Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Augustine Funnell Books

Berkeley: Humble Comics, 1997. Bound Comic/Digest. Illus. by The Author. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Printing.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The true first printing of Yang's story about a bully and his victim. Precedes the graphic novel by about seven years. 32 pages. Moderate handling wear. Uncommon in first printing..

New York: Sterling Publishing, 1962. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Yates provides a guide to "the lingo of the track," the classification of cars, the sport's development, the prize races, and much more. Blue leatherette w/red illustration to front cover, red spine lettering, 144 pages (including index), illustrated. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends/edges, in price-clipped, worn dust jacket..

Surrey: The Sono Nis Press, 1971. Book. Illus. by Morse Clary (cover illustration). About Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated (28). Previous owner's signature/date on inside front cover, smudging to covers, light edgewear, rubbing..

Toronto & New York & Vancouver: Annick Press, 1999. Book. Illus. by Suzane Langlois. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A little girl who has been left with her grandparents in China while her parents prepare for her in North America has many worries about her new life once the time comes for her to join them, but when she sees a beautiful kite in her new classroom she knows that everything will be okay. This copy inscribed and signed by Ye, on title page. Illustrated boards, unpaginated. Pencil impressions to bottom right corner of front end paper. A nice copy of a charming book..

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart (M&S), 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A title from the Yeats Studies Series edited by Robert O'Driscoll and Lorna Reynolds. Contains all four incarnations of "the autobiographical novel which Yeats was writing from 1896 to 1902. It covers the years of his life when he was attempting to found a mystical order of Celtic Mysteries, and it has never been published in its entirely before." Dark green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, frontispiece (facsimile of manuscript page) 275 pages (including authorial notes, textual notes, appendices, index), illustrated. Mild wear to corners/spine ends, impressions to top right corner of first end paper, in dust jacket w/just a bit of wear to corners/spine ends, a hint of spine sunning, 1/4" tear to top left corner of front panel. All in all a pretty decent copy of an important work..

Racine: Whitman Publishing Company #605, 1940. Book. Very Good. Wraps. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A colouring/painting book featuring characters from the cartoonist's ageless comic strip. Unpaginated (140+). Extremely scarce in this condition, with no pages coloured, marked or used in any way, and no previous owner's scribblings -- to find this title uncoloured is remarkable. A 1.5" tear to top edge of front cover, two .25" tears (one each to fore-edge and bottom edge), thin creases to corner tips, tear to top edge of first ten or so pages (tear begins at .75" at title page, and decreases in length through successive pages), 3/8" tear to fore-edge of title page, tip of bottom left corner of back cover chipped off (about .25" either way), foxing to back cover, "Blondie 1940" written in neat block letters on spine, foxed pages, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Toronto: Summerhill Press, 1984. Book. Illus. by Janet Wilson (cover illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "This book is the story of Canada's thirteen gold medalists, their fellow competitors, and the skating pioneers who blazed the way in the early years." Barbara Ann Scott association copy. Taped onto the front end paper is a small piece of lined paper torn from a spiral notebook, on which is written, "With best wishes/Barbara Ann Scott." 200 pages (including index), illustrated. Previous owner's name/date on front end paper..

Grosset & Dunlap/Tempo Books 12534, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A collection of strips featuring the Bumsteads, quite possibly the most widely read comic strip in the world. Unpaginated. Only a hint of general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Grosset & Dunlap/Tempo Books 14144, 1977. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The second collection of strips featuring the Bumsteads, quite possibly the most widely read comic strip in the world. Unpaginated. Rubbing, light general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Fredericton: Fredericton Curling Club, 1954. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Published in celebration of the Fredericton Curling Club's one hundredth anniversary. 56 pages, illustrated. Soiled covers, bits of paper stuck to same (presumably from a missing dust jacket), gift inscription to previous owner, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of 49 of the author's "best sports columns and features from the Globe and Mail," covering the Grey Cup, Nick Weslock, Danny Murtaugh, Eddie Shack, and a whole passel of others. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 165 pages. Rubbed dust jacket w/light rubbing, thin scratches, 1/2" tear to top edge of front panel..