Search Results: Biography - Literary from Riverwood's Books

Plume Books. Very Good+. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 0452283698 . New book, remainder marking bottom edge of pages. Light shelfwear to corners. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; "...A joyful tribute to the human spirit, told by a master storyteller with a flair for the wry one-liner. " --Toledo Blade Syndicated columnist Randall's writing style is intensely personal and unmistakably authentic, as if she were writing a letter to a trusted friend. In Randall's hands, even stories about ordinary things-from a broken birdbath to a rusty porch swing to a thousand paper cranes-all shine with extraordinary meaning and grace.... (170-osl) .

Formac Publishing. Very Good. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0887800645 . Very good condition. Pages unmarked other than erased pencilled prices on endpage. Light edge/corner wear to cover, one rear corner is creased. " Charles Bruce is one of the most distinguished Canadian writers of all time. His most noted work, The Channel Shore is one of the best Canadian novels of the 20th century. His short stories and poetry won acclaim from his contemporaries and in 1951 he won the Governor General's Award for a book of poetry. " [480] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Near Fine. 2004. Softcover. 1550417673 . Excellent condition, slight creasing on upper corner front cover and corner of first few pages, one earmark seen. Book is otherwise clean and unmarked. B/w illustrations. "Stephen Leacock shares the stage with Charles Dickens and Mark Twain as one of the best-loved humorists in the English-speaking world, and at the time of its original publication Leacock’s biography of Dickens was widely and enthusiastically hailed as a vital, grand, and masterful examination of the man and his writing. That Leacock’s biography of the great novelist was the first to explore the humour as well as the morality of Dickens’ novels is only natural. Originally published in 1933, it is filled with sharp commentary and was a book that Leacock was enormously and justifiably proud. " (327-noto) ; 8vo .

Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press. New. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 1895176700 . Book is new and unread, no markings. Compiled by Marlys Chevrefils. Editor - Apollonia Steele.Covers the period 1941-1991. Biocritical essay, notes, correspondence series, manuscript series, scrapbook series, works on Beresford-Howe, etc. (*Shipping will be reduced, depending on your location); 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

UK: Fontana / Collins. Very Good. 1972. Fifth Printing. Paperback. Paperback 1972. Pages clean and intact, no markings. Rear cover has a library pocket but no other library markings. Cover has light wear to edges and scuffing to rear. (110os422) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 120 pages .

University of Ottawa Press. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0776604031 . Ex-library book but still in great condition, sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages are clean and tight. Cover has light scuffing and very light edgewear to laminate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 138 pages; A student at McGill in the mid-1950s, Marian Engel wrote her M. A. Thesis under the direction of Hugh MacLennan. Their work together became the basis of a correspondence, the MacLennan half of which survives and is detailed here. Both personal and professional in nature, MacLennan's letters to Engel provide fascinating insights into his life's pursuit of writing and offer another glimpse of the author of Two Solitudes. [265-osl] .

New York: Mysterious Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0892961910 . Retired library book with spine sticker & a few internal markings. Light edgewear, light soiling outer edge of pages. Internal pages clean & unmarked except for lib markings & a little glue residue on first page. Top layer of laminate, which was scuffed, has been removed leaving the jacket clean & bright. A chronicle of the birth of the hard-boiled, wise-cracking American detective in the pages of such publications as Black Mask, Detective Fiction Weekly, Crimebusters, Thrilling Detective, Dime Detective, Spicy Detective, and other mystery pulps of the 1920s and 1930s. Offers a scholarly overview of crime pulp history. (*Shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Ballantine Books. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. 0345251318 . Two volumes in slipcase - near fine with good slipcase. Books themselves are in great shape - clean and unmarked with only a little scuffing and a small amount of edgewear. Slight fading at spine ends outer edge of pages. Slipcase has moderately heavy edgewear, scuffing and small tears but is still intact. The complete chronicle of the life and works of the world's most widely read author. ; The Complete Chronicle of The life And Works Of The World's Most Widely Read Author, Box Set Vol1 ,V; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1311 pages; (*Note- very heavy set (over 4 lbs wrapped) so extra postage will be required) [1770] .

Famous Authors Series. New. 2001. First Edition. New VHS tape, still in shrink wrap. UPC: 032031220430. American novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs was the creator of the world famous character of Tarzan, one of the indispensible icons of popular culture. Burroughs also published science fiction and crime novels, which are still widely read. Edgar Rice Burroughs - 1875 - 1950. (155-noto) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; (Note: lower shipping will be available for this lighter item) .

London: Brockhampton Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 186019303X . Ex-library book, still in very nice condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Jacket has some scuffing and light scratches. Pages all intact and clean other than occasional small spot, a few earmarks seen. Featuring some of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's greatest poetry, this stunning new edition is illustrated by some of the world's most beautiful works of art - a celebration of the life and work of one of the finest poets of all time. [335os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages .

Harper Audio. New. 1992. 1559945737 . Audio on Cassette - 45 minutes. New and in the shrink wrap, one scratch to plastic on back. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Publisher's Note "Hemingway's voice [is] a clear, vibrant, low tenor, unexpectedly youthful, almost boyish. It reminds one of a recurring theme in the fiction, that of age reaching back toward youth. . . [Ernest Hemingway Reads] provides his readers the opportunity to listen for and appreciate the Hemingway wit." - The Nation One of Ernest Hemingway's deadliest enemies was The Microphone& but over the years, under special circumstances, Ernest did record a few things for me on an old Webster wire recorder that he kept in his finca in Cuba, and on a transistorized pocket recorder called a Midgetape which we took on our travels. These wires and tapes, imperfect though they are, are virtually the only record we have of his voice. (The one exception is his acceptance of the Nobel Prize… Read More

New York: Bantam Books. Very Good+. 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Bantam Books 1962. Pages are clean and intact, no markings, light age tanning to pages and cover. Cover has some scuffing, minor edgewear and spine crease. The author returns to the places and the people that first inspired his famous novel. Over 250 b/w photos. (210os422) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 223 pages .

AB: University of Alberta Press. New. 2001. First Edition. 0888643640 . New book with no markings. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Frederick Philip Grove's autobiography, In Search of Myself, won the Governor General's award for non-fiction in 1947. Yet the details of his early life are anything but clear. In this remarkably rich portrait of the author's life and milieu, Klaus Martens follows Grove's alter ego, Felix Paul Greve, from a mysterious period in Germany as a student and translator tohis new identity as F. P. Grove, a teacher and writer in Canada.... [540] .

Houghton and Mifflin. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 061841911X . Excellent condition. Uncorrected proof. Slight corner wear, one corner crease to rear, slight soiling outer edge of pages. 306 pages. The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane & Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten & Gypsy Rose Lee under One Roof in Wartime America. February House is the uncovered story of an extraordinary experiment in communal living, one involving young but already iconic writers -- and the country's best-known burlesque performer -- in a house at 7 Middagh Street in Brooklyn during 1940 and 1941. [442-osl? ]; 8vo .

Viking Penguin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670844500 . Hardcover and jacket in very nice condition, only minor wear overall. Small inscription on first endpage, balance of pages clean and intact.. A biography of the author of Madame Bovary. Author discusses Flaubert's outrage with society, his desire for seclusion, his illicit affair with his importunate mistress, and his writing. ; 8vo .

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. New. 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 0374430896 . New & unread, no markings. Young adult to adult reading. In the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer desperate for adventure, college cash, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixty-foot yacht loaded with hashish from the Virgin Islands to New York City, where he and his partners sold the drug until federal agents finally caught up to them in a bust at the Chelsea Hotel. For his part in the conspiracy, the twenty-year-old Gantos was sentenced to serve up to six years in prison. In Hole in My Life, this acclaimed author of over thirty books for young people confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth. (*shipping will be reduced on this lighter book) ; 8vo .

London: Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover is clean & tight, no markings, only slight wear, one corner bumped. Jacket has light creasing/wrinkling to a couple edges, not price clipped. A book about the filming of a A BBC television series based on Durrell's book The Amateur Naturalist, which featured the author and his wife, Lee, as narrators. After a year's work on that program, covering 49, 000 miles, the film crew had learned a lot of natural history, and Durrell had a new appreciation of filmmaking. This story of the journeys is vintage Durrell: breezy and entertaining as he recounts misadventures and the problems of filming wild animals, serious in his plea for conservation... (*Shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo .

Warner Books. Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0446531944 . Uncorrected proof, in excellent, like new condition, clean & unmarked. 293 pages. Description: Elizabeth Hayt embarked upon holy matrimony with reservations. Once there, she found herself drowning in an ocean of wifely and motherly duties, and at 35, felt there had to be more to life. But she was terrified when her husband called it quits. She responded by ricocheting from one high-powered man to another in a post-marital celebration of dating that rivals anything Samantha Jones had to offer. From stripteases before media moguls to attempts at reaching the emotional cores of Manhattan's most lusted-after bachelors, Elizabeth rebels against her Great Neck roots, Ivy league education, and Upper East Side trappings as she delights in revealing the sex lives of true players and sexual politics of New York. In the end, she finds a way to reconcile her bad-girl desires with her good-girl upbringing and defy the predictable… Read More

Dell Books. Very Good+. 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Light wear to edges, interior clean & tight, slight age yellowing. First book for John Steinbeck's son. " ...This is the story of one year in the life of a young man. In that year , he learned about the beauty of seductions of Vietnam, the horror of the war there, the hypocrisy awaiting him at home, and the price of challenging it....He speaks with the authentic voice of a generation. " (*shipping will be reduced on this light book ) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Little, Brown and Company. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library book, still in quite good condition - usual ex-lib type of markings and laminated jacket. Hardcover has some wear and small paper loss at corners. Pages are all intact with a few earmarks seen and occasional pencil markings and light spotting outer edge of pages. The Story of Louisa May Alcott. First published in 1933. This biography won the Newberry Medal for the year in which it was first published. The new edition was issued in honour of the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Little Women. Alcott Centennial Edition. (630) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .