Fiction - Modern Lit from Riverwood's Books
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ONE HELL OF AN ACTOR
by Garson Kanin
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060122492
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$12.95
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Harper & Row. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0060122498 . Hardcover/jacket - near fine/VG. Hardover is clean and unmarked other than blue dot top edge of pages from a book sale and slight soiling bottom edge of pages. Jacket has light scuffing and light edge/corner wear, not price clipped. "The great John… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.95
The Wild Island
by Antonio Fraser
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140048209
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$4.25
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U. K.: Penguin Books. Good. 1978. First Edition. Paperback. 0140048200 . Penguin 1978. Ex-library with front sticker, tape across spine and front pocket. Pages are clean an intact, age tanning to pages. Cover has light edgewear, scuffing and a little soiling. As Jemima Shore, Investigator, arrives at Inverness Station for a Highland holiday, the sun is shining.… Read more about this item Item Price
$4.25
LOST IN THE FUNHOUSE
by Barth, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780553208528
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$7.95
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Nyc: Bantam Books. Very Good. 1969. Paperback. 0553208527 . Bantam paperback 1969 printing. Very nice condition. Pages are clean and intact, no markings, light age tanning. Covers have minimal edge wear, light scuffing and light tanning. Barth's lively, highly original collection of short pieces is a major landmark of experimental fiction. Though many of the stories… Read more about this item Item Price
$7.95
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
by Sloan Wilson
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Paperback
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$11.95
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Pocket Books. Good+. 1964. Third Printing. Paperback. Pocket Books 1964, 3rd printing. Cover has some creasing, light edgewear, some staining to rear cover. Pages are clean and intact, age tanning, a few tiny corner creases and a bit of discolouration to the red outer edge of pages. This is Sloan Wilson's searing indictment of a society that… Read more about this item Item Price
$11.95
ZOE'S BOOK
by Gail Pass
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780930044954
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$8.95
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Florida: The Naiad Press. Very Good. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 0930044959 . First Naiad edition 1987. Very good - pages clean and intact, no markings other than name written on first endpage. Cover has light edge and corner wear, old price sticker on rear. An astonished young woman is plucked from her studies at England's British Museum… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.95
THE RICH BOY FROM CHICAGO
by Derek Marlowe
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780297775119
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$11.95
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London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297775111 . ISBN number is the same as the Littlehampton edition. Ex-library book, still in very good condition, laminated jacket and usual ex-lib type of markings. Interior of pages clean and intact, light soiling and two library stamps outer edge of pages.… Read more about this item Item Price
$11.95
Public Lending Right, a Matter of Justice
by Richard Findlater (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780233962764
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$22.95
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U. K.: Andre Deutsch / Penguin Books. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 023396276X . First U. K. Edition, same ISBN as HarperCollins. Introduction by Lord Goodman. HC/DJ - near fine/good. Hardcover is clean, with slight bumping/wear to spine ends and corners. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings, light age tanning… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.95
American Short Stories of the Nineteenth Century
by Various Authors, John Cournos (Introduction)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780460008402
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$23.50
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London - New York: Dent Everyman's Library / Dutton. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0460008404 . HC/DJ - near fine/very good. Number 840 of the Everyman's Library Series. 1974 reprint of the 1930 original. 12mo (7.5 in. Tall). Hardcover is clean with slight bumping/wear to spine ends and bottom corners. Pages are clean … Read more about this item Item Price
$23.50
Juliette
by Michel Goeldlin
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780920304655
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$14.95
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Charlottetown, P. E. I.: Ragweed Press. Very Good+. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 0920304656 . First English edition 1987. Pages are clean and intact, no markings, slight soiling outer edge of pages. Cover has light age tanning, a few tiny spots and light wear to corners. "A woman lives alone in terror, depriving herself of life's smallest pleasures.… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.95
RUN AWAY HOME
by Charles Christopher Mark
- Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$12.95
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New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library book, still in quite good condition, laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages are all intact and clean other than a couple small spots seen. Jacket, which is attached to book, has some scuffing and light soiling, light fading… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.95
The Neon Jungle
by John A. MacDonald
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- Softcover
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$4.00
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Fawcett Gold Medal. Very Good. 1953. Softcover. Very good condition. Cover has light wear to edges/corners, a couple small creases. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings. Age tanning inside covers and to page edges. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 174 pages; No writer captured the urban blight that befell postwar America in all… Read more about this item Item Price
$4.00
Under the Brightness of Alien Stars
by Michael Porcsa
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$48.50
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Montreal: Les Editions Sans Le Sou. Good. 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Les Editions San Le Sou 1970, Softcover 8vo. True first ediiton, preceeding a later Vantage Press edition. Book has moderate edge and corner wear and scuffing of the cover, slight soiling to outside edge of pages, old price sticker on front. Inside front, cover is slightly… Read more about this item Item Price
$48.50
Agnes Browne
by O'Carroll, Brendan
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780452281691
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$3.50
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Plume. Near Fine. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0452281695 . Excellent condition, small remainder mark across bottom edge of pages. Cover has slight wear to edges and a little scuffing, interior is unmarked. A popular Irish comedian chronicles with raw humor and great affection the comic misadventures of a large and lively North Dublin family in the… Read more about this item Item Price
$3.50
Elena
by Cook, Thomas H.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780395356326
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$12.95
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Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395356326 . HC/DJ - near fine/VG. Pages and hardcover are clean and unmarked, bumping to spine ends and slight tanning to spine ends, light soiling upper edge of pages. Dustjacket has tannning to spine and edges, light edge wear and a few… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.95
THE WAR
by Chiel, Deborah
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780515114478
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$1.95
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Jove. Very Good+. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. 0515114472 . Very nice condition, clean and unmarked, age tanning inside covers. Cover has light edge/corner wear, no creases. ; Movie Tie-in; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 1 pages; A Southern family comes of age in the wake of the Vietnam War and their soldier father's absence, and come… Read more about this item Item Price
$1.95
TIME IN THE AIR
by Wyatt, Rachel
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780887841460
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$11.50
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House of Anansi Press. Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Softcover. 0887841465 . Pages clean, tight and unmarked. Cover has light wear to edges/corners. Main flaw is some fading to front cover edges and spine. Small marking on rear cover from sticker removal. A delightful novel, which tells of Sydney, a businessman with a wife in Yorkshire and… Read more about this item Item Price
$11.50
THE HONORARY PATRON
by Hodgins, Jack
- Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771041891
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$13.95
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Tornto: McClelland & Stewart. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771041896 . HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Excellent condition. Hardcover clean and unmarked, slight bumping to spine ends. Jacket has a little scuffing and slight crinkling to spine ends. "You can't go home again. Or can you? Or, more to the point, should you… Read more about this item Item Price
$13.95
THE APPRENTICE BASTARD
by Freedman, Benedict & Nancy
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$11.50
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
$11.50
DANCING GIRLS And Other Stories
by Atwood, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780770428297
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$9.95
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Toronto: Seal Books. Very Good+. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 0770428290 . Very nice, clean, tight condition, no markings. Cover has a couple light creases and a little scuffing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 pages; This splendid volume of short fiction testifies to Margaret Atwood's startlingly original voice, full of a rare intensity and exceptional… Read more about this item Item Price
$9.95
FROM A SEASIDE TOWN
by Levine, Norman
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780888790439
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$8.50
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Deneau & Greenberg. Very Good. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. 0888790430 . Deaneau & Greenberg 1980, reprint of 1970 Macmillan edition. Pages clean and intact, with no markings, couple tiny edge tears, and a little spotting to outer edge of pages. Cover has light edgewear, a few light creases, light corner curling and tiny tears at spine ends.… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.50