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

Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edtion. Hardcover. 038508448X . Ex-library book, with plastic sleeve and usual ex-lib type of markings. Cover has light edgewear, a little moreso to bottom edge, jacket has only light wear under the sleeve, slight wrinkling. Pages clean other than a few library stamps and all pages intact. Light soiling outer edge of pages and light wear to protective sleeve. "In this passionate, controlversial testament of faith, Jesuit Father Diez-Alegria reveals his personal crisis of faith and those factors which have shaped his thinking and outlook on the Church during the past five years. Known for his progressive theological views, the author here openly criticizes the institutional church for its failure to live up to its own formulations of the message of Christ....." . A Personal Credo , this book cost the author his professorship and his membership in the Jesuits. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Toronto: Key Porter Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 1895555949 . Hardcover has light edge & corner wear, light soiling outer edge of pages, tape marks on cover. Internal pages are very good other than some light wrinkling on first few pages, a date stamp on 1st page & small peeled area inside cover, one or two earmarks. There is a library stamp on outer edge of pages & sticker residue on jacket but these are the only indications of this being a library book. Jacket has light edgewear, scuffing & some fading/discoloration to edges, some sticker residue. " Arthur J. Ray describes the various economic arrangements Native men and women entered into with newcomers, the assault on Native culture in the Industrial Age, and the relentless efforts of Native groups to find a place in the new world order. " (*Note: book is oversize & will incur an addt'l shipping charge to some locations) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

ROC Books. Very Good. 1992. Softcover. 0451451600 . Moderate edge & corner wear, some small creases. Interior pages clean & tight, bookseller stamp inside cover. 408 pages plus booklists. A collection of twenty-two tales of sex and horror features work by Stephen King, Ruth Rendell, Clive Barker, Stephen R. Donaldson, Patrick McGrath, Thomas M. Disch, and others. Supremely talented manipulators of the macabre, writers who set free some outrageous fantasies and fears, and turn our dark erotic anxieties into art. (180noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

NY Popular Library. Very Good. 1965. First Edition. Softcover. First book in the I Spy series. Cover has light edgewear, creasing and scuffing. Pages clean and intact, age tanning to covers and page edges. The basis for the NBC-TV series with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. "A different pair of secret agents who face their most fantastic challenge - an all powerful underground organization called Force I, engaged in a plot to destroy the best military minds in the Pentagon..." (os) ; I Spy Series; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Arthur Barker Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0213165155 . Bill Reade is the pseudonym of a well known writer of adventure and suspense novels. This is his first for Arthur Barker. Wear to HC is minimal, very clean, light soiling to outer edge of pages. Interior clean & tight, price on endpage, light stain to last page. DJ not clipped, very light edgewear, one small tear on back and light soiling, slight wrinkling of front. 172 pages. 8 vo. Ex-civil servant Tony Wilson unwittingly uncovers the Ibiza Syndicate whilst collecting a package from a local farmhouse for his boss and embarks upon a fantastic treasure hunt to locate works of art which went missing in the 1940's. (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo .

London: Collins. Fine in As New dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002194570 . Scarce Title. Excellent condition. HC is clean & tight, no markings, next to no wear. DJ is bright & clean, slight edgewear, one small tear, one tiny chip, price clipped. 254 pages. Illustrated in b/w. SUMMARY: Brian John discusses not only the workings of ice - the life and death of glaciers, their effects on the landscape and on the rise and fall of sea level - but shows as well how the ice has affected the animal and plant life, how it has influenced the evolution of mankind, and how the Eskimos and other present-day inhabitants of the ice fringes have learned to cope with the problems of a world dominated by ice. He also suggests ways in which the ice could be made to work for us and how and why we should set about conserving and managing for our own benefit the glaciers of the world. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Gold Eagle. Very Good+. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0373625081 . Cover has light edge and corner wear, slight crease spine, date stamp bottom edge of pages. Pages clean and intact, with no markings. Out of the ashes and into the future.... Knakefish, California, is rich in currency of post-holocaust America-Gasoline. Almost leveled by the Soviet missiles that annihilated most of the West Coast, Snakefish is in the midst of a reconstruction, financed by a commodity far more valuable than the usual Deathlands jack. But greed and man's lust for power threaten to shatter the hard won peace and tranquility of this fledging community as disparate factions fight for control of the substance that will give the wealth beyong their wildest dreams. Ryan Cawdor and his companions emerge from a gateway and step into the path of a smoldering war for power... (noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 349 pages .

Viking. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670885207 . Great condition. Hardcover is clean, tight and unmarked. Jacket has light edgewear, scuffing, no tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "In Ice Time, Hockey Night host Scott Russell gives book time not to the professional stars, but to the supporting cast that forms the game's national backbone and gives hockey its Canadian character....Who are these people? They are people like former NHL player Lorne Davis, who now scours the rinks of Saskatchewan in hopes of discovering the next Gretzky, Orr, Howe, or Hull. Or Angela James, long a stalwart of the national women's team, who was denied the chance to play growing up in the '70s simply because she was a girl. Or Bob Ridley, who doubles as radio voice and driver for the Medicine Hat Tigers. Or Andy Sullivan, the can't-miss kid from Newfoundland...." [613] .

Popular Library. Good. 1964. Softcover. A Crime Club Selection. Moderate edge & corner wear, some edge rubbing , light creasing. Internal pages are tight and unmarked, heavy age tanning to pages & inside covers. "A pretty young girl trapped in a town where murder awaits around every corner..." (*shipping will be reduced to all locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Doubleday. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Doubleday 1974 first edition, ISBN: 0385096127. HC/DJ - near fine/VG. Hardcover clean and tight other than a little soiling/tanning inside front cover. Jacket has light soiling, tanning to spine and light edgewear with a few tiny tears, not clipped. "Here, in Britain in the early 1980's....the world is turned upside down; anarchy prevails, and no one knows what will emerge from the ruins. ....; 8vo; We see a society that has passed through the stages of democracy to those of governement by extremes. Mark Seaton, a senior Civil Servant, obeying the principle that he must serve whatever government is in power, finds himself in the unique position of being able to observe a revolution in the streets; a revolution that was in part, precipitated by his charges of corruption against the right-wing dictatorship that runs the country, which have resulted in his own persecution. In his own relationships - with… Read More

London: Cassell. Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0304295302 . Ex-library book with usual ex-lib type markings, back pocket removed. Dustjacket partially attached to book, tape marks inside covers, light edgewear to HC. Pages intact - occasional light soiling, moderate soiling to outer edge of pages. First few pages are partially loose at the bottom edge. Spine cocked forward. Light edgewear and soiling to jacket. For Ursula, the ship-board romance with Gilbert Brant was much more than a casual idyll on a cruise. At thirty-eight, hard-up and dependent upon a dull secretarial job, marriage to the kindly well-to-do widower in his sixties seemed to be the answer to her dreams. But things are not always as they seem.... (400noto) ; 8vo; 247 pages .

Leicester: Ulverscroft. Very Good+. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0708937837 . Very nice, clean, tight condition. Ex-library book with a few library markings, no jacket as issued. Very light corner wear, interior pages clean & tight. "In 1802, Lieutenant Richard Machen is released from active service in the Navy. He plans to travel to his old home on the Gower Peninsula, where he grew up in the company of the beautiful Jane Ashford. But when he breaks his journey in London, Machen witnesses a cruel murder, and when he arrives in Gower, all is sadly changed. The young officer is drawn into a mystery which will lead him inexorably towards the centre of an astounding plot to overthrow the government. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: PRC Sunburst Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 1856481514 . No jacket, illustrated boards. Very good condition. Light wear and scuffing to cover. Interior clean and unmarked other than one or two small spots. A few pages have some very light wrinkling. Profusely illustrated in b/w and colour. This is the story of the man who refered to his involvement in the Beatles as "a nightmare", and was known as 'the quiet Beatle', and who remains the most enigmatic, elusive and misunderstood of the fab Four. His turbulent personal musical career and other difficulties, and then his succesful emergence in his own right make for fascinating reading. (680) ; ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Viking. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670841374 . Hardcover excellent, a little scuffing endpapers & small red star bottom edge of pages. Jacket has light edgewear & moderate scuffing. "A beautifully illustrated retelling of the story of the life of Jesus, taken from the four gospels." [947]; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1 pages .

Hyperion. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 1562828479 . Light wear to corners & spine ends, light scuffing to covers. Internal pages are clean and unmarked other than. A couple earmarks. B/w photos. 217 pages. In fascinating, star-studded anecdotes, original Monkee Mickey Dolenz takes readers from his starring role at age 12 as TVs Circus Boy to the open casting call that brought the Monkees together, through the creative conflicts that finally drove them apart. [386-notosl]; 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

Riverhead Trade. New. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 1594480745 . New book, small remainder mark spine end bottom, couple very small creases bottom corner. A hilarious and sometimes poignant look at the absurdities of weight-loss culture from an appealing and original new voice. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages; From the creator of the immensely popular websites Pound and Candyboots, this is the memoir of Wendy McClure's odyssey-on-line and off-through the Valley of The Shadow of Her Really Big Ass. It's about the universe she created for herself when she couldn't see herself as a kicky Weight Loss Success Story, only she put it all on a website and became sort of an inspiration anyway. I'm Not The New Me is about coming to terms with a family heritage of fat and drastic surgeries, and about self-esteem issues that are nobody's business but your own. It's wondering what's left of yourself after you lose weight-and just who the hell you are if you gain… Read More

London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 004952013X . Hardcover is clean, with light wear to edges, green pen mark on bottom edge of pages, pages clean and tight, no other markings. Dustjacket has light edgewear and light scuffing/soiling, not price clipped. During the years from the opening of Japan in the middle of the 19th centuiry to the outbreak of the first World War, the Western view of Japan changed dramatically This absorbing book tells the story of Japan's Modernisation, and brilliants portrays the changes in attitude which this inevitably brought about both among the Japanese themselves and among their Occidental observers....; 8vo .

University of Washington Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0295959355 . Ex-library book with light wear and usual ex-lib type markings. Light edgewear and light soiling upper edge of pages, jacket attached to book. Light scuffing of cover and some scratches on front cover. Pages are clean and intact, with minimal lib markings, light age tanning to page edges.. Colour & b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name in 1982/1983, organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Contents: List of Artists and Lenders1. American 1900-1920: The formative years in industry and art. 2. Precisionism: a definition3. European influences and parallels4. Ambivalence about urbanization5. Charles Sheeler: Precisionist painter and modern photographer6. American Photography: parallels to precisionism7. Formative influences on american photography8.… Read More

MN: Saint Mary's Press. Very Good. 1977. First Edition. Softcover. 0884890929 . An attractive copy. Pages all intact and clean other than inscription on endpage. Cover has very light edgewear and light scuffing. B/w photos. 144 pages. An anthology of writings from more than 90 Christian women, this book is a dynamic expression of women's search for new identities and commitments...both poetic and prose writings are included.. [osl-240]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .