Search Results: Authors starting with U from Augustine Funnell Books

Toronto: Doubleday Canada/Random House of Canada, 2002. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. Author's debut novel "that traces the legacy of war through three generations of a Japanese family as they endure the tumult of history." Black boards w/red lettering/design to spine, 291 pages. A pristine, unread copy..

London: Hutchinson of London, 1978. Book. Illus. by Chris Collingwood (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Historical fiction set in the first half of the 17th century, telling the story of a Croatian mercenary who fought for money and women. Brown cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 224 pages. Moderate general wear, previous owner's sticker to bottom of front pastedown, previous owner's name to bottom of front free end paper, price-clipped dust jacket w/some rubbing, impressions/thin scratches, 1.5" tear to bottom of rear fold..

London: Harrap, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The president of the Ghost Club offers the details of his 35 years spent covering scientific psychical research. Butterscotch cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 239 pages (including index), illustrated. Bumped corners, in dust jacket w/light edgewear, thin scratches/impressions..

Cardinal GC-223, 1964. Book. Illus. by M. Charles (cover illustration). Very Good. Paperback. 1st Cardinal edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The fourth book of the author's The Master of Hestviken tetralogy, which garnered her the 1928 Nobel Prize for Literature. Translated from the Norwegian by Arthur G. Chater. Gentle crease to top right corner of front cover, small chips to bottom spine corners, light edgewear. Internally tight and clean..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1940. Book. Illus. by Salter (dust jacket illustration). Good. Hardcover. 1st US edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Originally published in Oslo by H. Aschehour & Co., and here translated from the Norwegian by Arthur G. Chater. Historical fiction set in eighteenth-century Norway, from the 1928 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 351 pages. A bit cocked, tanned/dust-soiled edges, previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, offsetting to end paper, in dust jacket w/sunned spine, edgewear, moderate chipping to corners/spine ends, several short edge tears, some soil/smudging to rear panel, general wear..

Mammoth 23947/Reed Books Ltd., 1995. Book. Illus. by David Faoro (cover illustration). Good. Paperback. 1st Mammoth edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Set 150 years in the future, this is the third title in Ure's Plague trilogy, and sees a mother sending her son away from their community in order to avoid a ritual castration. 154 pages. Impressions, light edgewear..

Cleveland: International Fiction Library, 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reissues the 1928 English edition. Holidaying in a Cornish fishing village, a man who goes to the rescue of another man being attacked by three hooligans has little inkling that his act of courage will involve him in murder, a police chase, and a struggle with a gang of international criminals. Soiled top edge, tanned pages, presentation stamp on front end paper. Dust jacket is moderately edgeworn w/wear to spine ends, slightly discoloured spine, scratches, impressions..