Search Results: Authors starting with A from Riverwood's Books

London: The Technical Press Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Hardcover. 65th Edition, 1939. Hardcover, no jacket as issued. Thoroughly revised and enlarged, to which is added a concise dictionary of legal terms. 884 pages plus index and dictionary of legal terms. Cover is clean, with minimal wear to edges, one small chip from spine and bumping to spine ends, light soiling outer edge of pages, lettering on spine faded, paper split at spine inside covers but nothing is loose. Interior has light age tanning. Pages are clean and unmarked other than previous owner's comment in red on front/rear blank end pages. (1045-1123) (Note: book is very heavy and may require extra postage. ); 8vo; 884 pages .

Tokyo, Japan: Yohan Publications. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 4896842367 . First English edition - translated by Deborah Iwabuchi. Clean, tight copy. Ex-library book with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings. Light edgewear, a little soiling outer edge of pages. Internal pages clean & tight. B/w illus. 200 pages. The author light-heartedly dissects many aspects of Japan's national sport - from the severity of the morning training sessions to the hilarity of the exhibition matches. Why do wrestlers have to be so fat? Why do they throw all that salt in the ring? How can you recognize their ranking on appearances alone? Etc. (os? ) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

New York: Berkley Medallion. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Printing. Paperback. Pages intact and clean other than name on endpage, age tanning to covers and pages. Covery had light edge/corner wear, a few creasing and scuffing, light soiling. Centaurus ws the ultimate destination of the space ship 'The Hope of Man'. The journey had already taken 20 years, and still 9 more years remained before Centaurus would be reached..... (95os4-24) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

AAA Publishing. Near Fine. 2004. Softcover. Near new condition, clean & tight. 766 pages. Covers Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Nunvut, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory and Alaska.Comprehensive City Indexes, points of interest, maps, lodgings & restaurants, weather, history, recreation areas, etc. ; 8vo .

Arco Publishing Company. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. 0668038721 . Light edge and corner wear to cover, light soiling on one or two pages. Front cover has some light creasing/waviness and this also affects the first few pages. 127 pages. B/w illustrations. " How to choose contenders. How to rate contenders. How to eliminate high-risk races. How to pick the races to bet on. How to interpret past performance charts." (os) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Gold Medal Books. Good. 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Pages clean and intact, age tanning to pages and covers. Cover has light edgewear, creasing and small tears to spine ends. "The plane was doomed; his choice was grim. He could take his chances on Communist torture - or go down slowly in the deep Black Sea. " (os) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Clerisy Press, Emmis Books. Very Good+. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 1578602033 . Ex-library book, but still in great condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages clean and intact, overall wear is very light. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 240 pages; "If "Miss Manners" were to write a gardening column, "Radical Prunings" would be its title, and "Mertensia Corydalis" her horticultural nom de plume. Abbott's hilarious debut novel brilliantly captures the tongue-in-cheek chiding so familiar to readers of advice columns in this ersatz gardening how-to. Wielding a literary trowel honed to a sharp-edged point, Abbott's fictional green-thumb advisor eviscerates correspondents seeking her expertise with a rapier-like wit as she chastises them for such botanical boo-boos as planting sunflowers in a row, hostas in sunshine, and anything orange. Ably assisted by her Vietnamese garden boy, Tran, and not-so-ably by the… Read More

Toronto: Collins. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002168189 . HC/DJ - fine/VG+. Hardcover is clean and umarked, wear is minimal. B/w illustrations. Jacket has light edgwear and back flap is corner clipped. A collection of the funniest moments from CBC's top-rated comedy show, from inspired madness to just plain happy silliness. Includes the memorable exploits of Broadfoot's Sergeant Renfre of the Mounted (in radio script form) and stumbling dialogues with dim-witted hockey superstar Big Bobby Clobber, etc. (osl-300); 8vo .

Arkana. Near Fine. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 0140193669 . Softcover is new and unread, but it does have a little shelfwear including light rubbing around edges, 1/4" tear on front cover and small publisher's mark bottom edge of pages. Interior clean & unmarked. 252 pages. Tiasha Abelar's account of her apprenticeship with a female colleague of don Juan, a training which used mental and physical exercises rather than psychoactive plants. This virtual sorcerers' manual is a pioneering work of women's spirituality. (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Alfred A. Knopf. Fine. 1988. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0394893301 . Very nice condition, non-paginated, no jacket (as issued? ) , light wear only. Lovely colour illustrations. Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he preformed when he was a vaudeville entertainer. Pictorial hardcover, no jacket as issued. (400os) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Toronto: Mcarthur & Company. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 155278133X . Very nice condition, clean and tight, a little wear/slight curling to corners. Both a love story and a cri de coeur from Canada's most romantic city, caught, like Myra, in the throes of change. "Jump is charming & witty, stylish & anxious, a clever portrait of the endless crise d'identite that is life in Montreal" (400-noto) ; 8vo .

Sinclair-Stevenson. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 1856196968 . Sinclair-Stevenson 1st edition. HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Very nice condition. Hardcover is clean and unmarked. Jacket has light scuffing and a little wear at upper corners, not clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; When Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain's undisputed literary masters, writes a new novel, it is a literary event. With his last novel, The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, "as gripping and ingenious a murder mystery as you could hope to come across," in the words of the San Francisco Chronicle, he reached a whole new level of critical and popular success. Now, with his trademark blending of historical fact and fictive fancy, Ackroyd has placed the towering poet of Paradise Lost in the new Eden that is colonial America. John Milton, aging, blind, fleeing the restoration of English monarchy and all the vain trappings that go with it ("misrule" in his estimation)… Read More

Thomas Nelson. Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. HC/DJ - near fine/good. Green cloth hardcover is clean and unmarked, slight spotting outer edge of pages and slight fading to edges. Jacket has several small edge tears, scuffing/light scratches and an chip (approx 2" x 1") out of rear top, price clipped. Adventures of a 17-year old officer of the Royal Americans as he joins an expedition for copper headed for Fort Mackinac, Lake Superior during the time between the French and Indian Wars and the American Revolution. (475); 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 263 pages .

Lone Pine. New. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 1551053209 . Softcover is new, with no markings. Colour illustrations. 160 pages. A fun-filled field guide into the creepy-crawly world of the bugs of Northern California. Learn about 125 of the coolest bugs you might encounter in the great outdoors. John Acorn, an avid "bugster" and host of the popular television series The Nature Nut, supplies lively text that evokes each species' character. Respected artist and naturalist Ian Sheldon has created brilliant illustrations that bring each bug to life. (400-osl) . ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Viking Canada (HC). Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670064483 . Ex-library book, but still in quite good condition - usual ex-lib type of markings and brodart sleeve over jacket. Protective sleeve has some scuffing. Pages are clean and intact, a few pages near centre and a couple near the front have some wrinkling to bottom edge. This doesn't affect readability and all pages turn freely. Light soiling outer edge of pages. Illustrated in colour. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; Adam is a young and incredibly gifted distant-energy healer. He first discovered his ability to heal people at the age of fourteen. Now he is one of the world’s most in-demand energy healers. In The Path of the DreamHealer, Adam shares the miraculous story of how he discovered his ability to heal injuries and illness. He explains that we are all interconnected, and with a focused intention to heal and the power of energy we all have the ability to heal ourselves.… Read More

Ontario: Readon Publications. Near Fine. 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 1572154004 . Pages are clean and intact, no markings. Cover has light scuffing, a few light creases and light curling of corners. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. 160 pages. The history of the many different "Firsts" in the game of golf, accompanied by great old photos and text descriptions. (780) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Horsdal & Schubart Publishers. Very Good+. 2001. First Edition. Softcover. 092066377x . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition. Sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages clean and all intact, a little soiling outer edge of pages. Overall wear is light. B/w illus. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; At the pinnacle of his career, Sir James Douglas, fur trader and colonial governor, was knighted by the order of Queen Victoria, and greatly enjoyed the pomp of his position. Considering his modest beginnings as a mixed-race baby in South America, this lofty status was remarkable. The life of Amelia, companion throughout James' long rise, saw even more suprising changes. Amelia was of mixed blood too, being part-Cree, part-Scot. She never left the northern Canadian forests until she married James, but ended up a respected lady of the Empire. Between them, James and Amelia Douglas knew everybody who was anybody in western North America. Their lives… Read More

Horsdal & Schubart Publishers. Good+. 2001. First Edition. Softcover. 092066377X . Ex-library book in good condition, usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has some scuffing and wear at corners, light corner curling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; At the pinnacle of his career, Sir James Douglas, fur trader and colonial governor, was knighted by the order of Queen Victoria, and greatly enjoyed the pomp of his position. Considering his modest beginnings as a mixed-race baby in South America, this lofty status was remarkable. The life of Amelia, companion throughout James' long rise, saw even more suprising changes. Amelia was of mixed blood too, being part-Cree, part-Scot. She never left the northern Canadian forests until she married James, but ended up a respected lady of the Empire. Between them, James and Amelia Douglas knew everybody who was anybody in western North America. Their lives saw astonishing contrasts, from crossing North… Read More

New York: Signet / NAL. Very Good. 1981. Sixth Printing. Paperback. 0451129350 . Signet/NAL 1981, reprint, paperback. Very good. Pages clean and intact, no markings, age tanning to pages and inside covers. Cover has light edge/corner wear, creasing to spine, light creasing/scuffing to rear. Lost in a strange land can Bili Morguhn and his warriors escape a sorcerous trap? (105os,5-18) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 185 pages .

Spruce Grove, Alberta: Megamy Publishing. Fine. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 0968191630 . Signed/Inscribed by author on title page: "Happy Birthday Grandpa, Robert J. Adams 2000 #20849". Fine condition - only very light wear overall, clean and unmarked. When Bob, a country boy from the Stump Farm in rural Alberta, is accepted into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, he embarks on a journey filled with high expectations and dreams of grandeur; he enthusiastically leaves his humble home to travel across the Canadian prairie into the nation's capital where he is trained as one of Canada's finest and then sent to small-town Saskatchewan to practice his trade without fear, favour or affection. In typical Adams fashion each story is packed with wit and humor as he shares his experiences with the effects of tear gas, penny meters, electric speed timers, and transporting prisoners in his 1960 Volkswagen Beetle. The author's third collection of short stories will leave you… Read More