Search Results: Titles starting with C from Augustine Funnell Books

No Place (Terrace): Privately Published (printed by Totem Press Terrace Ltd.) Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The reminiscences of the grandson of a Norwegian immigrant to Minnesota, and the grandson's life before and after his move to Canada in the early 1930s. Contains much of genealogical interest. This copy presented by author's son, Don, to a friend, and signed by Don on the inside back cover. 154 pages (including index of names), illustrated. Light wear to corners/spine ends, light cover soil. Internally tight and clean..

TITANSPORTS Inc., 1994. Magazine. Very Good to Fine. Magazine. Small quarto. Contains "The Greatest Steel Cage Matches in World Wrestling Federation History," including accounts of battles between Bret "Hit Man" Hart and brother Owen, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty, the Steiner Brothers and Money Inc., the Ultimate Warrior and Rick Rude, Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy, and others. Unpaginated (32), illustrated. Moderate general wear..

New York: Twelve / 12 / Grand Central Publishing, 2013. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Uncorrected Proof.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Miles tells the complete story of one of the three most important people of the Beat Generation (along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg) -- although a legitimate case could be made for there being four such people, the last being Joan Vollmer, Burroughs's common-law wife, whom he shot while attempting, drunk and drug-addled, to shoot a water tumbler from her head, William Tell-style. 712 pages (including notes, bibliography, 20 blank index pages), illustrated. Rubbing, light edgewear, a little smudging, crinkled/partially turned top left corner of back cover, similar flaws to same area of last hundred pages of so, diminishing the further into the book one goes. All in all a pretty good copy that is internally tight and clean..

Toronto & Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An "informal yet informative history of Campobello Island," President Franklin Roosevelt's favourite getaway location. Pine cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 132 pages (including appendix, photo credits), illustrated. Light general wear, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/ugly 1" tear to bottom of rear flap, an equally ugly 1/2" tear to bottom edge of rear panel, a crease between the two tears, a few other shorter edge nicks/tears, rubbing/impressions..

Toronto: Stoddart, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "The authors argue that the National Projects of the past hold the key to Canada's future." Red cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 234 pages (including resources, acknowledgements, index, brief author biographies). A nice copy w/a couple of light smudges to fore-edge, light general wear..

Chester: Bryler Publications Inc., 2012. Book. Illus. by Rob Arsenault and Adam Murray. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Illustrated boards, pp iii,185, colour/b&w illustrations, maps. Mild wear to corners/spine ends, small stain to bottom edge of first end paper, in lightly rubbed dust jacket w/a hint of wear to corners/spine ends, impressions. This is heavier than the average book, so additional postage may be required. (Images provided are of the actual book offered for sale, not some unreliable stock photograph that could have come from anywhere and might be of anything.).

Fredericton: The Civil War Heritage Society of Canada, 1994. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Written "to inform people in North America regarding the Canadians in the American Civil War." Apparently "Saint John and the southern coastal area openly supported the Confederacy while Fredericton, the capital, and the north central region tacitly supported the Union." 79 pages, one illustration, one in-text map. Light handling wear, gift inscription to previous owner. Cougle has signed on title page..

Kingston: Royal Military College of Canada, 1984. Journal. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The eighth title in the Occasional Papers of the Department of English, R.M.C. series, this one a research support document for use with the indicated magazine. Photocopied typescript, stapled, 78 pages, including indices. Light general wear..

Wreck Cove: Ronald Caplan, 1972. Magazine. About Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. The first issue of this unique newsprint magazine "Devoted to the History, Natural History and Future of Cape Breton Island," founded, edited and published by an American who moved there and fell in love with the place (except for the 42 feet of snow every other day during the winters, what's not to love?). This one features articles on fiddler Lee Cremo, how to make rope from wood, the future of Gaelic on the island, le sorcier de Cheticamp, the breeding behaviour of the grey seal off the island's coast, an duine gu'n churam, how to make an axe handle, wildflowers of the island, and .more.

Chelsea: Sleeping Bear Press, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first American to play in soccer in the English Premier League tells his story. Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 228 pages (including photo credits), illustrated. Bumps to spine ends/bottom edge/bottom corners, in rubbed dust jacket w/a few impressions/thin scratches..

London: Hutchinson of London, 1978. Book. Illus. by Chris Collingwood (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Historical fiction set in the first half of the 17th century, telling the story of a Croatian mercenary who fought for money and women. Brown cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 224 pages. Moderate general wear, previous owner's sticker to bottom of front pastedown, previous owner's name to bottom of front free end paper, price-clipped dust jacket w/some rubbing, impressions/thin scratches, 1.5" tear to bottom of rear fold..

Marabout Service MS 163, 1971. Book. About Very Good. Paperback. 1st French-language edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Updates and reissues the 1967 German edition, and translated here from that language by Jean Noel. A look at the man who would one day be considered by many to be the greatest fighter of all time (certainly *he* thought so). Rubbing, impressions, small area to front cover where apparent sticker removal took a little finish with it, moderate edgewear. Internally tight and clean..

Toronto: Musson Book Company Book. Illus. by Albert D. Blashfield (decorations). Good. Hardcover. 1st thus.. Small octavo. No date (circa 1911). In her foreword, Ms. Farmer informs us that "all the recipes have been thoroughly tested, and not found wanting" (if Fannie Farmer says so, that's good enough for me). Contains recipes and menus for every special occasion imaginable (imaginable in 1911, at any rate, but that was before the self-absorbed and narcissistic rose from whatever depths they inhabited before polluting the Earth's surface), from St. Valentine's spreads to repasts on Dominion Day (if you're a Canadian born after 1982, look it up), and Christmas dinners to children's parties. Green cloth w/gilt spine lettering, white lettering to front cover, tipped-on cover illustration, top edge gilt, illustrated end papers, 240 pages (including index), six half-tone illustrations (frontispiece plus five in-text, as called for in list of illustrations), many… Read More

Fredericton: Saint Paul's Church, 1932. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 99 pages, illustrated. Internally tight and clean w/a bit of edgewear, light soil to back cover, light general wear..

Moncton: Privately published, 1983. Book. Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From basic requirements through to special situations, the author details "All you wanted to know about goaltending," and much more. Foreward (sic) by Jean Perron, then-coach of the University of Moncton hockey team. 109 pages, illustrated. Edgewear, corner creasing, sticker pull, impressions, general wear. Internally tight..

Moncton: Privately published, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. 2nd printing.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From basic requirements through to special situations, the author details "All you wanted to know about goaltending," and much more. Foreword (sic) by Jean Perron, then-coach of the University of Moncton hockey team. 128 pages, illustrated. A hint of general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Moncton: Privately published, 1984. Book. Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 2nd printing.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From basic requirements through to special situations, Bellefleur details "All you wanted to know about goaltending," and much more. Foreward (sic) by Jean Perron, then-coach of the University of Moncton hockey team. 109 pages, illustrated. Impressions/scratches, corner wear, some rubbing..

Fredericton: Base Commander, CFB Chatham (printed by Unipress Ltd.), 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The results of the then-base commander's efforts to "preserve the gamut of events" that took place at CFB Chatham from its inception in 1941.Blue leatherette w/gilt badge illustration to front cover, gilt spine lettering, 116 pages (including appendices, acknowledgements), illustrated. A very nice copy in dust jacket w/impressions, uneven 1" tear to top edge of front panel, moderate handling wear..

Cardston: Cardston and District Historical Society, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. From the preface: "This book is meant to be a general interpretive history of the founding and early development of the town of Cardston and the district it serves, and to be a specific history of the people who made it happen." Details the early settlers, communication, education, culture, industry, agriculture, sports, family histories, and much more. Blue cloth w/gilt design/lettering to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, 536 pages (including index), illustrated. Foxing/moderate soil to covers, smudged edges, bumped/moderately worn corners, gift inscription to previous owner, moderate general wear. This is a heavy book, so additional postage will be required..

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 1984. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. Map end papers, 176 pages (including epilogue, notes), illustrated.