Search Results: Fiction (hardcover) from Augustine Funnell Books

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..

Akron: Saalfield Publishing Company Book. Very Good to Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. An uncommon-in-a-dust-jacket edition of Carroll's classic and its sequel, telling the continuing story of a little girl whom everyone who ever read a children's book is familiar with, and loves (or damn well better, since the condition of non-lovers' kneecaps is very much threatened). Orange cloth w/black lettering/rule to front cover/spine, 241 pages, illustrated (unattributed). Light wear to corners/spine ends, tanning, in dust jacket w/some chipping to corners/spine ends, a bit of edgewear, short edge tears, moderate handling wear..

New York: Pantheon, 1991. Book. Illus. by Lars Hokanson (dust jacket illustration). Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st US edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A novel taking as its framework the two World Wars, opening in 1919 with a boy and his mother searching a French battlefield for the soldier/father's grave, and continuing into World War Two where the now-adult boy fights on the same battlefield where his father died. Translated from the French by Richard Howard..

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A story of animosity, vendettas and violence between rival merchants in "an isolated outport on Newfoundland's northern coastline." First edition w/complete number line. Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 323 pages. An unread copy in dust jacket w/short wrinkle to bottom spine (a printing flaw that hardly anyone driving by in a car will notice)..

London: Picador/Pan Macmillan, 2005. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. Tejpal's first novel. Tells the story of a penniless young couple very much in love who move into a sprawling old house on the lower Himalayas, where, after finding a set of diaries written by a glamorous American adventuress, the novel's narrator "finds himself irresistibly drawn away from his wife and thrust into another world and time, into the hole of history." Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 518 pages. A pristine, unread copy..

London: Robert Hale Ltd., 1980. Book. Illus. by Barbara Walton (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A Scots couple living with family in Belfast faces a series of incidents that leave them with a deepening dread in the midst of the Troubles. Spine a bit cocked, tanned pages, in dust jacket w/impressions. A somewhat scarce title..

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..

New York: Greenway Publishing Company, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A quite uncommon edition of a world classic set in late-19th century Russia, and the source of one of the most famous opening lines in all of literature (since my customers are among the most well-read members of humankind, there's just no need to waste anyone's time by repeating it here). Three-quarter red morocco, red cloth, raised bands, gilt rule/decoration/lettering, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, 1090 pages. Spine slightly cocked, nicks to spine edges, scuffed leather, previous owner's signature, small abrasion to rear end paper..

London: Bodley Head, 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of 12 stories from an acclaimed Irish writer. Moderate general wear. Price-clipped dust jacket w/rubbing, impressions, sticker shadow to front flap, moderate edgewear..

London: Oxford University Press (OUP), 1964. Book. Illus. by Leonard Rosoman (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. No. 602 in the publisher's World Classics series. A "fluent, idiomatic translation" by Douglas Parmee of Fontane's 'Unwiederbringlich,' which was first published in 1891 in German (what?--someone thought Unwiederbringlich' was Gaelic?) Blue cloth w/OUP colophon in blind to front cover, gilt spine lettering, 299 pages. Gently bumped bottom corners, lightly worn corners/spine ends, lightly spotted top edge, in lightly worn dust jacket w/light rubbing, 3/8" tear to top edge of rear panel. A nice little copy..

New York: Scribner/Scribner's, 2006. Book. Illus. by Myrna Burks and Rosaire Appel (dust jacket illustration). Very Good to Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. When an airplane plummets into the sea near a (fictional) island off the coast of Nova Scotia, families gather at a local inn where "they form an unusual community, struggling for comfort and consolation." 238 pages. Book and dust jacket w/only light general wear..

El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2011. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. On his sixteenth birthday a Jewish boy is accused of murder when the younger sister of a Christian girl he daydreams about disappears in the woods outside Massena, New York. Naturally, the stupid, the ignorant and the prejudiced believe that she has been murdered as a blood sacrifice for Yom Kippur. Based on actual events in 1928. Vernick's inscription on reverse of half-title reads, "Wynelle,/Thank you for/all your support/through this wild/process!/Love,/Shirley". Ash boards w/silver spine lettering, 141 pages, including author's note. Bumped spine ends, a hint of corner wear, in lightly rubbed dust jacket w/insignificant wear to top corners. A nice copy of a book that is, as of this writing, somewhat uncommon..

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: George Routledge and Sons Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No date (circa late 1800s). A story of difficulty and suffering and self-sacrifice and inspiration from the publisher's Ruby Series. Coloured illustrations on brown cloth, 252 pages. Spine cocked, bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends, tanned/dusty/soiled edges, smudged covers, jagged tear to bottom right corner of page 3/bottom left corner of page 4 (just barely touches last word of text in each case, thus entirely legible), general wear..

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1921. Book. Fair to Good Reading Copy. Hardcover. New & revised edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Historical fiction. A romance set in India. Originally published in 1907. This edition contains three chapters substituted for the original final scene, the additional material thought in 1907 to make the work too long. Beige boards w/black lettering/medal illustration, 346 pages..

Hillman Books 186, 1961. Book. Very Good to Fine. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paperback original. To lovers who meet in Mexico are doomed by their past (geez, name three people who aren't)..

Toronto: Bond Street Books / Doubleday Canada / Random House of Canada, 2008. Book. Illus. by Gina Triplett and Matt Curtius (dust jacket illustration). Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This Canadian edition is the first printing of the true first edition, w/complete number sequence. Precedes the UK edition. Hanif's first novel, which was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award. 323 pages. Gently bumped top corners/spine ends, in like dust jacket..

London: Mills & Boon, 1974. Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The uncommon first edition of Treves's story about a secretary-receptionist who gets a little too involved when her employer chooses a glamorous actress as a wife in order to satisfy the terms of a will that will see him inherit a house and some cash. Red cloth w/black spine lettering, 192 pages. Gently bumped spine ends, light edgewear, tiny soil mark to front cover tanning, in edgeworn dust jacket w/light soil, short edge tears, chipping to corners/spine ends, impressions/scratches..

London: William Heinemann, 1982. Book. About Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. Small octavo. Burgess's chilling tale of Alex, "a juvenile delinquent of the unspecified but not very distant future, who tells the tale of his own criminal excesses and his 're-education' in the peculiar slang of his generation." A classic novel, turned into an equally classic movie by Stanley Kubrick. Orange cloth (of course) w/gilt spine lettering, 196 pages. Foxing to top edge, small soil marks to bottom/fore-edge, a couple of small stains to rear end paper, in edgeworn dust jacket w/a fair bit of rubbing, moderate soil, short edge tears, impressions/scratches, stains to reverse of rear panel..

Toronto: William Briggs Book. Illus. by Leslie L. Benson. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Canadian edition.. Small octavo. No date [1918]. According to IMDb, Macfarlane was a railroad clerk, pastor and an actor before becoming a writer. Unable to come to grips with his failing health, he shot himself on the steps of the San Francisco morgue. Far be it from me to argue with IMDb. Red cloth w/yellow bell illustration/black lettering to front cover, black spine lettering, 458 pages. Light wear to corners/spine ends, lightly dusted/tanned edges, small bookseller's tag to bottom of rear pastedown, in dust jacket w/light edgewear, mild chipping, a bit of scuffing, impressions, faint soil, moderate wear to folds. A nice copy of a scarce edition seldom found in a dust jacket..