Search Results: Titles starting with B from River House Books

Hardcover Cloth 307 pages. Condition Very Good Mylar-protected Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated fourth edition 1970. Handsome black boards and grey embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no highlights. Previous owner was a western history fan - they decorated this book with cutouts and pictures applied to blank areas of the interior pages. Book Well kept and carefully stored. Slight shelf wear. Price clipped dust jacket protected by mylar cover is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in photo clippings.
This book portrays the notorious gunslingers of the period and the fearless men on the other side of the law, it analyzes the socialogical forces that shaped their careers, making one man an outlaw and another a peace officer.
Gathering vital data from many sources the author gives an accurate and authentic picture of more than two hundred and fifty notorius characters who have figured… Read More

Full leather Hardcover 558 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1992. Beautiful illustrated full leather silver boards with 1/4 red 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.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace is one of the most popular and beloved 19th century American novels. First published by Harper & Brothers on November 12, 1880, and it is considered "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century".The story recounts in descriptive detail the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince from Jerusalem who is enslaved by the Romans at the beginning of the 1st century and becomes a charioteer and a Christian.Running in parallel with Judah's narrative is the unfolding story of Jesus, from the… Read More

Full leather Hardcover 558 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1992. Beautiful illustrated full leather silver boards with 1/4 red 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.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace is one of the most popular and beloved 19th century American novels. First published by Harper & Brothers on November 12, 1880, and it is considered "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century".The story recounts in descriptive detail the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince from Jerusalem who is enslaved by the Romans at the beginning of the 1st century and becomes a charioteer and a Christian.Running in parallel with Judah's narrative is the unfolding story of Jesus, from the… Read More

Trade Paperback 683 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 2019. Attractive illustrated wraps show off this tight and sound copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book has slight shelf wear - a few scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
When her mother dies, Katja Schachinger is alone and completely destitute. Although her father and her brother Franzi are still in Austria on the farm after their parents' divorce, there has been no contact with them for many years, and they did not respond to Katja's letter about their mother's death. No wonder the lonely girl falls in love with Gerhard, her boss's nephew. Deeply hurt, however, Katja abruptly leaves the city after learning that Gerhard is supposed to be engaged. Finally, she receives a message from her father that she is welcome at the Schachinger farm - but happiness is short-lived...
Dieses Buch enthält folgende Mü Marie - von allen Die Liebe kam späterFranz… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 206 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2020. Nice grey boards and gold 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 with "Pass it back Ags" sticker is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - no tears, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Jim and Cheryl Flint '94 tailgate in Texas where everything is bigger. As passionate football fans, they love planning and participating in tailgating. With more than a decades worth of active tailgating experience in College Station the couple shares their stories and experiences in the pages of Beyond the Tailgate. It paints a clear picture of TAMU and the mystique of the entire Aggie experience. The spirit and traditions of the school are the perfect setting for this kind of dedication to tailgate fun.

Hardcover Cloth 52 & 62 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket Slipcase Very Good. Heritage Press Reprint edition 1959. Beautiful brown quarter spine with decorated tan boards and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Two sided Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Slipcase is discolored with age with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes and stains. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

Laid in Sandglass Number I:25

Aristophanes (Greek: Αριστοφάνης; c. 446 BCE – c. 386 BCE) was a playwright of ancient Athens.

About 11 of his works are known in full, and they are the only plays of the "Old Comedy" style to have survived. They are The Acharnians, The Birds, The Clouds, The Ecclesiazusae, The Frogs, The Knights, Peace, Plutus (Wealth), The Thesmophoriazusae, and The Wasps. These plays have been translated into many languages and continue to be staged or adapted for… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 307 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 2010 with corresponding number line. Nice blue and black boards with silver 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. A spectacular modern-day adventure along the Nile River from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean SeaWith news of tenuous peace in Sudan, foreign correspondent Dan Morrison bought a plank-board boat, summoned a childhood friend who'd never been off American soil and set out from Uganda, paddling the White Nile on a quest to reach Cairo-a trip that tyranny and war had made impossible for decades.Morrison's chronicle is a mashup of travel narrative and reportage, packed with flights into the frightful and the absurd.… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 415 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Presumed First edition 1976 later printing. Lovely tan boards and white 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, a few small stains to edges. Edges and pages have the usual yellowing. Scribner stamp on bottom edge. An unclipped dust jacket with slight shelf wear - a few tears, wrinkles, stains and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. As White House counsel to Richard Nixon, a young John W. Dean was one of the primary players in the Watergate scandal—and ultimately became the government's key witness in the investigations that ended the Nixon presidency. After the scandal subsided, Dean rebuilt his career, first in business and then as a bestselling author and lecturer. But while the events were still fresh in his mind, he wrote this remarkable memoir about the operations of the Nixon White… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 474 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Poor. Presumed First edition 1944. Handsome brown boards and brown embossing on this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owners name on front endpapers has been blotted out with magic marker. Book Well kept and carefully stored. Slight shelf wear and the usual yellowing. An unclipped dust jacket is fragile with age and shelf wear - many tears and chips. Protected by mylar cover. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Europe was in the throes of World War II, and when America joined the fighting, Ernie Pyle went along. Long before television beamed daily images of combat into our living rooms, Pyle's on-the-spot reporting gave the American public a firsthand view of what war was like for the boys on the front. Pyle followed the soldiers into the trenches, battlefields, field hospitals, and beleaguered cities of Europe. What he witnessed he described with a clarity, sympathy, and grit that gave… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 670 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1974 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket is smooth, clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.
In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Focusing on a vast cast of characters -- from Dutch… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 670 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1974 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with slight shelf wear. Remainder stripe on bottom edge. BOMC dot on back cover. Book has musty odor. An unclipped dust jacket, protected by mylar cover is smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library copy.
A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.
In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 670 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 1974 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with slight shelf wear. A few bumped corners. BOMC dot on back cover. An unclipped dust jacket is smooth, clean and brilliant but faded on spine. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear - a few scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library copy.
A Bridge Too Far is Cornelius Ryan's masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshalled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.
In this compelling work of history, Ryan narrates the Allied effort to end the war in Europe in 1944 by dropping the combined airborne forces of the American and British armies behind German lines to capture the crucial bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. Focusing on a… Read More

Leatherbound Hardcover Cloth 148 pages. Condition Fine Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Franklin Library Reprint edition 1976. Beautiful dark brown leather boards with gold and green 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. Moire endpapers and sewn in ribbon. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below. With this celebrated sentence Thornton Wilder begins The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of the towering achievements in American fiction and a novel read throughout the world.By chance, a monk witnesses the tragedy. Brother Juniper then embarks on a quest to prove that it was divine intervention rather than chance that led to the deaths of those who perished in the tragedy. His search leads to his own death -- and to the author's timeless investigation into… Read More