Search Results: Titles starting with V from Augustine Funnell Books

Avon 84459, 1983. Book. Illus. by Wayne Barlow (cover illustration). Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paperback original. 185 pages (including chronology, bibliography). A hint of edgewear, tiny abrasion to bottom edge of front cover, short handling crinkle to top left of same. A nice copy, internally tight and clean..

London: Hodder & Stoughton Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd UK edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No date (1927). An early re-issue of the 1st UK edition from 1926. Published in the U.S. as 'The Vanishing American,' this originally appeared as a serial beginning in the November 1922 issue of Ladies Home Journal before seeing its first book publication by Harper & Brothers in 1925. Orange/mustard cloth w/black lettering/blue eagle decoration to front cover, black lettering/blue rule to spine, 320 pages. Mild wear to corners/spine ends, tanning, light edge foxing, some offsetting to end papers, in rubbed dust jacket w/nicks to corners/spine ends, 1/2" tear to top left corner of front panel, a couple of unobtrusive 1/8" tears to bottom edge. Dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. A nice copy of a title seldom found in a dust jacket..

Toronto & Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Award-winning Atlantic Canadian's first novel, telling the story of a man who returns "to the isolated Maritime village of his childhood," where he "finds himself drawn deeply into the world of his past." Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 143 pages. Slightly cocked, bumped corners, foxed top edge, previous owner's name to front end paper, in dust jacket w/chipping to corners/spine ends, edgewear, largish (1.5" x .5") piece from top edge of front panel, thin scratches, rubbing, general wear..

New York: Vanity Publishing Co. Magazine. Good. Side-stapled wraps. 1st printings.. Digests. Two issues of a magazine calling itself in the first instance, "The Magazine of Human Fulfillment," and in the second, "The Magazine for Total Loving" (apparently the editors felt that being fulfilled wasn't total enough). Each issue 130 pages, featuring articles on bisexual love games, sexy cable tv, finding your lover's orgasm key (who knew they were locked up?), mail order sex, older women with younger lovers (promoted as being "taught to please stern mistresses"), sex lubricants ("A bucket of 10-30, please."), letters on forbidden sex practices, advertisements from swingers, and so on and so forth, with lots of dirty words and filthy suggestions culminating in more fun than most of us will ever have. Illustrated w/drawings and photographs, the like of which you don't want to be showing your mother (unless, of course, she wrote one of the letters the… Read More

Devonshire: Bermuda Writers' Collective, 1992. Book. Illus. by Elizabeth Ann Trott (cover illustration). Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of seven stories by a Trinidadian-born writer living in Bermuda. Inscription reads, "For my brother Errol/Strands from 'our' passage/through the landscape. Thank/you for being part of this/journey/Rawle"). 120 pages. Edgewear, rubbing, impressions/scratches, light soil, general wear. Internally tight..

Mercury Press Book. Very Good. Wraps. Digest. Eleventh issue of the sister publication to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. This issue contains a full-length novel by Gordon R. Dickson, and stories by K.M. O'Donnell, Don Thompson, Bryce Walton, Daphne Castell, Ronald S. Boon, and Larry Eisenberg. Also contains one of those nifty little Ferdinand Feghoot vignettes by Grendel Briarton (Reginald Bretnor ). Books column by Ron Goulart. Small dots beside story titles on Contents Page (previous owner apparently kept track of which stories he had read), light general wear..

Fantasy House Inc. Book. Illus. by Ed Emsh (cover), Giunta & Schoenherr (interior). About Good. Wraps. Digest. Fifth issue of the sister publication to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. This issue contains stories by Floyd Wallace, Poul Anderson, Avram Davidson, Mack Reynolds, Jim Harmon, Robert Silverberg, Rog Phillips, Henry Slesar, and Robert F. Young, with a books column by Theodore Sturgeon. Spine strongly cocked/rolled, tanned/lightly soiled edges, smudged back cover, date written at top edge of back cover, date stamp on Contents Page, spine split beginning at pages 26/27..

Fantasy House Inc. Book. Illus. by Ed Emsh (cover), Giunta & Schoenherr (interior). Fair to Good. Wraps. Digest. Sixth issue of the sister publication to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. This issue contains stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Avram Davidson, Miriam Allen De Ford, Isaac Asimov, Edmond Hamilton, and Leigh Brackett, and a books column by Sturgeon. Spine a bit cocked, crinkling to upper left portion of front cover, spine split at pages 52/53, small circles beside titles on Contents Page (previous owner apparently kept track of which stories he had read)..

1958. Book. Illus. by Ed Emsh (cover), Giunta & Schoenherr (interior). Fair to Good. Wraps. Digest. Eighth issue of the sister publication to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. This issue contains stories by Poul Anderson, Dick Hetschel, Robert Silverberg, Robert Marner, Don Berry, C.M. Kornbluth, and Algis Budrys, books column by Theodore Sturgeon, and science column by Isaac Asimov. Spine severely cocked/rolled, 1/2" separation to bottom right spine edge, browned pages, minor dampstaining, small circles beside titles on Contents Page (previous owner apparently kept track of which stories he had read)..

Mercury Press Book. Illus. by Bert Tanner (cover and interior illustration). Very Good to Fine. Wraps. Digest. Twelfth issue of the sister publication to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. This issue contains a full-length novel by Julius Fast, and stories by Edward Wellen, Dean R. Koontz, Larry Eisenberg, and Robert F. Young. Also contains a Ferdinard Feghoot vignette by Grendel Briarton (Reginald Bretnor), columns by Ron Goulant and Joseph C. Stacey, and an article by F.E. Edwards concerning the work of Ray Bradbury on film. Short (1/4") tear to top right of back cover, small dots beside titles on Contents Page (previous owner apparently kept track of which stories he had read), light general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Mercury Press Book. Illus. by Ed Emsh (cover), Giunta and Hurwitz (interior). Good to Very Good. Wraps. Digest. Tenth issue of the sister publication to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. This issue contains stories by C.M. Kornbluth, Clifford D. Simak, Lester del Rey, Albert Stroud, and John Novotny, Sturgeon's usual books column and Asimov's usual science column. Cover by Emsh, interior illustrations by Giunta and Hurwitz. Spine a bit cocked, browned pages, small circles beside titles on Contents Page (apparently previous owner kept track of stories he had read)..

Mercury Press, 1970. Book. Illus. by Bert Tanner (cover and interior illustration). Fair. Wraps. Digest. The fourteenth issue of the sister publication to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. This issue contains a full-length novel by Keith Laumer, stories by V.N. McIntyre, Ron Goulart, and Robert Toomey, a Ferdinand Feghoot vignette by Grendel Briarton (Reginald Bretnor), and Ron Goulart's column on books. Tape stains at top and bottom spine and cover edges, small ink price in top right corner of front cover, light soil, small dots beside titles on Contents Page (previous owner apparently kept track of which stories he had read), 1" high stamp (the numeral "2") on Contents Page, moderate general wear..

Mercury Press Book. Illus. by M.S. Dollens (cover), Giunta & Schoenherr (interior). Good. Wraps. Digest. Ninth issue of the sister publication to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. This issue contains stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Edmond Hamilton, Arthur C. Clarke, Rog Phillips, Gordon R. Dickson, Robert Marner, and Isaac Asimov, Sturgeon's usual books column, and Asimov's usual science column. Strongly cocked spine, browned pages, small circles beside titles on Contents Page (previous owner apparently kept track of which stories he had read), dampstained edges, general wear..

Pelee Island Heritage Centre, 1996. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A detailed look at the grape-growing and winery business on Pelee Island. 158 pages, illustrated. Sticker pull to bottom right corner of back cover, light general wear. Internally tight and clean..

New York: Jack Brussel Book. Good. Soft cover. Facsimile edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. #14 in the Campaigns of the Civil War series. 245 pages. Rubbing, reading crease, slant, general wear..

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1987. Book. Illus. by Tibor Kovalik. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Twenty stories/essays concerning horror literature's most enduring archetypes, the vampire and the ghost. Contributors include Margaret L. Carter ("The Count's Soliloquy"), Peter Allan ("Domdaniel"), F.G. Loring ("The Tomb of Sarah"), E.F. Benson ("The Room in the Tower"), Theophile Gautier ("The Beautiful Vampire"), Vlad Kinkopf ("Nellie's Grave"), Peter Underwood ("The Italian Count"), Rabindranath Tagore ("The Hungry Stones"), Margaret L. Carter ("A Call in the Blood"), Robert Bloch ("The Cloak"), P'u Sung-Ling ("The Painted Skin"), F. Marion Crawford ("For the Blood is the Life"), Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu ("Schalken the Painter"), Bram Stoker ("The Judge's… Read More

New York: Sun Dial Press, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Sun Dial Press edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First published in 1938 by Doubleday, Doran. After serving four years in prison for a crime he did not commit, a man tries, with the aid of a sympathetic Mountie, to start new life in the north woods, but before long he is once again in trouble. Blue cloth, 290 pages. Moderate general wear (no previous owner's name, notations or inscriptions), in dust jacket w/a bit of chipping to corners/spine ends, rubbing, impressions/thin scratches. An okay copy of a book usually hammered by librarians, and seldom found in a dust jacket..

Scranton: International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S., 1911. Book. Fair. Wraps. 2nd edition.. Small octavo. #698 B. A booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. 48 pages + two pages of examination questions, illustrated. Edgewear, short edge creases, smudging/soil, some dampstaining near back, covers beginning to pull from staples. A scarce booklet..

Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A Vancouver newspaperman tells the story of the Canucks, from the early fruitless attempts to gain a franchise, through to the 1972-73 season. Blue cloth, 139 pages (including 1972-73 game-by-game statistics and all-time records, illustrated. Slant, bumped spine ends, general wear. Rubbed dust jacket w/edgewear, impressions, creases, tears, 1.5" x .75" piece torn from bottom edge of front panel, original price sticker to top corner of front flap..

Edinburgh: McDougall's Educational Co. Ltd. Book. Illus. by Helen B. McKenzie. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No date (circa 1960). A work book to be used simultaneously with its corresponding reader. Teaches basic words, and instructs children to draw stories or items which match those in the work book. Small octavo, 32 pages, including instructions to the teacher. Minor soil to right edge of front cover, gently bumped top left corner, Department of Education stamp to top edge of title page, mild general wear. A nice copy of an uncommon school book..