Rare books from Augustine Funnell Books

Toronto: News Stand Library 85 / Export Publishing Enterprises, 1949. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Canadian writer's first novel, set during "the last year of the war and the first year of the peace," and the problems that are encountered by a young veteran "accustomed to regimentation and suddenly thrown on kis own resources to take his place in the way of life for which he had fought." 160 pages. Light edgewear, light rubbing, 1/2" separation to bottom right spine edge, 1/8" separation to bottom left spine edge, subsequent lifting of bottom spine, thin crease to bottom left corner of back cover, vertical creasing to back cover, moderate handling wear. A scarce vintage paperback..

London: the Review, 1973. Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Modernist art critic/art historian Fried's first full-length collection of poems, published while he was associate professor of fine arts at Harvard (as of this writing, he is the J.R. Herbert Boone professor of humanities and art history at Johns Hopkins University). Inscription reads, "12.x.73/to Ken,/with love & admiration,/Michael". Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 60 pages. A bit of wear to corners/spine ends, sunning to top edge, covers moderately warped, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/short edge tears, moderately sunned spine, small scrape to spine, a bit of chipping to corners/spine ends, light soil, general wear..

London: Collins, 1971. Book. Illus. by Val Biro (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. An early Pilcher title (after she stopped writing as Jane Fraser, the pseudonym she used for her Mills & Boon books). Blue cloth w/silver spine lettering, 159 pages. Light edgewear, sticker shadow to top right corner of front end paper, tanned pages, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light edgewear, 1/8" tear to top edge of front panel, mild wear to corners/spine ends..

New York: Cupples and Leon, 1932. Book. Illus. by R.H. Tandy (dust jacket and frontispiece illustrations). Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. The fourth title in Andrews's Plantation Series. In this one, Peggy finds herself in a New York City boarding school, where she tries to clear friends accused of theft. Lists to this title on front flap. Blue cloth w/dark blue illustration/lettering, 209 pages + one-page advertisement for other Peggy Lee titles. Mildly cocked, mild cover soil, faint fading to spine, moderately worn corners/spine ends, dusty/moderately soiled edges, previous owner's name/address, a bit of internal soil, in edgeworn dust jacket w/some soil, chipping to corners/spine ends, 1.25" tear to bottom of right spine edge, 1" tear to bottom of front fold, several other shorter edge tears, diagonal crease to front flap..

London: Privately Published (printed by Crowther & Goodman) Book. Fair. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. Small octavo. No date, but published in late 1935 or early 1936, since Wadham's contribution (ending at page 19) is dated 13th November, 1935, and Crossley's "Foreword to Part II" is dated December of the same year. Wadham writes, "These notes have been compiled, more or less in the form of a diary, with a view to placing on record the services of those who voluntarily came forward to serve their country in its hour of need." This copy from the library of 2nd Lt. I. (Irvine) B. Rouse of the battalion, who is listed thrice in the appendices, once in "Additional Nominal Roll of Officers who served with the I/4th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regt. (in order of joining)," once in a list of those wounded in action, and lastly in the list of those who received the Military Cross. Wadham has written his inscription ("A… Read More

New York: Random House, 1959. Book. Illus. by Sam March (dust jacket design). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Humes's second novel, following 'The Underground City,' both of which led to his being considered by Esquire magazine as having the same promise as two obscure guys named Updike and Styron (whoever they are). Anyway, he met a guy named Leary who introduced him to a little substance known as LSD, and after seriously indulging his fondness for the hallucinogen he became a trifle paranoid and a bit delusional, which pretty much ended his writing career. Humes was co-founder (with Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton) of The Paris Review. He died of prostate cancer in 1992. Black cloth w/gilt lettering, 184 pages. Mildly cocked, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light rubbing, light edgewear, creases to fore-edges of both flaps..

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..

No Place (Montreal): Privately printed Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. No date (circa 1910). A collection of 19 poems. According to the 'Dictionary of Canadian Biography,' Greenshields was a Canadian businessman and art critic, who wrote two books, 'The subjective view of landscape painting' and 'Landscape painting and modern Dutch artists,' both of which promoted the Hague School and viewed Impressionism as having no staying power. This is his only book of poetry. Full leather, gilt spine lettering, raised bands, marbled end papers, unpaginated, printed on rectos only). Rubbing/scratches/moderate surface wear to covers, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, mild cover warping. A nice copy, internally tight and clean..

Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Limited, 1916. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small octavo. The first of Montgomery's books to be published by a Canadian publisher, this is one of her most sought-after titles, rarely found in a dust jacket, even one as weary as this specimen (oddly, it is easier to find a signed copy than one with a jacket). Collects more than 90 poems by the author of 'Anne of Green Gables,' most of which were published in almost two dozen Canadian and American magazines. Green cloth w/gilt cover/spine lettering, 159 [1] pages. Bumped corners, light edgewear, gilt almost entirely flaked from spine, about a third flaked from front cover, previous owner's name to front end paper, dust/lightly tanned edges. The jacket is in two pieces (separated at left front panel/right spine edge), w/rubbing, chipping/tears to corners, short edge tears, 2" tear to top of rear panel, sun-darkened spine, 1"-deep chip to top spine, remains of presumed… Read More