Search Results: Biography - General from Riverwood's Books

Delta Books. Good+. 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Good cover with very good interior. Moderate edge/corner wear, scuffing and creasing to covers, light soiling. Internal pages tight and clean. 131 pages. "Interview given to Lockwood while Cleaver was exiled in Algiers after he went underground to avoid jail in 1968.....; 8vo; this interview is a study in the theory and practice of revolution. A "political exile", Cleaver was Minister of Information for the Black Panther Party and a leading light in the civil rights movement in the USA. " (*lower shipping avail to most locations) [300-osl] .

London: Lutterworth Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Reprint, first published in 1955. Hardcover is clean, has some light edgewear. Interior clean & tight, first endpage has a tear. Colour frontispiece. Jacket is clipped, has minor edgewear and a few small tears, light soilingAlbert Schweitzer, the Forest Doctor of Lambarene in French Equatorial Africa, spent forty years of his life in his forest hospital. What made him - musician, philosopher, theologian - leave Europe for Africa? The answer makes for a thrilling tale. Juvenile/Young adult reading. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) [212-notosl]; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall .

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 0618805753 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages clean and intact, light soiling to outer edge of pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages; A boy, a medieval emperor, and an obsession that wouldn't quit. What is so compelling about falconry? To find an answer, Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with falcons in this engaging volume, interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. An entire subculture exists outside the mainstream of American society consisting of obsessed individuals (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And film writer Tony Huston among them) who still use the ancient training techniques and language of falconry. Gallagher finds that his personal story connects on many levels with that of Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor, legendary falconer, and notorious freethinker, who brought the… Read More

Nyc: Ace Books. Good. 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Ace Books 1962. Pages are clean and intact other than some looseness to bottom of first section. Age tanning to pages and inside covers. Cover has creasing, scuffing and moderate edgewear, small tears to spine ends. The most dramatic courtroom battles of Darrow, Fallon, Hays, Leibowitz, Davis, Steuer and other celebrated attorneys. 224 pages. (110os123) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: J. M. Dent & Son's. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1906. Second Printing. Hardcover. 2nd printing 1906. Small red hardcover with gilt decoration on spine in very nice condition for it's age. Slight edge/corner wear, light soiling outer edge of pages, slight darkening to cover edges. Pages clean and intact other than a couple small ink markings inside rear cover, light age tanning to pages and inside covers. Paper split at spine by title page but no loose pages. 295 pages. Originally published in 1868, covers the landing of Augustine; the murder of Becket; Edward the Black Prince; Becket's shrine. Useful to the antiquary or historian, who may wish to examine these events more fully. (400noto) ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

Riverhead Trade. New. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 1594480745 . New book, small remainder mark spine end bottom, couple very small creases bottom corner. A hilarious and sometimes poignant look at the absurdities of weight-loss culture from an appealing and original new voice. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages; From the creator of the immensely popular websites Pound and Candyboots, this is the memoir of Wendy McClure's odyssey-on-line and off-through the Valley of The Shadow of Her Really Big Ass. It's about the universe she created for herself when she couldn't see herself as a kicky Weight Loss Success Story, only she put it all on a website and became sort of an inspiration anyway. I'm Not The New Me is about coming to terms with a family heritage of fat and drastic surgeries, and about self-esteem issues that are nobody's business but your own. It's wondering what's left of yourself after you lose weight-and just who the hell you are if you gain… Read More

Nyc: The Dial Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library with some soiling and moderate wear. Pages are all intact, with spotting on several pages and soiling to outer edge of pages. Jacket, attached to book, has some edgewear/rubbing and light soiling to front and rear. Reading copy. "The Betty and Barney Hill case is truly the mother of all alien abduction stories; not only was it the first complete account of alien abduction, it remains one of the most well-documented cases on record. .." (650-3-24) ; 8vo .

M. E. Lazerte School Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. HC is clean & tight, very light edge & corner wear, some corner bumping. Tanning to page edges, no markings. A great many old b/w photos & illustrations. 352 pages. DJ is clean & bright, has light edgewear and a few small tears & creases to edges, yellowing to edges, not clipped. SUMMARY: Author Kostek was an administrator with the Edmonton Public School System for nearly 30 years. Contains a complete 100-year history of schools, students and educators in the Edmonton Public School system. Includes photos of teachers, students, administrators, trustees and the first high schools, Strathcona Collegiate Institute and Victoria High School. (*due to heavy weight, extra postage will be required). ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

New Page Books. New. 2007. First Edition. Softcover. 1564149765 . New book, has very small remainder marking top edge of pages. Title page has a small crease and one tiny edge tear, otherwise as new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages .

London: Faber & Faber. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 0571068227 . First printing. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley. Hardcover has minor edge and corner wear, light soiling. Pages all intact and clean other than previous owner's name/address and a little writing on endpage. Jacket has light edgewear, small edge tears, light scuffing/soiling, not price clipped. "Amusing stories of diplomatic life by 'Antro bus'. From the Embassies of the world, and the crises in the capitals, here are some of Durell's 'dips' with their odd tales. The damage done by The Gents Super Hair Regulator which could only be cured by Fenner's Follicle Food to the eccentric Aunt Norah and The Little Affair in Paris all show a wonderfully light side of the author famous for 'The Alexandria Quartet. ' "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 82 pages .

Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0192821180 . Softcover very good, ex-library with laminated cover, usual stickers - minor overall wear/light soiling, interior clean & tight.. A good solid copy. b/w illustrations. "There is a matter for dispute on every page. This will be a partial, opinionated portrait by a Scot of his fellow countrymen as they have presented themselves" writes Iain Finlayson in his 'cautionary foreword' of this penetrating and entertaining analysis of the Scottish psyche.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

St. Martin's. Near Fine. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 0312950446 . Excellent condition - light corner wear, interior pages tight and unmarked. B/w photos. 289 pages. Review Amazon: This book is an overview of the career of the FBI man who nearly single-handedly created the system for personality profiling of violent offenders. If there's a big-time multiple murderer from about 1950 until now who hasn't been interviewed by Robert Ressler, he probably refused the honor. Indispensable reading for serial killer mavens, and better written than John Douglas and Mark Olshaker's Mindhunter, this book is packed with fascinating details from dozens of cases... (300noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Hallmark. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 0875290264 . Hardcover has minor edgewear/bumping, small inscription on first page. Pages clean & tight. Numerous colour photographs. DJ has minor edgewear, a few small tears and one chip out of front cover, light scuffing, not price clipped. 62 pages. "Will Rogers became a famous man in the 1920's for this kind of common sense. His home spun humor made hime the biggest box office attraction at the movies, the most widely read newspaper columnist, and the most popular humorist America had ever seen..." (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .