Search Results: Authors starting with G from Augustine Funnell Books

Mississauga: Paper Orchid Press, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of stories and poems from such folks as Robert J. Sawyer, Bruce Holland Rogers, John Park, Ursula Pflug, Eileen Kernaghan, Nancy Bennett, William Laughlin, Rebecca M. Senese, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Don Hornbostel, Denise Dumar, John Everson, and many more. 186 pages, illustrated. Mild general wear. An unread copy, internally tight and clean..

Montreal: Gagne Ltee., 1978. Book. Illus. by Martial Grenon. Very Good. Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Small octavo. A French-language collection of five stories. This copy signed and dated ("780512/Amicalement/Germain") on front end paper. 67 pages. Tanned pages, light general wear..

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the front flap: "Between 1553 and 1608 St Paul's Cathedral housed one of the earliest London theatre companies, a commercially successful playhouse whose actors were drawn from the choirboys under the direction of their choir master. These were the Children of Paul's." Chocolate cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 213 pages (including notes, select bibliography, index), illustrated. A bit cocked, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/a hint of edgewear, impressions/scratches, 1/4" tear to top right corner of front panel. Uncommon signed..

New York : Seabury Press, 1969. Book. Illus. by The Author. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Retells one of the Jatakas, a collection of fables from India. In this one, a clever monkey outwits a crocodile intent on catching and eating him. Green cloth w/black lettering to cover/spine, unpaginated. Bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends, in price-clipped dust jacket w/wear/chipping to corners/spine ends, short tears to corners/spine edges, 2" semi-circular tear beginning at top left corner of rear panel..

Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Omnibus volume containing seven stories, three of them featuring the irrepressible Ada Harris. Blue faux leather w/gilt spine lettering, 477 pages, illustrated. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, small scrapes to spine, light foxing to fore-edge, previous owner's name/date to top edge of front end paper, bump along top edge of front cover, tanning..

New York: Doubleday & Company Book. Illus. by Mircea Vasiliu / Gioia Fiammenghi. About Very Good. Hardcovers. 1st thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The second and third adventures from a four-book series featuring a kind-hearted London charwoman. 'Mrs. 'Arris Goes to New York' (1960) (MAGTNY) may be a first U.S. printing, but without any indication of such on the copyright page I doubt it, so no such claim is being made. 'Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Parliament' (1965) (MAGTP) is a "first edition in the United States of America." MAGTNY has grey boards w/line drawing of the title character to front cover, black spine w/gilt lettering, 192 pages. G w/cocked spine, spotting to top edge, front hinge cracked, previous owner's name/address sticker to front end paper, tanning, in price-clipped dust jacket w/chipping to corners/spine ends, 1.5" diagonal tear to top edge of front panel, 1" tear to bottom right spine edge, smudging. MAGTP has… Read More

Dell 8059, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paperback original. A 13-year-old African princess captured by slavers and transported across the ocean to New Orleans becomes a beautiful woman who uses her body to rule her master, and becomes "queen of a savage voodoo empire of desire." A terrific copy, unread, internally tight and clean..

New York: Bantam Dell, 2003. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st thus.. Small octavo. A free sampler promoting Gardner's suspense novel of the same name, containing a two-page letter from the author, a ten-page excerpt from the novel, a six-page question-and-answer session between Stephen White and Gardner, and a four-page listing of other Gardner titles. Uncommon. 24 pages. Moderate general wear..

New York: Morrow, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The 54th title in Gardner's Perry Mason series, this one finding the world's most famous fictional lawyer defending a client accused of murdering the secretary of business rival. Red cloth w/black lettering to front cover/spine, 281 pages + two-page list of other Gardner titles. Tanned edges, very minor wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's name to top edge of front end paper, in dust jacket w/chipping to edges, thin scratches, impressions, moderately sun-darkened spine, short tears to folds, 2" tear to top of rear fold..

London: Hodder & Stoughton / H&S, 1992. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Gardner's eleventh James Bond novel, this one finding 007 "plunged into the dangerous, shadowy world of post-Cold-War Europe," and "on the trail of a fanatical Communist spymaster and a terrifying conspiracy to turn back the tide of European democracy." Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 248 pages. Cocked, "Xmas '92" written near top of front end paper, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light edgewear, impressions..

Pocket 242, 561, 334, 368 Book. Good or better. Softcovers. Various editions.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A collection of four mysteries by the creator of Perry Mason. This group includes one Mason, a pair of District Attorney Doug Selby titles, and one story featuring Terry Clane. Sorry, but no substitutions of titles..

Panther 2204, 1967. Book. Good to Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Paperback original. A novel based on the television series, "The Avengers," which starred Patrick Macnee as John Steed and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. In this one, Steed meets an old man living in Hertfordshire, and is subsequently concerned that the old fella might be a guy named Hitler, "who dreams of catastrophe and is clearly connected with mystic rites being practised in the Herts countryside." 124 pages. Light edgewear, moderate corner wear, thin crease to top right corner of front cover, bumped top left corner, light tanning. Internally tight and clean..

Chicago & New York: M.A. Donohue & Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Donohue edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No date. Originally published in 1914 by R.F. Fenno & Company. The tenth title in the author's Daddy Series For Little Folks, each finding a father teaching his son and daughter about some aspect of outdoor lore or animals or nature in general. Tipped-on illustration over green cloth, 165 pages + 9 pages of listings of other Donohue titles. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, Christmas sticker to top right corner of front free end paper, previous owner's name magic-markered out by some bonehead who obviously didn't know any better, tanning, moderate general wear. Not perfect by any stretch, but nonetheless an okay copy of a charming title..

Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1971. Book. Illus. by Daphne James and Leslie Johnson. Good. Hardcover. 1st Books of Rhodesia edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Originally published in 1918, this is a facsimile re-issue of the 1935 edition, with additions. "A series of light-hearted and humorous African sketches of [Garstin's] years spent in Matabeleland." Blue cloth w/silver foil lettering to front cover/spine, 240 pages. Dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve..

Fredericton: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1971. Book. Illus. by Anne Hale (cover illustration). About Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. One of 500 copies. Gasparini's second book, a collection of 40 poems. 28 pages. This copy bears the signature of R. Hawkes (since both Gasparini and Robert Hawkes were published by Fiddlehead Poetry Books, this is presumed to be writer, Hawkes, but for all I know it could be his drug-addled cousin, Ringo). Lght soil, moderate general wear..

London: Fleetway Thriller Library/FTL 16, 1977. Book. Good to Very Good. Paperback. 1st thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Originally published in hardcover in 1973 by Robert Hale & Co. From the front end paper: "The pilots of Wing Commander Straven's Flying Foreign Legion came from a dozen different countries and for a dozen different reasons. They sought money, excitement and even revenge -- but most of them only found a place to die." Sunned spine/left edge of front cover, corner wear, general handling wear..

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada / Canada Publishing Corporation, 1990. Book. Illus. by Jamie Bennett (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A pair of Siamese twins joined at the big toe and separated at birth by their father have continued on their separate paths, but when one learns a secret about the other's wife, "their lives start to converge again," and "the twins find themselves on a collision course with each other." Black cloth w/grey spine lettering, 243 pages. Moderate handling wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/impressions/scratches to rear panel..

Dartmouth: Marshland, 2002. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "A Liverpool orphan's fight for survival -- memories -- experiences -- 1930s." 165 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear..

New Haven & London: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing w/complete number sequence. A murder mystery set in ancient Egypt, taking as its backdrop "the mysterious death of Ramses III, involving intrigue, ambition, greed, and crimes of passion on a huge, though hidden, scale." Pale yellow cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 291 pages. Remainder stripe to top edge, .25" vertical split to bottom edge of front cover, in lightly rubbed dust jacket w/a few thin impressions, .25" tear to bottom right corner of spine..

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..