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

Free Press, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later Printing. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition. * From the jacket, "". . . the product of thirty years of working with overweight patients and figuring out what really works. Giving you the real tools to permanent weight loss will change your life and its quality. . . .The 7 Keys that are in this book will open doors to a new life for you.""

New York: Vintage International, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good. The Complete and Unabridged Text, as corrected and Reset in 1961 With a foreword by Morris L. Ernst and the decision of the United States District Court rendered by Judge John M. Woolsey. Soft cover in very good condition with wraps clean & unmarked; no creases. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Running Press Book Publishers, 1983. Soft cover. Very Good. Clee, Suzanne. First Printing of this edition per complete number line including number one. Soft cover in very good condition; wraps show only ghost of shelf wear; shiny and bright; spine not cracked. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Text block edges show light age toning with several small spots. A hefty volume of 1,178 numbered pages; 5 1/4"" wide x 8 3/8"" tall and 2 1/2"" thick. * From the back of book, "". . .contains all of Poe's classic tales and most haunting poems - presented, for the first time, in the order he originally wrote them. . . . Not a word has been deleted!""

Nation Press, 1995. Soft cover. Fine. Soft cover in fine condition with bright crisp wraps with no crease or marks. Interior text block clean & tight with less that 3/4"" spot of soiling on bottom corner of text block; does not go through to the pages themselves. * From the Editor's Note: ""This anthology does not pretend to include all of the best writing on race and civil rights that has appeared in 'The Nation"" in the past 130 years. It features, instead, selections that illuminate the magazine's steadfast commitment to racial justice in a variety of voices and hues. ...each is infused with moral passion and a critical edge. ... ""

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Higginbotham, Helena. Hard cover good condition with red boards, gold gilt embossed lettering, decorative devices, and lined border on front board and spine. Faded paste down portrait of Uncle Terry's adopted daughter, Telly, is centered on front board. Overall age toning to the papers. Front free endpaper has name of former owner in pencil and under that, the year 1901. Interior text block clean, no other writing, marks, other. Front hinge cracked with first two pages loose / detahed several inches. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard depicts the lighthouse that is ""The Home of Uncle Terry."" Side and bottom text block edges deckled and dust toned. Top edge gilt. Shelf wear to boards, rubbing, and bumps to corners.* The 365 numbered pages are followed by an advertisement for ""Piano copies of the ""Uncle Terry Two Step,"" available for 25 cents at ""any… Read More

Collegeville, Minnestoa: Liturgical Press, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hard cover in fine condition with maroon boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Maroon end papers. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; 1/4"" closed tear on bottom front; not price clipped. Presents as unread. * From the jacket, "" In this series of reflections it becomes clear that singing ""alleluia"" is not a way to escape reality but receptivity to another kind of reality beyond the immediate and the delusional, of helping us understand what is now and what is to come.""

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Bridgebooks : The Westminster Press, 1983. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with green boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. 8 1/4"" tall x 5 3/8"" wide; 180 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with gentle shelf & edge wear and mellow age toning; no price. * From the front cover, ""A dyslexic refuses to accept defeat and shows how to turn a handicap into an unexpected blessing.""

New Yoirk: St. Martin's Press, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight with no writing, no markings noted. Dust just likewise in very good condition; not price clipped; appears unread. * From the book, ""The glamorous life, gilded family, and tragic times of J. Paul Getty III, whose kidnapping made headlines in 1973.""

New York: Crown Publishers, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line including the number one.. Hard cover in very good condition. Glossy pictorial boards with picture of the White House in color on front board. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition, has a cut out on middle of front panel allowing a portion of the photo of the White House on the front board to show through; not price clipped. * From the book, ""This is a story only he [the reporter] could tell - not only a gripping narrative populated by an entertainingly bizarre cast of characters, but also a nuanced and scrupulously fair account with a wealth of never-before-told information about the major players and events in the Clinton scandals.""

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.""

Random House, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with number line 2-9 which per Random House convention indicates a First Printing. Hard cover in very good condition with light peach colored boards, black spine cloth, copper gilt decorative on front board and copper gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains 41 black & white illustrations and charts throughout. Dust jacket very good with light shelf & edge wear; no tears or chips; scratch to the plasticized coating on rear panel, vertical rubbing line on jacket front & back where spine cloth meets the board underneath. * From the jacket, ""the Dead Sea Scrolls are the most important and most exciting manuscript find of the twentieth century. Yet their significance remains inaccessible to most, veiled by mystery and scholarly occlusion. This volume, comprised of articles by the world's leading Dead Sea Scroll authorities, is… Read More

Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 2007. 2nd Edition. Audio Book (DVD). New. Course No. 1810. New in unopened shrink wrap: consists of three parts: Soft cover Course Guidebook, one DVD case with 8 DVDs, a second DVD case with another 8 DVDs. From the visible back of the second DVD case and assuming same on first case : each DVD contains six lectures of 30 minutes each; in total 96 lectures. * From the course description, ""This course concentrates on the most exciting aspects of our fantastic Universe and on the methods astronomers have used to develop an understanding of it.""

Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Author. 1st Printing First Edition per number line. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Appears unread. Inscription to former owner on front fly leaf signed by Robert Hicks (signature not authenticated.) Book has gray boards with dark red lettering along spine. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the book, ""Do You feel uneasy, confused, frustrated or angry about your role as a man in today's world? Do you wan to feel more comfortable with your manhood? Do you want to better understand what it takes to be a strong, balanced man in today's changing world?""

Penguin Books, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Wraps very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear. * From the book, ""Jimmy Carter left the White House in January 1981, defeated in his bid for reelection and rejected by the American public - but hardly broken. Once outside the Oval Office, he was more determined than ever to complete his life's work: world peace. .... presents observations of his complex relationships with many world leaders: Mikhail Gorbachev, Deng Xiaoping, Margaret Thatcher, Fidel Castro, Yasir Arafat, Hoafez al-Assad, as well as the men who have succeeded him in the White House. . . . ."" From a review in The Atlanta Journal: ""...shows that, in a world of corruption and evil, a man of ideals can make a difference.""

NY: Avon Books, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. From the book, ""She is one of the most controversial women of our times. As both the wife of the President of the United States and an influential spokesperson for many causes, Hillary Rodham Clinton has become champion to millions as well as a frequent target of political opposition. She has been on Good Housekeeping's list of the Ten Most Admired Women and her popular book, 'It Takes a Village,' became a New York Times bestseller."" Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. There is a remainder mark on the bottom text block. No other markings noted.

NY: Avon Books, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition. * From the book, ""Subjected to more public scrutiny than any First Lady in history, Hilary Rodham Clinton has unflinchingly answered questions about everything from her husband's marital infidelities to her own involvement in Whitewater. She has strongly defended the choices of both career women and stay-at-home moms, and vigorously fought for a responsible childcare system, and for national medical reform.""

New York: Broadway Books, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing First Edition; 2nd Printing per number line. Hard cover in very good condition. White boards with red spine cloth containing silver colored lettering. Navy blue end papers. Text block clean & tight with no writings, underlinings, or markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition with only ghost of shelf & edge wear. Not price clipped. Concludes with a Bibliography and an Index. 392 numbered pages.

Simon & Schuster, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing A portion of this book was originally published by Simon & Schuster Inc. in hardcover in 1988 under the title 'The Doles: Unlimited Partners.' This is a First Edition, per complete number line including number one, of this title. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Six pages in center of book have a less than half inch spot at bottom of page. Dust dulling & small spotting to text block edges. Otherwise text block clean & tight; no writings or other marks noted. Contains a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of glossy black & white photographs. Dust jacket very good; light shelf wear; on verso some red transfer from spine cloth; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""...the joint autobiography of Bob and Elizabeth Dole, Washington's most active and powerful couple. . . . their story provides an extraordinary look at… Read More

New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with red boards and gold gilt spine lettering. American-blue end papers. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""More than forty enlightening and entertaining chapters cover all aspects of American life, including sporting activities, pets, sex, edibles, education, religious beliefs, family profiles, criminal activities, dating, body piercing, net worth, and causes of death.""

Ithaca, New York: Cornell Unviersity Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Published 1967; no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no markings; no writings noted. Dust jacket very good with mellow age toning; not price clipped. * From the book, ""The return to America in 1824 of the Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the Revolutionary War, was a cultural event of tremendous magnitude. His extended tour of the country provided a rich opportunity for reassessment of the national character and experience. Using the tour as the focal point of his book, Professor Somkin employs it as a cultural stethoscope with which to sound the heart of American society in the crucial years between the death of the Founding Fathers and the coming Civil War.""