Search Results: Authors starting with J from Augustine Funnell Books

Corgi 11195, 1979. Book. About Very Good. Paperback. 1st Corgi edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Originally published in hardcover, in 1978, by Arthur Barker. Introduces Sergeant George Yeoman in May, 1940, as he joins his first operational squadron in World War II. Moderate edgewear, flaking to spine ends, blue ink stain to top edge w/some bleed to top margins (does not affect text), moderate general wear..

Toronto: Popular Library 599, 1954. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st Popular Library edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Canadian printing. A small-town blonde bombshell whose favours have been bestowed upon too many powerful and influential men is brutally raped and murdered, leading to "a chain reaction of violence -- which spared no one as it blasted the town wide open." Cover illustration shows the bombshell in question surrounded by a group of men while another woman walks through a doorway at the side, looking back the blonde with an expression suggesting that she has swallowed two lemons and a quart of bile, and is disgusted by the whole experience. 224 pages. Internally tight and clean, w/only light general wear..

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. Book. Illus. by Bill Bragg (dust jacket illustration). Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Thus.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, this one sees a Jewish cartoonist recalling "his childhood in a British suburb in the 1950s." Red boards w/gilt spine lettering, 450 pages. A bumped corner, a hint of wear to spine ends, in dust jacket w/mild wear to corners/spine ends, a teeny sticker pull to top right of front panel. An unread copy..

Warsaw: Sztuka, 1956. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Text in Polish. Contains 47 black-and-white plates presenting the work of a number of Polish sculptors. Pale yellow cloth w/red lettering to front cover/spine, 24 pages of text + illustrations. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, soiled/smudged covers, moderate general wear. Lacking dust jacket..

Softcover Library B-1041X, 1967. Book. Good Reading Copy. Paperback. 2nd edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The charming, heart-warming story of a delicate woman who "lied, cheated, gave her body or withheld it -- did whatever would drive the men who loved her to further acts of destruction against themselves, against the decent women who loved them, against one another." I think I've met her a couple of times. Slant, creasing, impressions, ink numerals to inside front cover, general wear..

London: Constable, 1993. Book. Illus. by Terry Pastor (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The third mystery to feature French policeman Jean-Louis St. Cyr and his Gestapo counterpart, Hermann Kohler, tackling crime in occupied France. This one finds our uneasily alligned detectives attempting to solve a murder which might have roots in a decades-old political scandal. Black cloth w/silver spine lettering, 255 pages. Light soil to top edge, McClelland & Stewart Complimentary Review Copy stamp to title page, slight pull between top of page listing author's other books and top of title page, light general wear, in dust jacket w/impressions, thin scratches, faint dampstaining to top edge at flaps and corners..

Lodz: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Lodzkiego (University of Lodz), 2000. Book. About Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of articles that "came into being as a result of a four-year scholarly link (1995/1996--1998/1999) between the Department of English and Related Literature, University of York, and the Department of English Literature and Culture as well as -- in the last two years -- the Department of Studies in English Drama and Poetry, University of Lodz." Contributors include Jacques Berthoud, Richard Drain, Maria Edelson, Dorota Filipczak, editors Jarniewicz and Sumera, Ewa Kozubska, Mary Luckhurst, A. David Moody, and Andrzej Wicher. 196 pages, illustrated. Rubbing, some edgewear, impressions, scratches. Internally tight and clean..

New York: Dell 474, Berkley 323, Cardinal C-162, Cardinal GC-109 Book. Various conditions. Softcovers. 1sts thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The Janney book tells the story (abridged) of "a hard-punching press agent [who] devotes his life to the exciting memory of his beautiful movie actress -- with wondrous results." Cover by Richard Munsell, w/map-back. Newhouse gives us a drama about a man with "a wife who loved him deeply, two children, and a home of his own," who suddenly faces powerful temptation. Wicker's story is "a frank -- and angry -- novel about politics and human desires." Cover by Tom Dunn. Yerby offers "The breathtaking story of a bewitching beauty who tried to destroy the people she loved." (people you love are easier to destroy than the ones you hate, because they never see it coming). All four books are intact and readable, but as with all vintage paperbacks, careful reading is required in order to ensure that… Read More

Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press (University Microfilms International), 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The 15th title in UMI's Studies in Modern Literature series. Illustrated beige cloth w/black lettering to front cover/spine, 170 pages (including appendices, notes, bibliography, index). Staining to the top part of front cover, tanned edges, a tiny beige soil mark to top edge, and a previous owner's signature/university affiliation to top of front end paper..

South Royalton: Steerforth Press, 2001. Book. Illus. by Bill Nelson (dust jacket illustration). Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author's second novel. Charcoal cloth w/blue foil spine lettering, 320 pages. A nice, unread copy..

New York : Capricorn Books, 1961. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st Thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This one "presents one of the world's greatest minds treating one of history's most complex problems: the question of the nature and extent of the guilt of a great modern nation for some of the world's greatest crimes." 123 pages + two-page list of other Capricorn titles. Rubbing, previous owner's name to inside front cover, four titles circled on two-page list at rear, tanning. Internally tight and clean..

New York: BasicBooks / Basic Books, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of essays and short personal narratives by a variety of "lesbian and bisexual women from all ages, races and classes [providing] a comprehensive view of the many rites and phases of lesbian life." Deep orange cloth w/mauve cloth backstrip, 374 pages, including contributors' notes. Dust jacket w/a hint of general wear..

Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The author "traces the impact of changing concepts of the self and the literary subject on the formal evolution of autobiographical prose and poetry in the Romantic and modern periods." Brown cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 189 pages (including index). mild wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's neat underlining to many paragraphs in introduction, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Jacket in protective mylar sleeve..

London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son Book. Illus. by William Rainey. Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No date (circa 1930). Historical fiction originally published in 1911 When the policies of a Central American dictator threaten British interests, two armoured cruisers of the Royal Navy arrive to ensure that the politician who replaces the curmudgeon looks favourably on the Brits. Illustrated cloth, 381 pages. Some rubbing, mild wear to corners/spine ends, dusty/tanned/lightly soiled edges, some spine sunning, moderate general wear..

London: HarperCollins Children's Books / HarperCollins / Harper Collins, 2020. Book. Illus. by The Author. New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. "A father and daughter set about laying the foundations for their life together. Using their own special tools, they get to work, building memories to cherish, a home to keep them safe and love to keep them warm." Lilac boards w/red and silver foil cover decorations, red and silver foil cover lettering/decoration, unpaginated. A charming, moving book..

Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Company, 1994. Book. Good to Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jessome tells the story of "three seemingly ordinary young men" who "brutally murdered three McDonald's employees and left a fourth for dead" in the small Cape Breton community of Sydney, Nova Scotia. The victims were Donna Warren, Neil Burroughs, Jimmy Fagan and Arlene MacNeil (who was left permanently paralyzed, and who died in 2018). 284 pages, illustrated. Moderate edgewear, impressions/scratches, foxed edges, previous owner's name to top of half-title..

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. An 18-year-old girl who is facing a fairy-tale future, and whose mother made something of a mess of her own life, decides that she wants "time for dreaming -- a chance to explore the byways before the golden gates of happy-ever-after-land" close behind her (which means that she ends up in a castle, is attracted to a man she should steer clear of, deals with a few unusual children, and is possessed of a secret she can't tell anyone). Red cloth w/white spine lettering/design, Jenkins device blind-stamped to back cover, 172 pages + three pages of advertisements for other Jenkins titles. A scarce title in hardcover first edition and boasting a dust jacket. Bump to bottom spine end, mildly cocked, 1/4" tear to fore-edge of pages 111/112, light toning, in price-clipped dust jacket w/sticker remains/pull to top right portion of front cover, 1/8" tear to top edge of… Read More

Toronto: Musson Book Company, 1943. Book. Illus. by Leslie Stead. Good. Hardcover. Early Reprint.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this one, Biggles "is ordered to take his squadron to a remote part of the Libyan desert in order to ascertain why certain British transport aircraft, operating on a trans-Africa route, have failed to arrive at their destination." Grey cloth w/blue lettering to cover/spine, 247 pages + one page advertising five other Musson titles, illustrated. Bumped spine ends, dampstaining to top edge, a bit of cover warp, previous owner's name to front pastedown, lightly soiled edges, in edgeworn dust jacket w/chipping to corners/spine ends, 2" diagonal tear to top right corner of front panel, 1" or so tears to three fold edges, 2" tear to bottom edge of rear fold, surface wear. Jacket now in mylar sleeve, which adds a wee bit of sprucing up to the whole thing, but it's still not within shouting distance of pristine (although it's… Read More

Cardinal C-412 Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Canadian printing. A hot-shot thief and eleven of his pals plan to knock over five Las Vegas casinos. Novelization of the Lewis Milestone-directed movie of the same name, which featured a screenplay by Harry Brown, and performances by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Richard Conte, Red Skelton, Cesar Romero, Joey Bishop, Akim Tamiroff, Henry Silva, and George Raft. This edition features a movie scene on the front cover, and head shots of five of the stars on back. Crosscrack, crease to bottom right corner of front cover, spine a bit cocked, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Saint John: Loyalist City Coins, 1989. Book. Very Good. Spiral Bound Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "Brief military histories of New Brunswick Militia and selected South African Units and biographies of New Brunswick Men who served in the Boer War." 209 pages + 26-page index. Light general wear..