Search Results: Titles starting with G from River House Books

George C. Marshall: Education of a General, 1880-1939 (GCM #1)
By Forrest C. Pogue
Hardcover Cloth 421 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Reprint edition later printing 1986. Attractive cream colored boards with tan buckram 1/8 spine shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well shows some shelf wear; chips, bumped corners, stains to bottom of back cover, stains to front edge. An unclipped dust jacket shows remainders of price tag and the usual shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, stains, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
One of a series of biographical books on George C. Marshall sponsored by the George C. Marshall Foundation. This volume covers the time from his birth in 1880 thru his training at the Virginia Military Institute and his army career until he was sworn in as a general in 1939. Appendices include bibliography and extensive notes.
Forrest Carlisle Pogue Jr. was an official United… Read More

George C. Marshall: Organizer of Victory 1943-1945 (GCM #3)
By Forrest C. Pogue
Hardcover Cloth 683 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Reprint edition later printing 1986. Attractive cream colored boards with tan buckram 1/8 spine shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book shows some shelf wear; chips, bumped corners, stains to covers. An unclipped dust jacket (featuring amateur repairs with scotch tape) shows remainders of price tag and considerable shelf wear - a tears, scrapes, stains, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
From the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 and the Allied decision to sift to the offensive in all theaters of the Second World War, to the surrender of Germany in May 1945 - the span of this enthralling third volume in the official biography of George C. Marshall - the Allies and the Axis troops fought flat out. It was during this period that the indomitable Army Chief of Staff's… Read More

George C. Marshall: Statesman 1945-1959 (GCM #4)
By Forrest C. Pogue
Hardcover Cloth 603 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Reprint edition 1987. Attractive cream colored boards with tan buckram 1/8 spine shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book shows some shelf wear; chips, bumped corners, stains to covers, stains to bottom edge. An unclipped dust jacket shows remainders of price tag and considerable shelf wear - a tears, scrapes, stains, scratches, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
In Statesman 1945-1949, the fourth and final volume of the authorized biography of George C. Marshall, Forrest C. Pogue gives us a unique view of the years immediately following World War II and a portrait of a man who, after a distinguished military career, went on to serve his country in even more indispensable ways as a statesman.On November 26, 1945, George C. Marshall retired after six years as U.S. Army Chief of Staff. one day… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 508 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Presumed First edition 1953. Worn grey boards and black embossing on this Clean, tight copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's signature stamped on front endsheet. Shelf wear, stains to spine. Topstain faded. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned with minor signs of wear and/or age. An unclipped dust jacket is fragile with age with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, stains, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
This comprehensive history traces the Prussian and later German General Staff from its earliest beginnings in the Thirty Years' War to the German unconditional surrender in 1945. During the first decades of its existence, the Staff was led by idealists with constructive political conceptions. The emergence later of anonymous technicians, whose political convictions were either nonexistent or based on ambition, only aggravated a militaristic national… Read More

Laminated Hardcover unnumbered pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated first edition 1990. Beautiful 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. Front endpaper stained and creased. No missing pages, crayon marks or writing. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Illustrated children's book about Ginger the dog and her evening patrol of the garden looking for fun.

Hardcover Cloth 489 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition First printing 1995 with corresponding number line. Handsome black 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. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scrapes & wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Draws on material entered by Allen Ginsberg in twelve notebooks and related separated pages from June 1954 through mid-July 1958. Dreambook, travelogue, generational chronicle, laboratory for the concocting of poems like "Howl" and "Kaddish," and searingly honest psycho-sexual excavation. Many pages detailing the emotional and sexual agonies he experienced in his relationships with Neal Cassady and Peter Orlovsky.
It's a chaotic treasure trove of this, that and the kitchen sink. Warts and all, this is a key part of… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 389 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed first edition 1952. Nice black boards with red 1/8 spine, black boxing and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights Previous owner's stamp on front endsheet. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, and clean with a few tears, scrapes and chips; the usual shelf wear. Not a book club or remainder copy. Volume 2 of The Army of the Potomac set.The critical months between the autumn of 1862 and midsummer 1863 is the focus of Glory Road. During this time the outcome of the Civil War is determined, as the battles at Fredericksburg, Rappahannock and Chancellorsville set the state for Union victory as Gettysburg.

Hardcover Cloth 321 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1948. Nice red boards and black embossing shows off this Clean, tight copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned. A smooth unclipped dust jacket is discolored with age with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, stains, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

John Walton Caughey explores the history of the California Gold Rush of 1849 and its impact on American society. The book is divided into three parts, each focusing on a different aspect of the Gold Rush.

The first part of the book provides a detailed account of the discovery of gold in California and the subsequent rush of fortune seekers to the region. Caughey describes the various groups of people who came to California during this time, including miners, merchants, and immigrants… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 252 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2007. Attractive dark 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. Previous owner pasted a color clipping of the Presidio La Bahia on front endpapers. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Laid in antique postcard of Presidio La Bahia.
Personal stories of tragedy, bravery, ego, and cowardice in this often-overlooked battle for Texas independence. This fast-moving narrative presents the struggles of the participants, both Texan and Mexican, and reveals the overriding egos and bad planning on both sides of the war.
The Alamo fell in thirteen days, with all its defenders killed. One hundred miles away, Goliad surrendered after a single day's battle, with the prisoners… Read More

Trade Paperback 201 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1998. Attractive 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.
Authors Lyman and Karen Platt, both descendants of Grafton pioneers, have painstakingly researched the extraordinary story of one of the West's most picturesque ghost towns. Set beneath Zio Canyon's towers of stone, the townscape of Grafton has been immortalized in such movie classics as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, yet the true stories of its actual inhabitants are more compelling and heartrending than any dramatic production. In these pages you will learn the names and experience the triumphs and tragedies of the remarkable Mormon settlers and native Piutes who built a community on the banks of the Virgin River

The Grand Alliance (The Second World War #3)
by Winston S. Churchill
Hardcover Cloth Vol 3 published 1950 903 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. First edition BOMC printing from The Riverside Press. Beautiful clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Slight shelf wear with minor signs of wear and/or age. Spine is not sunned, stained or frayed. BOMC dot on right corner of back covers. Clipped dust jacket hard to find in this nice condition with the usual scuffs, tears and chips. Protected by a mylar cover. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. 'The Second World War' is one of my best selling titles, for a reason! It's a superbly written, carefully researched set with deep insights into the conduct of WW2. The definitive, Nobel Prize–winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literatureSeldom, if ever, has history endowed a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular… Read More

Padded Leatherbound 442 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Trident Press International Reprint edition 1999. Lovely illustrated padded full leather boards and gilt embossing with full gilt edges 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.
Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to adulthood, as he moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London, encountering a variety of extraordinary characters ranging from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, locked up with her unhappy past and living with her ward, the arrogant, beautiful Estella.
Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values and priorities. Whether such values allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of… Read More

Hardcover Cloth 316 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Good. Revised edition 1978. Attractive brown boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's embossed seal on front endsheet. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with shelf wear - a few tears, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
This revised catalogue of Greek coins sets out to achieve what has not been attempted; a listing with values of virtually every type of Hellenic coinage. The average collector should be able to locate in this catalogue all the types he is likely to encounter, in one denomination or another, and the historical notes provide valuable background information.
Complementing this comprehensive listing of Greek coins is a selection of contemporary Celtic coins, the designs of which are largely derived from Greek types. This… Read More

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

Trade Paperback 512 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1992. 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. Slight shelf wear - a few scratches and bumps. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Examine 488 exploded and isometric handgun drawings of both modern and collectible types. Rely on the directory of manufacturers, importers and warranty service centers. Harold A. Murtz includes sources for parts, tools, service and supplies.

Guns of the Old West (Firearms Classics Library)
by Charles Edward Chapel

Hardcover full leather 306 pages with illustrations. Condition Fine in red leather. Issued with NO Dust Jacket . Odysseus Editions 1995 reprint edition. Lovely red leather boards with gold embossed leather shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Moiré endpapers and pastedowns. Hubbed spines, gilded designs, gold page edges, acid-free paper. Silk marker ribbon. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

Book was stored in barrister case in a dark room. Has never been laid flat.

Charles Edward Chapel was a very prolific writer during his lifetime. He wrote dozens of books and hundreds of articles on firearms, aviation, and the forensic sciences. He also served from 1950 - 1967 as a state assemblyman for California's 46th District in the California state legislature. Chapel attended Annapolis and then was an… Read More