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

New York, New York, U.S.A.: HarperCollins: Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition, 2005. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Hardcover with black boards and gold spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with only hint of shelf & edge wear. 465 pages.

Southampton, Great Britain: Ashford Press Pub., 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Pritchett, R.T.. Facsimile of the First Edition published in 1894 with an Introductory Note, dated 1985, by the Eleventh Duke of Beaufort, whose great great-grandfather, the 8th Duke of Beaufort, was instrumental in bringing about The Badminton Library series of books about many great sports such as these volumes on Yachting. Two volume set in fine condition. Blue boards with gold gilt lettering on spine and front board; coat of arms also in gilt on front board. Blue end papers. Interior text blocks clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Glossy papers have retained their whiteness. Contains numerous photographs, illustrations, diagrams, maps. Volume I (0907069223) contains 479 numbered pages; Volume II (0907069231) contains 501 numbered pages. Each volume 7 3/4"" tall x 5 3/4"" wide x approx 1 3/8"" thick. No dust jackets as issued.

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

New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 2nd Printing Hard cover in very good condition with red boards and gold spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears noted. No dust jacket. * From the WorldCat summary, "". . . a personal account of the challenges faced by one family without Chinese consumer goods. In an accessible way, the book will shed light on China's reach into the daily lives of ordinary people.

New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated: First Trade Printing: June 1998. Foreword by David Halberstam. Soft cover in very good condition showing light wear and mild age toning. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Concludes with Notes to the Chapters, an extensive Bibliography, and a comprehensive Index. 544 numbered pages; approx 9"" tall x 6"" wide x 1 1/2"" thick. * David Halberstam concludes his Foreword with the words, ""No one captured the politics of that year at the time better than Jules Witcover, one of our best and most careful political writers. . . .he has set down with great skill and precision the political events that reflected a year in which the nation itself seemed on the edge of unraveling. To read this book is to be brought back to that frenetic, moving, painful, bittersweet time.""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1987. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hard cover in good condition with brown boards, black spine cloth and brown spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. DJ is not price clipped and shows some shelf and edge wear with small chip at bottom front and black marker line on bottom of text block. White flaps show age toning and several creases. * From the jacket, ""Each of the pieces in ""Yo, Poe"" displays Frank Gannon's bird-dog instinct for the absurd in contemporary culture, his gently on-target good humor and his superb skills as a literary parodist. Tonic, inventive, sometimes dangerously funny. ""Yo-Po"" is a book to be savored and shared, by a writer with the true imp of the perverse in him.""

NY: Atria Books, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Atria Books hardcover edition February 2007. (Originally published in Great Britain in 2005 by Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd.) In addition, complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped * From the book, ""Bad money habits? Financial guru Alvin Hall shows how to break them, make smarter spending and savings decisions, and glide down the path to economic security.""

Jewish Publication Society, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 2nd Printing Stated First Edition with number line indicating this is the Second Printing. Hard cover in fine condition with bluish green boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings; appears unread. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""For the convert and potential convert, the book offers essential information, from descriptions of the various branches of Judaism to suggestions on what it takes to actually ""feel"" Jewish. . . . From her interviews with converts and their families and friends, Romanoff illustrates the tremendous impact the conversion decision can have on the lives of those who choose Judaism as well as on the lives of theose around them. . . .""

New York: Summit Books, 1981. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. * From the book, ""....the first book to deal exclusively with the special challenges and joys inherent in being a parent for the second time. Blending experience and expertise. . . presents not only the theoretical aspects of second-time parenting, but the practical side as well. . . . begins with a detailed look at the impact of a second child on the family, and goes on to discuss the psychological and physical aspects of a second pregnancy and childbirth, highlighting the important and often overlooked differences from the first experience. . . . then proceeds to offer solid, much-needed information on every aspect of the subject . . . ""

NY: Three Rivers Press, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. There is a very small spot of rubbing at bottom of front cover. No other markings noted. * From the book, "" . . . focuses on real tasks that people nearing or already in retirement must tackle."" ""Charles Schwab is one of America's most trusted and respected names in financial services . . . offers you his advice and support on how to retire with the money you'll need to have the kind of life you want.""