Search Results: Collectible - Biography from Riverwood's Books

London: The Adventurers Club. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Hardcover is clean & tight, light wear to edges/corners, a little fading & bumping to spine ends. Jacket is fair to good minus - with moderate edgewear and numerous small tears/chips, light soiling, not clipped. The story of how Major John Fox of the Special Investigation Branch of the British Army, together with two other Englishmen and eight Pathans, travelling in disguise through Pakistan and the Khyber Pass to Kabul, tracked down and arrested the ring-leader of a band engaged in stealing arms and ammunition towards the end of WWII.. (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo .

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0772007160 . HC/DJ - near fine/fine. First edition 1974. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, a little age tanning to page edges, light wear to corners and edges. Jacket has very light scuffing, age tanning to edges. For some reason, DJ is doubled so there are 2 jackets. The purpose of the author's expedition was to make documentary films in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Botswana, Liberia and the Ivory Coast. In the course of their safari, the film-makers discovered modern Africa right alongside with old Africa - a discovery highlighted, throughout the book, by the extraordinary adventures of the early women explorers - Bebe Bwana, Meg Gehrts, Mary Kingsley & Elizabeth Lees Price.... ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Viking Canada. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670886203 . Hardcover is clean and intact, no markings, slight spine end/corner wear, light soiling outer edge of pages. Jacket has light edge/corner wear, light scuffing, not clipped. A beautiful, haunting, bittersweet reflection on growing up and struggling through the roaring twenties and the dirty thirties in Western Canada. ; 8vo .

Edmonton, AB: Ne West Publishers. Very Good. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 1896300839 . Cover has light scuffing, light curling to corners and a couple small creases. Pages clean and unmarked, several small corner creases. B/w illustrations. ; 8vo; Review: "A captivating look into the mind and experiences of a resilient human being, .... Always Someone To Kill The Doves: A Life Of Sheila Watson is a keenly written biography, peppered with diary excerpts by a remarkable woman. Written in Paris in 1955-56, the entries portray a woman of the era, affected by her troubled marriage, genius intelligence, and the moral weight of her Catholic upbringing...." .

London: Abacus Books. Very Good. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. 0349123896 . LIght edge/corner wear, slight foxing outer edge of pages. Back cover has a little creasing to top. Interior unmarked. Light age tanning to pages and back cover. B/w photos. 185 pages plus booklists. SUMMARY: In 1937 Mexico was the country to offer asylum to Trotsky, once a powerful Russian Leader, now a homeless refugee hounded from country to country by the implacable hatred of Stalin and the machination of the O. G. P. U. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; This is the extraordinary story of Trotsky's last months in his fortress-villa in the Mexican suburb of Coyoacan.... (*lower shipping avail to most locations-osl) .

Alberta Urban Municipalities Assoc.. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 097388360X . Clean, tight condition, a little wear to corners. Interior pages clean & unmarked. B/w illustrations. 93 pages. Contents: 1905-1913: Boom times in a new province.1914-1929: The Great war and its aftermath1930-1939: The dirty 30's and social credit1940-1948: WWII and labour unrest1949-1961: Oil, prosperity and the cold war1962-1970: Urbanization and property tax pressures1971-1993: New political era for Alberta - new business era for AUMA1993-1999: Belt-tightening for a balanced budget2000-2005: 3R's and urban sustainability for the 21st century. (**Shipping will be reduced to all locations) ; 8vo .

St. Martin's Press. Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0312312415 . SOFTCOVER - Advance Readers' Edition 2005. Excellent condition - very light creasing to back cover, slight corner wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. ; 8vo; Description: In October 2002, Elliott Hester sold his car, abandoned his apartment, and took off alone on a trip around the world, during which he drifted to over fifty destinations. Elliott's tales about his travels range from the bizarre to the hilarious to the flat-out shocking. Travel with him as he chases off transvestites in the South Pacific, Gets drunk on Estonian moonshine at the maker's eightieth birthday party, Impersonates Samuel L. Jackson at the 38th International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, Ponders the Finnish tradition of sprinting from steamy sauna to plunge into the frigid Baltic Sea naked! And much more. [400-noto] .

World Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. HC/DJ - VG/Good. Hardcover is clean and intact, bumping and light soiling to spine ends. Pages intact and clean other than small hospital library stamp on endpage (no other indication of being a library book). Jacket has scuffing and a few small edge tears/chips, light creasing, price clipped. Rabbi Martin Siegel studied at Hebrew Union College, served as a Marine Corps chaplane and served congregations in West Virginia and Long Island, NY. This is the story of his life, challanges, routines and insights. (480) ; 8vo; 276 pages .

Suffolk, U. K.: Neville Spearman. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0854351353 . Neville Spearman, U. K. 1983, third impression of 1960 original. HC/DJ - near fine/fine. Clear protective lined sleeve on dustjacket. Jacket underneath is in excellent condition, clean with no visible tears, light age tanning to edges, front flap clipped, a little crinkling to top corners. Protective sleeve has some scuffing. Hardcover is clean with some bumping to spine ends and corners, very light soiling outer edge of pages, slight forward cock to spine. Interior is unmarked other than a previous owner's address stamp (quite small) in three different locations within book. Light age tanning to page edges. Includes an appendix on rifles and shooting. The story of Karamojo Bell, the greatest of the old professional elephant hunters, who penetrated alone into wild regions where he was the first and only white man.....; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 252 pages; It is a… Read More

Niagara County Historical Society. Very Good. 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Internal pages clean & tight. Cover has a little wear & curling to corners, very light soiling. Belva A. Lockwood, a prominent individual in her home of Niagara County, NY, became accomplished in politics & even received votes in the 1884 presidential campaign, the first woman to do so. This book is # 19 of the occasional contributions of the Niagara County Historical Society. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo .

W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0393029700 . Hardcover has light soiling outer edge of pages - interior pages are clean & unmarked. Jacket has very light edgewear and scuffing/light scratching of jacket, not price clipped. B/w photos.... With a united Germany now a a part of our political landscape, it is easy to forget that this event was the culmination of one of the most remarkable revolutions in modern history. But in 1989-90 millions of East Germans courageously reclaimed authority from a pervasive dictatorship of party and state... ; 8vo .

Atria Books. New in New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 0743470206 . New book with no markings, minor shelfwear to jacket edges. 191 pages. Color & b/w illustrations throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "This is a memoir of Ms. Wallace's star child ..... Christopher got his knack for writing verse from his mother. She had no idea though that "all that noise" he was making with his friends in the bedroom of their small apartment would one day become platinum selling records. She also had no idea that her industrious son was becoming a leader in his circle and a small-time drug dealer. The book charts her son's climb to stardom and his death, the result of a drive-by shooting that occurred on March 9, 1997 in Los Angeles, CA. ...The murder remains unsolved. .... .

Edmonton, AB: Keystone Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 09683372 . Blue, faux leather hardcover, no jacket (as issued) . Limited edition not stated but No. 2235 printed on last endpage. Minimal Wear overall, interior clean & tight, no markings. 69 pages, b/w photos. Colour frontispiece of Byfield. From Inside Front Cover: "By all objective standards, Ted Byfield is the finest columnist in Canada today. In the 25 years he has been publishing Alberta Report, Byfield has delivered his unabashedly conservative message with wit and intelligence, engaging and challenging his reader, and never for a second boring him.....In this book are gathered the best of Byfield's weekly columns from the past quarter century. They cover everything from abortion to zionism and are guaranteed to elicit on of two reactions in the reader - 'Absolutely right! ' or 'Absolute Crap! ' For, love him or hate him, no one comes away from reading a Ted Byfield… Read More

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. HC/DJ - Near fine/VG. Hardcover has slight fading around edges and minor spotting outer edge of pages. Interior clean and unmarked other than a small lending library stamp on first page (no other evidence of this being a library book). B/w photos/illus. Jacket has light edgewear and light scuffing, not price clipped. Volume II of Tate's sweeping autobiography of both the British Art World and an insight into British 20th Century and History. ; 8vo .

Montreal: Optimum. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. High Arctic Search for Shipwreck. Believed to be first edition (unstated). HC has very little wear. There is minor soiling to upper edge of pages. Interior is clean & tight, with no markings. DJ has moderate edgwear and several small chips & tears. One longer tear on upper edge has been repaired with tape, light scuffing. L b/w photographs. Introduction by Walter Cronkite. 171 pages. "In 1975, Joe MacInnis, pioneer in the great frontier of the Arctic Ocean, discovered a new challenge. Through an old Arctic loner and a reclusive English scholar, he learned of a sailing vessel locked for 127 years beneath the polar ice; the Breadalbane...." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Golden West Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0903965003 . Hardcover is clean and unmarked, light age tanning to endpages. Cover has some indents around edge and bumping to corners. Jacket has light soiling, scuffing and several small edge tears and chips. The author tells the story of his life-long quest for the real stories behind the cowboys, gunfighters and Indians of the American West. A fascinating collection of true stories. He calls his book Broken Promises because he feels every Agreement the white man made with the Indians was eventually broken. [600]; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 156 pages .

Montreal: Fides. Good. 1953. Softcover. Cover has considerable creasing & moderate edgewear, fading to spine. Small name stamp on 1st page. Pages are otherwise clean, couple small edge tears, 2 corner chips seen. Age tanning. "Thousands of people believed they have been cured of illnesses through the holy work of a humble Canadian, a healer named Brother Andre, and the intercession of St. Joseph. This is the story of Brother Andre and his life's work in building a shrine to St. Joseph on Mount Royal in Montreal. " (os) ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Toronto: Harper Collins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 9781554680443 . HC/DJ - fine. Excellent condition, looks like new, clean with no markings, slight edge crinkling on jacket. B/w photos; On the morning of April 8, 2006, residents of the hamlet of Shedden, Ontario, woke up to the news that the bloodied bodies of eight bikers from the Bandidos gang had been found dead on a local farm. The massacre made headlines around the world, and the shocking news brought a grim light to an otherwise quiet corner of the province. Six Bandidos would eventually be convicted of the first-degree murder of their biker brothers. Like other outlaw bikers, Bandidos portray themselves as motorcycle enthusiasts who are systematically misunderstood and abused by the police, as well as feared by the public. We now know the Bandidos were anything but simple motorcycle enthusiasts. However, unlike such biker gangs as the Hell's Angels, who run sophisticated operations, the Bandidos… Read More

Lyon: Editions Du Chalet. Very Good. 1974. First Edition. Softcover. English text. Light edgewear, light scuffing and creasing, a little corner curling to cover. Interior pages clean and unmarked, b/w illustrations. Set-in small colour print of de Mazenod. 171 pages. A biography of Eugene de Mazenod (1782 - 1861). Bishop of Marselle, Founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Translated by Alfred Hubenig. (233os) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0399110607 . HC/DJ - VG/good. Hardcover has light edge and corner wear and light scuffing and soiling, some spotting/soiling to outer edge of pages, interior of pages clean other than name/address written inside front cover. Numerous b/w photos. Jacket has scuffing, edgewear and a several small tears/chips, with one larger chip bottom front corner, one small chip from spine center clipped. 320 pages. SUMMARY: A candid and probing exploration of the life and legend of Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917) , the western scout and buffalo hunter who, as the very embodiment of the winning of the American West, toured the world with his famous Wild West Show. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .