Search Results: Authors starting with N from Augustine Funnell Books

Trenton: Africa World Press Inc., 1998. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "'Ogoni's Agonies' brings together some of the best, and best known, writers and critics of contemporary African literature: Africans and non-Africans, winners of the Commonwealth and the Noma awards, authors and editors of seasoned books and reputable journals." Contributors include Kwame Anthony Appiah (preface), Biodun Jeyifo (foreword), Adotei Akwei, Desmond Lera Orage, William Boyd, Ato Quayson, Tanure Ojaide, Niyi Osundare, Tayo Olafioye, Jonathan Hart, Felix W. J. Mnthali, Doris Hambuch, Ezenwa-Ohaeto, Jacqueline Onyejiaka, Kofi Mensah, Tayo Olafioye, Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, Niyi Osundare, Wumi Raji, Andrew Apter, Tanure Ojaide, Marcielle Brandler, Haba G. Musengezi, Oluwatoyin A. Asojo, Lisa Mahoney, Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, Bernth Lindfors, Wumi Raji, Andre Karl, Ikhide R. Ikheloa, Ronke Luke Boone, Pius… Read More

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2007. Book. Illus. by Farah Nosh (photographs). As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing w/complete number sequence. From the front flap: "Through her father's memories, Leilah recounts her family's lost story, from Iraq at the turn of the twentieth century during the British occupation, to the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War. Through her cousins still living in Baghdad, she experiences the thunderous explosions of the present-day conflict." Black cloth w/grey spine lettering, 327 pages (including brief author biography). An unread copy..

Vancouver: Beach Holme Publishing/Prospect Books, 2002. Book. Illus. by Jerry Whitehead (cover illustration). Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed by authors, on half-title. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "The story of a woman shaped by childhood sexual and emotional abuse, alcoholic family members, religious fanaticism, and the superstitions of a fortune-telling grandmother." 425 pages, including acknowledgements. Edgewear, impressions/scratches, internally tight and clean..

Troy: ICAM Publishing, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. When an explosion kills his family, a Detroit neurosurgeon becomes obsessed with vengeance, and with his brother, his brother's friend, and a beautiful Parisian, uncovers "a secret society within the Vatican that has orchestrated the killings." This copy inscribed and signed by Nassr ("for Cathy/Enjoy/Don Nassr/11/13/97"), on first end paper. Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 379 pages (plus acknowledgments), dust jacket design by Bertram Gader. A 2" vertical scratch to bottom of front cover, in scuffed dust jacket..

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Book. Illus. by Shelagh Armstrong-Hodgson (dust jacket illustration). Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by author & subject. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near the end of the 19th century in a small village near Warsaw, four women who have grown apart are brought together by two orphan children and an imprisoned daughter. Scuffed dust jacket w/a hint of wear. An unread copy, internally tight and clean..

Summerside: Nancy E. Neal, in association with Crescent Isle Publishers, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "The Life and Times of Thomas Hooper, of Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, Canada, And His Descendants 1734-2004," this is a massive genealogical tome that took Neal 17 years to complete. Only 303 copies were printed. Red cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 672 pages (including appendices, bibliography, index), six in-text maps, illustrated. A pristine copy, unread. Dust jacket w/light general wear. Heavier than the average book, so additional postage may be required..

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.".

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.".

Praha: Klub Ctenaro/Odeon, 1972. Book. Illus. by Josef Capek. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Czech-language poetry. Gilt decoration on green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 138 pages, white ribbon bookmark. Sunned (legible) spine, sunned edges, lightly worn corners/spine ends, bookplate to front end paper, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket with sun-darkened (legible) spine..

St. John's: Jesperson Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. Small octavo. A partial history of nursing in Newfoundland. 278 pages (including index), illustrated. Light soil, moderate general wear..

New York : Hillman-Curl, Inc., 1939. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Thus.. Small octavo. Written in the first person, this is a fictional account of the author's successful effort to save Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from assassination by Abyssinian forces on October 3, 1935. Beige cloth w/blue lettering to front cover/spine, 282 pages. Covers soiled, bumped/worn corners/spine ends, previous owner's name to top right corner of first end paper, partial split between pages 28/29 and pages 30/31 (nothing loose or missing), tanning..

London : New English Library / NEL 25691, 1971. Book. About Very Good. Paperback. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Newman's first novel, originally published in hardcover in 1970, and giving us the story of DCI Terry Sneed, whose "Seven years of lies, violence, deceit and bribery had taken him to the top" (sorta like American politics). The first of three titles to feature the reprehensible Sneed. 255 pages (including three-page glossary) + one-page list promoting other NEL titles. Light cover soil, moderate handling wear, moderate internal foxing. An uncommon edition..

London / Philadelphia: J.F. Dove / J.J. Woodward, 1838. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The title and sub-title pretty much outline the contents of this one, this 1838 edition being one of 193 published in the 178 years from 1746 and 1924. Leather w/gilt spine lettering/rule, 649 pages (including index), frontispiece (Balaam's Prophecies). Covers/spine rubbed/scraped/worn, foxing/dampstaining throughout, general wear. Despite its age and aforementioned flaws, this one is still pretty tight, and with careful reading will endure long past the 183 years that it has already put in..

London & Ibadan & Nairobi: Heinemann, 1982. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the back cover: "This book gives students invaluable help in the difficult task of evaluating style. The author breaks away from the conventional methods of analysis to show how linguistics can contribute to the study of literature. Form and content are considered as equals in practical analysis." 150 pages. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Longman Kenya 58079, 1975. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A Nairobi crime reporter is determined to tell the story of the disappearance of a South African scientist working on a top research project, but to do so he will have to stay one step ahead of the feared South African Secret Service. The author earned a mathematics and physics degree from Harvard before making his mark in Kenyan journalism. A bit cocked, wear to corners/spine ends, sunned spine, impressions, cover creasing. Uncommon..

Macfadden 75-363, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. 1st thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Reissue of the 1955 Popular Library edition. "Her profession was love, but all she knew was hate." (I think I've dated this girl. A sad book, really, because there's this television producer named Gus, who is pushed off a 22-storey building and falls to his death--although come to think of it, a television producer falling 22 storeys can't be all *that* bad, no matter *what* his name is). Tight and internally clean, w/rubbing and light spotting to front cover, light scratching to back cover..

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "Annotated and with an Introduction on John Nichols and the Antiquarian and Anecdotal Movements of the late Eighteenth Century." Divided into four categories: I--Antiquarians, II--Booksellers and Printers, III--Illustrators and Designers, and IV--Curate, Scholar, Grub, Poet. Blue cloth w/silver spine lettering, 367 pages (including index), illustrated. A suggestion of wear to corners/spine ends, in moderately sunned dust jacket w/light edgewear, tiny chip from top edge of rear panel..

Lanham: Lexington Books, 1999. Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & signed by Nicholson, on title page. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Nicholson "presents a series of motifs that are associated with male envy, locating each in a particular historical context and illustrating it with examples drawn from literature, film, and popular culture. Unlike earlier treatments of envy by psychoanalysts or feminist theorists, this book moves beyond mere illustration of the problem to actually construct a theory about how the 'code of Male Envy' shapes social consciousness in modern culture." Brown leatherette w/gilt lettering, pp [x], 261 (including index, brief author biography). A bit cocked, moderate bumping/wear to corners/spine ends, small circular scrape/flake to back cover, diagonal impression/scratch across spine. .

London: Hutchinson, 1968. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Nicole writes espionage novels under the name of Andrew York. Set in the West Indies (as usual for a Nicole book), a modern paradise is enjoying a booming tourist trade until a scandal is followed by tragedy, and then by revolution. Spine cocked, dusty edges, impression of 1.00 in pencil on front end paper (subsequently erased). Rubbed dust jacket w/some edgewear, flaking, light spine end/corner wear..

London: Jarrolds, 1965. Book. Illus. by Eileen Walton (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Nicole's seventh book (six novels, one non-fiction title), and the third volume in his saga of Bahamian history (following 'Amyot's Cay' and 'Blood Amyot'), recalling the Jazz Age and the relationship between white man and black in the West Indies. Brownish soil mark to fore-edge, light edgewear, dusty edges. Price-clipped dust jacket w/ edgewear, chipping/short tears to corners/spine ends, rubbing, smudged rear panel..