Biography - Literary from Riverwood's Books

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771060491 . First McClelland Edition 1979. Hardcover/jacket - fine/good. Please Note: This book has the 'Bestsellers at no-name prices' yellow dustjacket. Hardcover is clean and unmarkred, one small indent bottom edge. Jacket has moderate edgewear, small edge tears, couple chips from rear of jacket, light… Ler mais sobre este item

UK: Fontana / Collins. Very Good. 1972. Fifth Printing. Paperback. Paperback 1972. Pages clean and intact, no markings. Rear cover has a library pocket but no other library markings. Cover has light wear to edges and scuffing to rear. (110os422) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 120 pages .

New York: Bantam Books. Very Good+. 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Bantam Books 1962. Pages are clean and intact, no markings, light age tanning to pages and cover. Cover has some scuffing, minor edgewear and spine crease. The author returns to the places and the people that first inspired his famous novel. Over 250 b/w photos. (210os422) ;… Ler mais sobre este item

London: The Bodley Head. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0370013514 . Hardcover/dustjacket - fine/VG+. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, slight soiling to bottom edge of pages. Jacket has scuffing/light soiling, age tanning to edges, light edgwear and a few tiny edge tears, not price clipped. Ivor Brown, a journalist over… Ler mais sobre este item

Penguin (Non-Classics). Very Good. 1985. Softcover. 0140083901 . Very nice condition - pages clean and intact, one creased page and small remainder mark across bottom edge of pages. Cover has light wear to corners. Written by one of the world's wittiest and wisest journalists, Barzini immigrated to the USA in 1925 when he was 16. He recounts… Ler mais sobre este item

Ballantine Books. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Softcover. 0345251318 . Two volumes in slipcase - near fine with good slipcase. Books themselves are in great shape - clean and unmarked with only a little scuffing and a small amount of edgewear. Slight fading at spine ends outer edge of pages. Slipcase has moderately… Ler mais sobre este item

University of Ottawa Press. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0776604031 . Ex-library book but still in great condition, sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages are clean and tight. Cover has light scuffing and very light edgewear to laminate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 138 pages; A student at McGill in the… Ler mais sobre este item

Pottersfield Press. Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Softcover. 189590059x . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition. Sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages are clean and intact. Cover has light scuffing and light edgewear to laminate. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; "Born near Windsor, Nova Scotia, poet, journalist and… Ler mais sobre este item

Formac Publishing. Very Good. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0887800645 . Very good condition. Pages unmarked other than erased pencilled prices on endpage. Light edge/corner wear to cover, one rear corner is creased. " Charles Bruce is one of the most distinguished Canadian writers of all time. His most noted work, The Channel Shore is one of the… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge, MA: Highwater Books. Very Good+. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0966536355 . Very nice, clean, intact condition. Ex-library book with sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Overall wear is very light. Two-tone cartoons. "A melancholic memoir of saying goodbye to the familiar Road trips, drunken concerts, and late-night make-out sessions all swirl together in… Ler mais sobre este item

Sutton Publishing. Near Fine. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 0750921420 . Very nice clean, tight condition. Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings. Overall wear is fairly minimal. B/w illus. 111 pages. "John Ruskin was one of the greatest Victorian critics of art and society, but he was also preoccupied with politics, economics and education. This… Ler mais sobre este item

Ontario: Ecw Press. Very Good+. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. 1550222090 . Clean, tight condition, only light wear overall. Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover and usual type markings. Interior unmarked, slight soiling to outer edges. From the third volume of George Woodcock's autobiography: “Like many people who grew old and have not cast off from the past, I… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Firebrand Books. Very Good. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 1563410214 . Clean, tight copy. Ex-library book with sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Light wear to cover edges, a little scuffing, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior clean and intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages; "Walters, the daughter of Pawnee… Ler mais sobre este item

Council Oak Books, Ltd.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 093303119X . Excellent condition. Hardcover is as new with no markings. Dustjacket has one small tear on front, slight wrinkling to top edge and minor corner wear. REVIEW: In this touching autobiography, readers are treated to a view of life in a close,… Ler mais sobre este item

Scribner & Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684848783 . Excellent condition, only very light wear overall. No internal markings, top edge of jacket has a little wrinkling and a couple tiny tears. " The sequel to Frank McCourt's memoir of his Irish Catholic boyhood, Angela's Ashes, picks up the story in… Ler mais sobre este item

Famous Authors Series. New. 2001. First Edition. New VHS tape, still in shrink wrap. UPC: 032031220430. American novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs was the creator of the world famous character of Tarzan, one of the indispensible icons of popular culture. Burroughs also published science fiction and crime novels, which are still widely read. Edgar Rice Burroughs -… Ler mais sobre este item

Famous Authors Series. New. 2001. First Edition. New in shrink wrap, VHS format. UPC: 032031220430. Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet Robert Louis Stevenson contributed many beloved classics to the world of children's literature, including his adventure novel "Treasure Island. " Stevenson's popularity is based primarily on the exciting subject matter of his adventure novels and stories… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Brockhampton Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 186019303X . Ex-library book, still in very nice condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Jacket has some scuffing and light scratches. Pages all intact and clean other than occasional small spot, a few earmarks seen. Featuring some of Elizabeth Barrett… Ler mais sobre este item

Viking Penguin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670844500 . Hardcover and jacket in very nice condition, only minor wear overall. Small inscription on first endpage, balance of pages clean and intact.. A biography of the author of Madame Bovary. Author discusses Flaubert's outrage with society, his desire for seclusion, his illicit… Ler mais sobre este item

Houghton and Mifflin. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 061841911X . Excellent condition. Uncorrected proof. Slight corner wear, one corner crease to rear, slight soiling outer edge of pages. 306 pages. The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane & Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten & Gypsy Rose Lee under One Roof in Wartime America. February House… Ler mais sobre este item