Search Results: Titles starting with G from Riverwood's Books

Ontario: J. M. Dent. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. No jacket (as issued? ). Hardcover has minor wear to corners and light soiling. Pages are intact and clean other than occasional small spot, age tanning to pages and inside covers. Gift card from G. Fred on first page (typed, not signed). Pages otherwise unmarked, b/w photos. Autobiography of Dr. G. Fred McNally who served as Alberta Deputy Minister of Education (1935-46) and Chancellor of the University of Alberta (1946-52). Spans G. Fred's life as farmer, teacher, school inspector, school principal, curriculum developer, deputy minister and university chancellor. "We hope to have preserved some of the sparkle and dynamic of a man who has influenced the educational life of all of Canada. ". Originally issued by presentation only, not sold at retail. (415os); 8vo; 118 pages .

Playboy Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. HC/DJ - near fine/very good. Hardcover clean and intact, fine other than a little bumping and wear to spine ends, slight wear to outer corners. No markings. Jacket has a few small edge tears/chips, age tanning to interior, not clipped. Book club edition. "Featuring stories, memoirs, and a look behind the scenes by some of the most famous names in science fiction history with a special index to every story, article and preview ever published. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 481 pages .

Dell Books. Very Good. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Pages clean and intact, no markings. Age tanning to page edges and inside covers. Cover has light edge/corner wear and a small crease on rear. "The turbulent Colonial south .... A very beautiful, very clever belle ....and a lush plantation called Gamble's Hundred. " [156-noto] ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

T. F. H. Publications. New. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0793800951 . Softcover is new and unread - slight shelf to cover involving a little wear/creasing to bottom edge & outer corner of front cover (minor). Profuse colour drawings. Includes: Bamboo pond with spring; Pond with waterfall & island; Water garden with several pools; Water garden with good deck; Water garden with bridge or stepping stones; Pond with summer flowers and several others..... [osl-225]; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Del Rey. Very Good. 1979. Softcover. 0345280733 . Interior pages clean, tight and unmarked. Cover has light edgewear, light scuffing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; In a postapocalyptic future, the Hierarchy of the Great God controls technology and, with it, the commoners. Brother Armon Jarles, a young priest, becomes enraged and speaks out against the church. When he is claimed by the forces of evil, the Hierarchy finds itself in a fight with witches--and with technology that could match its own. [125-osl] .

B. C.: Theytus Books. Very Good. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 1894778065 . Clean, tight condition. Ex-library book but still in great shape - pages are clean, cover has light scuffing. Laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. An annual journal of Indigeous People's literary writing, compiled and published on behalf of the En'owkin International School of Writing. Guest forward by Leonard Peltier. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198 pages; [295-osl] .

Griffin. New. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0312280394 . New book, small remainder mark to one outer edge, slight shelfwear to cover. "Since it was founded in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History has stood as one of the world's greatest repositories of scientific information and investigation. This delightful book takes us behind the exhibits and shows us some of the great researchers and fabulous objects from the Museum's past and present......; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Includes: * the famous Oviraptor eggs unearthed in the Gobi desert. * the stunning new Hall of Biodiversity, whose trees hold 411,000 model leaves* the 563-carat Star of India sapphire and the 632-carat Patricia emerald* Katharine Burden's hunt for the Komodo dragon : "Woman Huntress Revolts Against Playing Safe---Kills Huge 'Malay Dragon' " etc......Museum-goers will find their enjoyment enhanced by the wonderful anecdotes and insights, and armchair travelers will find the… Read More

New York, London: Harrington Park Press. Very Good+. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1560235365 . This is an ex-library book, but still in great condition, no jacket as issued. Library markings fairly minor (spine sticker, marked out top stamp and stickers inside rear cover). Pages are clean and tight , light scuffing to cover. A compelling indictment of Roman Catholic teachings on homosexuality and sexuality. A controversial examination of homoeroticism in American Catholic culturem this groundbreaking book examines how the current crisis of clerical abuse affects and stigmatizes gay priests living in a climate of hysteria and condemnation. [610]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages .

London: Granta Books. Very Good+. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. 0140140735 . Cover has light edge and corner wear, small remainder mark across bottom edge of pages. Pages clean and intact, no markings. B/w photos. After the summer of 1990 when England lost to Germany in the World Cup, Paul Gascoigne, owner of the blubbery, wet, wrinkled face witnessed by the world, had become Gazza, as famous as anyone can be. This is Gazza's story, of a man on show, in the press, in distress: a many more sinned against than sinning.... (os) ; 8vo; 188 pages .

Tor Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312853912 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Hardcover tight and unmarked. Jacket has light scuffing and a small smount of edge creasing, no tears, not clipped. "Gargoyle Gary Gar, hereditary guardian and purifier of the waters of the Swan Knee River flowing from Mundania into Xanth, wants to make his job easier. The Good Magician Humfrey offers him an idea, but in exchange Gary must teach the wild child Surprise self-control, a task that requires him to assume human form. Agreeing with reluctance, Gary sets off to search for the suggested "philter" in the company of the multi-talented Surprise, the Sorceress Iris, demoness D. Mentia and the former juvenile delinquent Hiatus, who is seeking his true love, Desiree Dryad...." [650]; Xanth; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages .

Pocket Books. Very Good. 1966. Softcover. Light edge & corner wear, light creasing, light age yellowing. Interior clean & unmarked, age tanning to pages & inside covers. Description: Perhaps the most vitriolic attack ever launched on the American way of living, from politicians to professors to businessmen to Mom to sexual mores to religion. Generation of Vipers ranks with the works of De Tocqueville and Emerson in defining the American character and malaise. Wylie's classic, written with devastating wit and a pen as sharp as a barber's razor, wages war on all forms of American hypocrisy.... (osl) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Viking Studio Books. Very Good+. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670273899 . Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition - usual ex-lib type of markings, only light wear overall, jacket attached to book. Interior very good, occasional light soiling and ink rubbing. B/w photos. Prologue by R. Buckminster Fuller. Contents: Interview with R. Buckminster Fuller; Arrivals; The inventor at home; Exploring right and left; The Tetrahedron; Getting into the air; Flight; They Hydrofoil years; Riding the HD-4; Courting the Admiralty; Final Days. (800) ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

London: Hamish Hamilton. Good. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Sturdy buckram binding, illustrated hardcover, no jacket. Removed front pocket and a couple internal library stamps. Light to moderate edge/corner wear to cover, light soiling. Interior pages tight, some spotting/soiling on several pages, several earmarks. 120 pages. Juvenile reading. "Suddenly Simo swam strongly across the first wave. The others followed. Soon they were in deeper water. The children stood on the shore, tired and a little sad. They watched for a long time. At first they thought the dolphins would come back but they did not. They headed straight out to sea until they were lost to sight in the sunlit waves..." (400noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312135009 . Ex-library book but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages all intact and clean other than light soiling outer edge of pages and previous owner's name marked out on first endpage. Pages. B/w photos. ; 8vo; 249 pages; From Booklist: Crime biography fans weary of today's expensive-powders-and-Uzis gangsters and their attendant brutalities and gaucheries well may turn to an earlier age when extreme felons were suitably dignified if no less ruthless--to Gerald Chapman, the subject of Jeffers' fine popular life, for instance. Chapman's heyday was the 1920s. (395noto) .

Geneva: Roto Vision. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. HC/DJ - Fine/VG. ISBN: 1880460174. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, slight wear to spine end corners. Jacket is scuffed with a few small edge tears and light wear to edges, not clipped. This book is an expression of Abbott's & Hay's admiration for the talents and strengths of women in Canada. George Abbott is one of North America's best known makeup artists. Gordon Hay is one of Canada's outstanding fashion photographers. Both believe that within every woman there is a fantasy. Partial list of participants: Sharon Acker, Julie Amato, Margaret Atwood, Petra Burka, Linda Carter, Barbara Chilcott, Dinah Christie, Jean Christopher, Adrienne Clarkson, Joyce Davidson, Nuala Fitzgerald, Maureen Forrester, Juliette, Karen Kain, Betty Kennedy, Margo Lane ... ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Lisa Langlois, Phyllis Marshall, Andrea Martin, Celia Sutton McDonnell, Catherine McKinnon, Jean Miller,… Read More

Benedikt Taschen. Very Good. 1995. Softcover. 3822888869 . Clean, tight condition. Internal pages very clean, one small tear seen. Ex-library markings, including sturdy laminated cover. Light edgewear to cover & a little soiling outer edge of pages. 96 pages. Review: "Marvelous prints, absorbing essays...If you enjoy the works of Georgia O'Keeffe, this is a book you'll want to savor. The reproductions of her paintings are marvelously printed, and the accompanying essays of O'Keeffe's life and work are erudite and lucid. There are also pictures of O'Keeffe at various stages of her life and career..." [556]; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Dundurn Group. Near Fine. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 1550024671 . Excellent condition. Interior pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Cover has light scuffing and a little wear to corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages; For 12 years Dale Goldhawk journeyed through the streets of Canada and into the hearts of thousands of Canadians. Written in Goldhawk's punchy, to-the-point style, this book links his life as a journalist and advocate with those who were his clients. For the first time, he reveals the background battles and adventures he and his team had, as well as the stories of his clients and where they are today. The narrative paints a vivid picture of how working on Canada's most original advocacy team changed their lives as journalists and Canadians. [391-osl] .

London: Macmillan. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0333664523 . Hardcover is clean & unmarked other than a little bumping to spine ends and slight soiling to outer edge of pages. Jacket has light edgewear and a couple very small tears, sticker residue & old price sticker on rear. Getting it right was not Gavin Lamb's forte, at least where human relationships were concerned. From being the proverbial late starter, he is suddenly torn between two women and developing very rapidly indeed! ......A brilliantly interwoven social comedy with pathos, the serious and farcical aspects of sex with a deeply moving examination of goodness in the toils. A rare achievement of a perfectly crafted and paced novel.....; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Canada: Alfred Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0676972462 . Winner of the 1999 Governor General's Award for Fiction. Clean, no markings. 224 pages."The ten stories in Getting Lucky take us from Paris to Moscow to Montreal to Guatemala to Ontario cottage country, drawing us into the lifes of people, who, like the settings, range from the ordinary to the larger-than-life, from a night-school English teacher and a modest filmaker to Stephen Leacock, Napoleon and Dostoyevsky.... " This is Matt Cohen's last book, released after his death (which occurred shortly after the 1999 Governor General's Award was announced in November 1999). ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Scholastic. Good. 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Cover has numerous creases, scuffing and edgewear, small tears to spine bottom. Pages are clean other than a couple small ink markings, age tanning, first couple pages loose at spine bottom. Lorna and her brother Jamie solve the mystery of the ghost of Windy Hill. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .