Search Results: Authors starting with K from River House Books

Hardcover Cloth 916 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. First edition later printing with corresponding number line. Hansome brown boards with black buckram spine and gilt embossing shows off this clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, and wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry.Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 916 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. First edition first printing with corresponding number line. Lovely brown boards with black buckram spine and gilt embossing shows off this clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear - a few scrapes and wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry.Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 192 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition 1986. Attractive 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. No shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
A collection of Western short stories by Elmer Kelton, a renowned author in the Western fiction genre. Brings together a variety of tales that showcase Kelton's talent for depicting the American West with depth and realism. The stories often delve into the lives of everyday people facing extraordinary circumstances, set against the backdrop of the rugged and unforgiving landscape of Texas and the Southwest.
Elmer Kelton weaves a tapestry of the American frontier, populated by memorable characters and grounded in historical detail. His writing… 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.
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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.
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Hardcover Cloth 132 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Zenger Reprint edition 1980. Attractive dark blue boards with red 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 protected by mylar cover is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
"Dick Bong: Ace of Aces" offers a gripping portrayal of the remarkable life and wartime exploits of Richard Bong, America's top-scoring fighter pilot of World War II. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, Kenney brings to life Bong's unparalleled courage, skill, and leadership, showcasing his extraordinary journey from a small-town upbringing to becoming a legendary ace credited with downing 40 enemy aircraft.
George Churchill Kenney was a… Read More

Trade Paperback 321 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 2004. 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.
Inscribed by author on front endpapers and again on back marketing page.
Grab your spurs, saddle up and hold on tight for a rollicking, rip roaring ride thru the Great State of Texas. Yore gonna be rode hard and put away laffin', larnin' Texan and Texas Towns frum A tuh Z.

Trade Paperback with glued binding 465 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Slipcase Very Good. Stated first Plume edition First printing 1997 with corresponding number line. Striking illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Protected by slipcover this has no shelf wear. Pages are lightly toned. Slipcase with faux leather cover is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
When Stephen King issued his New York Times bestselling novel The Green Mile in monthly installments, millions of hooked readers anxiously waited each cliff-hanging episode. Now, for the first time, all six exciting parts come together in one volume to let you enjoy Stephen King's masterpiece uninterrupted, from gripping opening to shattering climax.
"We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 849 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2011 with corresponding number line. Lovely red and black boards and gilt embossing highlight this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. An unclipped dust jacket clean and brilliant with a few wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.11/22/63 is the 60th book published by Stephen King, his 49th novel and the 42nd under his own name. 11/22/63 won the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the 2012 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel. The book was adapted as an eight episode miniseries produced by James Franco, who also starred in the main role. It premiered on Hulu on February 15, 2016 and was received positively by critics.Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes… Read More

Dust Jacket ONLY Very Good. A clipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with a few tears, wrinkles and chips. Colors still bright. Some stains and/or rubbing. Original pricetag on back coverNot 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.

Leatherbound Hardcover 362 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1993. Beautiful illustrated white 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. No shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in four page brochure.
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet. The novel is about the coming of age of Jody Baxter, the son of a backwood farming family that is trying to eke a living from a bit of high land in the Florida scrub shortly after the Civil War. The book tells the story of a boy's love for a fawn, a man's love for his son, and the difficult lessons life throws in the path of a boy who lives in a world where he must become a man in order to survive.
American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings lived in… Read More

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

Hardcover Cloth 379 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1965. Attractive red boards with red buckram 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. Shelf wear with some fading to top and bottom boards. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Protected by mylar cover. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
The story of Betty Pellet, ex-actress as a Broadway and silent film star, politician and legislator, housewife, and hard-rock, bonanza-hunting miner. She invaded wartime Washington and waged a dramatic, one-woman battle, from Capitol Hill right into the White House to save the Rio Grande Southern, then a bankrupt mountain railroad on which ranchers and miners of five counties depended. Her… 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

Trade Paperback unnumbered pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated second edition 2000. Lovely full-color 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. Author Inscribed on title page.An exciting action-packed rumble-in-the-jungle! A surprisingly affecting story about thoughtless pollution and despoliation, A factory of self-replicating robots is stripping the jungle of its natural resources, threatening the territory of a colony of nearby monkeys. A series of encounters between the two groups quickly escalates into all out war.

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.

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The Revenge of the Philistines: Art and Culture, 1972-84
by Hilton Kramer
Hardcover Cloth 445 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1986 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and sliver 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 protected in Brodart cover is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Analyzes the works of a variety of modern artists including Edward Hopper, Louise Nevelson, Chuck Close, and Julian Schnabel.
Hilton Kramer was a prominent American art critic and writer, known for his contributions to The New York Times and his conservative viewpoints on modern and contemporary art.