Search Results: Titles starting with R from Augustine Funnell Books

Fredericton: Self-published (printed and bound by Unipress), 1983. Book. Illus. by R.H. Nicholson. Very Good. Hardcover. Oblong octavo. An appreciation of the life and work of a New Brunswick evangelist and painter. Green cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 95 pages (including acknowledgements), illustrated in colour and black-and-white. A hint of wear to corners/spine ends, in rubbed dust jacket w/a bit of chipping to corners/spine ends, edgewear, short edge tears, thin impressions/scratches. .

Springfield: Radcraft Publications Magazine. Fair Reading Copies. Wraps. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A three-issue lot of the popular radio electronics magazine that began in 1929, and existed under a variety of titles until 2003. Gernsback, considered by many to be the father of science fiction (along with a couple of guys named H.G. Wells and Jules Verne), had what have to be the greatest pseudonyms is history. He was Gus N. Habergock, Grace G. Hucksnob, Beno Ruckshagg, Erno Shuckbagg, Grego Banshuck, Greno Gashbuck, and Kars Gugenchob. Now c'mon -- was Richard Bachman the best you could do, SK? Although I guess I should cut you some slack, since Gernsback had a lot more to work with when it came to rearranging the letters in his real name, but still. Each issue is considerably worn, but complete and intact, although the centre spread of the September 1944 issue is seriously considering packing up and leaving home..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No date (1913). A collection of 23 essays, divided into four sections: Railway Romance, Meanderings With Mother Nature, Stepping-Stones o'er Troubled Waters, and Threads through the Maze. Green cloth w/gilt lettering/rule to spine, 291 pages. Bumped/worn corners/spine ends, wear to spine edges, a bit of cover soil/wear, dusty/moderately soiled edges, tanning..

Fontana 1182L, 1965. Book. Good Reading Copy. Paperback. 1st Fontana edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The second volume in the author's England Under Queen Anne series, this one covering "the middle years of our effort to save Europe from the ambitions of Louis XIV." 511 pages (including appendices/notes/index), illustrated w/maps. Spine roll, reading creases to spine, moderate edgewear, tanning, impressions, moderate general wear..

New York: George Munro's Sons, Publishers Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No date (circa 1870). An uncommon edition of the third volume of Cooper's Littlepage Manuscripts (following 'Satanstoe' and 'The Chainbearer'), which dealt with the 1839-45 revolt of New York land tenants, during which they proclaimed independence from something called the manor system, ultimately achieving significant land reform. Brown pebbled buckram, gilt decoration/spine lettering, 328 pages. Some spotting/soil to covers, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, thin, difficult-to-see 2" slit to middle of right spine edge (see arrows on first scan), hinges mainly split (but still holding pretty firmly), pencil scribbles to pastedowns/end papers, ink signature to front pastedown, dampstaining along bottom edges, pages significantly tanned, edge soil, general wear..

Toronto & Montreal: McClelland & Stewart, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of "a Tipperary Irishman who served in the British Army for nearly half a century," including experience of the Riel Rebellion, a prominent role in the founding of the North-West Mounted Police, combat in the Ashanti and Zulu wars, and much more. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 276 pages (including notes, bibliography, index), illustrated. Moderate general wear, in rubbed dust jacket, edgewear, short edge tears, general wear..

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Canadian edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Originally published in Czechoslovakia in 1971, and here translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson. This copy signed by author, on title page. Black boards w/gilt spine lettering, 248 pages, illustrations by Jan Brychta. Mild slant, tiny soil mark to top edge, equally tiny/faint soil mark to front end paper, in rubbed dust jacket w/thin scratches..

Fairfield: Can-Am Media Inc. Magazine. Good Reading Copies. Wraps. Digests. Two issues of a magazine presenting readers' sexual fantasies/experiences and responses to the many and varied erotic obsessions of the human animal. 96 and 114 pages, respectively. Considerable wear to the 1979 issue, including a 3" tear to lower spine (cover no longer attached at bottom staple). Noticeably less wear to the 1983 issue..

Toronto: Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press Book. As New. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Editions.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2006 and 2007. The first two stories about eleven-year-old Rex Norton-Norton (soon to be renamed Rex Zero) and his antics in Ottawa after moving there from Vancouver in 1962. Small octavos, 196 & 211 pages, respectively, cover illustrations by Simon Ng. Both copies signed, on title page, by Wynne-Jones. Neither copy ever read..

New York: Hurst & Company Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No date (circa 1910). First of the author's Woodville Stories. Illustrated cloth, 256 pages, illustrated. Cover illustration still bright and attractive. Uncommon in a dust jacket, especially since the jackets were so fragile to begin with. Spine a bit cocked, dusty/moderately soiled edges, off-setting to end papers. Dust jacket missing bottom 2" of spine and triangular piece from upper portion of spine, edgewear, chipping, front panel separated from jacket at right spine edge (subsequently re-attached with non-yellowing tape), previous owner's name in pencil along right edge of front panel, smudging, general wear..

New York & Boston: H. M. Caldwell Co. Book. Illus. by Gustave Dore, Birket Foster, others. About Very Good. Hardcover. Early reprint.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No date (circa 1885). Paper illustration (colour) tipped onto white cloth of front cover, circular design/lettering to cloth of left edge, unpaginated (48). Scraped/lightly worn corners/spine ends, moderate edgewear, small sticker pull to top portion of front cover, a couple of quite small soil marks to white cloth, gift inscription (neatly to top right corner of first blank end paper) to previous owner, light general wear. A scarce edition..

New York : Pocket, 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Pocket edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First printing thus w/complete number line. Basis for the 1992 movie directed by Robert Redford, and starring Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd. In addition to the title novella, this contains two other stories, "Logging and Pimping and 'Your Pal, Jim'" and "USFS 1919: The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole in the Sky." 237 pages + 1-page advertisement for other Pocket titles. Gift inscription to previous owner on reverse of front end paper (writer pressed fairly hard so that there are raised impressions on the front cover), a couple of soil spots to top edge, small number (10) stamped to bottom edge. Internally tight and clean. Uncommon in 1st edition thus..

Glasgow & Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company, 1950. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd revised edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Originally published in German in 1919, then translated by Jane Lymburn and published by Hodge in 1936. Hecht contends that the space between Burns and himself permits him a less biased view, if an also less acute one. Contains the author's preface to the first English edition. Foreword by Sir Patrick J. Dollan. Laid in is a piece of ephemera of moderate interest, that being an advance order form for the 1936 Hodge edition, consisting of an 8.5" x 11" single sheet folded once vertically, and displaying as page 1 the 1936 title page (with "Ready January, 1936" and "Price 12/6 net." across top edge). Page 2 is an excerpt from the author's preface to the English edition. Page 3 is the contents page. Page 4 is the order form. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 301 pages. Includes appendix (Heron's 'A Memoir of… Read More

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..

Lexington: Stephen Greene Press, 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of baseball's best-ever pitchers -- albeit not one blessed with the strongest intellectual capacity (if verbatim quotes in various newspapers can be believed) -- Roger "The Rocket Man" Clemens favours us with the story of his life and baseball times (at least, up until the end of his wildly successful 1986 season, followed by a World Series appearance that saw the Sox twice come to within a strike of winning it all before disaster struck). Navy boards w/grey cloth backstrip w/red spine lettering, 161 pages (including statistics), illustrated. Some cocking, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, "Xmas 1987" in ink to top edge of front end paper, in price-clipped dust jacket w/rubbing, impressions. Dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve..

Syracuse: Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station, 1933. Book. Illus. by Edmund J. Sawyer. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. General contents include "Preliminary Survey of the White-tailed Deer of the Adirondacks," and "Ecology of the White-tailed Deer in Summer with Special Reference to the Adirondacks," both by M.T. Townsend and M.W. Smith, as well "Some Late Winter and Early Spring Observations on the White-tailed Deer of the Adirondacks," by Chas. J. Spiker. 385 pages (including references), illustrated w/many photographs and two drawings, one in-text map, six fold-out maps at rear, cover illustration by Ernest Thompson Seton. Sunned covers, sun-darkened spine, edgewear, turned corners, previous owner's sticker to top of inside front cover, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean..

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..

New York: Lenox Hill Pub. & Dist. Co. (Burt Franklin), 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. Small quarto. "Reprinted from the original edition in the University of California at Berkeley Library." Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering. Foxed top edge, tiny soil mark to front cover, moderate wear to corners/spine ends..

No Place: Privately Printed, 1962. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Written specifically to mark the regiment's centenary. The regiment was formed in 1862 in Quebec, with men from the Eastern Townships, Quebec City, Gaspé, and northern New Brunswick, and its operational history included action during the Fenian raids of 1866, the South African War, and both World Wars. Contains lists of former commanding officers, slate of officers in March of 1962, and honours and awards in Hong Kong, as well as a firsthand recollection by Rifleman John Beebe of the horrors experienced while fighting the Japanese. In 1966 the regiment was reduced to nil strength. 62 pages (including acknowledgement of assistance), illustrated. Moderate general wear. A scarce regimental history..

Beaverbrook Newspapers, 1960. Book. Fair. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pictures, stories, rhymes, puzzles and games featuring the world's most famous (or second most, depending upon the random sampling asked) bear in children's literature, this time cavorting and exploring at the seaside. Unpaginated. Small chip from top edge of front cover, cover pulled from top staple, almost so from bottom staple, four tiny scribbles at bottom of front cover, creasing, general wear. Amazingly, neither the puzzle nor the picture to be coloured has been solved or coloured..