Resultados de búsqueda: Non-fiction from Augustine Funnell Books

Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Text in Estonian. B.G. (Bengt Gottfried) Forselius was a 17th-century Estonian educator who introduced a number of educational innovations, among them the creation of a spelling system that simplified both the teaching and learning of Estonian. An uncommon title, and if you can read Estonian, you can be the envy of everyone on your block. Navy leatherette w/gold lettering to front cover/spine, 116 pages. This copy inscribed on reverse of first end paper (my Estonian is a bit rusty, and I'm not terribly familiar with the process Forselius created to facilitate learning the language, so please forgive me if I don't provide an accurate translation -- or even a wildly inaccurate one). Light general wear..

London : Cassell Illustrated / Octopus Publishing Group, 2015. Book. Fine. Illustrated Boards. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Small quarto. #35 of 75 signed/numbered copies. First printing w/complete number line. Oake "reveals the origins and science behind various illusions, and explains why there is a difference between what the eye sees and what is actually happening on stage." 224 pages, illustrated. Embossed "Supporting the Bruce Oake Foundation" stamp to front end paper, w/the handwritten notation "35/75" inside same. The 75 signed/numbered copies were offered by Oake to those who made a donation to the Bruce Oake Foundation (Bruce being Scott's brother, and an addict who died at the age of 25, from a heroin overdose). A very nice unread copy..

Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The author "traces the impact of changing concepts of the self and the literary subject on the formal evolution of autobiographical prose and poetry in the Romantic and modern periods." Brown cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 189 pages (including index). mild wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's neat underlining to many paragraphs in introduction, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Jacket in protective mylar sleeve..

New York: Perigree / Penguin, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Small octavo. An admirer of Benjamin Franklin, Gunn records his "attempt to live by Franklin's thirteen virtues, a list of lofty ideals the Founding Father held dear," but which take "this ordinary man way outside his comfort zone and into a thicket of not-so-modern values." 250 pages (including notes, brief author biography). Internally tight and clean, with only light general wear..

Dunvegan: Quadrant Editions, 1983. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A "collection of interviews, profiles, personal testimonies, essays and short stories giving a stark, and yet, evocative picture of immigrants, their lands of origin and their consequent resettlement in Canada." Red cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 326 pages (including bibliography, editor's note), illustrated..

Dewdney: Synaxis Press, 2006. Book. Very Good to Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In a collection of essays Barker "provides not only an insider's commentary on the tradition of People's Poetry in Canadian literature, but in addition a learned discussion of the various philosophies and religious perspectives, esoteric and orthodox, that gave rise to it." Inscription reads: "For Dr. Michael Higgins,/with many thanks for the/encouragement to continue writing/that your favourable personal/review gave me./With very/good luck/Terry Barker/March 1, 2006." Erratum page (122) glued over original error page. 174 pages (including bibliography, index), illustrated. Light rubbing, light general wear. A nice copy, internally tight and clean..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap / G&D, 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Grosset & Dunlap edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Winans "combines a long experience in printing and practical book-making with an extensive knowledge of the publishing and literary fields," and here "covers every step essential to the making of a book, tracing the origin and history of each process as well as presenting, with a wealth of non-technical detail, the most modern methods of the book-making field." Author's inscription reads: "To Bruce,/with best wishes./Leonard/New York, 9/8/42." Blue and black cloth w/gilt lettering, 180 pages (including glossary of bookmaking terms), illustrated, dust jacket design by Laufer. Lightly bumped corners/spine ends, moderate general wear, in edgeworn dust jacket w/sunned spine, light chipping to corners/spine ends, short edge tears, light soil..

Joliet: P.F. Volland Company, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A title from the publisher's Good Cheer Series of Gift Books, this one a collection of courage-related thoughts and aphorisms gleaned from literature and literary types. Decorated boards, black cloth backstrip, patterned end papers, 64 pages. Moderate general wear..

London: The Ray Society, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ray Society volume No. 138, issued to members for the year 1952. Contains a general introduction to the subject, and chapters on taxonomic history, vegetative characters, wild populations, genetical experiments, compatibility/incompatibility, and much else. Black cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 201 pages (including glossary, indexes) + 27 plates (one of which is a colour frontispiece). A hint of wear to corners/spine ends, tanned edges, one turned corner, in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/sun-darkened spine. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve..

Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2008. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In this title "Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, June 2008," Leroux presents a detailed and painstakingly researched look at the architectural significance of hundreds of buildings in New Brunswick. Robert Leavitt, Stuart Smith and Gary Hughes contribute essays, while Herménégilde Chiasson offers a preface. French flaps, 310 pages (including notes, acknowledgements, bibliography, image credits, index), copiously illustrated. A very nice copy of an impressive work. Since this weighs more than your truck loaded down with cinder blocks, additional postage may be required to cover transportation from this address to another..

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Originally published in 1970. Brown cloth w/black cloth spine w/gilt lettering, 197 pages (including notes, index). Mild wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's name to verso of half-title, previous owner's marginalia (vertical lines here and there throughout), in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/a bit of chipping/short tears to corners/spine ends, general wear..

London: G.W. Bacon & Co. Map. Fair. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No date (circa late 1920s). Contains 49-page (+ several pages of advertisements) booklet ("Strangers' Guide to London") attached to inside front cover, and a large, full-colour fold-out map. Significant general wear to cloth, booklet intact and clean, tape repair to map by previous owner..

Toronto & Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1974. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With the text on the front flap stating that, "There has never been an accurate, comprehensive account of the origin, development, and significance of Balzac's use of recurring characters in the many volumes of the 'Comedie humaine,'" the author herein "traces the use of the device and unravels its complexities over the whole of Balzac's career by providing a year-by-year account of the author's struggles between 1829 and 1847 to unify his fictional world of some 3,000 characters," and "illuminates the genesis of several novels and sheds totally new light on the validity of the device, by enabling us for the first time to distinguish between examples which belong to the original creative urge, and those introduced during later revisions." An impressive piece of work, and of more than passing interest to the… Leer más

Christchurch: University of Canterbury Press, 1991. Book. Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. Small octavo. For more than three decades Irene Harris lived with an alcoholic. Daughter, sister, and mother to alcoholics, she sought help from "the Queen Mary Hospital at Hanmer Springs, as a non-drinking co-dependent." This is her story. Inscription reads, "To Vanda./Thanks for your/friendship -- keep/loving/Irene", then is signed in full beneath her name on title page. 162 pages. Impressions/thin scratches to covers, light edgewear. Internally tight and clean..

Portugal Cove: Breakwater Books, 1976. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Wraps edition published simultaneously with the hardcover. Fiction, essays, and folklore from a variety of Newfoundland writers. 219 pages, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean. .

Scranton: International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S. Book. Good. Wraps. 2nd edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. # 695 A. A scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course. (1910), 59 pages + three pages of examination questions, illustrated. Cover soil, uneven 1/2" tear to fore-edge, light internal soil, handling wear..

Scranton: International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S. Book. Very Good. Wraps. 2nd editions.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. #s 695 A, 695 B, 695 C. Three very scarce booklets issued by the I.C.S. home study course. Part 1: (1910), 59 pages + three pages of examination questions, illustrated. VG w/moderate handling wear. Part 2: (1920), 53 pages + two pages of examination questions, illustrated. G w/light smudging, 1.5" x 1.5" piece torn from top edge of front cover, moderate handling wear. Part 3: (1920), 37 pages (continues pagination from Part 2, thus 55 through 91) + two pages of examination questions (continues pagination from Part 2, thus 3 & 4), illustrated. Moderate handling wear..

Scranton: International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S. Book. About Very Good. Wraps. 2nd edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. #700 A. A scarce booklet issued by the I.C.S. home study course, dealing with the breakdowns of locomotive engines. (1905), 64 pages + three pages of examination questions, illustrated. A couple of 3/4" edge tears to covers, previous owner's complicated mathematical calculation (ok, it's simple addition) to left edge of front cover, small chip to bottom left corner of front cover, moderate handling wear..

Fredericton: Brunswick Press, 1977. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st paperback edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In 1973, Malcolm Bricklin's plan "to revolutionize the North American car industry" attracted financing from the New Brunswick government, but a mere two years later Bricklin was bankrupt, owing the province $23,000,000. A grand total of 2,880 cars were built. 136 pages + a note on sources and list of sources, illustrated. Light edgewear, a couple of tiny soil marks to front cover, impressions/scratches to covers. Internally clean..

Fredericton: Brunswick Press, 1977. Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In 1973, Malcolm Bricklin's plan "to revolutionize the North American car industry" attracted financing from the New Brunswick government, but a mere two years later Bricklin was bankrupt, owing the province $23,000,000. A grand total of 2,880 cars were built. Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 136 pages + a note on sources and list of sources, illustrated. Moderately cocked, a hint of wear to corners/spine ends, in rubbed dust jacket w/edgewear, chipping to corners/spine ends, triangular piece from top edge of rear panel. Jacket now in protective sleeve. The hardcover edition is a fair bit more scarce than the paperback..