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

Nyc: Cornerstone Library. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. 0346123437 . Volume 2, Principles of Pawn Play and the Center. Cover has some scuffing, small creases and light edge/corner wear, light corner curling. First section of pages has a light stain affecting top edge but pages are otherwise clean and intact. Small school library stamp on 1st endpage but no other indication of this being a library book. (178os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages .

England: Penguin. Good+. 1969. Softcover. Cover has light edge and corner wear, small tear to back cover has left a tiny tear to the last few pages. Age tanning to cover and pages. Pages are clean and intact other than mentioned. B/w photos. "Throughout the years of greatest East-West tension every British intelligence effort was jeopardized, because the head of anti-Soviet operations in the Secret Intelligence Service was himself a Soviet agent. In this book three Sunday Times journalists piece together the scarcely credible story of Kim Philby...." (noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Ballantine Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0345387821 . Retired library book with only light wear, laminated cover & usual library markings. Internal pages clean & tight. Light staining outer edge of pages. Very light edgewear, light scuffing to jacket. " When murder of the leading man halts filming on Indian land in New Mexico, blind sculptor Mo Bowdre, whose girlfriend plays an extra in the movie, suspects more than simple Indian animosity. "; 8vo .

Ballantine Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0345379306 . Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition, usual ex-lib type of marking. Overall wear is light. Pages clean and intact. Light soiling outer edge of pages. "....Fans Of Page's series hero, big, blind Santa Fe sculptor Mo Bowdre, will surely relish this sequel to The Stolen Gods ..... The FBI hopes to use Mo's gifts of detection to help them figure out the case that has led to an undercover agent's death at the bottom of Skeleton Canyon. The narrative thread knots as tribal legends about hidden gold tangle with with hints of a present-day smuggling ring and bitterly feuding academics....." ; 8vo .

Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0810918994 . Ex-library book but still in very nice condition - usual ex-lib type of markings. Original laminate, which was rather scuffed, has been removed so jacket is bright and clean. Very light edgewear, light scuffing, a little spotting to outer edge of pages. Internal pages are clean other than one page with an ink bracket. Pages have light age tanning to edges. 342 pages. The Tibetan collection of the Los Angeles Museum of Art is the most significant one in the Western world....; 4to 11" - 13" tall; . ..[the author] has made a mark for himself by his rare combination of scholarship and energy...His text is a major contribution to both the scholarly and lay understanding of Tibetan art". Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. (*Note: due to heavy weight - approx. Lbs wrapped - there will be extra ship charges) [1.82] .

London: Paul Hamlyn. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover has a little corner bumping, some age tanning inside cover & page edges, couple tiny spots seen. Otherwise clean & tight. Jacket has light edgewear, scuffing and a few small edge tears, price clipped. 158 pages. The reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette brought French 18th century art to a sumptuous climax. In this book, the author describes not only the painting, sculpture & architecture of the era, but also silver, tapestries, and textiles, porcelain and furniture. 68 full colour plates. (400? Noto) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Renaissance Books. Very Good+. 2001. First Edition. Softcover. 1580632017 . Book is actually new but has a bit of a messy remainder mark on bottom edge so some of the black marking can be seen on bottom end of front & back cover. Otherwise as new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages .

Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library 167 pages, no jacket, heavy buckram binding, usual library stamps/stickers. Light wear to cover edges, light scuffing/soiling. Light soiling outer edge of pages. Bottom corner of pages has a partial rough edge. 4 color full-page illustrations + several b/w line drawings throughout the book. Interior pages tight, and clean other than a few library stamps & a few earmarks. 167 pages. Illustrated by the author. Juvenile/Young Adult reading. A mystery of ancient Crete based around the breathtaking festival of the bulls. (*Shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo .

Watson and Dwyer. Very Good+. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0920486509 . Excellent condition, clean & unmarked. Cover has light corner wear and some scuffing of covers. 276 pages. The Red River colony was a challenge to the missionaries who set out to create an English rural parish & inflict their Christian ethics on the local Scottish farmers, Indians, fur traders, mixed-bloods and Metis....The ensuing resistance led to the so-called 'strife of blood' & Red River became a society of extreme distrust & prejudice. The end result was the 'civil war' of 1869. [461]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages .

Hyperion Books for Children. New. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0786851694 . Softcover - Uncorrected Advance Proof, as new and unread - has slight shelf wear in that the top of spine is bumped and bottom corner is a little curled. Light scuffing of cover. 216 pages. Juvenile, ages 8-12. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; From School Library Journal: Allie Kimball is starting Grover Cleveland Middle School, and nothing is the same as it was in elementary school. Her friend Tamara is making her feel like a "nork" (someone beyond both nerd and dork, in Allie's hilarious vocabulary notes) for being overly unconcerned about her clothes and messy room. Worse yet, Tamara is turning into a "glommer" (a clingy friend) to stuck-up Renee, and making fun of Allie's soccer mates.... (os) .

Toronto: Mcclelland and Stewart. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771069448 . HC/DJ - very good. Hardcover is clean, has moderate wear to edges & corners, light soiling outer edge of pages, interior clean & tight. Jacket has light edgewear and a few small tears/chips, age yellowing to edges, light soiling, sticker residue on front, not clipped. A chillingly authentic thriller set against a background of the Tchiakovsky International Music Festival in Moscow. . ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Company's Coming Publishing. Very Good. 1990. Spiral-bound. 096933222x . Plastic comb spiralbound cover has light wear to edges and several small creases. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings. Whether planning ahead or deciding on the spur of the moment, when company's coming - choose pasta! This cookbook features hot dishes as well as cold, contemporary, and fanciful selections. (317os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages .

University of Chicago Press. Near Fine. 1985. First Edition. Softcover. 0226895491 . Very nice condition, only light wear overall. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has light wear to corners/spine ends, light age tanning and old price stickers on rear. 408 pages. Synopsis: Through interviews with city residents, the authors provide a unique survey of urban life in the last decade of Mao Zedong's rule. They conclude that changes in society produced under communism were truly revolutionary and that, in the decade under scrutiny, the Chinese avoided ostensibly universal evils of urbanism with considerable success. [454-noto]; 8vo .

Angus & Robertson Publishers. Very Good. 1990. Hardcover. 0207132321 . Light scuffing/scratching of cover, small chip out of back of spine, light corner wear, light creasing. Interior pages unmarked, a little wrinling on some pages. Charming colour illustrations throughout. When Wombat invents the billygoat its the start of another amusing adventure for the Muddlehead and his friends. (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations). ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Fawcett Gold Medal. Good+. 1975. Second Printing. Softcover. Pages clean and intact, light age tanning to interior and initials in black ink inside front cover and top edge of pages. Cover has a couple small ink markings, light edgewear, small creases, small edge tear on front and spine bottom and previous owner's name written near top of front cover. (95os,713) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" 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

Doublday. Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. 0385078633 . Light wear to corners & edges, light soiling to cover. Initials written inside cover, crease to 1st page. Interior pages are clean & tight other than one page which has been coloured (quite neat - I thought it was supposed to be that way at first). A few pages have some light wrinkling. Great b/w illustrations throughout. 8vo (8 x 9.5"). Story of the King of the Fish, the great silver salmon, and its return as told by an Indian grandfather to his grandson. Native American legend. (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations). ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Arno Press. Very Good. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. 0405066880 . Light edgewear & scuffing, a few light creases to cover, small chip one top corner. Interior pages clean & unmarked other than previous owners name/address on first endpage. Age tanning to pages. First page has a 1/2" tear to top and title page, which was a little loose at bottom end, has been taped. Non-paginated - like 500-600 pages. Wonderful old ads - larger ones may be suitable for framing. Reproductions of catalogue item advertisements for a host of products from old Sears Roebuck catalogues issued between 1905 and 1910. B/w illustrations. Some are full page, many are numerous to a page. The book is divided into sections, ie. Musical Instruments, Dolls and Toys, Gramophones and Records, Cameras, Drugs and Cosmetics, Telephones, Stoves and Ranges, Pocket Knives, etc (*Book is over weight & will incur addt'l shipping charges) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

London: Penguin. Fine. 1989. First Edition. Softcover. 0140097007 . Near new condition, clean & tight, no markings. 263 pages. b/w illus. (*Shipping will be reduced, depending on your location.)Through the archives of the Dogsbody family, discovered in the 1950s and painstakingly researched and collated over 30 years, the rich pageant of history comes alive. Letters, journals, household accounts, even hieroglyphics, chart the lives and loves, hope and failures, travel and quarrels of one extraordinary family, whose members have stamped their character on some of the greatest events in history....and whose personal recollections of them often differe sharply from previously accepted views. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

London: Faber & Faber. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0571108695 . Hardcover clean & tight, slight wear/fading to edges, old pencilled prices endpage. Jacket has light scuffing/soiling, not price clipped. 224 pages. B/w photos. The 2nd book of Sir Cecil Parrott's memoirs, sequel to The Tightrope, covering the years from 1945 to 1977. Sir Cecil's knack for enmeshing himself in alarming, improbable situations is as keen as ever. His humour and perceptiveness are undiminished. Parrott served as British Ambassador in Prague from 1945-89, U. N. Political Dept. From 1950-2, Brussels 1952-4, Moscow 1954-7, and Prague from 1960-66, thus completing his career in the Foreign Office. He is a well-known writer and broadcaster. ; 8vo .