Search Results: Authors starting with F from Augustine Funnell Books

Fredericton: New Brunswick Historical Society & New Ireland Press, 1990. Book. Very Good to Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Examines the role of the New Brunswick militia, both from the time of "its origins in the first provincial militia act of 1787," and its place in a colonial society. This copy warmly inscribed by the author to his father, and comes with two laid-in photographs, both taken during the book's launching in November of 1990, at the Saint John Public Library in Saint John, New Brunswick. One shows the author and his father, the other the author with Rick Cummings of New Ireland Press, and Cathy Wilson of the New Brunswick Historical Society. 191 pages (including acknowledgements, notes, bibliography, index), illustrated. Mild edgewear, scuffing, thin scratches. Internally tight and clean..

Fredericton: The New Brunswick Genealogical Society (printed by Capital Free Press), 1984. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Begun in the mid-to-late 1960s as part of Facey-Crowther's master's thesis, this typescript monograph contains an alphabetized list of militia appointments arranged by county. Also contains dates of commissioning, retirement or resignation, ranks held, and when known, dates of departure from the region or dates of supersession. Typescript, 431 pages (including bibliography). Impressions/scratches to covers, sunned spine, light edgewear. Internally tight and clean..

New York : Dell 542, 1951. Book. Illus. by Robert Stanley (cover illustration). Very Good. Paperback. 1st Thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A Donald Lam/Bertha Cool mystery first published in hardcover in 1947 before this undated (1951) first paperback edition. 256 pages, map-back. Thin crease to top right of front cover, thin reading crease to left edge of same, moderate handling wear. A nice copy, internally tight and clean..

Methuen Paperbacks 34600, 1976. Book. Very Good to Fine. Paperback. 1st thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. George IV sends Blackstone to St. Helena to investigate rumours that Napoleon Bonaparte is planning to escape (spoiler: he was). 192 pages. Light edgewear, light general wear. Internally tight and clean..

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "This collection of critical extracts on the poetry of John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester, ranges from the earliest contemporary comments to the beginning of the twentieth century." Blue cloth, 275 pages (including bibliography, index). Bumped/lightly worn corners/pine ends, previous owner's name in pencil, in rubbed dust jacket w/moderate edgewear..

Toronto: Musson Book Company Book. Illus. by Albert D. Blashfield (decorations). Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. Small octavo. No date (circa 1911). In her foreword, Ms. Farmer informs us that "all the recipes have been thoroughly tested, and not found wanting" (if Fannie Farmer says so, that's good enough for me). Contains recipes and menus for every special occasion imaginable (imaginable in 1911, at any rate, but that was before the self-absorbed and narcissistic rose from whatever depths they inhabited before polluting the Earth's surface), from St. Valentine's spreads to repasts on Dominion Day (if you're a Canadian born after 1982, look it up), and Christmas dinners to children's parties. Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, white lettering to front cover, tipped-on cover illustration, top edge gilt, illustrated end papers, 240 pages (including index), six half-tone illustrations (frontispiece plus five in-text, as called for in list of illustrations), many… Read More

Pan Giant X8, 1957. Book. Illus. by Wilton (cover illustration). Good. Paperback. 1st Pan Giant edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Farson, a journalist, "TOOK PART in the Russian Revolution; WITNESSED violence in India and the arrest of Gandhi; FOUGHT with the Royal Flying Corps; SAILED his own boat across Europe; LIVED as a backwoodsman in British Columbia; SOLD oil in New York, trucks in Chicago, chain in Manchester and arms in Moscow; and was ON THE SPOT as a top foreign correspondent during most of the major events between the two World Wars." (God only knows what he could have done if he didn't have to stop to capitalize everything.) This edition abridged by the author. Spine a bit cockedl, nicks to spine ends, soiled/tanned edges, impressions/rubbing, crease to top right corner of front cover, tanned pages, foxing to inside covers..

Riverview: Owl's Head Press, 1985. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is #38. Scuffing, a hint of wear to spine ends. Internally tight and clean. .

London: New English Library (NEL) 01675, 1974. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st NEL edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Military History No. 3. "A story of bravery, stupidity and treachery played out under the blazing sun of the Punjab." 174 pages + two pages of advertisements for other NEL titles, illustrated w/in-text maps. Tanning, light general wear. Internally tight and clean..

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963. Book. Illus. by The Author. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Feeny tells the stories of "fliers for whom United States Air Force Bases are named," and "brings together for the first time the stories of personal dedication, heroism, and sacrifice that have been characteristic of airmen throughout the history of American aviation, in war and peace." Included are stories about Octave Chanute, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Thomas Etholen Selfridge, Raynal Cawthorne Bolling, Frank Luke Jr., Eugene Hoy Barksdale, Carl Benjamin Eielson, Ernest Emery Harmon, Horace Meek Hickam, Jean Donat Grenier, Frank Jesse Otis, Bruce Kilpartick Craig Jr., Claire Lee Chennault, William Edwin Dyess, Fred Junior McConnell, Thomas Leverne McConnell, Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr., Leon Robert Vance Jr., Glen Walter Edwards, Daniel Hugh Forbes Jr., Charles Joseph Loring Jr., David Carl Schilling, and Iven… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reissues the 1947 A.S. Barnes edition. A title from the publisher's Big League Baseball Library series, "full of anecdotes about Bob's early training (by his father, whom he credits as being the greatest factor in his success), about his first big-league game, his legal troubles with Judge Landis (never before told), his career in the Navy, his marriage, and his record-breaking feats since the war." Decorated grey cloth, 249 pages, illustrated. Bumped/lightly worn corners/spine ends, lightly dusted edges, Christmas gift inscription to previous owner, wrinkles to rear pastedown (printer's flaw). Dust jacket w/edgewear, chipping to spine ends/corners, 1" tear to left spine edge, 1" tear to top of front fold, some sunning to spine, 3/4" tear/small chip from bottom edge of front panel, short diagonal slit to spine..

Montreal: Canadian Institute of Forestry--Institut Forestier du Canada, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The title pretty much covers the contents of this one. The author has signed and dated ("Fredericton, N.B.,/August 29/72/Ken Fensom") this copy on title page. Illustrated blue & green on tan cloth, 547 pages (including appendix), illustrated. Light edgewear, titles rubbed on spine, moderate general wear. A nice copy. Uncommon signed..

Toronto: Penguin Books, 2001. Book. As New. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. Trade paperback original, and Ferguson's first novel after some well-received works of non-fiction. Shortly after "an overworked, underpaid editor" sees to publication a book which "promises to help readers lose weight, stop smoking, find inner peace and achieve true happiness," all hell breaks loose because the book works, and "an apocalyptic plague of happiness ensues." Signed on title page. 309 pages. An unread copy. .

New York: Russell & Russell Inc., 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Russell & Russell edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Originally published in 1939, by Oxford University Press. Complaining that there are no dynamic biographies of the Scottish poet, and foregoing the straight-time approach usual with such undertakings, DeLancey describes his book as "my answer to the question, subordinated or ignored by most chronological biographers, What sort of a man was Robert Burns? I have therefore discarded time-sequence in favour of the relationships of everyday life in which Burns most clearly revealed his personality." This copy from the library of Canadian poet/editor/essayist, Fred Cogswell, and bears his signature on front free end paper. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, 321 pages, including index. Moderate edgewear all around, tanned/ lightly dusted edges w/faint soil to top, offsetting to pastedowns and end papers. Plain brown dust jacket with 2.25" torn… Read More

Concord: Mercury Press, 1963. Book. Good to Very Good. Paperback. Digests. The complete 12-issue run from January through December of 1963, of the best sf magazine in the world. This lot contains fiction by many of the genre's top names, including Richard Matheson, Vance Aandahl, James White, Mack Reynolds, L. Sprague de Camp, Frederik Pohl, Fritz Leiber, Henry Slesar, Harry Harrison, Richard McKenna, Miriam Allen deFord, Terry Carr, Ray Bradbury, J.G. Ballard, Poul Anderson, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Nelson, Joanna Russ, Zenna Henderson, Alfred Bester, Roger Zelazny, Damon Knight, Avram Davidson, and many others. Highlights include the May issue, which is a tribute to Ray Bradbury, and contains two stories by him); 'Glory Road', a three-part novel by Robert A. Heinlein, spread over the July/August/September issues; three stories by the incomparable Richard Matheson; and the first appearance of Roger Zelazny's classic, "A Rose for Ecclesiastes." Also contains regular columns… Read More

Concord: Mercury Press, 1973. Magazine. Good to Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). Digests. The complete 12-issue run from January through December of 1973, of the best sf magazine in the world. This lot contains fiction by many of the genre's top names, including James Tiptree, Jr., Jack Williamson, Gordon Eklund, Bill Ponzini, Phylis Gotlieb, Fritz Leiber, Kate Wilhelm, Frederik Pohl (the September issue is the Special Frederik Pohl Issue), the vastly under-appreciated Avram Davidson, Michael Bishop, Ray Bradbury, Robin Scott Wilson, Jack Vance, Gregory Benford, Harlan Ellison ("The Deathbird," which Ellison has inscribed, "For Xxx--/a friend of short but pleasant/acquaintance, with good vibes for future/encounters & good books to be writ----" and then signed beneath his name), Poul Anderson, Thomas Burnett Swann, and many others, with columns and reviews by a group of respected contributors. Cover artists include the Dillons, Don Davis, David A. Hardy,… Read More

Concord: Mercury Press, 1969. Magazine. Various Conditions. Wraps. Digests. The complete 12-issue run from January through December of 1969, of the best sf magazine in the world. This lot contains fiction by many of the genre's top names, including Harlan Ellison, Anne McCaffrey, James M. Schmitz, R. (Reginald) Bretnor, Greg Benford, Poul Anderson, Robert Silverberg, Fritz Leiber, Vance Aandahl, Sterling Lanier, Zenna Henderson, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Bloch, Miriam Allen deFord, Manly Wade Wellman, and many others, with columns and reviews by a wide group of contributors. Cover artists include Gahan Wilson, Russell Fitzgerald, Ron Walotsky, Jack Gaughan, Gray Morrow, Ed Emshwiller, and others. All issues are G-VG or a bit better.

Fredericton: The Mortuary Press, 1968. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ferrari's uncommon first book of poetry ("A Bundle of Scurrilous Verse Scribbled in the Back of a Hearse"), with a foreword by Al Pittman. Typescript, 56 pages. General handling wear..

Boston & New York: Houghton-Mifflin Company, 2008. Book. Very Good to Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. When a 16-year-old Saudi Arabian girl from a prominent family goes missing, a desert guide is enlisted to help find her, but when he does she is dead, and he "takes it upon himself to find out what really happened to her." Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 305 pages. Light wear to corners/spine ends, bumped top spine, light edgewear, light scuffing, in dust jacket w/a hint of wear to corners/spine ends. A fairly nice copy..

New York: Jefferson House, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. a Powder Valley western featuring Pat Stevens and his pals Sam and Ezra as they try to thwart rustling, ambush and kidnapping; lightly soiled/dusted edges, bumped/worn corners, discolouration to bottom 1/2" of spine, previous owner's signature/address; dj w/sunned spine, chipping/tears to corners/top spine, bottom 1" of spine mising, tears to bottom spine edges, short edge tears, light soil to rear panel, faint stain to inside spine/panel edges, rubbing, impressions; Size: Octavo -- from 7.75" to 9.75" Tall.