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

Collier Books. Good. 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Moderate wear & creasing to covers, light peeling spine bottom and small tears to spine end, light soiling. Ex- university library with stickers & markings. Interior pages clean & tight. Paper split at spine inside back cover but all attached. 319 pages. The first complete biography of a great dramatist and the author of "Riders To The Sea, " and "Playboy of the Western World. " (*lower shipping avail to most locations) ; 12mo .

Chelsea House. Very Good+. 2000. Softcover. 0791058980 . Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Overall wear is light, clean and tight pages. B/w photos. Juvenile/Young Adult reading. ; 8vo; (photo shown is a stock photo). Jackie Robinson refused to quietly accept the racism that he as a black man encountered regularly. He was, above all, a fighter. But what Jackie is remembered for most is the grace and courage he displayed in not fighting back in the face of a barrage of racial taunts and threats. In the process, he insured the success of major league baseball's "noble experiment" - the elimination of the so-called color barrier.... [280-osl] .

Harry N. Abrams. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0810932016 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Cloth hardcover is clean, tight and unmarked. Jacket has very light edgewear, scuffing and light scratches, not clipped. During the span of his long and productive life (1748-1825) David was both a supremely gifted artist and a passionately political man. The author has selected a broad and balanced range of masterful drawings and magnificent paintings produced by this classically revolutionary artist, accompanied by informative text. 103 illustrations, incl. 40 color plates. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; (*Note: due to heavy weight, there will be addt'l ship charges to most locations) .

Hancock House Pub Ltd. Very Good. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 0888394314 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages are clean and tight, slight wrinkling to a few pages. Laminate has a little wear at corners. B/w illustrations. Contents: The Life and Times of the McCarty Gang; Deja Vu at Echo Cliffs; Breaking the Convict Code; the Canadian Connection and Puzzle of the Purcell Mountains. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages; (*lower shipping avail to most locations) [201-osl] .

Pinnacle Books. Good+. 1975. First Edition. Softcover. 0523006330 . Pages are clean and unmarked other than small light stain first page/cover, light age tanning to interior. One partial split at spine but no loose pages. Cover has creasing & light edgewear. B/w photos. (115os) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 185 pages; .

St. Martin's. Good in Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312058845 . Book is actually in very good condition, clean and unmarked, however top/bottom edge of hardcover and top of jacket have a rough edge with small paper loss across. Light scuffing to jacket, not price clipped. Publishers Weekly: "Once again Aiken ( Mansfield Revisited ) playfully recreates the fictional world of Jane Austen by appropriating her characters: Jane Fairfax is the friend and rival of the heroine of Emma . Here, headstrong, self-important Emma Woodhouse is pushed from center stage as the limelight falls on the childhood and maturation of her foil. Orphaned Jane is brought up by her shabby-genteel aunt and grandmother in Highbury, near the Woodhouse family estate. Jane joins Emma in her music lessons, where Jane's talent and diligence invite a jealousy in Emma, which is partly overcome after the death of her mother leaves a disconsolate Emma receptive to… Read More

St. Paul: EMC Corporation. Very Good+. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0884364747 . Headliners I Series. No jacket as issued, illustrated boards. Cover has light wear to corners and spine ends, light scuffing/light scratches, small rough area where price sticker was removed (I assume) and a small amount of ink rubbing. Interior clean and intact, no markings. Illustrated. An early biography of Jane Pauley. (275os); 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Newfoundland: Breakwater Books. Very Good+. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0920911277 . Very nice, clean, tight condition. Light wear to one edge & corners, a little soiling bottom edge of pages. Internal pages clean & unmarked. Cover appears to be a little faded around spine area, although this may be the way the color was originally (not sure). " In this, her first novel, Helen Porter introduces us to Heather Novak, a young woman at odds with the world, attempting to cope with the consequences with her first, brief love affair. Porter examines Heather's relationships with her family, her peers, and a young man who-as did her father years before-leaves her to face alone the painful process of growing up. " [osl]; 8vo .

London: Usborne Publishing. Near Fine. 1997. Softcover. 0746027338 . Very nice condition, clean and unmarked. Cover has a little wear to edges and light scuffing. Colour & b/w illus. Deep in the heart of enemy territory, Jason and his fearless crew, the Argonauts, do battle with giants, dragons, monsters and a merciless sea god to bring the legendary Golden Fleece back to Greece. Juvenile/Young adult. [osl-325]; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Laurel Leaf. Very Good. 1971. Softcover. 0440942039 . Laurel Leaf 1971 printing. Pages clean and intact, age tanning to pages and inside covers. Cover has light edge and corner wear, light creasing to rear. "High school senior Tom Curtis is faced with the choice of two worlds: the predictable world of a college education ... Or the unknown, untried world of jazz musicians ..... He slowly begins to find himself as an artist, and as a person...." [81-osl]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Very Good. 1975. Fourth Printing. Softcover. 0135098440 . Very good. Pages are clean and intact. Cover has light wear to edges and light scuffing. B/w il lustrations. 84 pages. "Jerry Coker, teacher, composer/arranger, and noted jazz saxophonist, outlines the basics of jazz music and musicianship, covering such elements as analysis of styles, training the ear, chord progressions, chord voicings, keyboard, improvising, and arranging. " (115os-3-24) ; 8vo .

Scholastic. Good. 1969. Softcover. Pages are tight and clean other than name written on first page, age tanning to interior. Cover has moderate edge/corner wear and a few creases, light soiling, small tear spine bottom. "Jennifer hurried into her room and closed the door softly. Her eyes filled with tears, and she didn't even try to blink them away. 'Mother thinks I'm ashamed of her, I'm sure she does. She believes that's why I've never asked Griff or any of the other kids to come here - because I'm ashamed of her! ' ...even as she dashed the tears away, Jennifer knew that the saddest thing about it was ... That it was true." (*lower shipping avail to all locations) [100-osl]; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

University of Missouri Press. Very Good. 1966. Hardcover. Tight, solid copy. Library binding, no jacket as issued, usual ex-lib type markings. No edition stated. Light edgwear, a little soiling outer edge of pages. Scuffing, light soiling to laminate. Pages are intact with occasional light soiling and a few earmarks. B/w illustrations. 263 pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Victoria, B. C.: Porcepic Books. Near Fine. 1989. First Edition. Softcover. 0888782810 . Scarce title. Excellent condition - light wear to edges/corners. Pages clean and intact, with no markings. Colour illustrations. "Jessica loves to ride the elevator in her apartment building. She likes meeting the other people, like the woman with the afghan dogs who give her sloppy kisses and Mr. Hotchpiggle with his double bass. But the one person Jessica does not like is the man with the red beard who calls her names like Pussycat and Blondie. This entertaining story gently encourages children to stand up for themselves and to express their feelings, important steps in the acquiring of self-esteem. " (os) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Victoria, B. C.: Orca Book Publishers. Very Good. 1994. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Signed & inscribed by illustrator on title page "1996. Happy 6th Birthday ___, Love, Sheena Lott" "and grandmom!" is written underneath that. Light wear to edges, some rubbing along spine, a little creasing. Two small closed tears near spine on back. Interior pages clean & tight, beautifully illustrated in colour with west coast imagery. Jessie receives a letter from her cousin who thinks she must be terribly bored living on her West coast island, with nothing to do. Jessie invites him for a visit and shows him all the wonderful reasons why she can never be bored. 36 pp. (*shipping will be reduced to all locations) ; 8vo; Signed by Illustrator .

Lester and Orpen Denny's. Very Good. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0886192242 . Very good condition. Cover has light wear to corners, a little corner curling. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings, very light spotting outer edge of pages. The story of a gay Jehovah's witness, as he struggles with AIDS. "Jim's story will inform and enlighten everyone who seeks a better understanding of a tragedy that increasingly touches all our lives. And people with AIDS, and their families and friends, will find in it strength and encouragement" (from back cover). [540] ; 8vo .

Pyramid Books. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Light edge/corner wear, creasing to covers, small tear upper edge affects first few pages - light soiling and a couple small peels on rear cover. Interior pages are clean & unmarked, age tanning to pages. Made into a movie with Genevieve Waite & Donald Sutherland. Joanna was a young London girl, drifting from art school to shop-lifting, from one lover to the next, with no hangups and no regrets.....But then Joanna fell in love and found that life demanded a terrible price of girls like her. (110osl) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Duncan, B. C.: Lambrecht Publications. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919383084. . Green marbled HC is clean & tight, with very slight wear to spine ends & corners, no markings. DJ has light soiling and a couple small tears, price written in pen on flap. 162 pages. "Scholastic perfection is not the forte of the following pages. The claim to fame, if such it be, is an on-the-spot coverage of the history of a gold mining town and other events as seen and recorded by Jock McMeekan, newspaperman and prospector. ". Jock McMeekan owned, edited and published at various times: the Yellowknife Blade and several other Northern Canada publications. Faithfully as possible, his views are presented here to chronicle a history of bush life in the Canadian North, prospecting in the Gold Rush of the 1930's, economic development and living in northern Canadian communities. (400noto? ) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

U. K.: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1952. Third Edition. Softcover. light edge & corner wear, tanning & spotting to spine, old price on front. Internal pages clean and tight - age tanning to pages. 379 pages. Description: The author wrote this book with the intention of explaining the workings of the law to the common man. Still valuable information on Legal Rights and Obligations, Contracts, Employer/Employee relations, Principal and Agent, Sale of Goods, Firms and Partnerships, Moneylenders, Gaming and Wagering, Fraud, Tresspassers, Libel and Slander etc. Described by the New Statesman as "The best popular account of everyday law that has ever appeared at the price. " (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Faber & Faber. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 0571068685 . HC/DJ - fine/very good. Hardcover is clean and tight, slight rubbing to corners and spine ends, no markings. Jacket has age tanning, light edgewear and minor soiling, not price clipped. 194 pages. "This book represents a pioneer attempt to provide the general reader with a concise, historically pointed account of the eventful life story of the German Renaissance astronomer John Kepler. It includes a lucid commentary on his epoch-making scientific discoveries while seeking also to afford a glimpse of his half-mystical vision of the cosmic order...." (340noto) ; 8vo .