Search Results: Plays & Poetry from Augustine Funnell Books

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1953. Book. About Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "A selection of verse written by Canadians between the years 1900 and 1950." Red cloth w/black spine lettering, 169 pages (including aids to study and enjoyment, biographical notes, index). Bumped/lightly worn corners/spine ends, tanned edges, previous owner's name/date to front end paper, in edgeworn dust jacket w/small triangular piece from top edge of front panel, chipping to edges/corners/spine ends, moderate general wear..

Riverview: Owl's Head Press, 1986. Book. Illus. by Richard Deniger (cover illustration). Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is #22. A collection of verse "influenced by French and Spanish surrealists, and Japanese and Chinese poets." Signed by Wright, on half-title. 51 pages. A suggestion of edgewear..

Kentville: Gaspereau Press, 2007. Book. New. French flaps. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Small octavo. Contains Cooper's first book of poetry ('Blood-Lines,' published in 1979), with a collection of poems in response (written 25 years later), created in the same place as the original collection. 48 pages..

Manchester & Baltimore: Manchester University Press & The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. A new edition of the classic drama, seeking "to evaluate the play not merely as a literary text but as a drama for a particular company within a specific theatre." Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 158 pages (plus appendices). Dust jacket w/light edgewear, 1/2" tear to bottom left corner of rear panel..

Emeryville: Biblioasis, 2008. Book. Illus. by Eric Orchard. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Authors. First Edition.. Small quarto. A baby and a pig in search of a name for the former end up in the mountains "as they seek an audience with the Wizard and his baby-naming Mexican beaded lizard." Inscription from both authors reads, "For Noah,/Happy Reading!" Bumped corner/spine ends, in lightly worn dust jacket..

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1972. Book. Illus. by Stephen Gerriets (cover illustration). Near Very Good. Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Wraps edition published simultaneously with the hardcover. Some rubbing, light edgewear, crinkled bottom left corner, short vertical handling creases to bottom portion of front cover. Internally tight and clean. Scarce signed..

New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Putnam, 1931. Ex-Library. Illus. by Marjorie Hughson Tozer. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A celebration in verse and song of the music of birds. Introduction by F. Schuyler Mathews. Blue cloth w/gilt lettering, tipped-on illustration to front cover, 106 pages, illustrated w/eight colour plates. An ex-Legislative Library of New Brunswick copy, w/discard stamp and most of the usual librarian-inflicted flaws, one plate partially detached..

Sydney: Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd., 1970. Book. Good Reading Copy. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is "an anthology of colonial poems selected not on the 'beauties of literature' principle but for their historical importance -- because they are most characteristic and lively and give the most vivid and immediate impression of an historical past which we are only now in a position to view in an historical perspective." Cream cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 280 pages (including notes on the poems, biographical notes, indices)..

New York: Vantage Press, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Vincelli wrote most of the poems in this slender tome. Red cloth, 60 pages. Mild wear to corners, edges, spine ends, in rubbed, lightly worn dust jacket w/impressions, light wear to corners/spine ends, small chip from top left corner of front cover..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. "An essay on Keats's idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story of a marriage." Brick boards w/maroon cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 147 pages (including notes). A hint of general wear, in dust jacket w/light wear to spine ends, scuff/rubbing to bottom right spine edge/bottom left corner of front panel. Size: Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall.

Dewdney: Synaxis Press, 2006. Book. Very Good to Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In a collection of essays Barker "provides not only an insider's commentary on the tradition of People's Poetry in Canadian literature, but in addition a learned discussion of the various philosophies and religious perspectives, esoteric and orthodox, that gave rise to it." Inscription reads: "For Dr. Michael Higgins,/with many thanks for the/encouragement to continue writing/that your favourable personal/review gave me./With very/good luck/Terry Barker/March 1, 2006." Erratum page (122) glued over original error page. 174 pages (including bibliography, index), illustrated. Light rubbing, light general wear. A nice copy, internally tight and clean..

Aberdeen: The Central Press (John Milne), 1933. Book. Fair. Wraps. 1st thus (Pocket edition in 3 parts).. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of quotes, information and history relating to Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns. Foreword by Professor J.Y. Simpson. Stapled wraps, each volume 48 pages (144 total), copiously illustrated. All volumes w/edgewear, some soiling, dampstaining, some dog-earred corners, general wear. Uncommon in this edition. .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap (G&D), 1908. Book. Illus. by Harrison Fisher (decorations by Theodore B. Hapgood). Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. Large octavo. A collection of poems by apparently lovestruck victims of hormonal activity, with 19 truly lovely paintings by Fisher. Contains "The Message" (Thomas Heywood), "An Invitation" (Theo?phile Gautier), "Disdain" (Elizabethan Francis Davison), "Da Capo" (H.C. Bunner), "A Certain Young Lady" (Washington Irving), "Avice" and "Youth" (Austin Dobson), "The Golden Fish" (George Arnold), "Sunlight" (Arthur O'Shaughnessy), "A Woman's Shortcomings" (Elizabeth Barrett Browning), "My Sweetheart's Faults" (Harry B. Smith), "Swimming Song" (Theodore Wratislaw), "Oh, Mistress Mine" (William Shakespeare), "The White Flag" (John Hay), "To Celia" (E.H. Lacon Watson, "In the Wood"… Read More

Fredericton: Self-Published, 1956. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Written by Lady Dunn to commemorate her husband's life, and sent to a select number of his friends and family the year of his death. Blue cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover, unpaginated, frontispiece. Light corner/spine end wear, front end paper removed, front hinge partially split (the result of previous owner removing end paper).

Victoria: Frog Hollow Press, 2003. Book. As New. Wraps. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. #99 of 125 signed/numbered copies. Poet's first collection. "Set in the rural Maritimes, Neilson has written a series of poems about a childhood locked in the dysfunctional embrace of isolation and terror." 44 pages, hand-coloured title page/cover illustration. "Letterpressed on Zerkall Ingres, a German mould-made paper, and wrapped in Khadi Handmade Cotton Rag in 'terracotta' over an inner cover of handmade St. Armand Canal Paper in 'autumn leaves cream'" and "bound in a long stitch variation using Irish flax thread.".

Victoria: Frog Hollow Press, 2003. Book. As New. Wraps. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. #100 of 125 signed and numbered copies. Poet's first collection. "Set in the rural Maritimes, Neilson has written a series of poems about a childhood locked in the dysfunctional embrace of isolation and terror." 44 pages, hand-coloured title page/cover illustration. "Letterpressed on Zerkall Ingres, a German mould-made paper, and wrapped in Khadi Handmade Cotton Rag in 'terracotta' over an inner cover of handmade St. Armand Canal Paper in 'autumn leaves cream'" and "bound in a long stitch variation using Irish flax thread.".

Belfast & Dover: The Blackstaff Press, 1986. Book. Illus. by Edward McGuire (cover illustration). Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Author. 3rd edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. "The skill and commitment with which Paul Durcan tackles his themes -- social protest and outrage at loveless relationships, at hypocritical churchmen, at sectarian assassins; and a searingly personal account of the break-up of a marriage -- make this the finest book to date from one of western Europe's most tireless and entertaining visionary poets." This copy inscribed, dated and signed ("For xxxx & xxxx xxxx/Affection & Very/Best Wishes/--Paul Durcan/Saint John/14.3.88/'It was like a fire burning in me when He/talked to me.'"). Uncommon signed or inscribed. 70 pages. Tanning, moderate general wear..

Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Prose and poetry selected from a dozen of Nowlan's 26 books. 134 pages, including appendix. A very nice copy of a work celebrating some of Nowlan's best. Internally tight and clean, w/a teensy bit of wear to corners..

Toronto & Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of more than 100 poems from a Canadian literary icon. Black cloth w/silver spine lettering, 119 pages. Bumped corners, light wear, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/sunned spine, light chipping to corners/spine ends, short (3/4" or shorter) edge tears, impressions.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1960. Book. Illus. by Robert Birmelin (cover illustration). Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2nd printing of poet's first collection. Volume 56 in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Introduction by Dudley Fitts. 58 pages + two-page list of other Yale Series of Younger Poets titles. Rubbed covers, some smudging, moderate general wear..