Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Augustine Funnell Books

Santa Monica: Couples, Inc. / Ritter/Geller, 1981. Book. Good to Very Good. Side-stapled wraps. Digest. A publication that lent its focus to relationships and all the little weirdnesses that go with such human preoccupations, including such thought-provoking subjects as turning your home into a porno theatre, having a sexier 1981 (damn! I knew I missed something 40 years ago), cab drivers on the make, ladies' underwear (the mention of which is always an ice-breaker during those awkward cocktail party moments), threesomes, oral love, and a bunch of other stuff, including readers' letters, an advice column, horoscopes, and so on. 113 pages (including back cover), illustrated. Creases to right corners of front cover, impressions/thin scratches, handling wear..

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1960. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 3rd printing.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Text in Italian. A collection of the Nobel Prize winner's work. This copy boasts the publisher's wraparound band trumpeting Quasimodo's 1959 Nobel Prize win. Book in glassine wrapper. 94 pages. Light edgewear, sunned spine, light general wear..

Pocket 245, 1943. Book. Very Good to Fine. Paperback. 1st thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. A mystery set in Hollywood. Blemishes to top edge, some spine roll, previous owner's sticker to front end paper. A very nice copy, internally tight and clean..

Paris: Presses de la Cite Book. Good. Soft cover. Contains three novelettes, "La Chien de Pique" (originally published as "The Jack of Diamonds"), "La Seule Issue" (originally published as "This Way Out"), and "La Longue Agonie" (originally published as "Combination for Murder") selected and translated by Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. Edgewear all around, flaking, scratches/impressions, crease to bottom right corner of front cover, 3/4" separation at bottom right spine edge, tanning. .

South Laguna: Bristol Library Press BLP-243, 1974. Book. Good to Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Since the cover illustration shows us some wanton hussy lounging about in front of four studly-looking guys who are presumably fellow educators, we're assuming that this particular teacher's party doesn't feature a lot of staff meetings or decisions on curriculum. 186 pages (including two in-text pages advertising other Bristol titles) + five pages of advertisements for additional BLP books. Mildly cocked, thin scratches, hole punch to top of front cover, slight sunning to spine. Internally tight and clean..

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. Book. Illus. by Mary McKenna (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quinn's first novel, originally serialised in 'Games' magazine. An academic and speech-writing failure who sorts mail in the basement of the Capitol in Washington dreams of becoming a bridge champion, and when he is taken under the wing of a dashing and mysterious figure his dream just might come true -- if he and his partners aren't killed first by an agent stalking them, first. Sunning to top cover edges, foxing to top page edges, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/rubbing, scratches, moderate wear to top spine..