Funnell Ronald (6 results)

Condition: Fair. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 46 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Pull-out black and white map to first page. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water stain to final page and rear reverse cover. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water marking to rear cover.

Condition: Good. 1938. 46 pages. Beige pictorial paperback. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Rust marks to page edges. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket. 46 pp. Photos, maps. Fold-out map. Edgewear, corners rubbed. 6 cm tear to front cover along upper spine edge. A nice vintage guidebook to walking in Bournemouth and area. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. First published in 1934, this "improved" Coronation Year Edition was issued in June 1953 in response to growing interest in the sport, notably thanks to coverage in the Daily Mirror and Picture Post (pp3-4). Original staple-bound colour illustrated wraps 12x19cm. 36pp including b/w photos and local adverts. Printed by A. Wheaton & Co., Exeter. Very good, tanning, with some creasing, staples rusting. Ronald Funnell (1894-1971) ran the Cornish Bookshop in Newquay at this time, and had written a published a couple of other local guides. This work first appeared when surfing was taking off, having apparently been imported by Australian soldiers during WW1 (ref: Andy Funnell, Spencer's Wood: Ronald Spencer Funnell, Surfing Pioneer on the Cornish Coast). This second edition includes practical advice on board type, confidence, hold and control, choice of breaker, take-off, best times, and a few don'ts. There is also a list of all suitable beaches in England, cautions to bathers, and warnings re Spring tides. Photos credited to the author, Daily Mirror and Raymond Smith show surfers in action, and some striking locations. Adverts are for local equipment suppliers Westlake's (for curved ash or chestnut boards, and agents for the new Solarbo Balsa Boards which are pictured), shops, tours, hotel, and dancing at the Blue Lagoon. Very rare, with Worldcat and Jisc recording only 4 locations (BL, National Library of Scotland, Trinity College Dublin, University of Oxford). A shorter revised edition appeared c1955/6.

Condition: Very Good+, Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original pale blue wraps. 15 pp. Very Good+ with minor rusting to staples, light toning at edges, price strike through and revised in colored pencil on front cover, minor foxing and light creases. [with] [no place]: [none], 1953. Coronation year edition. Bound in publisher's original printed wraps. 36 pp. Near Fine with light toning. An early guide to surfing to coasts of England, with a list of beaches, cautions to bathers and warnings about spring tides.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition of this ultra-scarce and early guide to surfing. 15pp. Bound in publisher's original pale blue wraps printed in black. Very Good with toning and light creasing to wraps and pages, with a larger but gentle diagonal crease to the front cover.