Search Results: Authors starting with B from Augustine Funnell Books

Dharamsala: Bagdro Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Reprint.. Small octavo. A former Tibetan political prisoner offers a brief account of the atrocities he and others experienced during incarceration at the hands of Chinese authorities. Signed with inscription and date beneath photograph of author and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 54 pages, illustrated. A bit of edge and corner wear..

Woodstock: Nethercott Press, 1976. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. #478 of 500 copies. Poet's third book. Also contains poems from four guest writers: Larry Cole, Kay Vincent, Bob Ruby, and Doug Richards. Now a Canadian citizen, the author was born in North Wales, and won the 1982 June Fritch Memorial Award from the Canadian Authors Association. 40 pages. This copy bears a small handwritten "478" in the top left corner of inside front cover, and is inscribed, signed and dated by author on title page. Some scuffing to covers, slight discolouration at right edge of back cover..

Fredericton: Acadiensis Press, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "A Bicentennial Project of The University of New Brunswick," limited to 700 numbered copies, this one being 177. Inscription is to colleague and fellow author Robert Gibbs, and reads, "To Bob Gibbs/with warmest regards/Alfred Bailey/22 Feb. 1984." Additionally, Gibbs has signed this copy at top of front end paper. Red cloth w/gilt illustration to front cover, gilt spine lettering, 173 pages (including glossary of names, index), illustrated. Mildly cocked, lightly foxed top edge, light general wear..

Fredericton: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1981. Book. Illus. by Alex McGibbon (cover illustration). About Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collects the work of a distinguished Canadian historian and poet. Inscription (on reverse of score for "Miramichi Lightning") reads: "To John Blaney/with best wishes/and in appreciation/of your recent kindness/Alfred Bailey". 187 pages (including biographical note). Wear to corners, short tear to bottom left edge of front cover, a fair bit of rubbing, faint edge soil..

Fredericton: Privately Printed, 1950. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. Large octavo. Baird provided this history of the parish as a means of celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the area's renowned country fair, while including "many of the unusual and distinctive features that characterize the Parish of Stanley and mark it off from other Parishes and rural communities in the Province." 159 pages, illustrated. A bit of edgewear, crease to top right corner of front cover, light cover soil, mildly sunned edges. Internally tight and clean, and all in all a nice copy of an increasingly scarce title..

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 Reprint Series No.1. Green cloth variant w/gilt lettering/decoration to front cover/spine, xii, 358, plus errata sheet bound in at rear, frontispiece, illustrated. Moderately cocked, quite mild wear to corners/spine ends, tanned/dusty edges..

Hobart: Oldham, Beddome & Meredith Pty. Ltd., 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "First Native-born Premier and Speaker of the House of Assembly in the Parliament of Tasmania, 1815-1869." Grey cloth, 110 pages, illustrated. Bumped spine ends and 1/2" split to top of front hinge. Dust jacket has moderate edgewear, very small puncture to left spine edge near bottom, light sunning to spine, a couple of quite short tears..

Columbia Publications, 1952. Book. Good. Magazine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stories by John Jo Carpenter, Richard Brister, A.A. Baker, Ralph Berard, Harold F. Cruickshank, Rex Whitechurch, C.H. Cogswell, Cliff Walters, James A. Hines, J.J. Mathews. Uneven tear to left edge of front cover, the usual short tears/chipping/edgewear, 1/4" of top spine chipped, some foxing to first couple of pages..

Chester: Bryler Publications Inc., 2012. Book. Illus. by Rob Arsenault and Adam Murray. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Illustrated boards, pp iii,185, colour/b&w illustrations, maps. Mild wear to corners/spine ends, small stain to bottom edge of first end paper, in lightly rubbed dust jacket w/a hint of wear to corners/spine ends, impressions. This is heavier than the average book, so additional postage may be required. (Images provided are of the actual book offered for sale, not some unreliable stock photograph that could have come from anywhere and might be of anything.).

San Diego: PEC Giant 1129 / Publisher's Export Co., 1967. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A novel of interracial sex and jazz, with writing so crisp it makes you think of frozen celery. Or something. I mean, "I shot another glance in Nan's direction and somehow her expression revealed that she knew I was on the hook, cornered by a whore on her last legs of brushing sick sex against male flesh." Celery. Frozen. 152 pages + eight pages of advertisements for other PEC titles. Surface wear, edgewear, corner crease, 1.25" separation to top right spine edge, insect hole to top edge (about 1/4", and not affecting text), handling wear..

New York: Belmont/Tower 40137, 1972. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Canadian printing. "The intimate, explicit story of a sensuous woman's sexual self-realization." 172 pages + four pages advertising other Belmont/Tower publications. Crease to top right corner of front cover, impressions/thin scratches, light surface wear. Internally tight and clean..

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The author "explores the significant ways in which the theme of time is manifested in the imagery and diction of Wordsworth's major poetry." Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 212 pages (including appendix, notes, selected bibliography, index). Light general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/sunned spine, short edge tears, small triangular chip from top edge of back cover..

London: Faber & Faber, 1999. Book. Illus. by David Roberts. About Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Baker is best known as one of television's many incarnations of Doctor Who. Here he gives us the grotesque and horrific story of an evil 13-year-old who despises the human race and enjoys kicking pigs. A grisly little tale with a ratty ending not for the faint-of-heart. Illustrated boards, 126 pages. Scuffed boards, impressions to covers, tanned edges, moderate general wear..

Halifax: AB collector publishing, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st AB collector publishing edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Poetry presented in both German and English, translated from the former into the latter by Astrid Brunner. Red cloth w/tipped-on cover illustration, 93 pages, red ribbon bookmark, red cloth slipcase. A bit of scuffing/spotting. A nice, clean, internally tight copy..

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1 of an edition limited to 1500 copies. Edited by Harold Hatheway. An intriguing collection of black-and-white photographs (or, as the publisher calls them, 150 line halftones) from a respected scientist and ecologist. Cream cloth w/gilt spine lettering, unpaginated. Bumped corners/spine ends, in like dust jacket w/light edgewear, scratches to rear panel..

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One of an edition limited to 1500 copies. Edited by Harold Hatheway. An intriguing collection of black-and-white photographs (or, as the publisher calls them, 150 line halftones) from a respected scientist and ecologist. Cream cloth w/gilt spine lettering, unpaginated. Lightly bumped corners/spine ends/edges, in like dust jacket w/light edgewear, impressions/scratches. BOOK|018382 TRAN|A ANAM|Balch, Reg TNAM|Celebrations of Nature PBLS|Goose Lane Editions SUB1|REG BALCH, PHOTOGRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, NATURE, HAROLD HATHEWAY, DESC|One of an edition limited to 1500 copies. Edited by Harold Hatheway. An intriguing collection of black-and-white photographs (or, as the publisher calls them, 150 line halftones) from a respected scientist and ecologist. Cream cloth w/gilt spine lettering, unpaginated. Lightly bumped corners/spine ends/edges, in like dust jacket w/light edgewear,… Read More

Lion Books 31, Popular Library 1392, Dell 537, Dell D183, Pocket bB19 Book. Good or better. Paperbacks. Various editions.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A multi-pack featuring a variety of themes, promoted on the front covers as "The story of an inadequate man," "Teen-Age Hoodlums On The Loose," a "wonderfully wicked tale of an uninhibited island paradise in the South Pacific," and the story of a woman who "led a double life -- wife to one man, wanton to many," and nothing on the Lister book, with the publishers probably figuring that the Glyn Jones cover illustration of a sailor and a painted trollop would be enough to draw in the intended audience. Everything's intact, but best nonetheless to read with care, since vintage paperbacks sometimes don't take kindly to being treated cruelly. Sorry, but no substitutions..

London & Eastbourne: Victory Press/Evangelical Publishers Ltd. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The Streatleys travel to Ethiopia, where they learn that life there "is very different from what they are used to back home in England, and they would have an insight into the evil practices and dark superstitions of the forest." 47 pages. Light edgewear, flaking to spine ends, uneven diagonal crease to top portion of back cover, previous owner's name/date across top edge of half-title. Internally tight..

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing w/complete number sequence. The Reader's Guide Edition to Baldwin's well-received 1996 book of stories "dramatizing the lives of Indian women from 1919 to the present." The book won the 1996 Friends of American Writers Award. Afterword by Kuldip Gill. 216 pages. A hint of wear to corners. A nice, unread copy, internally tight and clean..

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing w/complete number sequence. The Reader's Guide Edition to Baldwin's well-received 1996 book of stories "dramatizing the lives of Indian women from 1919 to the present." The book won the 1996 Friends of American Writers Award. Afterword by Kuldip Gill. 216 pages. A hint of wear to corners. A nice, unread copy, internally tight and clean..