Search Results: Authors starting with R from Augustine Funnell Books

New York: The Dial Press, 2010. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st US edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing w/complete number line. Rachman's well-received first novel, telling the story of "the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English-language newspaper as they struggle to keep it -- and themselves -- afloat." Brown and black boards w/gilt spine lettering, 272 pages + brief author biography. An unread copy..

Toronto: Stoddart, 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The authors "slice through the confusion, frustration and growing hopelessness that have immobilized Canada for nearly a decade." Inscription reads, "To Barbara,/With warmest good wishes,/--George Radwanski/May 27, 1992" on half-title (so if your name is Barbara, and you were drawing breath in 1992, this is the one for you). Black boards w/gilt spine lettering, 195 pages. A hint of cocking, moderate general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/light edgewear, impressions/scratches, 3/8" tear to top edge of front panel..

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Literary criticism. A title from the publisher's English Authors Series (TEAS 59), this one taking a serious look at a man who "experimented in prose fiction and the essay, in drama, verse narrative and verse satire, and in various forms of lyrics." Red leatherette w/gilt lettering/lion decoration to front cover/spine, 128 pages (including notes and references, selected bibliography, index). Previous owner's name to reverse of half-title, in rubbed dust jacket w/sunned (entirely legible) spine, small triangular chip from top right corner of rear panel, small triangular piece from right edge of rear panel, short edge tears. Dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve..

Fullerton: College English Association, 1969. Book. Very Good. Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A scarce CEA chapbook originally distributed as a Supplement to the CEA Critic, Vol. XXXII, No. I, October 1969. Raine offers an essay of literary criticism tackling the problems represented by poetry of the mythic variety, while McPeek contributes "a list of works dealing with the nature and meaning of classical mythology and the Bible, together with a roughly chronological listing of the major versions and mythic reshapings of twenty representative myths and stories." 39 pages (Raine's essay 13, McPeek's bibliography 26). A hint of sunning to edges, previous owner's name to top edge of inside front cover. A scarce publication in any condition..

London : Hamish Hamilton, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Raine's fourth book of poetry. This copy from the collection of Robert Gibbs, New Brunswick writer/poet and academic, with his signature at top of front end paper. Navy cloth w/silver spine lettering, 64 pages. Tanned pages, dusty edges, in dust jacket w/sunned spine, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, foxed rear panel, short edge tears..

Popular Library Eagle Books EB 27, 1954. Book. About Very Good. Paperback. 1st Popular Library Eagle Books edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Canadian printing. Originally published as 'The Black Tolts.' A man who suspects his friend of robbing a train attempts to return the stolen gold, but finds himself instead charged with the crime. Reading crease, scuffing, rubbing, a bit of slant/roll, moderate edge soil, moderate general wear..

New York: Pantheon, 1947. Book. Illus. by McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Pantheon edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Canadian printing. "The epic struggle of man against Nature. A mighty mountain tries to engulf a tiny human being under a mass of one hundred and fifty million cubic feet of stone." Dusty edges, light edgewear. Dust jacket w/moderate chipping to corners/spine ends, small chip from top edge of front panel, small puncture above gutter at left edge of front panel, 1/ 4" tear to top edge of front panel..

Fredericton: Devon Designs, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The third of four volumes, this one featuring "the business district of North Devon including the first block of Jaffrey, Balsa, Bowlen, Cliffe, Hayes, St. Mary's Streets up to the walking trail (old railroad line) and Union Street in between Jaffrey and Cliffe Streets." The authors provide detailed information of considerable interest and value to genealogists and historians alike. Spiral-bound stiff card wraps, Pp. [viii], 296, copiously illustrated. Minor scratching/impressions to covers; otherwise clean and unmarked..

Fredericton: Devon Designs, 2011. Book. Near Fine. Spiral Bound Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The fourth and final volume detailing the history of Devon, New Brunswick, intended to be guideline for those doing genealogical research, while encouraging readers to dig a little deeper for their own family histories. With that in mind, the authors provide a wealth of detailed information of considerable interest and value to genealogists and historians alike. 374 pages, copiously illustrated. Minor general wear..

Fredericton: Devon Designs, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The second of four volumes detailing the history of Devon, New Brunswick, this volume featuring "an emphasis on the farms, mills and schools business district in this vicinity." The authors provide detailed information of considerable interest and value to genealogists and historians alike. Spiral-bound stiff card wraps, Pp. [vi], 316, copiously illustrated. Minor scratching/impressions to covers; otherwise clean and unmarked..

Fredericton: Self-Published, 1988. Book. Illus. by Robert Benn (cover illustration). Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of 16 sermons given by Randall during his time as minister of St. Paul's United Church in Fredericton, New Brunswick. 95 pages (including notes). Moderate edgewear, rubbing/surface wear, moderate general wear..

Edinburgh: The Ramsay Head Press Book. Illus. by Ian Appleton. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of poetry from an Indian-born/Scottish-educated woman considered "one of the most perceptive poets resident in Scotland." Front free end paper bears inscription by author to previous owner. Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 56 pages. Slight warp to boards, some soil to bottom edge, sticker shadow to top edge of front pastedown, in rubbed dust jacket w/edgewear all around, impressions, corner/spine end flaking, general wear..

Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. Map. Illus. by Jaxon. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. No date (circa 1973). 30" x 40" folded map w/full colour illustrations, locations for river and sea fishing, and general information on fishing records. Some edgewear, uneven 1.5" tear to bottom edge, moderate general wear. .

Ottawa: Agrican Publishers Inc., 1980. Magazine. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Part Two of Agrologist Magazine, Summer 1980. 143 pages, 2 fold-out photographs, illustrated. Errata page laid in. Impressions, light edge/corner wear. Internally tight and clean..

San Diego: Greenleaf Classics PR3299, 1987. Book. Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The publisher assures us that this is "a novel about the quiet desperation in so many of us -- and the extremes to which it may drive us." (Tough to get my head around a tome of the slap-and-tickle variety making specific reference to Henry David Thoreau in a brazen effort to justify its own existence.) 150 pages + 10 pages of advertisements for others of the publisher's literary classics. Edgewear, wear to corners/spine ends, some cover smudging/soil, several turned corners, handling wear..

Ottawa: Legas, 1999. Book. Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Raycroft, on title page. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. a memoir of the author's 26 years spent teaching high school in Ontario, written as a letter to former students, and unflinchingly critical of a system which sucked the best out of the fodder forced into its ravenous maw, and at the other end churned out homogenised husks. "If you have ever wondered about the process of marking and grading, or had doubts about the value of humiliation as an incentive to learn, or if you believe that the same rules of ethics and the same means of earning respect should apply to both student and teacher, then this book will interest you." 303 pages. An unread copy..

Ottawa: Legas, 1999. Book. Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Raycroft, on title page. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A memoir of the author's 26 years spent teaching high school in Ontario, written as a letter to former students, and unflinchingly critical of a system which he saw as sucking the best out of the fodder forced into its ravenous maw, and at the other end churning out homogenised husks. "If you have ever wondered about the process of marking and grading, or had doubts about the value of humiliation as an incentive to learn, or if you believe that the same rules of ethics and the same means of earning respect should apply to both student and teacher, then this book will interest you." 303 pages. An unread copy, internally tight and clean..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Book. Illus. by Harry Grimley. About Good. Hardcover. 1st US edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of two friends in the country town of Caxley, which is close to Fairacre, which will tell readers of Miss Read everything they need to know. Black cloth w/silver and blue spine lettering, 224 pages..

Toronto & Garden City: Doubleday Canada Ltd. and Doubleday & Company Inc., 1984. Book. Illus. by Julie Linden (dust jacket illustration). Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author's fourth book, the second to feature detectives Coggin and Sump. When the Prior of Tathwell Abbey is murdered shortly before he is scheduled to be made Abbot, suspicion falls on the entire order of monks and nuns who live at the Abbey. This copy inscribed and signed by Reeves ("for --- and ---/with affection/John Reeves"), and uncommon thus. Mild general wear. Lightly rubbed dust jacket w/a few impressions, small roughly triangular tear to middle of spine, light general wear..

Halifax: The Early Modern Studies Department / University of King's College, 2003. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Editor. First Edition.. Small octavo. Students from King's College and Dartmouth University provide a collection of student essays that are "explorations, proposals, interpretations, and diatribes about the historical events, literature, philosophy, and art, that helped shape Western Society." Contributors include the editors, Samuel Austin, Jesse Blackwood, Naomi Blackwood, John Blanchard, Sarah Brodbar-Nemzer, Robyn Brown, James Bryson, Jeremy Dickstein, Micheal Fountain, Ross Gower, Christopher Hobrecker, Katherine E. Ireland, Elizabeth Smith, Christina Van Herk, and Katie Woodside. This copy signed by editors Samson and Reid, on title page. 145 pages, including a select chronology of events. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean..