Anthropology from Mary Riversong Books

Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey… Read more

Thomas, Dylan: Under Milk Wood: A Play For Voices. 1954 A New Directions Book, James Laughlin, NY. First Edition. Used. VG/Good- DJ. Original dj price has been inked over. The complete text of Under Milk Wood is published here for the first time. "A ceremonial portrait of the circle of a spring day in a small Welsh coast… Read more

Scarry, Richard: Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever (Giant Golden Book) . 1970, Golden Book, NY. FIRST EDITION. ISBN 9780307155788 USED. VG CONDITION. ROYAL QUARTO FORMAT 10 ½ x 12 ¼. Library of Congress 71-119328. A clean, square, solid copy. A very nice find. RARE.

Pasternak, Boris. The Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers. 1961, The Citadel Press. Softcover. 87 pages. 4 7/8 X 7 3/8. Please see our stock photo. "An enthralling novelette by the author of Dr. Zhivago. How a thirteen-year old girl ceases to be a child and becomes a woman in Russia just before the Communist Revolution." USED. Good Condition.

Evans-Wentz, W.Y.: The Tibetan Book of the Dead (The Bardo Thodol). ISBN0195002237. RELIGION. PHILOSOPHY. Copyright 1960. Galaxy Books, Oxford University Press, NY. 3rd Edition Thus, 1981. Softcover. 249 pages. 5 ¼ X 8. "A breviary, as well as a guide to living and dying well. Unique among the sacred books of the world." USED VG.

Plath, Sylvia: 1971 First United States Edition, Harper & Row. THE BELL JAR. BY POET SYLVIA PLATH. States impression 71 72 73 10 9 8 7 6 on page 296. 296 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 3/8. Purple Boards, mauve topstain, purple end-papers. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION. VERY GOOD ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED $6.95 BLACK DUST JACKET. States SBN 06-013356-2 on… Read more

McDaniel, Ruel : Vinegarroon: The Saga of Judge Roy Bean. 1936 First Edition, Southern Publishers, Kingsport, Tenn. Used. Very Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Biography of Judge Roy Bean, The Law West Of the Pecos". 143 pages. A clean, solid copy. AMERICAN WEST. TRUE CRIME, JUSTICE, LAW, VIGILANTE. COWBOYS, CATTLEMEN. BIOGRAPHY. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾.

Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Country Of the Pointed Firs .Franklin Watts, ca 1986, A Keith Jennison Book. Large-Print Edition. RARE/SCARCE. EXLIB. VG Condition/ VG clear plastic dj. 8 ¾ x 11 3/8. 247 pages. Please see stock photo. Our copy is not stamped discard on the front cover and includes the RARE original white and green dust jacket… Read more

Ihimaera, Witi: Maori Boy, A Memoir Of Childhood a Vintage Book published by Random House, New Zealand, 2014. ISBN 97818697263 Paperback. 375 pages. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. An enthralling memoir, packed with stories from the formative years of this much-loved writer, Witi Ihimaera, a consumate story-teller. 6 1/8 X 9 ¼. Used. Good Condition.

Goops and How to be Them: A Manual of Manners for Polite Infants. By Gellet Burgess. Copyright 1900, 1928. Published 1928 by J.B. Lippincott, 37th Impression Thus. Unpaginated. 90 Black and white illustrations by the author. Children's Book. EXLIB Good+ Condition/ No DJ included. Rare red and yellow pictorial boards are very nice. Has the letter "E"… Read more

Voyageurs, Robes Noires, et Coureurs de Bois. By C.U. Clark. 1934 1st Edition Columbia University Institute of French Studies, Inc. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Stories from the French Exploration of North America, selected and edited by the venerable and renowned Charles Upson Clark, Ph.D: English title is: Travellers, Black Robes, and Wood-runners. Scarce. HARDCOVER. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included.… Read more

Guedalla, Philip: "Conquistador " 1928 First Edition, Harper & Brothers. New York and London Used. VG/ No DJ included. Attractive red boards with gilt titling on front and spine. 5 7/8 X 8 7/8. 1928 First Edition Impression A-C on copyright page. 276 pages plus adverts.. HISTORICAL FICTION.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. TENDER IS THE NIGHT. 1934 Softcover. Charles Scribner Library Edition. Stated SL 2 on the spine. Orange and gray boards. Back cover is has a nice photo of the author. Complete text. Not abridged. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ as issued. Original cover price $1.45. 5 ¾ X 8. Summary: Tender Is the Night, semiautobiographical… Read more

Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2

Wharton, Edith. The Children. D. Appleton 1928 Stated First Printing, September, 1928. Black boards with Yellow titling and ornamentation. (1) on the last page of the text. Used. Very Good Condition/ No DJ Included. 347 pages. New York & London. 5 5/8 X 7 7/8. Signed by former owner in pencil on front end paper. A square, solid… Read more

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. UNCLE BERNAC: A MEMORY OF THE EMPIRE. 1897 Smith, Elder & Co. First Edition. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ included if originally issued. Red boards with gilt titling and ornamentation. Gilting remains in good shape. Front hinge separation. Deckle edge. 300 pages + adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 7/8. Summary: "Looking for… Read more

Vonnegut, Kurt. Dead-Eye Dick. 1982, DELACORTE PRESS/SEYMOUR LAWRENCE . FIRST EDITION. Used. VG/G+ Condition. Back DJ photo of author taken by Jill Krementz. Plot Summary: "Deadeye Dick is a tragic tale of "gun nuts and nukes," Vonnegut tells Miller Rudy Waltz, the protagonist, while playing around as a child in his father's upstairs gun room, fires off a… Read more

Swinnerton, Frank. Nocturne. Copyright 1917 by George H. Doran Company. First Edition. Used. Good/NO DJ. Red boards with Gilt Celtic knot design on spine, gilting is still fairly bright. 250 pages. Bright pages. Plot summary: Summary: Jenny and Emmy are two sisters, who live with their 'Pa', now unable to work due to health problems. Jenny works in millinery,… Read more

Russell, Bertrand. Satan in the Suburbs, and Other Stories. Bertrand Russell's First Book Of Fiction. Copyright 1953, Simon and Schuster Stated Second Printing Thus. Used. Very good/ Good price-clipped original grey and yellow DJ. Short Story Anthology. Stories Included Here: Satan in the suburbs or horrors manufactured here, The Corsican ordeal of Miss X, The Infra-Redioscope; The guardians of… Read more

Rushdie, Salman: 2008, Random House, 1st Printing. The Enchantress Of Florence. Stated First Printing. Number Line Starts with 1. Facsimile Flatsigned author signature appears on front title page. 355 pages plus bibliography. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. As New. WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE. Combines mysticism with historical fiction. By Salman Rushdie, Author of the Satanic Verses. … Read more