Search Results: Coming of Age from Mary Riversong Books

Micah Clarke. RARE. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. Harper & Brothers First American Edition, Copyright 1894. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ is included. A square, solid copy. Bright pages. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial cloth, engraved frontispiece. In good condition. Gilted front cover and spine ornamentation are still in nice shape. Former owner signature on front free endpaper dates our copy of this book to 1894. Set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 in England, Micah Clarke is a a bildungsroman (coming of age story) whose protagonist, Micah Clarke, begins as a boy seeking adventure in a rather romantic and naive way, falls under the influence of an older and vastly experienced, world-weary soldier of fortune. A story of disillusionment with religious extremism. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes detective fiction series. 5 X 7 ½ 471 pages.

Carrie Fisher. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Postcards from the Edge. 1987 Simon and Schuster. NY. EXLIB. Stated 1st Printing. Number line starts with 1. VG CONDITION/ VG Unclipped original dust jacket protected in a mylar wrap. 223 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel by American actress Carrie Fisher, first published in 1987. It was later adapted by Fisher herself into a motion picture of the same name, which was directed by Mike Nichols and released by Columbia Pictures in 1990."

Shakur, Tupac Rose That Grew From Concrete. Poetry. 1999 Pocket Books. Softcover. USED. VG Condition. ISBN9780671028459 149 pages. 6 1/8 X 7 ¼.

The Three Miss Kings By Australian author Ada Cambridge. Penguin Books – Virago Press 1987. USED. Very Good- Condition. Softcover. Printed in Great Britain. ISBN0140161643. New introduction by Audrey Tate. Summary: "The Three Miss Kings of the title are Elizabeth, Patty and Eleanor, three young women from provincial Victoria, Australia. After their parents die, the three sisters move to Melbourne, chaperoned by one of society's matrons, who, having no children of her own, adopts the girls as her own."

Andersen, Hans Christian. The Ugly Duckling, 1945 Grossett & Dunlap. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BY F. ROJANKOVSKY. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Unpaginated. Large format. 8 1/8 X 9 ½. Classic. Adapted from the original fairy tale by beloved story-teller Hans Christian Andersen.

Armer, Laura Adams: Waterless Mountain. Copyright 1931, 5th Printing Thus April 1932. Longmans, Green And Co. New York-Toronto. Used. Very Good Condition/ No DJ included. Brown and white pictorial endpapers are intact at the hinge. 212 pages, 7 1/4 X 9 1/4. Summary: "Younger Brother lives in a dry land, and he dreams of finding the wide water of the Pacific Ocean. This gentle coming-of-age story, rooted in the traditional culture of the Navajo, recounts Younger Brother's journey toward finding his vocation as a medicine man. Under the guidance of his uncle, the boy learns about the ancient songs, customs, and ceremonies of his people as well as the modern-day magic of movies and airplanes.Written in the 1930s by an authority on Native American life and lore, this Newbery Medal winner offers a vivid portrait of Navajo beliefs and traditions. Its simple but poetic storytelling style is enhanced by numerous black-and-white illustrations." CHILDREN'S BOOK. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, NAVAJO LEGENDS.