Search Results: Titles starting with C from River House Books

Two comb-bound technical manuals each about 100 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First editions 1993 & 1996. Handsome illustrated covers show off this Clean, tight, square set of tech manuals with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Books Well kept and carefully stored. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Two C-17 Globemaster technical manuals covering Aircraft General Description, Aircraft Systems Description, Avionics and Flight Controls, Cargo Compartment, Reliability and Maintainability, Ground Operations, Performance, Growth Potential. Heavily illustrated with tables and graphs.
1993 book is MDC 93K0048
1996 book is MDC 96K0018

Caesar and Christ (The Story of Civilization Volume III) by Will and Ariel Durant Hardcover Cloth 751 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Presumed first edition 1944. BOMC dot on back cover. Nice red buckram boards and gold embossing. Red topstain. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Spotting on front edge. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
In the third volume of their Story of Civilization, the Durants offer a sweeping narrative of the transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity within the context of the ancient world. Through vivid storytelling and meticulous historical analysis, the Durants examine the political, social, and religious upheavals of the era, portraying the lives of key figures such as Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Jesus Christ while illuminating the profound impact of their actions and beliefs on the course of Western civilization.

Hardcover Cloth 344 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition second printing 1996. Handsome grey 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. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
"Capital Navy: The Men, Ships, and Operations of the James River Squadron" delves into the Confederate naval operations on the James River during the American Civil War. The book thoroughly examines this aspect of the war, highlighting its significant yet often overlooked impact on the conflict in Virginia.
The book covers nearly every facet of the Confederate naval presence, from the construction of early war ironclad ships to the lesser-known wooden vessels that fought alongside their iron-plated counterparts. Coski's research is based on… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 426 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 2017 with corresponding number line. Elegant tan 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. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
The open range cattle era lasted barely a quarter-century, but it left America irrevocably changed. These few decades following the Civil War brought America its greatest boom-and-bust cycle until the Depression, the invention of the assembly line, and the dawn of the conservation movement. It inspired legends, such as that icon of rugged individualism, the cowboy. Yet this extraordinary time and its import have remained unexamined for decades.Cattle Kingdom reveals the truth of how the West rose and fell, and how its legacy… 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.
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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

Century Series in Color (F-100 Super Sabre; F-101 Voodoo; F-102 Delta Dagger; F-104 Starfighter; F-105 Thunderchief; F-106 Delta Dart) - Fighting Colors series (6501)
by Lou Drendel
Trade Paperback 96 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust. Presumed First edition 1980. Beautiful illustrated wraps show 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.
The Century Series refers to a group of US fighter aircraft models designated between F-100 and F-106. These aircraft represented the first successful supersonic designs in the United States Air Force's service. They remained active well into the 1970s and 1980s with the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. The Century Series includes iconic aircraft like the North American F-100 Super Sabre, McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Republic F-105… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 298 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2015. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Back cover water damaged. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
A biography with chapters written by those who worked with him, such as Janet Baker and Alfred Brendel, this is a celebration of an exceptional, creative life.By the time of his death in 2010 at the age of 84, Sir Charles Mackerras had achieved widespread recognition, recorded extensively and developed into a conductor of major international significance. In addition to areas in which he already had forged a distinctive profile (Janácek, Mozart, Handel, Sullivan) he revisited - and rethought - much of the standard repertoire.
The last thirty years were… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 249 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1997 with corresponding number line. Attractive blue 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. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Horror films. Deanna Durbin musicals. Francis the talking mule. Ma and Pa Kettle. Ross Hunter weepies. Theme parks. ET . Apollo 13 . These are only a few of the many faces of Universal Pictures.In February 1906 Carl Laemmle, German immigrant and former clothing store manager, opened his first nickelodeon in Chicago. He quickly moved from exhibition to distribution and to film production. A master of publicity and promotions, within ten years "Uncle Carl" had moved his entire operation to southern California, founded a… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 279 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition. Elegant white buckram boards and brown 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 and spotting. Pages are lightly toned. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.
A detailed study of the Khmer people who lived in Angkor and the surrounding countryside.
During the eleventh century, Angkor, the capital of the Khmer Empire, was one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The book delves into the history of this remarkable civilization.
The book also explores the evolution of bronze and stone sculptures, as well as wood carvings created by the Khmer people during the Angkor period.

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 Vol 5 published 1951 749 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. First edition BOMC printing from The Riverside Press. Nice clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spine is not sunned, stained or frayed. BOMC dot on right corner of back covers. Unclipped dust jacket with the usual fading, scuffs, tears and chips. Protected by a mylar cover. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. 'The Second World War' is one of my best selling titles, for a reason! It's a superbly written, carefully researched set with deep insights into the conduct of WW2. The definitive, Nobel Prize–winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literatureSeldom, if ever, has history endowed a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular ability to write it. As with so much of what Churchill wrote, The Second World War is not "history" in… Read More

Laminated SPANISH LANGUAGE Hardcover 120 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition. Beautiful illustrated boards show 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.
SPANISH LANGUAGE book. The traditional Mexican cuisine of Oxaca, Puebla and Yucutan is presented with 60 of the most famous recipes. Full color recipes and instructions.

Codes, Ciphers and Spies: Tales of Military Intelligence in World War I
by John F. Dooley
Trade Paperback with glued binding 280 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 2016. Attractive illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's embossed seal on front endsheet. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
When the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, it was woefully unprepared to wage a modern war. Whereas their European counterparts already had three years of experience in using code and cipher systems in the war, American cryptologists had to help in the building of a military intelligence unit from scratch. This book relates the personal experiences of one such character, providing a uniquely American perspective on the Great War. It is a story of spies, coded letters, plots to blow up ships and… Read More

The Coming Fury Hardcover Cloth 565 pages with index plus five maps and two graphs. Maps on endpapers. Condition Good NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1961. Lovely grey and pale blue boards with black and silver embossing shows off this tight and sound copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with the usual shelf wear. Some stains to boards, bumped corners. Pages are lightly toned. Not an ex-library or remainder copy.
A good reading copy of this famous book.The first volume of Bruce Catton's monumental Centennial History of the Civil War. A thrilling, page-turning piece of writing that describes the forces conspiring to tear apart the United States--with the disintegrating political processes and rising tempers finally erupting at Bull Run. "...a major work by a major writer, a superb re-creation of the twelve crucial months that opened the Civil War."--The New York Times.The Coming Fury documents the initial progress of the conflict from the secession crisis triggered by the… Read More

Commander and Builder of Western Forts: The Life and Times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901
by Jack Stokes Ballard
Hardcover Cloth 252 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Fine. Stated first edition 2012. Attractive black 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. No shelf wear with unbruised tips. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with no shelf wear - no tears, scrapes, stains, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
During his thirty-eight-year career as a military officer, Henry Clay Merriam received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War, rose to prominence in the Western army, and exerted significant influence on the American West by establishing military posts, protecting rail lines, and maintaining an uneasy peace between settlers and Indians.
Historian Jack Stokes Ballard's study of Merriam's… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 207 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1978. Nice illustrated grey boards and black embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's signature on front endsheet. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

The author explores the strengths and weaknesses of the existing legal apparatus for investigation and prosecuting computer crimes. Analyzes federal and state laws, explaining the challenge of penalizing this type of crime.

The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico and Arizona, 1861-1862 (Great West and Indian Series #13)
by Robert Lee Kerby
Hardcover Cloth 159 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated second edition 1981. Elegant black and brown boards with gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's embossed seal on first title page. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear with unbruised tips. An unclipped dust jacket protected by mylar cover is smooth, clean and brilliant but discolored with age on the spine. Slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
In the tumultuous landscape of the American Civil War, a lesser-known theater unfolds—the New Mexico campaign. In "The Confederate Invasion of New Mexico and Arizona, 1861-1862," Robert Lee Kerby delves into this pivotal chapter, revealing the audacious ambitions of Confederate Brigadier General Henry… 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.
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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

Laminated Hardcover 216 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 2009 with corresponding number line. Lovely laminated illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Bumped corners. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
The compelling story of America's aerospace industry in its heyday, when manufacturers boldly took the initiative to explore futuristic new designs by actually building and test flying airplanes to determine how well they would work, if at all.
Convair led the way in this area with America's only complete family of delta-wing aircraft that included America's first delta-wing jet, the one-of-a-kind XF-92 experimental prototype, the XF2Y-1 jet-powered seaplane, the XFY-1 Pogo turboprop vertical takeoff… 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