Search Results: Authors starting with W from Augustine Funnell Books

London: Privately Published (printed by Crowther & Goodman) Book. Fair. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. Small octavo. No date, but published in late 1935 or early 1936, since Wadham's contribution (ending at page 19) is dated 13th November, 1935, and Crossley's "Foreword to Part II" is dated December of the same year. Wadham writes, "These notes have been compiled, more or less in the form of a diary, with a view to placing on record the services of those who voluntarily came forward to serve their country in its hour of need." This copy from the library of 2nd Lt. I. (Irvine) B. Rouse of the battalion, who is listed thrice in the appendices, once in "Additional Nominal Roll of Officers who served with the I/4th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regt. (in order of joining)," once in a list of those wounded in action, and lastly in the list of those who received the Military Cross. Wadham has written his inscription ("A… Read More

St. John's: P.J. Wakeham, 1982. Magazine. Very Good. Stapled Wraps . 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of stories, featuring Jarge from Crinkle Cove. 96 pages (one page text, the next advertisements, throughout). Light cover soil, previous owner's name/notation to top of inside front cover..

Berkley BG-178, 1958. Book. Good to Very Good. Paperback. 1st Berkley edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Originally published in 1946, in hardcover, by Rinehart & Company. A novel of the advertising world, and the ruthless, cynical men and women competing for the big money. Small chip out of top right spine, nicks to bottom spine edges, minor slant/roll, crease to bottom right corner of front cover, moderate general wear..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. Book. Illus. by John Costigan (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Set in the Scottish Highlands, this is the Scottish-born author's "story of a man hunt and of the struggle between the wild and the tamed within a man and in society." Signed on half-title. Brown cloth, 248 pages, dust jacket illustration by John Costigan. Spine a bit cocked, dusty/tanned edges, gift inscription (beneath Walker's signature) from parishioner to her cleric, in edgeworn and price-clipped dust jacket w/sunned spine, light chipping to corners/spine ends, 1" tear to top edge of rear panel, general wear. Quite scarce signed..

Harlequin 319, 1956. Book. About Good. Paperback. 2nd edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A woman who wishes to enter medicine is opposed by a doctor who disapproves of women in medicine, and this being a Harlequin Romance, guess what?: she's got a major attraction to the big lug. Spine roll, creasing, small ink 'S' at left edge (barely noticeable because the background, too, is blue)..

London: Collins, 1963. Book. Illus. by Peter Edwards (dust jacket illustration). Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. Small octavo. A collection of eleven stories, three of them concerning India, two concerning Scotland, and the other six set in Canada and other places. Inscription reads: "For Bruce Bartlett/With best wishes on his 21st/birthday./David Walker/21st July 1973." Blue/white cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 255 pages. Moderate general wear, in similar dust jacket..

The Saltire Society/Oliver & Boyd, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Extracts from the Matthew Crawfurd edition of 1732, considered "the first scholarly, complete and reasonably reliable edition." Blue cloth w/silver spine lettering/silver device to front cover, 72 pages. Sunned spine, light general wear..

Papillon Books OSM-904/Aware Press, 1974. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paperback original. Tony Boyle, a tough-guy private eye, is delighted to take on a simple missing person case, until "the case erupts into a volatile network of kidnapping, murder and bizarre danger (God, I hate it when that happens -- I much prefer normal danger). A bit of corner wear, mild handling wear. iInternally tight and clean..

Corinth Regency CR106, 1965. Book. Very Good to Fine. Paperback. 1st Corinth Regency edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A master criminal will stop at nothing to acquire seven priceless museum pieces which will lead to possession of a new superweapon. Impressions, faint flaking, tanned pages, light general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Toronto: Musson Book Company, 1943. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Canadian printing.. Small octavo. "All London was talking about the amazing and daring robberies carried out so ingeniously by White Face," a mysterious character whom Michael Quigley and Scotland Yard must track down. Red cloth w/black lettering to front cover/spine, 312 pages. Light wear to corners/spine ends, dusty/lightly soiled edges, in edgeworn dust jacket w/chipping to spine ends, dampstaining, general wear..

Ballantine 02231, 1971. Book. Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. Digest. Special Book #1 in Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Car series, this one chronicling the history of the exclusive motoring club, Brooklands, pioneering birthplace of the British automobile and aircraft industries. Introduction by Whitney Straight. 160 pages, illustrated. Crease to bottom right corner of front cover, crease to bottom left corner of back cover, creasing to front end papers, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean..

London: White Lion Publishers Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No date (circa 1972). Reissues the 1925 Hodder and Stoughton edition. A police inspector is torn between loyalty to his childhood love and the necessity to track down her criminal brother. Small octavo. Tanning, moderate general wear, in much-rubbed dust jacket w/edgewear, sticker pull to top portion of front cover, uneven 3/8" tear to top left corner of front panel, flaking to spine ends, impressions, thin scratches..

Harlequin-Pan 334 Book. Illus. by Paul Anna Soik (cover illustration). Fair. Paperback. First Thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. When a butler is found dead, clutching a large emerald, Leslie Maughan of Scotland Yard must solve the mystery. Severe spine cocking, rubbing , impressions, faint price circled on front end paper, moderate general wear..

Harlequin 387, 1957. Book. Illus. by Norm Eastman (cover illustration). Good to Very Good. Paperback. 1st Harlequin edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A man wearing a white mask is robbing patrons of a West End night spot, and Scotland Yard can't get a lead on the criminal. Sunned spine, crosscrack, rubbing, handling wear, light soil to front cover (primarily visible on inside). Internally fairly tight and clean..

Paperback Library 53-409, 1967. Book. Good. Paperback. 1st Paperback Library edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Originally published in 1925. A classic of Gothic suspense in which a young woman struggles against an evil man convinced that only by murdering her as a human sacrifice can he become a god among men. Minor spine cocking, moderate edgewear, impressions/scratches, previous owner's name/notation on inside covers, light soil, moderate general wear..

White Circle 89, 1944. Book. Illus. by Paull (cover illustration). Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. "A Story of the Secret Service." Features British agent Oliver Keene in Turkey during the second World War, "plunged into a maelstrom of sinister adventure." Gentle creasing to bottom right corner of front cover, moderate edgewear, previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover, previous owner's signature on inside front cover, previous owner's code sticker on first end paper, thin chipping to bottom right corner of rear cover, similar chipping to edges of last ten or so pages (just thinly along edges--comes nowhere near affecting text). A serviceable copy..

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st US edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green covers w/gilt lettering, 314 pages. Strongly cocked, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, faint spotting to spine, tanned/foxed edges, general wear..

London : Veterans Arts, Parkwood Hospital, 2004. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of 20 "heartwarming stories told by Veterans residing at Parkwood Hospital in London, Ontario." The reminiscences are from Robert Gavin, Arthur Budd, Donald Fraser, Czeslaw Sulkowski, Robert Lees, Paul Ducharme, Simon Cormier, Pansy June Harvey, Jimmy Cox, Paul Benjamin, Maurice Lee, Robert Dalby, John "Mel" Sullivan, John Youde, Wilf Abddallah, Bruce Morgan, George Nutkins, Kenneth Drew, Ernie Watkin, and William Gibson. 118 pages, illustrated. Lightly cocked, surface/handling wear..

No Place: The Graphic Limited, 1969. Book. Very Good to Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. An uncommon collection of verse by a New Brunswick poet, concerning such subjects as Restigouche County, the Canadian National Railway, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Dominion Day, and much else. Inscription reads, "To/Vernon and Mrs. Graham/From/Bill Walsh/6/69." Light edgewear, 1/2" vertical mark to left edge of front cover..

Wayland Publishers, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A title from the Wayland Kings and Queens series, this one an overview of the monarch who became King of Scotland at the ripe old age of thirteen months, and who subsequently became King of England at the age of thirty-six, only to degenerate into a petulant old drunkard. Square octavo, black cloth, 96 pages (including table of dates/principal characters/further reading/index/picture credits), illustrated. Dust jacket w/light rubbing, mild impressions, some flaking to top folds..