Search Results: Fiction - Classics from Riverwood's Books

Great Britain: Dragon's World. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 1850281416 . HC/DJ - near fine. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, light wear to bottom corners. Jacket fine other than slight bruising to edges and a little scuffing. Beautiful Ashman colour illustrations throughout. A handsome copy of this attractive Alice classic. "Here is a world brimful of mystery and magic, with each page turned becoming curiouser and curiouser...." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Great Britain: Dragon's World. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 1850281424 . Dragon's World 1990 edition, same ISBN. HC/DJ - near fine. Hardcover is clean and tight, slight corner wear/bumping. Jacket has a little edge bruising, light scuffing, one small tear to rear, not clipped. 96 pages. Gorgeous Ashman colour illustrations throughout. A lovely edition of this Alice classic. The Mad Hatter, the Mock Turtle, and of course the Cheshire Cat are all here, flitting through eccentric tea parties, lobster quadrilles and investigations into the theft of certain tarts. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Mcclelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 077107882X . HC/DJ - near fine/VG. Harcover is clean and unmarked, very light edgewear and a little fading to edges, slightly cocked forward at spine. Jacket has light edgewear, scuffing and creasing to front flap, not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "Andy Russell was a master storyteller, and this collection of new and previously published tales evokes as if by magic the irresistible allure of the campfire. It’s not hard to imagine the starry sky above and the sound of the pack horses as they sleepily crop the grass nearby. Some of Andy’s tales are about his own youth. Others are part of western lore and the history of the west. Others concern those whose trails crossed his, or whose legends he heard over campfires long ago. Some of the stories dwell in the past, and others deal in the present. Some are about horses, grizzlies, owls, and other wildlife; some… Read More

Grolier Enterprises Corp.. Near Fine. 1980. Hardcover. B000K2GDZY . Grolier 1980, no jacket as issued. Excellent condition - brown faux-leather with gilt decoration on front, spine and outer edge of pages, slight wear to outer corners. Interior clean, tight and unmarked other than a staple mark on frontispiece page. 345 pages. Part of the Harvard Classics series. Translated by Benjamin Jowett, Hastings Crossley & George Long. [580] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Longmans Canada Ltd.. Good. 1963. Hardcover. Small red hardcover (7" tall) , no jacket as issued. Ex-school library markings and rear pocket. Cover has moderate wear and soiling, pages intact with small amounts of underlining, a few earmarks and occasional small edge tear. Solid reading copy, not collectable. (155osl, 0211); 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. B001O1TMRQ . Book club edition. Hardcover clean and unmarked, light edgewear, corner bumping. Dustjacket has light edgewear and several small tears, one 2" taped tear on front. Age tanning. B/w illustrations. A novelization of the young Abraham Lincoln's early years in New Salem, Illinois. A novelization of the young Abraham Lincoln's early years in New Salem, Illinois. (400-osl) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. Good in Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0064953963 . Retired library book with mylar cover and usual stamps/stickers. Light wear to edges, some creasing/slight loosening of mylar, light soiling to cover and outer edge of pages. Interior pages tight. Several pages have pencil underlining and a few have pen. Good reading copy. 208 pages. "This is the full length study of Yeats's imagination, both as he conceived it, and as he expressed it in prose, poetry and drama. The author explores the nature of Yeats's imagination and finds it to be neither epic nor even wholly lyric but essentially dramatic in its quality. Dr. Parkin first investigates Yeats's own ideas about imagination and then develops a critical discussion of Yeats's work.........Yeats is often regarded as the greatest poet since Wordswoth; Dr. Parkin shows that he is also probably the greatest commentator on imagination since Coleridge. " (*Shipping will be… 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 .

Cornell University Press. Good. 1984. Hardcover. 0801492823 . Softcover 1984. Cover has scuffing, light edge and corner wear. Pages are intact and clean, however there is minor damage to bottom edge and corner curling top/bottom. Widely adopted for classroom use, this book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and defense (the platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, and Crito) and on the charges against Socrates (Aristophanes' comedy Clouds). This is the only collection of the three Platonic dialogues that also includes Clouds, a work that is fundamental for understanding the thought of Socrates in relation to the Athenian political community and to Greek poetry. Thomas G. West's introduction provides an overview of the principal themes and arguments of the four works. There are extensive explanatory notes to the translations. For this new edition, Thomas West… Read More

Carroll & Graf Publishers. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0881846457 . Clean, tight condition. Pages clean and unmarked. B/w illus. Cover has light edge/corner wear and light corner curling. " This charming collection of the cream of cat stories includes works by James Herriot, P. G. Wodehouse, Damon Runyon, Doris Lessing, Patricia Highsmith, Emile Zola, and fifteen others. The many fine line drawings add greatly to the book's appeal. " [401] ; 8vo .

Signet Classics. Very Good. 1969. Softcover. 0886659091 . Later reprint. Pages clean and unmarked, age tanning to pages and inside covers, no markings. Cover has light edgewear and some light creasing. The fantastic tale of the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver. (170noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

World's Best Reading/Reader's Digest. Fine. 1985. Hardcover. Reprint. No jacket as issued, excellent condition. Clean, tight & unmarked, only minimal wear overall. Full page illustrations by David Frampton. Afterword by Henry James. 287 pages. "Hawthorne's 1851 tale about the brooding hold of the past over the present, turning its way back through many generations of a venerable New England family, one of whose members was accused of witchcraft in 17th century Salem. More than 200 years later, we meet the family in its decaying, gabled mansion, still haunted by the presence of dead ancestors: Hepzibah, an elderly gentlewoman fallen on had times; her ineffectual brother, Clifford; and young Phoebe, a country maiden who cheerfully takes it upon herself to care for her two doddering relations. There's also Holgrave, a free-spirited daguerreotypist, who rented a room and along with a country cousin attempt to reverse the tide of misfortunes surrounding the house.… Read More

Gilberton Company / Classics Illustrated. Good+. 1970. Softcover. Pages clean with a little ink rubbing on a few pages. Several small edge tears and one longer closed tear on page 5. Cover has several small creases and moderate edgewear. Rear cover is soiled with mail order coupon filled out in pen. Colour illustrations. Stapled magazine format. Featuring stories by the world's greatest authors. (*lower shipping available to all locations) [76-osl] ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover 1929, first edition, no dustjacket. Pages intact and clean other than a small number of light stains within book, one small taped area edge of last page, no writing or other markings. Cover has light/moderate wear to edges and corners and some scuffing, title is faded on spine, gilt lettering on front. (460noto424) ; 8vo; 372 pages; As the novel follows the various fortunes and misfortunes of Benjamin and his sons through the late 19th Century, it becomes clear that they each possess a passion for direct contact with the land they farm. This passion dominates all aspects of their existence and inextricably ties them to Crakenhill. It is only when their lives are altered by the arrival of a young housekeeper that their future becomes uncertain. It was this novel, which established H W Freeman's reputation as a writer in Britain and America. It became a main selection of the… Read More

Penguin Books. Good. 1960. Softcover. Penguin Books 1960 printing. Includes two novels: Blind Path and Banana Tourist. Pages are clean and unmarked other than previous owner's name on endpage and green booksale stamps on top edge of pages (has leeched into top edge a bit). Cover has moderate edgewear, tears to spine ends and small piece torn from spine bottom. Complete and unabridged. (163-osl]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Viking Press. Very Good+. 1989. Softcover. 0140114335 . Very nice condition - only light wear overall. "The third volume of the Cornish trilogy revolves around the staging of an unfinished opera by a 19th century composer. Packed with interesting details of opera history and production, boasting some new, eccentric characters, and pulling together Davies's various themes in a harmonic resolution, the novel should satisfy those who will settle for intelligent observations and playful allusions rather than dramatic momentum , " (380noto) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

New York: St. Martin's Griffin. Very Good. 2011. First Edition; Third Printing. Softcover. Trade size softcover 2011, 3rd printing. Pages are clean and unmarked, slight soiling outer edge of pages, few tiny corner creases and some corner curling from reading. Cover has very light edgewear, one corner crease and light corner curling. ; 8vo; 342 pages; In the tradition of Bernard Cornwell and Ben Kane, Outlaw is a rousing historical novel that mixes legend with fact to bring to life the time, the lives and the struggles of late 12th century England. As the Henry II struggles with his rebelious children and the conflict between the Saxon nobility and the Norman conquerors continues on as bloody as ever, there is a figure that has remained firmly fixed in the imagation of generations - Robin Hood, an outlaw and a renegade nobility determined to bring down the men who took his land, his family, and his position. When he's caught stealing, young Alan Dale is forced to leave his family and go to live with a… Read More

Dorset Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0880292989 . Very nice, clean, tight condition. Hardcover is unmarked other than name written small on endpage (easily covered). Jacket has scuffing, slight edge wrinkling, a little age tanning to edges and one small closed tear. From the Author's introduction - "The Opera Ghost really existed. He was not, aas was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or the absurd and impressionable brains of the young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants, or the concierge. No, he existed in flesh and blood, thaough he assumed all the outward characteristics of a real phantom, that is to say, of a shade. " [478]; 8vo .

Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. B003WGFWZM . Ex-library book, but still in good condition - mylar cover and usual ex-lib type of markings, light wear overall, light soiling outer edge of pages. Pages clean and intact. Compact one volume edition containing a full selection of Poems, Critical Essays, Political Writings & Letters. 659 pages. Edited by Matthew Arnold's distinguished biographer, Lionel Trilling. (425-noto) ; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall .

Viking Press. Good+. 1973. Softcover. 0670000094 . Reprint. Age tanning to cover & light to moderate edgewear. Internal pages are tight, however several pages have underling/small amounts of writing. Price stickers on front. "A masterpiece of subjectivity, a fictionalized memoir, a coming-of-age prose-poem, this brilliant novella introduces Joyce's alter ego, Stephen Daedelus, the hero of Ulysses, and begins the narrative experimentation that would help change the concept of literary narrative forever...." (120? -osl) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .