Eckert Alan (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition. This is a trade size softcover book. Three inch stain on spine spilling over onto an inch of front cover. Cover corners are lightly bumped with a tiny bump at bottom edge of front cover. Binding split at pages 26-27. 176 pages.

paperback. Condition: Fair.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Maxwell, John Alan (illustrator). 1st Edition. 6"x9" 496 numbered indexed pgs. Edition & printing not stated. Assumed First Edition. Jacket designed by Brett Nance. Original art by John Alan Maxwell. Author's Note written in Barrington, IL dated 6/22/1978. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped w/price ($15), & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Price covers secure ship in padded w/proof polymer w/track #. From Niagara Falls to Lake Champlain, the warriors of the mighty Iroquois ruled supreme. Not even the savagery of the French and Indian wars could cool their fury or halt their power. But by 1770 the restless white men were warring once again. Thayendanegea, the valiant Iroquois war chief, allied his fierce tribes with the one white man the Indians loved and trusted, Sir William Johnson. Once more the frontier would erupt, pitting the Indians' unvanquished spirit against the white setters' relentless challenge. Allan W. Eckert's Narratives of America are true sagas of the brave men and courageous women who won our land. Every character and event in this sweeping series is drawn from actual history and woven into the vast and powerful epic that was America's westward expansion. Allan W. Eckert has made America's heritage an authentic, exciting, and powerful reading experience. Source: Publisher.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Maxwell, John Alan (illustrator). 1st Edition. 6"x9" 496 numbered indexed pgs. Edition & printing not stated. Assumed First Edition. Jacket designed by Brett Nance. Original art by John Alan Maxwell. Author's Note written in Barrington, IL dated 6/22/1978. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped w/price ($15), & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Price covers secure ship in padded w/proof polymer w/track #. From Niagara Falls to Lake Champlain, the warriors of the mighty Iroquois ruled supreme. Not even the savagery of the French and Indian wars could cool their fury or halt their power. But by 1770 the restless white men were warring once again. Thayendanegea, the valiant Iroquois war chief, allied his fierce tribes with the one white man the Indians loved and trusted, Sir William Johnson. Once more the frontier would erupt, pitting the Indians' unvanquished spirit against the white setters' relentless challenge. Allan W. Eckert's Narratives of America are true sagas of the brave men and courageous women who won our land. Every character and event in this sweeping series is drawn from actual history and woven into the vast and powerful epic that was America's westward expansion. Allan W. Eckert has made America's heritage an authentic, exciting, and powerful reading experience. Source: Publisher.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Wilderness Empire' is the gripping narrative of the eighteenth-century struggle of these two powers to win for themselves the allegiance of the Indians in a war for territorial dominance, yet without letting these Indians know that the prize of the war would be this very Iroquois land. It is the story of English strength hamstrung by incredible incompetence, of French power sapped by devastating corruption. It is the story of the English, Indian and French individuals whose lives intertwine in the greatest territorial struggle in American history -- the French and Indian War.".

Red Embossed Cloth. Condition: Very Good (AVERAGE). No Jacket. Pictorial Illustrations Throughout. (illustrator). This is the first edition of this edition. Browned pages and fore'edges. Slightly rubbed and stained outer cover binding in places. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Signed or Inscribed. HARDBACK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Book - very good, dust jacket - very good. First published 1963 - this is the 1965 Country Book Club edition.

Good condition hard cover book. Blue/green cloth boards. Gilt cover and spine embossing. Minor cover bumping and wear. 626 clean, unmarked pages.

Dust jacket design by John Alan Maxwell (illustrator). Very good to fine with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is lightly faded on spine and is lightly rubbed at spine tips and corners. 496 pages with index and 24 maps.

Condition: Very Good. Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. John Schoenherr (illustrator). 1st Edition. (1971). Stated first edition. Octavo gold cloth lettered in red. Illustrated with full-page b/w drawings by Caldecott Award winner John Schoenherr. This copy SIGNED BY SCHOENHERR on the title page. A fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket which has shallow chipping at the spine tips and a few short closed tears. A 1972 Newbery Honor Book. 0. Signed by Illustrator(s).