Search Results: Titles starting with A from Augustine Funnell Books

Dartmouth: Marshland, 2002. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "A Liverpool orphan's fight for survival -- memories -- experiences -- 1930s." 165 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear..

Uigg: Abby Press Book. Illus. by Vanessa A. Raven (back cover illustration). About Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. No date (1996). Boudreault took 14 years to write this novel, which tells the story of the beginnings of Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island, of "the Jolliets and Arsenaults, the first Acadians on its shores, and of the Mi'Kmaq people. And it is about the MacLachlans and McCallums and MacKays, and especially of the Stewarts and others who sweated for its salty bays and red soil." 497 pages (plus afterword, maps, brief author biography, Island chronology). Mildly cocked, a bit of rubbing, edgewear, two thinly creased corners, author's name/address stamp to inside back cover. Internally tight and clean..

Aberdare: Cynon Valley History Society, 1992. Book. Illus. by Mansel Jones (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A companion publication to 1986's Volume One, of which there were only 3000 copies printed, all of which were snapped up pretty quickly. This volume contains "nearly 200 photographs of local industrial, sporting, social and commercial scenes among others, together with a good selection of rail and road transport." An intriguing pictorial recored. Pictorial boards, unpaginated, colour frontispiece, corrigenda to Volume One, index of plates..

Memphis: Jarodoce Publications, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by band members. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of a Gospel group that has sold more than 50,000,000 copies of 200+ albums, winning a boatload of awards and receiving considerable recognition in the process. This copy signed on front free end paper by Bundy Brewster (the band's "professional driver"), Dave Weston (piano, 1966-68), James Blackwood (lead singer), and London Parris (more accurately, perhaps, Conley "London" Parris, bass); and on reverse of front free end paper by Cecil Blackwood (baritone). Souvenir and gift page unused. Bright orange cloth w/black cover lettering, 191 pages, illustrated. Spine a bit cocked, light general wear, in dust jacket w/light wear to corners/spine ends, 3/8" tear to left edge of front panel, two shorter tears to edges of rear panel..

Halifax: T.C. Allen & Co., 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Maroon cloth w/impressed title/rule in black, 143 pages (including answers to the various questions posed throughout). Mildly cocked, bumped/lightly worn corners/spine ends, light cover soil, previous owner's name/address to front end paper, tanned. A fairly nice copy of a school book that hasn't been subjected to the indignities generally heaped upon school books..

Kingston: Royal Military College of Canada, 1982. Journal. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The fifth title in the Occasional Papers of the Department of English, R.M.C. series, this one "intended to be a research support document for use with 'The Acadian Magazine', Canada's first literary journal." (The compilers make the same claim for another magazine toward which they turned their attention, "The Nova-Scotia Magazine," and since it began life in 1789, 37 years before this one, it would seem that the true credit as Canada's first literary journal goes there). Photocopied typescript, stapled, 39 pages (including indices). A suggestion of wear..

Fredericton: University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 1944. Journal. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contains articles on the spread of the beech scale (an insect introduced into the Maritimes), a list of flora introduced into the neighbourhood of Windsor, N.S., the birds found in a small area of Fredericton, N.B., the use of Fucus Vesiculosis and Fucus Nodosus as fertilizer, a Japanese beetle outbreak in Halifax, Part III of a 4-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, and more. Red wraps, pages 137-194, two in-text maps. Faded wraps, light general wear. Internally tight..

Fredericton: University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 1946. Journal. About Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contains articles on the biological reconnaissance of ponds in the P.E.I. national park, green-gilled clams and bivalves on P.E.I., using flight traps in studying aphid movement, the rock vole in New Brunswick, Jefferson's salamander on P.E.I., and more. Contributors include M.W. Smith, C.J. Kerswill, R.P. Gorham, F.C. Hirtle, C.C. Smith, Blythe Hurst, and Herbert Habeeb. Red wraps, pages 81-122, illustrated. Faded wraps (although every copy of this issue I've ever seen has been the same colour, so perhaps it isn't really faded at all), light general wear. Internally tight..

Fredericton: University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 1945. Journal. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contains articles on forest insects of Newfoundland, plutonic rocks of the Musquash area, wild plants as a source of carotene, skunk removal, repairing fractured deer bones, Part IV of a four-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, lepidoptera taken in-and-near Fredericton, the James S. Lord collection of birds' eggs, and more. Red wraps, pages 1-80, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight..

Fredericton: University of New Brunswick for the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 1943. Journal. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contains articles on flora introduced to the neighbourhood of Windsor, N.S., the history of plum culture in New Brunswick, Part I of a 4-part series on New Brunswick's moss flora, the golden-winged woodpecker, lead-zinc-silver ore in Reserve Brook, and more. Red wraps, pages 51-86, illustrated w/2 figures. Light general wear. Internally tight..

Newmarket: Privately published, 2014. Book. Illus. by Anthony Ventura (cover illustration). Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Oblong octavo. Playter provides brief histories of numerous hotels/drinking establishments in Newmarket, Ontario, with information on the advent of Prohibition, which saw them all closed by 1911. Forewords (misspelled in both instances as "foreward") by Dan MacPherson and L. Keith Taylor). Black cloth, 20 pages, illustrated. Lightly scuffed cloth in similar dust jacket. A nice copy of an uncommon item..

Boston: Samuel E. Cassino Book. Illus. by The Author, Frederick Walker, and R.B. Wallace. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No date. Brown cloth w/blind-stamped floral decoration to front cover/spine, gilt lettering/rule to spine, 922 pages, illustrated. Bumped/worn/lightly frayed corners/spine ends, a bit cocked, light cover soil, soiled edges, front hinge beginning, rear end paper excised. An uncommon edition..

New York: Simon & Schuster (S&S) / Little Golden Book 315; Golden Press 354; Simon & Schuster 318 Book. Illus. by Mel Crawford, John Leone, Al Schmidt. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition ("A").. Octavos -- from 7.75" to 9.75" tall. Three titles, two of the fictional variety based on U.S. television shows (Cheyenne, which starred Clint Walker as the titular character, and Maverick, which starred James Garner as the tall, handsome, broad-shouldered good guy), and the other mythologizing an alleged hero of the American West (no mention of a fixed boxing match or continued involvement with prostitutes). Rubbing, corners moderately worn, a bit of chipping to spine ends, two books with previous owner's name (one in pencil, the other in ink)..

White Circle 257, Pocket 503, Avon 94, Pocket 1073 Book. Various conditions. Paperbacks. 1sts thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A collection of four novels, three of which are pretty much standing the test of time in American literature, and the other of which looks like a delightful read to cleanse the literary palate (that would be this movie tie-in edition of 'Peabody's Mermaid,' a story that sees a man catch a mermaid, which results in such cutting, pertinent questions as "How does his wife take it?" and "How does a captive mermaid behave?"). A couple of titles have a few condition issues, but neither pages nor words are falling out of any of them, so they all have good reads left in them -- but it wouldn't hurt to handle them with care, anyway, since being vintage paperbacks, these have already gone through a couple of wars, and would probably appreciate gentle handling during another read. Sorry, but no substitutions of titles..

New York, New York, New York, Garden City: Dell 283, Bantam A910, Bantam A894, Perma P127 Book. Good. Paperback. 1sts thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A collection of four historical novels, some of which you may have heard of, others of which may be new to you, but all of which once had their day in the sun, and are looking for another brief moment in the light before the next time-travel historical sensation pushes them even further into the shadows. Or words to that effect. In the Allen title (a Dell map-back), Adverse looks to Cuba "for relief from the vague restlessness which assails him." The Bromfield story is a "turbulent novel of 1862 -- and the Yankee seizure of New Orleans." Krepps offers "A Historical Novel of Barbaric Africa in the 1820s." And Roark gives us "the story of men who plundered the gold of the East -- to buy the pleasures of its women." All four books are intact and readable, but as with all vintage paperbacks,… Read More

Cardinal Giant GC-30, Bantam 992, Dell D430, Pocket 511 Book. Good or better. Paperbacks. Various editions.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A four-book lot of life stories, the first telling us of "three remarkable idealists and how they built a small-town practice into the world-famous Mayo Clinic," the second about a veterinarian who "left a horse-and-cow practice in Louisiana to take on the toughest veterinary job in the world -- protecting the immense fortune tied up in the magnificent horses and wild beasts of the greatest show on earth," the fourth a son's "hilarious and affectionate portrait" of his "open-eyed, open-handed and open-hearted" father, and the last giving us "The adventures, new horizons and happiness of two people who 'escaped' big city life." These being vintage paperbacks, the bindings may not be up to a robust reading, so a little care while reading them might be a good idea. Not collectible copies… Read More

White Circle 268, Book Company of America 009, Gold Medal R2037, Avon S379 Book. Good or better. Paperbacks. Various editions.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Four titles featuring a variety of miscreants committing an impressive collection of despicable acts generally frowned upon by polite society, but usually given only a little attention by the people in power so long as the despicable acts are forced upon the poor and powerless. No loose pages, missing words or kidnapped punctuation..

New York, New York, Montreal, Toronto: Lion Books 10, Hillman 35, Bantam 1652, Graphic G210 Book. Good or better. Paperback. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. This multi-pack includes a story about "a cattle town with only 24 hours left to live"; an adventure featuring the Utah Kid and his pal Old Heck Kilada; a gang of outlaws carefully planning a dead-end ambush; and "a roaring epic of Texas guns." All have moderate general wear, with no loose or missing pages. Sorry, but no substitutions of titles. .

Dell 2919, Pocket 550, Dell 26, Berkley G-94 Book. Good Reading Copies. Paperbacks. Various editions.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Two novels ("A high voltage novel of the Air Force during World War II," and "A vivid, rowdy picture of our war-time Navy") and two true stories, ("The True and Thrilling Story of 34 Days at Sea on a Rubber Raft," and "The true story of a fantastic escape from a German prison camp in World War II"). Although there are numerous little flaws to all of these, with careful handling, they will survive a few more readings, at least. Sorry, but no substitutions of titles..

Pocket 242, 561, 334, 368 Book. Good or better. Softcovers. Various editions.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A collection of four mysteries by the creator of Perry Mason. This group includes one Mason, a pair of District Attorney Doug Selby titles, and one story featuring Terry Clane. Sorry, but no substitutions of titles..