Search Results: Novel from River House Books

Hardcover Cloth 849 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2011 with corresponding number line. Lovely red and black boards and gilt embossing highlight this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. An unclipped dust jacket clean and brilliant with a few wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.11/22/63 is the 60th book published by Stephen King, his 49th novel and the 42nd under his own name. 11/22/63 won the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the 2012 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel. The book was adapted as an eight episode miniseries produced by James Franco, who also starred in the main role. It premiered on Hulu on February 15, 2016 and was received positively by critics.Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes… Read More

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Collector's Edition in Full Leather By Easton Press (100 Greatest Books)
by Mark Twain

Hardcover full leather 346 pages with illustrations. Condition Fine in maroon leather. Issued with NO Dust Jacket . Easton Press 1981 reprint edition. Lovely maroon leather boards with gold embossed leather shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Moiré endpapers and pastedowns. Hubbed spines, gilded designs, gold page edges, acid-free paper. Silk marker ribbon. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

Book was stored in barrister case in a dark room. Has never been laid flat.

A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for Tom.

Hemingway said American… Read More

Hardcover Full Leather 318 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. World's Best Reading edition 1991. Beautiful illustrated green boards with red leather spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. With the lovely N.C. Wyeth illustrations. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in four page newsletter.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny.

Hardcover Cloth 223 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO dust jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1985. Nice brown buckram boards with 1/4 brown leather spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Marker ribbon. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
The story of Tom, Huck, Becky, and Aunt Polly; a tale of adventures, pranks, playing hookey, and summertime fun. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was neither a critical nor a financial success when it was first published in 1876. It was Mark Twain's first novel.
"He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though--and loathed him."
Since then Tom Sawyer has become his most popular work, enjoying dramatic, film, and even Broadway musical interpretations. Tom Sawyers appears in three other novels by Twain: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884), "Tom Sawyer Abroad"… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 304 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO dust jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1986. Attractive green buckram boards with 1/4 black leather spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Marker ribbon. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in four page brochure.
The adventures of a young boy traveling down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave.
Hemingway said American fiction begins and ends with Huck Finn, and he's right. Twain's most famous novel is a tour de force. He delves into issues such as racism, friendship, war, religion, and freedom with an uncanny combination of lightheartedness and gravitas.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), called "the Great American Novel",… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 432 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1977. Handsome blue boards and gold embossing on this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Book has slight shelf wear. Edges spotted with the usual yellowing. Gift inscription on front endpapers. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Readers adored James Herriot's tales of his life as a Yorkshire animal doctor in All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful. Now here's a third delightful volume of memoirs rich with Herriot's own brand of humor, insight, and wisdom.In the midst of World War II, James is training for the Royal Air Force, while going home to Yorkshire whenever possible to see his very pregnant wife, Helen. Musing on past adventures through the dales, visiting with old friends, and introducing scores of new and amusing character--animal and human alike--Herriot enthralls with his uncanny ability to spin a most engaging and heartfelt yarn.Millions of… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 432 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1977. Handsome blue boards and gold embossing on this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Book has slight shelf wear. Edges spotted. Unclipped dust jacket with slight shelf wear protected by mylar cover - has a few tears, scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. Readers adored James Herriot's tales of his life as a Yorkshire animal doctor in All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful. Now here's a third delightful volume of memoirs rich with Herriot's own brand of humor, insight, and wisdom.In the midst of World War II, James is training for the Royal Air Force, while going home to Yorkshire whenever possible to see his very pregnant wife, Helen. Musing on past adventures through the dales, visiting with old friends, and introducing scores of new and amusing character--animal and human alike--Herriot enthralls with his uncanny ability to spin a… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 186 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Book Club edition 1963. Lovely pink boards and black embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Teal topstain. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing and some spotting. Pages are lightly toned. An unclipped dust jacket is discolored with age and shows the usual shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, stains, and chips. Not an ex-library or remainder copy.
With her mother away, a sixteen-year-old girl copes with cooking, housekeeping, neighbors, and dating problems.
Bianca Bradbury lived in Connecticut. Her writing took the form of verse, articles and short stories, which found their way into such magazines as Family Circle and McCall's. Later, when her two sons had grown up and left home, Mrs. Bradbury's fiction focused mostly on contemporary issues for young adults. Besides a love for animals, which is most evident in her… Read More

Full leather Hardcover 558 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1992. Beautiful illustrated full leather silver boards with 1/4 red spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in four page brochure.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace is one of the most popular and beloved 19th century American novels. First published by Harper & Brothers on November 12, 1880, and it is considered "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century".The story recounts in descriptive detail the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince from Jerusalem who is enslaved by the Romans at the beginning of the 1st century and becomes a charioteer and a Christian.Running in parallel with Judah's narrative is the unfolding story of Jesus, from the… Read More

Full leather Hardcover 558 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1992. Beautiful illustrated full leather silver boards with 1/4 red spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in four page brochure.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace is one of the most popular and beloved 19th century American novels. First published by Harper & Brothers on November 12, 1880, and it is considered "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century".The story recounts in descriptive detail the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince from Jerusalem who is enslaved by the Romans at the beginning of the 1st century and becomes a charioteer and a Christian.Running in parallel with Judah's narrative is the unfolding story of Jesus, from the… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 52 & 62 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket Slipcase Very Good. Heritage Press Reprint edition 1959. Beautiful brown quarter spine with decorated tan boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Two sided Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Slipcase is discolored with age with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes and stains. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

Laid in Sandglass Number I:25

Aristophanes (Greek: Αριστοφάνης; c. 446 BCE – c. 386 BCE) was a playwright of ancient Athens.

About 11 of his works are known in full, and they are the only plays of the "Old Comedy" style to have survived. They are The Acharnians, The Birds, The Clouds, The Ecclesiazusae, The Frogs, The Knights, Peace, Plutus (Wealth), The Thesmophoriazusae, and The Wasps. These plays have been translated into many languages and continue to be staged or adapted for… Read More

Leatherbound Hardcover Cloth 148 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Franklin Library Reprint edition 1976. Beautiful dark brown leather boards with gold and green embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Moire endpapers and sewn in ribbon. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below. With this celebrated sentence Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world.By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. Brother Juniper then embarks on a quest to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. His search leads to his own death -- and to the author's timeless investigation into… Read More

Leatherbound Hardcover 555 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1992. Handsome grey illustrated boards with dark blue 1/4 leather spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in four page brochure.
The novel that inspired the now-classic film The Caine Mutiny and the hit Broadway play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Herman Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life-and mutiny-on a Navy warship in the Pacific theater was immediately embraced, upon its original publication in 1951, as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of World War II. In the intervening half century, The Caine Mutiny has become a perennial favorite of readers young and old, has… Read More

Leatherbound Hardcover 230 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1992. Handsome brown boards with green leather 1/8 spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.
Laid in four page brochure
Originally published in 1865, "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" began Mark Twain's remarkable career, and immediately demonstrated his masterful storytelling and brilliant sense of humor. This delightful tale introduces Jim Smiley, a man who loved to gamble, whether on horse races, dogfights, catfights, or even how long it took bugs to cross the Mexican border. When a gullible stranger came to town, Smiley boasted that his pet frog, Dan'l Webster, could outjump any frog in the county. Smiley, figuring… Read More

Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1889 Hardcover Tauchnitz Copyright Edition. Condition: Very Good. Issued with No dust jacket. This carefully stored book has minor chips and slight shelf wear. Bound in 1/8 contemporary leather, gilt ruled bands, green faux leather boards, gilt titles, marbled edges. Book in unread condition. Previous owners bookplate. Size 6 3/4" x 4 3/4".
The story is set in the Ptolemaic era of Ancient Egyptian history and revolves around the survival of a dynasty bloodline protected by the Priesthood of Isis. The main character Harmachis (the living descendant of the pharaoh's bloodline) is charged by the Priesthood to overthrow the supposed impostor Cleopatra, drive out the Greeks and Romans and restore Egypt to its golden era.
As is the case with the majority of Haggard's works, the story draws heavily upon adventure and exotic concepts. The story, told from the point of view of the Egyptian priest Harmachis, is recounted in biblical language, being in the form of papyrus scrolls… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 334 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO dust jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1984. Attractive light blue buckram boards with 1/4 blue leather spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Marker ribbon. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in four page brochure.
When A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was published in 1889, Mark Twain was undergoing a series of personal and professional crises. Thus what began as a literary burlesque of British chivalry and culture grew into a disturbing satire of modern technology and social thought. The story of Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who is accidentally returned to sixth-century England, is a powerful analysis of such issues as monarchy versus democracy and free will versus determinism, but it is also one of Twain's finest comic novels, still… Read More

Shrinkwrapped Trade Paperback with glued binding 352 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket . Reprint edition 1978. Attractive illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Written in 1930, Coronado's Children was one of J. Frank Dobie's first books, and the one that helped gain him national prominence as a folklorist. In it, he recounts the tales and legends of those hardy souls who searched for buried treasure in the Southwest following in the footsteps of that earlier gold seeker, the Spaniard Coronado. "These people," Dobie writes in his introduction, "no matter what language they speak, are truly Coronado's inheritors.... l have called them Coronado's children. They follow Spanish trails, buffalo trails, cow trails, they dig where there are no trails; but oftener than they dig or prospect they just sit and… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 213 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Stated first American edition 1954. Nice tan buckram boards and black embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned. An unclipped dust jacket is fragile with age with the usual shelf wear - a pricetag, tears, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

Hardcover Cloth 310 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Picador First edition First printing 1990 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Top edge spotted. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Curfew takes place during one twenty-four hour period in January 1985. Matilde Neruda, widow of the Nobel Prize-winning poet, has just passed away, and various factions are rallying to turn the event to their advantage: for Pinochet's junta, it represents a chance to assert political authority, while for the intellectuals who had basked in the Nerudas' light, it is an opportunity to grab the spoils of the estate.
Against this backdrop of complex, often conflicting motivations, Donoso… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 325 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. First printing 2019 with corresponding number line. Nice red boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Remainder dot on bottom edge. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few tears, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library or book club copy.
Magic and mayhem collide in this monstrously funny middle-grade sequel to Chris Rylander's The Legend of GregGreg Belmont longs for the days when he thought he was an ordinary thirteen-year-old, before he learned he's really a fantastical Dwarf in a world where the return of magic has reignited an ancient feud between the Dwarves and the Elves. But now that magic is spreading rapidly, calling forth mythical monsters that are wreaking total havoc on earth, he knows things will never go back to normal.To make matters… Read More