Search Results: Authors starting with J from River House Books

Trade Paperback 258 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated first edition First printing 2008 with corresponding number line. Nice 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.
Until the age of nine, Samuel Harcorne Jr. lived with his family on the edge of Indian Country in Arkansas and northern Texas. In a time when Indian raids are commonplace, Sam sets out to go West and commences a life-changing journey into the world of the Quahada Comanche.
With a quiet confidence empowering him to deaql with whatever life hands him, Sam adjusts to his adoption by White Rump, a great Quahada warrior. Within a few years, Sam, now known as Sun Hawk, can no more identify with the white settlers - or his birth parents - than his adoptive family can. And now Sun Hawk sees the white man as an enemy to be vanquished.

Laminated Hardcover 208 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition First printing 2003 with corresponding number line. Nice black and white photo 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. Author inscribed on title page "To Bill"The CEO of Kenneth Cole Productions discusses the inspiration behind his groundbreaking advertising campaign, citing the people and events that enabled him to grow his company into an international billion-dollar empire.

Slipcased Hardcover Cloth 489 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good Slipcase Good. BOMC Reprint edition 1990. Handsome red buckram boards with black boxing and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's signature on interior pages does not disturb illustrations on endpapers. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have some spotting. Glossy illustrated endpapers and sewn in ribbon. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Slipcase shelf worn and stained. Not an ex-library or remainder copy.
"The Raven" is a compelling biography that delves into the life and legacy of one of America's most enigmatic and influential figures, Sam Houston. With meticulous research and vivid storytelling, James paints a vivid portrait of Houston's remarkable journey, from his early years as a frontiersman and soldier to his pivotal role in… Read More

Dust Jacket ONLY Very Good. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with a few tears, wrinkles and chips. Colors still bright. Some stains and rubbing. Protected by mylar sleeve. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

Dust Jacket ONLY Very Good. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with a few tears, wrinkles and chips. Colors still bright. Some stains and/or rubbing.
Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

Hardcover Cloth 321 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition First printing 2002 with corresponding number line. Lovely purple boards with black spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book has light shelf wear. Edges are stained. An unclipped dust jacket with the slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Inscribed by author on title page.
For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens devastation, despite the family's avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee.The treachery of a fellow traveler, however, brings about her arrest, and she is caged with the criminal and deranged in a filthy women's prison. But young Adair finds that love can live even in a place of horror and despair. Her interrogator, a… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 228 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition 1999. Striking red 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. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
"Of all the state and regional books on orchids, this is the best that I have read. As attractive as it is educational, this book will stand as the bible of Texas orchids for decades to come." -- Carl R. Slaughter, author of Wild Orchids of Arkansas
From the East Texas swamps and forests to the Edwards Plateau canyons and the Trans-Pecos mountains, Texas hosts a surprising number of native orchids. Their exquisite beauty endears them to everyone from wildflower lovers to professional botanists and conservationists.
This beautifully illustrated book presents all 54 wild orchids of… Read More

Trade Paperback 805 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated Second edition First printing 1996 with corresponding number line. Beautiful illustrated wraps 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. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Spanning two and a half centuries, from the earliest contacts in the 1540s to the crumbling of Spanish power in the 17908, Storms Brewed in Other Men's Worlds is a panoramic view of Indian peoples and Spanish and French intruders in the early Southwest. The primary focus is the world of the American Indian, ranging from the Caddos in the east to the Hopis in the west, and including the histories of the Pueblo, Apache, Navajo, Ute, and Wichita peoples. Within this region, from Texas to New Mexico, the Comanches played a key, formative role, and no less compelling is the story of the Hispanic frontier peoples who weathered the… Read More

Hardcover rebound in fine brown leather with gold embossing. Crosshatched on spine. 126 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Stated Third edition 1842. Beautiful smooth brown leather boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no highlights or bookplates. Some notes in text. Book Well kept and carefully stored. Slight shelf wear - edges have the usual yellowing, corners bumped. Pages are lightly toned with minor signs of wear and/or age. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Laid in are the receipt and business card from the Henry Pordes bookshop on Charing Cross London where purchased. Also the (somewhat worn) original shopping bag.Sophocles' Oedipus Rex is arguably one of the best plays of all time that inspired a large portion of the modern train of thought, and literary critics gave the play the epithet "Mona Lisa" of drama. It was certainly Aristotle's favorite play as he stated in Poetics, naming Oedipus the perfect tragic hero. The core of the play is… Read More

Dust Jacket ONLY Very Good. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with a few tears, wrinkles and chips. Colors still bright. Some stains and/or rubbing.
Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

Hardcover Cloth 347 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition 1973. Attractive red boards and gilt embossing on this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Shelf wear to covers and tips. Small stain on front edge. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Inscribed by author on front endpaper.
A raw terrifying account of the men who spend time being "rehabilitated" behind bars: of the victims and victimizers, of their degradation, loneliness, hopelessness...

Set of FIFTEEN Hardcover Cloth volumes. Condition Very Good Dust Jackets Very Good. Mixed set of handsome volumes with blue boards and gilt embossing.
New Spring ISBN 9780765306296 - 334 pages - 2004- 1st ed/1st printing The Eye of the World ISBN 9780312850098 - 670 pages - 1990 - later printingThe Great Hunt ISBN 9780312851408 - 598 pages - 1990 The Dragon Reborn ISBN 9780312852481 - 595 pages - 1991 - later printingThe Shadow Rising ISBN 9780312854317 - 699 pages - 1992- 1st trade ed/1st printing The Fires of Heaven ISBN 9780312854270 - 702 pages - 1993 - 1st trade ed/1st printingLord of Chaos ISBN 9780312854287 - 716 pages - 1994- 1st trade ed/1st printing A Crown of Swords ISBN 9780312857677 - 684 pages - 1996 - 1st ed/1st printing The Path of Daggers ISBN 9780312857691 - 604 pages - 1998 - 1st ed/1st printing Winter's Heart ISBN 9780312864255 - 668 pages - 2000 - 1st ed/1st printing Crossroads of Twilight ISBN 9780312864590 - 700 pages - 2003 - 1st ed/1st printingKnife of Dreams ISBN… Read More

Dust Jacket ONLY Very Good. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with a few tears, wrinkles and chips. Colors still bright. Some stains and rubbing. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

Trade Paperback with glued binding 107 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 2010. Handsome 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. 150 years ago our forefathers declared war against themselves. Six hundred and forty thousand would die. Nowhere was this more tragic than in the Texas Hill Country where a group of young German emigrants, new citizens, chose confrontation rather than concede to the Confederacy. It cost many of them their lives. It is a little known story of courage and heroism detailed in a genealogy book, THE ORPHAN: THE CASPAR FRITZ STORY. An orphaned German emigrant, Caspar Fritz survived the perils of emigration, mob lynching, murders and conflict during the Civil War. His ancestors now number in the thousands.His story is told by his namesake and great grandson,… Read More

Dust Jacket ONLY Very Good. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with a few tears, wrinkles and chips. Colors still bright. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.