Search Results: Collectible - General from Riverwood's Books

Saskatoon: Thistledown Press. Very Good. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 0920066259 . Illustrated softcover has light edgewear, very light soiling, a few spots on back cover, one crease mark on back cover. Pages are clean, with no markings. Binding a little loose on top edge of a few pages, but still sound. 69 pages. Most of the poems in the book have appeared in one form or another in various magazine such as Nebula, Antigonish Review, Ariel, Canadian Review, Skylark, Sundog and others. Several of the poems have been broadcast on CBC radio. (os) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Grolier Enterprises Corp.. Near Fine. 1980. Hardcover. B000K2GDZY . Grolier 1980, no jacket as issued. Excellent condition - brown faux-leather with gilt decoration on front, spine and outer edge of pages, slight wear to outer corners. Interior clean, tight and unmarked other than a staple mark on frontispiece page. 345 pages. Part of the Harvard Classics series. Translated by Benjamin Jowett, Hastings Crossley & George Long. [580] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Trident Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Hardcover clean and unmarked, some bumping to corners/spine ends. Jacket is tanned with light soiling and several small edge tears and chips, not price clipped. The story of Ken Farnham, apprentice bastard. Filled with frustrations, Ken, looks into the deepest parts of himself, finds no other words to describe what he sees than an 'about to be middle aged failure'. Now there are two things a man facing such a dilemma can do: blame himself or decide that the system has done him in. Ken chooses the latter. Only the real bastards get ahead and he is far too nice a guy. With this resolved, he joins the opposition..... [620] ; 8vo .

New York: Routledge. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0415904412 . Retired library book but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Interior clean and tight, light soiling outer edge of pages, light edgewear to cover. ; 8vo; Reviews: "Auschwitz and After represents a truly notable step toward providing substantial insights into...Jewish identity in post-war France.." Beginning with Marcel Ophus's documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1970) there has been an attempt to question the idea of a totally unified, courageous and resistant wartime France. Even more startling have been the increasingly shocking revelations that the politics of collaboration were a mere extension of a deep-seated French anti-semitic tradition. In the shadow of these developments French writers and philosophers today are reflecting on the meaning of Jewish identity in the contemporary world. Auschwitz and After analyses for the first time how the memory of… Read More

Ontario: Longmans Canada Ltd.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very nice condition. Hardcover is clean, tight and unmarked. Jacket has light edgewear, a little scuffing & a few tiny tears. "The Baldwins of this book are those of the first three Canadian generations of a family that sailed from Ireland to Upper Canada in 1799 and which, before the end of the following half century, had left an indelible mark on Canadian political life. The Great Experiment was the introduction of responsible government which gave to the British Empire another century of life...." [532] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002175215 . HC/DJ - near fine. Very nice condition. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, a little bumping to spine ends and fairly heavy age tanning to pages. Dustjacket has light scuffing, very light edgewear and a couple tiny edge tears, not clipped. The 1985 edition in this famous series of annual anthologies of the Guardian's best traditions of wit, compassion and liveliness. B/w cartoons. ; 8vo; Contains commentaries from Hugo Young, Nancy Banks-Smith, Richard Boston, Linda Blandford, Frank Keating, Salman Rushdie and all. Intro by George Melly. [423-noto] .

Toronto: Macmillan. Near Fine. 1979. Hardcover. 0770511759 . Excellent condition, no jacket as issued. 1979 printing. Slight corner wear to covers. Interior clean and unmarked. One of the books from the Alberta Heritage Learning Resources Project. 178 pages; A teenage girl struggles with the problems of her pregnancy. Winner of the Search for a New Alberta Novelist Competition; 8vo .

Edmonton, AB: Tree Frog Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very scarce title. Ex-library with mylar cover, brown liner and usual stamps & stickers - wear is light overall, light soiling, small tear bottom corner. Some sticker residue on cover. Interior pages clean & tight, couple light spots seen and one or two earmarks. Colour illustrations at each chapter beginning. 88 pages.Stephen Scobie was born on New Year's Eve, 1943 in Carnoustie, Scotland. He began publishing poetry in the mid-sixties. He won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1980 with McAlmon's Chinese Opera. Scobie taught at the University of Victoria, and some of his critical essays can be found in Signature, Event, Cantext, which is influenced by the theoretical writings of Jacques Derrida. Scobie has also authored a book length study of bpNichol. Scobie's wide-ranging interests include Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, cubism, concrete poetry, and he has… Read More

Saint John, NB: Lingley Printing Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, with light wear and a little bumping to corners & spine ends, pages are unmarked. Jacket has age tanning to edges & spine, light creasing, several small edge tears and light soiling. 214 pages. B/w illustrations. A historical account for the Canadian city of Saint John, New Brunswick. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Macmillan. Very Good. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. 0770512631 . Very light edgewear, light creasing. Internal pages are tight & clean other than 3-4 pages with pencil writing. "Within the ranks of its professional writers and cartoonists, Canada has always enjoyed a splendid corps of humorists and satirists who have consistently entertained us, diverted us, and chided us" Includes humourous writings by Eric Nicol, T. C. Haliburton, Stephen Leacock , Don Harron, Robert Service, Max Ferguson, Irvin Layton, Dave Broadfoot, Ethel /wilson, Robertson Davies, Mordecai Richler and several others. (os) ; 8vo .

London: Collins. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002161206 . Clean & unmarked, wear is minimal. Front cover has a slight tilt to it, and front of jacket has a slight roll to edges and a little yellowing to rear. A handsome copy. 239 pages. "Why did the Stone Age hunters lead such prosperous lives? Why did the Aztecs eat their prisoners of war? Why have so many cultures permitted the murder of female infants? Why do men think they are better than women? Why do the Chinese drink so little milk? In this brilliant and profound study, the distinguished American anthropologist Marvin Harris shows hows the endless varieties of cultural behaviour can be explained....." ; 8vo .

New York: Grammercy. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0517180871 . HC/DJ - fine. Excellent condition - clean & unmarked, light age tanning to page edges, only minimal wear overall. 414 pages. Ten classic Dickens tales bound in an attractive hardcover. A Christmas Carol, a Cricket on the Hearth, The Chimes and others. ; 8vo .

London: Collins. Very Good. 1960. Hardcover. Very good condition for it's age. No publication date, circa late 1950's to early 1960's. Illustrated boards, no jacket as issued. Cover, which shows a charging cavalry on horseback, has moderate edgewear/edge rubbing, small paper loss at corners, front is clean and bright, light soiling to rear. Pages are clean and intact other than first two pages loose just at bottom corner, approx. 1 inch. Endpage has been neatly taped. Light age tanning to page edges and a couple small edge tears seen. Colour and b/w illustrations. Anthology of boys' adventure stories about the British Infantry, mysteries to be solved, sailing, pets and other topics. Authors include Edward Boyd, Paul Gardiner, John Newton Chance, Hugh Paterson, David Stephen, Jim Kjelgaard, Jane Oliver, Captain Frank Knight, Trevor Holloway, David Stephen, and Thomas Muir. (495) ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 128 pages .

Toronto: Macmillan. Very Good. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0771599854 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages are clean and intact, light edgewear to cover and light soiling to outer edge of pages. B/w illus. & photos. Charlie Farquharson, after studying up on the subject at the local community college, set out to edumacate the rest of us, on the laws of the unyverse. Includes such enlightening subjects as: Yer Early Pastronomy 'n Primtiff Scients; Yer Modren Facks of Life; Yer Gran Toor; Sum Liter Reedin; Erly Time 'n Re-most Incesters; From Yer G. U. T. S to Yer T. O. E. S. And Fall on Yer Fathe..... [osl-393] ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 134 pages .

Alberta Report. Fine. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Letters from the Publisher, Alberta Report Between 1979 and 1982. Nn jacket as issued. Clean & unmarked. 224 pages. Ted Byfield's often humorous take on Canadian affairs as published in the Alberta Report from 1979 - 1982. "The American columnist George Will once said that before there was Ronald Reagan there was Barry Goldwater, before there was Goldwater there was National Review, and before there was National Review there was William F. Buckley. The Canadian equivalent may go like this: before there was the Reform Party there was Alberta Report, before there was Alberta Report there was Ted Byfield. But that would not be entirely fair to Byfield who, in this collection of letters, doesn't abandon principles in exchange for popularity. " (400) ; 8vo .

London: White Lion Pub.. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0856179205 . Originally published by Heinemann in 1955. Hardcover is clean and unmarked other than light foxing/spotting to long outer edge of pages. A little bumping to spine ends. Jacket has light edgewear, scuffing and light rubbing as well as a small peeled area on front, likely from sticker removal. Light soiling and foxing to inside spine area. "A novel of the age-old problem of homosexuality .... Written with understanding and compassion, yet without any false sentimentality..." [372-noto]; 8vo .

England: The Promotional Reprint Co.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. Near fine condition. First published 1924 by George Routledge. Hardcover & jacket excellent, only very light wear overall, price sticker residue on front. Clean & tight, no markings. Numerous b/w photo plates and illustrations. SUMMARY: An alphabetical dictionary of references to every character and place mentioned in the works of fiction of Charles Dickens .. With explanatory notes on obscure allusions and phrases.. This is the modern reprint of that well-known and valuable book. ; 8vo .

Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 082172469X . Book & jacket have very minimal wear. No markings or damage. 288 pages. " Snider joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in the same year as Jackie Robinson, relocated with the team to Los Angeles, then played with the Mets and the San Francisco Giants in the twilight of his career....." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall .

Gibbons, B. C.: Nightwood Editions. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition. Softcover. 088971164X . Excellent condition, only light wear overall, no markings other than small review copy stamp on 1st page. Poems inspired by Keats's misspelling of dyeing. In a letter to his brothers in 1818, John Keats remarked on a curious expression in vogue among his friends: "they call drinking deep dying scarlet. " The poems in this collection, inspired by Keats' misspelling of "dyeing, " explore the ways in which we drink deep from life, searching for beauty and passion despite a melancholy awareness of our own mortality.... (os) ; 8vo .

Toronto: General Publishing Company. Very Good. 1982. First Edition. Softcover. 0773670181 . Cover has light edge and corner wear, a little corner curling, creasing. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings. This collection gathers together all the stories previously published in Columbus and the Fat Lady and in Night Flights. Includes: The Watchmaker; The End; Our Passion Lit the Night; The Nurse from Outer Space; Keeping Fit; Uncle Philbert and His Big Surprise; Straight Poker; After Dinner Butterflies; The Empty Room; Too Bad Galahad; Brothers and several others... (230 Noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .