Recent Arrivals from Augustine Funnell Books

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1908. Book. Fair. Decorated Boards. 1st Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. First separate publication of a novelette that initially appeared in 'A House Party: An Account of the Stories Told at a Gathering of Famous American Authors,' published by Small, Maynard & Company in 1901. A much-read copy that is still… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1908. Book. About Good. Decorated Boards. 1st Edition. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. First separate publication of a novelette that initially appeared in 'A House Party: An Account of the Stories Told at a Gathering of Famous American Authors,' published by Small, Maynard & Company in 1901. A much-read copy that is… Read more about this item

Toronto: Collins White Circle CD 372, 1948. Book. Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. When an "aristocratic, attractive, sophisticated" man becomes interested in a young woman who is "loyal, wise and true," her lovely cousin, "whose little claws could snatch and cling," provides more than a little competition. 192 pages. Mildly cocked, light cover soil,… Read more about this item

Self-Published, 1946. Book. Good. Side-stapled wraps. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Contains a variety of poems and brief biographies of 16 poets, among them Adam Alan, Alfred GoldsworthyBailey, William Bliss Carman, Margaret Gill Currie, James Hannay, Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald, Charles G.D. Roberts, and others. Some of the biographies include photographs of the poets… Read more about this item

Fredericton: St. Annes Point Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. An out-of-series copy from a 500-copy limited edition facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition published by Geo. E. Day of Saint John, New Brunswick. Contains considerable historical information about New Brunswick, as well as genealogical information concerning the Baird family. Canadian… Read more about this item

Toronto: Collins White Circle 60, 1943. Book. Near Very Good. Paperback. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pseudonym of Edwy Searles Brooks. A Norman Conquest wartime adventure, this one following his adventures as "he succeeds in getting in and out of a German prison camp and brings back priceless information." 192 pages. Moderately cocked,… Read more about this item

Orono & Bangor: University of Maine at Orono Press / Bangor Publishing Company, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A collection of cartoons that "brings together Vic Runtz's clever and analytical observations on the social and political happenings of a quarter century as they appeared in The Bangor Daily… Read more about this item

Akron: Saalfield Publishing Company Book. Very Good to Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. An uncommon-in-a-dust-jacket edition of Carroll's classic and its sequel, telling the continuing story of a little girl whom everyone who ever read a children's book is familiar with, and loves (or damn well better, since the… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Book. Illus. by Daniel Schwartz (cover illustration). Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pseudonym of Zenith Jones Brown. A Colonel Primrose mystery, in which our gentleman detective solves a murder involving "Senate investigating committees, the hidden lives of men high in the government, and the question of corruption"… Read more about this item

London: Girl's Own Paper Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. No date (1921). Contains a wide variety of fiction, educational material and articles concerning self-improvement for girls and young women, from a magazine first published in 1880, and lasting until 1956. The first article in this compilation is "The… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap (G&D) Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Early reprint.. Pseudonym of Betty Cavanna, who wrote the first 11 Connie Blair titles before her friend, Anne Warner Miller, completed the series with #12, 'The Mystery of the Ruby Queens.' First published in 1956, before this 1958 re-issue. The list of titles on the front flap ends… Read more about this item

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1931. Book. Illus. by Russell H. Tandy. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A small town in Maine is changed when a waif full of cheerful enthusiasm, willingness to work, and incessant yammering turns up at the home of a humourless, disappointed-by-life woman in the mistaken belief that the… Read more about this item

Hammondsworth: Penguin 1105, 1955. Book. Good to Very Good. Paperback. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pseudonym of Lucy Beatrice Malleson. The 16th Detective Arthur Crook title, telling the story of a murder victim feared and hated by all who knew him, and whose death results in nothing close to sadness or remorse. 219 pages… Read more about this item

Pleasant Valley: Bruckings Publishing House Book. Illus. by Barrington. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No date (circa 1976). Jamaican-born poet's first collection. Introductory comment by Lebert Bethune. Navy cloth w/flaxen lettering to front cover/spine, 50 pages. Light wear to corners/spine ends, scuffed/lightly soiled cloth, in much-rubbed dust jacket w/moderate… Read more about this item

Fredericton: Self-published (printed by Rocket), 2019. Book. New. Illustrated Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Editions.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A massive labour-of-love undertaking covering every statistical nuance of senior baseball in New Brunswick from 1970 through 2019, and including the accomplishments of such former major leaguers as Bill Lee, Matt Stairs, Rheal Cormier, and others. 565… Read more about this item

New York: Blue Moon Books / Avalon Publishing Group, 2004. Book. About Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. Small octavo. Contains two erotica titles, the first giving us a less-than-satisfied wife (isn't that all of them?) who "discovers an online 'Master' who has the courage and power to guide her on an exploration of self that will end up… Read more about this item

Saint John: Barnes and Company, 1860. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Born in Scotland in 1823, Murdock migrated to Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1854, where he became manager of the Partridge Island gasworks. He contributed material to the Saint John Morning News from 1865, and a second book, 'Discursory Ruminations: A… Read more about this item

New York: Little Golden Book 231 / Simon & Schuster, 1955. Book. Illus. by Mel Crawford. Good. Illustrated Boards. First Edition (A).. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Roy and his men help a boy rescue his pony from a mountain lion, then they all head back to the bunkhouse and go on a bender (oh, wait, no, that… Read more about this item

Charlottetown: Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, 1977. Journal. Good to Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The first issue of a magazine intended to be "a strong voice for the artistic community in Atlantic Canada." In addition to regular columns, this issue includes articles by Peter Bell ("Visual Arts in Newfoundland"), Patricia Grattan… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1987. Book. Illus. by Mendelson Joe (dust jacket painting). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of poems from two distinct periods in Souster's life, the first 70 written in 1946 and 1947, "at the time of the poet's marriage and never before published," and the rest written in 1986… Read more about this item