Search Results: Authors starting with K from Augustine Funnell Books

New York: Warner Books, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Basis for the M-G-M film that starred JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight and Heather O'Rourke, and told the story of a family whose suburban home is invaded by ghosts of the malevolent variety. Black boards w/blood-coloured spine lettering, 183 pages. Spine cocked, light wear to corners/spine ends, short impression to top right edge of front cover, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/rubbing, impressions/scratches, light soil, short tears..

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart (M&S), 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The author provides a wealth of folklore, including songs, sayings and verse from her childhood in Northern Ireland. Kane's inscription reads, "To Mary Barker/Greetings!/Alice Kane/7/12/84." Another, non-authorial, gift inscription reads, "for Mary Barker,/in kind appreciation for/including me in the planning/and activities of the visit/of the first Canadian astronaut/ to Fredericton, Nov. 30, 1984/sincerely/Gary Whiteford/UNB" (Whiteford was a geology professor at the University of New Brunswick, and was well-known as a world traveller and huge baseball fan -- he died in 2013). Cream cloth w/caramel cloth backstrip, cream spine lettering, 254 pages (including notes and references, publications cited, records cited, songs known by James Joyce, and index of titles and first lines), illustrated. Bumped bottom… Read More

Halifax: Petheric Press, 1977. Book. Illus. by Chambers (cover illustration). Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A Nova Scotia lawyer offers a selection of anecdotes from his years of practice. Foreword by Ian MacKeigan. 80 pages. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Toronto: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1986. Book. About Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Donovan. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of a former Boston police officer (currently an actor, editor and publisher) who became "the acknowledged expert with a world-wide reputation for dealing with police stress." This copy inscribed by Donovan, on half-title ("Martha/Fraternally/Ed Donovan"). Navy cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 236 pages, illustrated. Spine cocked, bumped corners, tiny soil mark to bottom corner of fore-edge, moderate general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/bumped corners, light edgewear, thin scratches..

Pyramid 99, 1953. Book. Good to Very Good. Paperback. 1st Pyramid edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Crooked fights, stripteasing women, racketeers, cheats, a sleazy little guy trapped between losing his dreams and losing his life -- this one has it all! Mild spine cocking, handling wear, foxing, some soil, previous owner's stamp to first end paper. .

New York: Chicken House/Scholastic, 2003. Book. Illus. by Ted Dewan. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st US edition.. Small octavo. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. A young lad with a life-threatening heart condition "tumbles into a magical backwards world where mythical creatures are real and human beings are only a legend. Illustrated boards. Lightly scuffed covers. A nice unread copy. .

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. Kaye's second novel. When his fiancee is killed in a plane crash, an ex-cop "becomes obsessed with an unsolved mystery from his days with the LAPD: the death of up-and-coming rockabilly star Bobby Fuller." 324 pages. A nice, collectible, unread copy..

Hartland: Hartland Publishers Ltd. (Carle A. Rigby and Roderick Cummings), 1981. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. 1st thus.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "An Epic Poem Dealing With The Early Settlement of Maine and New Brunswick, Founded on Tradition." First printed in 1864, and reprinted in 1926, before this "exact reproduction" of the latter. Stapled wraps, 58 pages. Light general wear..

New York: Plaza Book Company, 1951. Book. Illus. by Louis Priscilla. Good. Soft cover. A collection of chiefly humourous writings on the institution of marriage. Represented are Oscar Wilde (undoubtedly an authority on the subject), Chaucer, Balzac, Burton, Maupassant, Mark Twain, Sterne, Stevenson, Aesop, Billings, Westermarck, Wood, Herrick, Hood, and others. 96 pages. Edgewear, upturned corners, faint soil, moderate general wear..

Macfadden 60-424, 1969. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st Macfadden edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Canadian printing. Originally published in 1954. One of three people responsible for a murder is trying to pin it on a man just back in town after two years in a Communist prison camp. A bit of spine slant, a bit of waviness at spine, thin scratches, minor dampstain w/subsequent bleeding to fore-edge. Internally tight..

Gold Medal 372, 1954. Book. Fair. Paperback. 1st Gold Medal edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. "She came to town carrying murder in her suitcase." Much general handling wear, reading crease, crinkling, pencil signature on inside front cover, light spine end chipping..

Zenith ZB-31, 1959. Book. Fair to Good. Paperback. 1st Zenith edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. "She knew he was guilty of every sin--lechery, rape and now, incest." (and she's gonna hop right into her cream-coloured Cadillac, go over to his place, and start shooting). 2" slit along right spine edge at bottom, 3/8" separation to bottom left spine edge, cocked, crosscrack, dampstain along bottom edges of first quarter of book, a fair bit of handling wear/rubbing..

Macfadden 75-369, 1970. Book. Good. Paperback. 1st Macfadden edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Originally published in 1953. A man who has been framed and spent seven years in prison is after revenge in Chicago's slimy underbelly. Reading crease, rubbing, mild slant/roll, moderate general wear..

New York: Vantage Press, 1967. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A New Brunswick-born writer (who became a nurse in Rhode Island, and lived there with her attorney husband) here presents the story of a widow who falls in love with the manager of a hotel on an island resort. Maroon cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 227 pages. Edgwear, a bit cocked, lightly soiled edges, previous owner's name/date to front free end paper, in edgeworn dust jacket w/smudging/soiling, scrapes/impressions, reinforcing tape to edges of reverse, general wear..

New York: Walker & Company, 1972. Book. Illus. by Enrico Scull (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A man who has lost his memory awakens to a devastated Earth, and in his travels meets companions, friends, enemies, and himself. Tanned/lightly dusted edges, sticker residue on first end paper, light general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/impressions, light edgewear, 1/4" tear to bottom edge of rear panel..

Victoria: Frog Hollow Press, 2014. Book. Illus. by M.G. Smith (cover illustration). Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Kelly, on title page. Limited Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Canadian poet's first poetry chapbook, which was followed by a pair of full-length collections in 2017 and 2019. This is #45 of a limited edition of 100 copies. 35 pages + colophon, illustrated. Crease to bottom right corner of front cover. Internally tight and clean..

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Kelly gives us the story of "a wildly eccentric Massachusetts clan that is both blessed and afflicted with an inexhaustible reservoir of old money, unwavering subversive charm -- and a veritable chorus of dogs." Cream boards w/black spine lettering, 324 pages + one-paragraph biography. An unread copy..

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 1998. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Oblong octavo. Taken from 1904 to 1924, this is a collection of "thousands of photographs of Saint John businesses, factories, construction sites, civic events, public amusements, and even booths at the Saint John Exhibition." Light wear to corners, previous owner's name at top of half-title, neatly hand-written name correction to one photograph (page 82). Internally tight..

OverTime Books, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An appreciative love letter for Canadian Football League fans in general, and Saskatchewan Roughriders fans in particular. 302 pages (plus notes on sources, brief author biography), illustrated. Internally tight and clean w/ mild general wear..

Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1973. Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The "first fully comprehensive account" of the RCMP. Charcoal cloth w/gilt spine lettering, map end papers318 pages (including selected bibliography, chronological index, index), illustrated. A bit cocked, mild wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's sticker/date stamp to top of title page, lightly smudged edges, mild dampstaining to top edge, in edgeworn dust jacket w/chipping to corners/spine ends, short edge tears, rubbing/impressions..