Search Results: Authors starting with F from Riverwood's Books

New York: Garden City. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Garden city 1933. HC/DJ - very good/fair. Dustjacket has edge several tears and chips, and tape marks, fairly fragile. Flip side of DJ has numerous ads for old books, price clipped. Hardcover is very good, with minor edgewear and bumping. Binding good and pages clean and tight except for an ink stain on the top of a few pages which has seeped in about 1/2", and minor spotting. Pages untrimmed. Few tiny corner creases. Written by an associate in Obstetrics at John Hopkins University, with the assistance of Ellery Rand, this book provides a wealth of information about human reproduction. An eminent surgeon explains for the layman the laws governing human sex life. ; 8vo; 297 pages .

The Whitlock Press. Very Good. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Softcover edition. ISBN: 0442224680. Cover has light edge and corner wear, light creasing. Pages clean and intact, old price sticker inside cover. 202 pages. "Employing chaos theory, efficient market hypothesis and the symmetry of free markets to help investors at both codes improve their investment performance, the implications of this astounding work are far-reaching. For the more experienced gambler. " (os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Blackwell Pub. Very Good+. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 0631158588 . Pages clean and unmarked. Cover has light scuffing, light corner wear and a little fading to spine. Main topics: Toward a Solution to the Central American Crisis; Five Countries, Five Realities; An Alternative to U. S. Policy. (230os) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 160 pages .

London: Salvationist Publishing and Supplies Ltd.. Very Good+. 1974. First Edition. Softcover. 0340176407 . Salvationist Publishing, London 1974, paperback. Very nice condition. Pages clean and intact, no markings. Cover has light edge wear, slightly moreso to spine ends, light scuffing to edges and rear. William Booth was the founder and first General of the Salvation Army. In 1855 he married Catherine Mumford who became the Mother of this world-wide army of God's soldiers..... (120os,5-18) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 125 pages .

Time Warner. Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0751536334 . Uncorrected proof (Softcover) under the original title: The Bomb Surgeon in 2005, same ISBN. Book was published under the title, 'The Operative'. Very nice condition, only light wear overall, slight soiling to outer edge of pages. No markings. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; In war torn Iraq, Stratton's closest friend is killed on operation, leaving behind a grieving wife and child - Stratton's godson. When the widow moves to Los Angeles, she is brutally murdered and her child placed in state custody. Stratton, rocked to his core by the killing, uncovers an FBI plot to hide the crime and sets off on a private operation of revenge that eventually pits him against one of the most powerful Eastern European crime syndicates in America...... (500+) .

London: Paladin Press. Good. 1972. Second Printing. Paperback. 058608018X . Pages with age tanning are clean and intact with some corner curling, however cover has some wear and tear involving edgewear, creasing and scuffing. Rear cover has a piece clipped out of bottom corner, light soiling. A psychological and philosophical analysis of the state of being a Negro. Exploring literature, dreams, case histories and the deep inferiority complex which develops as the black man is overwhelmed by the desire to be white, the author portrays the Negro face to face with his race and the fact of blackness. (150os4-22) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 174 pages .

Maine: Samuel Weiser. Good. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 0877287449 . Good reading copy. Ex-library with laminated cover and usual type markings. Moderate edgewear to cover, soiling to outer edge of pages. Internal pages tight, with occasional light soiling or a little wrinkling. 241 pages. B/w photos. "...Offers insights into some of the most bizarre secrets to be found in one place: buried treasure, unsolved murders, supernatural powers, codes on parchments and ancient tombstones, clues concealed in statues and paintings, enigmatic priests who controlled immense wealth, and suggestions of strange secret societies whose members may still be keeping their sinister watch in the dense forests and limstone caves of Razes..." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

PA: Fortress Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Second Printing. Softcover. 0800620623 . Corner & edge wear, corner curling, light staining on a few pages. Old price stickers.. Interior pages otherwise clean & tight. This is Tshenuwani Simon Farisani's harrowing account of the suffering inflicted on a single human being by the brutalities of apartheid. Farisani shows us the terror of torture, the fear of death, and the eventual victory of faith....the author is Dean of the Devhula Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa. He is an outspoken critic of apartheid and has been imprisoned four times for his beliefs. (osl) ; 8vo .

Orion Books. Near Fine. 1993. Not First Edition. Softcover. 0517881136 . Excellent condition. Ex-library, with sturdy laminated cover and a few stamps & stickers - only light wear overall. Interior pages clean & unmarked other than a little light soiling inside back cover. 158 pages. Wonderful photos throughout. Evocotive portraits of Native American Women with their own reflections on womanhood and what it means to be a Native American. ; 8vo .

Arbor House. Good in Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0877956243. . Ex-library with laminated cover & usual stamps & stickers. Moderate wear & scuffing of cover, a little loosening of mylar at book edges. Light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight other than a couple small spots seen. 370 pages. Texas native James Farmer is one of the "Big Four" of the turbulent 1960s civil rights movement, along with Martin Luther King, Jr. , Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young. Farmer might be called the forgotten man of the movement, overshadowed by Martin Luther King, Jr. , who was deeply influenced by Farmer's interpretation of Gandhi's concept of nonviolent protest. In Lay Bare the Heart Farmer tells the story of the heroic civil fights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s. This moving and unsparing personal account captures both the inspiring strengths and human weaknesses He tells his story with forthright honesty. ; 8vo .

Puffin Books. Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0140379568 . Cover has moderate edge and corner wear, small tear spine bottom, some creasing. Interior of book clean other than a couple teddy bear stamps, some paper peeling and tape residue inside back cover. When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo in San Francisco, she calls upon two rats, a street-smart chameleon, a runaway boy, and all the magical powers of the animal world to return to "the warm place" that is home. (os) ; 8vo .

Macmillan Canada. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771590644 . Hardcover clean and unmarked. Jacket is fine, with no tears, other than a light interior stain which caused light wrinkling to two edges (quite minor) , not clipped. "In Charlie's a Broad, Charlie Farquharson, dogged Canadian farmer and man of parts, confronts the essential question (after the meaning of life) : what would you do if you won the lottery? Really, what would you do? Valeda's Christmas gift of a 'Lotto Sex-Afore-Nine' ticket made Charlie a quarter of a malted-millyunair and while Charlie planned to plough the money back into the land, Valeda felt it was time to move on to other pastures..... . Join the Farquharsons as they embark on their Grand Tour from Blarney's Stone to the Eiffel Tower to the great pyramid of Cheops -- in travels that left no cultural or gastronomic experience untried..... ". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Toronto: Macmillan. Very Good. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0771599854 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages are clean and intact, light edgewear to cover and light soiling to outer edge of pages. B/w illus. & photos. Charlie Farquharson, after studying up on the subject at the local community college, set out to edumacate the rest of us, on the laws of the unyverse. Includes such enlightening subjects as: Yer Early Pastronomy 'n Primtiff Scients; Yer Modren Facks of Life; Yer Gran Toor; Sum Liter Reedin; Erly Time 'n Re-most Incesters; From Yer G. U. T. S to Yer T. O. E. S. And Fall on Yer Fathe..... [osl-393] ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 134 pages .

Toronto: Gage Publishing. Near Fine. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771599005 . Excellent condition. Interior clean, tight and unmarked, slight soiling outer edge of pages. Faux red leather covers are excellent with slight wear at most. Ribbon marker. "The first book of Moeziz, called Jennysez. Chapter 1: At the start there wasn't a thing. That'd be yer Void. Dark too. Absoloot kayoss. So God decided to do something about it..." Charlie's hilarious parody of the Old Testament, a classic! (406noto) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

MacMillan Canada. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0771599838 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Great condition - hardcover clean & unmarked, a little bumping to bottom corners. Jacket has light scuffing and very light edgewear. REEVised and More Expansive. "The tale of how we got from there to here is a tall one, but Charlie Farquharson is equal to the telling. Though the conflagration continues and the mist has not entirely cleared, A Histry of Canda can tell you what's happened so far! "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [383-osl? ] .

New York: Frederick Fell. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0811900495 . Frederick Fell Pub. 1974 edition. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, very light edgewear, one tiny chip from top edge. Jacket has light edgewear, 2 small tears, age tanning to edges, not clipped. B/w illustrations. Complete information on: Rules of the road, How to read charts, How to handle the boat in bad weather and adverse circumstances, Compass and compass error, Navigational aides, Piloting, Where to buy charts, The intra-coastal waterway, etc. (400-noto) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

London: George G. Harrap. Good in Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 0245591508 . Ex-library book with mylar cover and usual ex-lib type markings, jacket attached to book. Hardcover has tape marks and light soiling inside covers, small peel where pocket was removed, light edgewear, light soiling to outer edge of pages. Interior all intact and clean other than a couple small stains. Jacket has light edgewear, light soiling, price clipped. 199 pages. "No Friday in the Week - a miner's slang for the week with no wage packet at the end - is as entertaining as it's predecessors. This story deals with a subject of worry to all miners - pit closure. The reader is forced to appreciate the physical discomforts of a 'stay-down' and to experience the mental strains that face almost every miner. " (400) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Doubleday Image. Very Good. 1970. Hardcover. Reprint. Light edge & corner wear, small tear rear and spine bottom, a little edge rubbing. Interior pages are clean & tight other than top edge removed on first page, I assume to remove a name. A profoundly moving biography of this almost legendary figure. The life of Damien de Veuster, priest of God, a leper. (*Shipping will be reduced on this light book) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Mcgraw Hill. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Reprint. Ex-library with usual stamps/stickers, mylar cover. Light wear under the mylar, light scuffing to mylar. Hardcover has light edgewear, interior clean & tight other than the lib stamps & a name written inside front cover. Back pocket removed. Wonderful illus., b/w & colour. (*Shipping may be reduced, depending on your location).The Happy Lion was unhappy - that was certain. He no longer smiled and winked. He looked up at the sky sadly and sighed. He was lonely.....How he solved this problem with astonish and delight readers of all ages.; 001008; 4to .

Florence: The Medici Art Series. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1937. Softcover. Pages are clean and intact, some age tanning, no loose pages. Soft cardboard cover has moderate edgewear and tanning. Dustjacket in fairly poor condition has numerous tears and chips, front flap is detached (included but not attached) and back flap is partially attached, some soiling. Colour frontispiece and numerous b/w illustrations. The monuments of antiquity, the churches, the palaces, the treasures of art. A handbook for students and travellers. With 1045 illustrations. (320osl); 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .