Description:
Sydney: Pyramid Books. Good. Hardcover. Pyramid Books, Australia edition. No publication date, circa 1930's. Small cloth hardcover, front of dustjacket and flap is taped inside to first blank endpage. Moderate wear to covers and corners, light soiling, some fading/tanning to spine and rear cover. Rear cover has one rough edge with minor paper loss. Pages are all intact and clean other than occasional light spotting, fairly heavy age tanning to pages and covers. By the author of 'The Boy from the Blue' & 'Carruthers of Colnhurst'. A gripping adventure in which a man disappears in the African jungle and his son, who runs away from school to search for his father, is drawn deeper and deeper into mysteries and intrigues after finding a native charm. 191 pages. (242noto) ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 191 pages .
Search Results: Authors starting with M from Riverwood's Books
You searched for:
- Bookseller inventory: Riverwood's Books (authors starting with M)
- Bookseller: Riverwood's Books
Results 1 - 20 of 265
THE IVORY TALISMAN
by F. A. M. Webster
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$11.95$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
$11.95
$13.95
shipping to USA
BELL OF AFRICA The Greatest Elephant Hunter of Them All
by Walter D. M. Bell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780854351350 / 0854351353
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$115.00$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Suffolk, U. K.: Neville Spearman. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0854351353 . Neville Spearman, U. K. 1983, third impression of 1960 original. HC/DJ - near fine/fine. Clear protective lined sleeve on dustjacket. Jacket underneath is in excellent condition, clean with no visible tears, light age tanning to edges, front flap clipped, a little crinkling to top corners. Protective sleeve has some scuffing. Hardcover is clean with some bumping to spine ends and corners, very light soiling outer edge of pages, slight forward cock to spine. Interior is unmarked other than a previous owner's address stamp (quite small) in three different locations within book. Light age tanning to page edges. Includes an appendix on rifles and shooting. The story of Karamojo Bell, the greatest of the old professional elephant hunters, who penetrated alone into wild regions where he was the first and only white man.....; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 252 pages; It is a…
Read More Item Price
$115.00
$13.95
shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter
by Walter D. M. Bell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780854350636 / 0854350632
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$65.00$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Suffolk, U. K.: Neville Spearman. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0854350632 . Neville Spearman, U. K. 1981 edition, same ISBN. HC/DJ - near fine. Very nice condition. Hardcover is clean, with a little edge\corner bumping. Pages are all intact and clean other than minor soiling outer edge of pages and very small address stamp from previous owner inside both covers. Light age tanning to interior. Dustjacket is in a brodart sleeve with paper liner. Protective sleeve has some scuffing/light scratches, however jacket underneath is in great condition, with light age tanning, and one or two tiny edge tears, front flap is price clipped. B/w illustrations. The greatest of all elephant books by the greatest of all elephant hunters, Karamojo Bell. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; From a Reviewer: "Classic Africana ....... This being the first of Bell's three books it was also my first title on the subject of elephant hunting. A testament to it's…
Read More Item Price
$65.00
$13.95
shipping to USA
THE KAK-ABDULLAH CONSPIRACY K'ing Kung-Fu 4
by MacAo, Marshall
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$7.50$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
London: Freeway Press. Very Good+. 1974. Softcover. 1974 printing. Cover has light edge and corner wear, light creasing, a little edge rubbing. Pages clean and intact. The Red Circle stronghold Zemiyah Zedek is a cauldron of violence and lust hidden deep in the desert sands. Here Kak and the wily Abdullah direct the kidnapping of dozens of young girls, the first victims of a massive white slavery empire. When the teenage niece of the American Consul disappears, it's up to K'ing and The Moor to get her back, before Kak plunges all of North Africa into war! (os) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 197 pages .
Item Price
$7.50
$13.95
shipping to USA
A TRIO FOR LUTE Damiano, Damiano's Lute, Raphael
by MacAvoy, R. A.
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$11.95$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Nelson Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. Book club edition. Excellent condition. Light edgewear to jacket, very light edgewear to hardcover, corner bumping to hardcover, some yellowing/scuffing to rear of jacket. Interior pages clean, tight & unmarked other than old price on endpage. 632 pages. Contains the wonderful fantasy trilogy Damiano, Damiano's Lute, and Raphael. A Trio of fantasy tales which follows Damiano Delstrego, a young Italian 'witch', his familiar (a talking dog) and the Archangel Raphael through an alternate-world Renaissance Italy. Complete & unabridged. ; 8vo .
Item Price
$11.95
$13.95
shipping to USA
WATERCOLOR PAINTING: A DIALOGUE
by MacDonald, Murray & Blakey, Janis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780888649706 / 0888649703
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$39.50$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
The Faculty of Education, University of Alberta. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888649703 . Oblong (9.5 x 12.5"). Hardcover & pages are clean & unmarked other than small inscription to corner of first endpage. Slight wear to spine ends & corners. Jacket has moderate edgewear and several small edge tears, age tanning and light soiling, jacket not clipped. This book is a conversation with Murray MacDonald, one of Alberta's foremost waterpaint artists. Murray shares both painting techniques and life experiences with Janis Blakey, his friend and colleague. The dialogue provides an artistic and practical perspective of working with waterpaints. The paintings included reflect the many techniques Murray has used and developed over the years.... Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Item Price
$39.50
$13.95
shipping to USA
A FLASH OF GREEN
by MacDonald, John D.
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$4.25$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Fawcett Gold Medal. Very Good. 1962. First Edition. Softcover. Fawcett Gold Medal 1962, 1st printing this edition. Cover has light edgewear, a little rubbing to spine edges and small corner creases. Pages clean and intact, age tanning to pages and covers. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; James Wing told himself he was only trying to help his friend's widow when he warned Kat Hubble that the beautiful bay she and her neighbors had struggled to save was going to be sold to developers. He knew he shouldn't have told her anything. He was a reporter, trained to reveal nothing. But he was falling in love with her. Now the developers have set their sights on Kat Hubble, and they'll do anything, use anyone, to stop her from interfering in their plans . . . . [180-osl? ] .
Item Price
$4.25
$13.95
shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Rugger Practice and Tactics - A Manual Of Rugby Football Technique
by MacDonald, H.F.
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781406797190 / 1406797197
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$13.95$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
London: Edward Arnold. Very Good+. 1938. Softcover. 1406797197 . Edward Arnold, London edition, copyright 1938 (much later printing) , same ISBN as Hesperides Press edition. Brown cover with black lettering. 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 minimal. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 141 pages; Originally published in 1938, this is book is a comprehensive manual of rugby technique and tactics. Well illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams, this still contains much of practical use to the modern reader. Contents Include: Individual Practice Dribbling Tackling Kicking Passing Body-Swing and Running with the Ball Combined Practice The Forwards The Tight Scrum The Loose Scrum The Line Out Forwards in Defence Forwards in Attack The Backs The Scrum-Half The Stand-off Half The Three-quarters, The Centres The Three-quarters, The Wings The Full-back Combined Attack Combined…
Read More Item Price
$13.95
$13.95
shipping to USA
Dress Her in Indigo
by John D. MacDonald
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$4.95$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
CT: Fawcett Gold Medal. Very Good. 1969. Softcover. Travis McGee series. Very good condition. Cover has very light edge/corner wear, some creasing on spine. Pages are clean and intact, with no markings. Some age tanning to covers and page edges. ; A Travis Mcgee Novel; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; From a Reviewer: "Travis McGee keeps getting better! .......Read this series the first time while in the Navy as a teen. Now thirty years later I am on my third time through series, and each time I enjoy it as much if not more than the first time. John D. McDonald is a true master story teller, and Travis McGee is the hero we can all admire, envy and root for. " (150os,0514) .
Item Price
$4.95
$13.95
shipping to USA
The Neon Jungle
by John A. MacDonald
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$4.00$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
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 its grime and commotion as well as noir legend John D. MacDonald. The Neon Jungle depicts a world in which the bright lights belie the turbulent lives of a lost generation. (130os,0514) .
Item Price
$4.00
$13.95
shipping to USA
The Galton Case
by Ross MacDonald
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- `
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$4.50$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Bantam Books. Good. 1960. `. Paperback. Pages clean and intact, initials in pen on first endpage. Light age tanning to interior. Spine is slightly bent/cocked forward, causing some waviness to covers. Moderate edge/corner wear and spine creasing, small tear to rear. A Lew Archer thriller. (105os424) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
Item Price
$4.50
$13.95
shipping to USA
THE GREEN RIPPER
by MacDonald, John D.
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780397013623 / 0397013620
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$12.95$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
J. B. Lippincott. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0397013620 . Hardcover clean & tight other than a couple tiny spots, slightly cocked at spine. Jacket has light edgewear, age tanning and a couple small edge tears. "The pleasures of life are interrupted by a murder that plunges Travis McGee into a nightmare where nothing is as it seems, including the Church of the Apocrypha, which he must infiltrate to find the truth. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Item Price
$12.95
$13.95
shipping to USA
DANCING IN THIN AIR Celebrating Sixty Years of Dance At the Banff Centre
by MacDonald, Brian & Carol Anderson
- New
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781894773294 / 1894773292
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$22.95$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
The Banff Centre Press. New. 2007. First Edition. Softcover. 1894773292 . New book, no markings. Slight shelfwear to covers. A look behind the scenes at the creation and success of the summer dance program at the Banff Centre. Since 1947, dance has been dreamed and devised, and dancer's careers have been shaped and launched right here among the majesty of the mountains. Colour & b/w photos. [474os] ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 200 pages .
Item Price
$22.95
$13.95
shipping to USA
THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF BEE-KEEPING
by MacE, Herbert
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$16.95$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Van Nostrand. Very Good. 1976. First Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. Nice condition. Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings. Interior pages are clean & tight. Light edgewear to cover. Laminate has some white spots in it. B/w illus. A classic for all bee-keepers. Whether you are contemplating setting up one or two hives in your back garden, or looking forward to the time when you can expand your bee-keeping activities into the sphere of big business, you will find sound advice and a wealth of knowledge in this book. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .
Item Price
$16.95
$13.95
shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
SAVE OUR PLANET 750 Everyday Ways You Can Help Clean Up the Earth
by MacEachern, Diane
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780440502678 / 0440502675
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$2.95$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Dell. Near Fine. 1990. Softcover. 0440502675 . Very nice condition, only light wear overall, clean and unmarked other than a little light soiling outer edge of pages. Contains a chapter each corresponding to where we lead our lives; home, garden, garage, supermarket, school, office etc. Covers the many easy ways you can help by being part of the solution.... Although the book is a few years old, the information is still very relevant today. (os) ; 8vo .
Item Price
$2.95
$13.95
shipping to USA
CALGARY CAVALCADE From Fort to Fortune
by MacEwan, Grant
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$14.50$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Edmonton, AB: The Institute of Applied Art. Very Good. 1971. Third Printing. Softcover. Very nice, clean, tight condition. Pages are unmarked, one creased page near rear. Cover has light edge & corner wear, tiny peeled area where sticker was removed. Historical stories of Calgary, Alberta. Stories and events which have made this city unique, collected by master storyteller Grant MacEwan. 246 pages [415-notosl]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Item Price
$14.50
$13.95
shipping to USA
NORTH-WEST OF SIXTEEN
by MacGregor, J. G.
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$22.50$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
London: Arthur Barker Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. B002FD5744 . Signed by author on title page. First U. K. Edition, Arthur Barker, London 1959. HC/DJ - very good. Hardcover is clean, has a little corner and edge bumping, small amount of sticker residue on endpages. Interior clean other than previous owners name written top of title page. Jacket has some scuffing, light wrinkling and a few small edge tears, front flap clipped. "Here is a vigorous and nostalgic account of pioneer life in northern Alberta at the turn of the century, written by a man who has vivid and detailed memories of his experiences and who writes about them with warmth, good humour and a striking gift for the well-turned phrase...." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
Item Price
$22.50
$13.95
shipping to USA
EDMONTON TRADER The Story of John A. McDougall
by J. G. MacGregor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$15.50$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart. Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library book, but still in good condition - cover has light edgewear and light soiling to outer edge of pages and cover. Usual ex-lib type markings - jacket under laminated cover has some creasing. Pages are all intact, with occasional light soiling and a few earmarks. Book description glued onto first page. B/w photos. John A. McDougall left his Ontario home in 1873 to seek his fortune in the West, first becoming a trader on the Fort Carlton Trail and then for some 50 years as a merchant in Edmonton after having arrived there in 1879. By the time of his death in 1928, he was a millionaire businesman and polititian. His story covers many aspects of the settling of the west; the coming of the railway, the plight of the native people, the Riel Rebellion, the inland trail to the Klondike gold rush, the rapid growth and booms and busts of the early decades of the 20th century. ; 8vo 8" -…
Read More Item Price
$15.50
$13.95
shipping to USA
CREATIVE STARS Using Astrology to Tap Your Muse
by MacGregor, Trish
- New
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780312275051 / 0312275056
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$12.95$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
St. Martin's Press. New. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 0312275056 . New book, small remainder mark to one outer edge. Description: A fresh and insightful guide to using astrology to nurture the creative spirit. (380-noto) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Item Price
$12.95
$13.95
shipping to USA
BLANKETS AND BEADS A History of the Saskatchewan River
by MacGregor, James G.
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Item Price
-
$10.50$13.95 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Edmonton, AB: Institute of Applied Art. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, no jacket. Cover is clean with moderate edge & corner wear. Tape marks inside covers & name written inside front cover. Pages are tight, with occasional light soiling & occasional wrinkling/creasing. B/w illus. Contents: The River, Indians, The North-west passage, Exploration of the Saskatchewan, The Fur Trade, Some great fur traders, Alexander Henry the Younger and others. [481 ] ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
Item Price
$10.50
$13.95
shipping to USA