representation of Mars, but the developing map of humanity's consciousness through science, technology, culture, and art. Oliver Morton is a superb writer who has made a specialist subject enthralling and universal.""

New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. In addition, same date, 1984, on Title page and Copyright page. Hard cover in very good condition with gray boards and silver gilt lettering on spine and on front board (author's initials: BWT.) Side edges deckled. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains four sections of color and black & white photographs. 447 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; light shelf & edge wear; tiny chip at heel of spine; 1"" closed tear at bottom of front panel; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""Surveying the vast spectrum of our recorded past, Barbara Tuchman now traces and explores one of the most compelling paradoxes of history: the recurring pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interest. Through a wide range of historical examples in which this paradox has been manifest - from the… Read More

New York: Rodale Books, 2008. 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 dark gold boards, gray spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Glossy white papers with illustrations and photos on most pages. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped. Overall presents as new and unread. * From the front jacket flap, ""Unlike other fitness gurus, Mario doesn't promise the impossible - he simply places you on the path to results and teaches you how to stay the course. Whatever your fitness goals, Mario's simple and clear instructions help you put his plan into action. Designed for both men and women, Mario's program is broken into three two-week phases that will propel you into a fit lifestyle. . . .""

Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition / First Printing per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with brown boards, green spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains 14 maps & battle diagrams in addition to a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of glossy black & white photographs. 340 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . a brilliant exploration of the significance of maritime power in shaping the western ideal of political freedom. In the great wars of modern history, maritime powers have always prevailed over land-based empires, whether Habsburg, Napoleonic, Nazi, or Soviet. . . .charts the growth of these powers in various western countries while revealing the way in which supremacy at sea freed thought and society itself. . .… Read More

New York: Free Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First Free Press hardcover edition November 2012, plus complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with beige boards, brown spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings to note. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped.* From the back jacket, a review by Jon Meacham: ""This is an important book about an important relationship. Writing engagingly and with precision, Eve LaPlante sheds new light on the Alcott story, a story that is in some ways the story of America."" The author, Eve LaPlante, is the great-niece of Abigail May Alcott, Louisa's mother, and is cousin of Louisa.

New Yoirk: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition; First Printing per a letter line including the letter a which is the edition identifying convention used by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. Glossy pictorial boards in very good condition with slight shelf & edge wear. Text block clean and tight with no writing or markings noted. Contains glossy color photographs throughout. * After the Introduction, Chapters include The Ingredients, Setting Up Your Martini Bar, Shakers, Famous Martini Drinkers, Recipes, and concludes with a Recipe Index. -- Traces the origin of the Martini from Martinez, California to the ""Roaring Twenties"" up to the ""Reeling Nineties."" -- Useful advice on authentic glassware, vintage shakers, a variety of garnishes, and simple yet sophisticated preparation techniques. -- Features history's most famous Martini drinkers capturing the drink's consummate… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Perseus Books, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. A Volume of the Radcliffe Biography Series. Softcover in very good condition with crisp glossy wraps with only ghost of shelf & edge wear to the glossy wraps. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. 713 numbered pages. * From the book, "" . . .an entirely new look at Mary Baker Eddy . . . the extraordinary leadership skills exercised by Mrs. Eddy despite the repressive forces facing women in her time. . . . she led thousands of churches in the US and Europe, had founded a national newspaper, and was probably the most powerful woman in America.""

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line. Hard cover in very good condition with white boards & navy spine cloth containing gilt spine lettering. Green endpapers. Text block clean & tight. Book appears unread. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. Concludes with an Appendix containing a ""Bibliography for Further Reading"" which they title ""Maverick Material,"" End Notes to the Chapters, Acknowledgments, and an Index. 316 numbered pages. * From the jacket flap, ""Meet the innovators and upstarts who are inventing the future of business. Their unconventional ideas and groundbreaking strategies can become your business plan for the twenty-first century - a better way to lead, compete, and succeed. . . . Business as usual is a bust. In industry after industry, the old guard is cutting back and losing ground.… Read More

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. No other printings noted; same date on Title Page and Copyright Page. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. 165 black & white photographs throughout. Dust jacket in very good condition; small closed tear at heel of spine; wrinkles at head of spine. * From the jacket, ""At long last: Katharine Hepburn on Katharine Hepburn. . . .Throwing aside her performing personality she reveals the person behind the persona in a vivid, unforgettable self-portrait: Katharine Hepburn as we have never seen her before.""