Fortuna Books

Messengers in Blackface

BRUNTON Alan · 1973

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Amphedesma Press 20pp A5 size in black and white photo designed wrapper by Will Benfield, poetry by New Zealand born author S First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall Booklet

Minorities

LAWRENCE T. E. · 1971

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Jonathan Cape price clipped dust jacket, otherwise clean, minor rubbing to heel of DW spine, very tiny clean tears at spine fold ends, hard to spot, GIFT inscription to half title mentioning BTS RAF Sharjah 1968-1971, also included a letter from the giftee to the recipient. In...

Poems

NICHOLSON James & Ellen C. · 1880

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Hamilton Adams & Co tidy maroon cloth, bevelled edges to boards, gilt leaf design to upper board in gilt panel, blind panel to l;ower board, all edges gilt, some browning to paper stock, original endpapers, 217 + 2pp adverts, light fingermarking to prelims, light wear or handl...

Selected Poems of Friedrich Holderlin

LEISHMAN, J.B. · 1954

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

The Hogarth Press Second edition, revised and enlarged, tidy, edges and spine of jacket some rubbing, titling to jacket pine faded, Leo Bensemann's name in calligraphic style as usual to him on the fep, 156pp H association copy Revised and Enlarged Very Good London Very Good 8...

Morning Noon and Night, Poetry Magazine Supplement No. Two

MITCALFE Barry · 1965

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Poetry Magazine folded sheets stapled in stiff paper wrapper with DW pasted down over, minor edge wear and some light browning to spine, some soiling, wrapper design by Alan Howie, 50pp, 30 poems, uncommon S First Edition No Jacket Wellington Good Alan Howie 12mo - over 6? - 7...

Carmina / Oden, Lateinisch Und Deutsch ( Erster Band Der Tusculum Bucher )

HORACE. Q. Horatius Flaccus. Ubertragungen Von Theodor Kayser Und F. O. Freiherrn Von Nordenflycht · 1923

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Ernst Heimeran name to fep ' Dr. Franz Neumann, Munchen', assumed first (trade) edition, 145pp (twice, once in Latin , once in German) paper stock browning, leaf at rear states; 'Dieser band tragt die nummer' but no number entered, (keine nummer), trade edition with halb-leine...

Liebeskunst, Drei Bucher, Ars Amatoria, Libri Tres, Lateinisch Und Deutsch ( Vierter Band Der Tusculum Bucher )

OVID. Publius Ovidus Naso Ubersetzung W. Hertzbergs · 1923

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Ernst Heimeran corners rubbed and frayed, spine ends rubbed, tidy inscription to fep 'Als Einleitung zur neuen Tanzsbunde u. zum Andenken an den 10 September 1933, von deinen Freunden Willy und Karl.' and former owner's name at foot ' Dr. Franz Neumann, Munchen' in a different...

The Habits You Left Behind

OLDS Peter · 1972

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Caveman Press (200 gram rate) 3 leaves folded once and stapled for 12pp unpaginated in decorated soft card covers. tidy EX-LIBRARY with two stamps to title page. limited edition 200 copies this #7 S First Edition No Jacket Dunedin Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall Ex-Library

The Bare Remembrance

LONEY Alan · 1971

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

Caveman Press 10 leaves folded once and stapled at spine to make 40pp unpaginated, card wrappers with a DW illustrated by Peter Olds. small circular adhesive residue to top corner, tidy EX-LIBRARY with two stamps to title page, handset limited edition of 300 copies this #178,...

Fernie Brae ( Signed by Author )

SUMMERS John · 1984

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Pisces Print dust jacket lightly aged or soiled, 114 of 150 copies numbered, signed to half title by author, 140pp hand set on laid paper, nice Private Press edition printed by Nag's Head Press for Pisces Print, near fine condition, cloth with paper title labels to spine and ...

Venus Like Fire on Water ( Signed by Author )

SUMMERS John · 1985

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Pisces Print dust jacket lightly aged or soiled, 57 of 150 copies numbered, signed to half title by author, 32pp hand set on laid paper, nice Private Press edition printed by Nag's Head Press for Pisces Print, near fine condition excepting some flecking to cloth spine H Signe...

Poems of Love and Earth ( Signed Copy )

DRINKWATER John · 1913

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

David Nutt SIGNED BY AUTHOR 'Nancy Staples, Repertory Theatre, Birmingham' to free end paper and signed by Drinkwater to title, Drinkwater was the manager of Barry Jackson’s Birmingham Repertory Theatre, some foxing to prelims and closed edges, 63+2pp adverts, second impressi...

In the Days when the World was Wide and other Verses

LAWSON Henry · 1900

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Angus & Robertson red cloth rubbed to extremities, gilt titled spine, top corner creased, lacks free endpaper, frontis with tissue guard present, frontis has a faint water stain to lower margin. 234pp + 16 pp adverts at rear. some soiling to the occasional page (finger marks...

The Man with the Carpet Bag , Poems

BLAND Peter · 1972

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Caxton near fine, faint label adhesive ghost top corner DW, one tiny 5mm closed split top edge, scarce book of poetry 46pp H First Edition Very Good Christchurch Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Augustan Books of Modern Poetry Siegfried Sassoon (TWO PRINTINGS)

SASSOON Siegfried · 1926

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Ernest Benn stapled sheets, exterior sheet being front and rear covers detached into two peices and chipped along the spine edge, light foxing to these sheets and first and last few pages, (32)pp incl covers, undated probably 1926 and assumed first edition, the bibliography o...

Five Poems

GOHORRY John · 1977

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Kit-Cat Press spine minimally sunned, saddle sewn into paper wrapper, 12pp, hand printed private press, email to reduce postage charge S First Edition No Jacket King's Langley Very Good Colin Reeve 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall Private Press

The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne Vols 3,4,5,6 of 6

SWINBURNE Algernon Charles · 1911

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Chatto & Windus dark navy or black buckram with gilt to spine, top edge gilt others untrimmed, rubricated title page, frontis portrait with tissue guard in vol 6, first edition fourth impression, some light surface insect damage showing as faintly lighter colour, some light da...

A Book of the Seasons, an Anthology

GARNETT Eve · 1968

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Muller first UK edition, DW unclipped, small tear top edge of front panel, chipped head of spine, light soiling to wrapper. Illustrated papered boards with green cloth spine. some bumping to board edges, minimal foxing to top edge lower board, 80pp, illustrated in line and wit...

Sky Ray Lolly (uncorrected proof)

PITT-KETHLEY Fiona · 1986

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Chatto & Windus uncorrected proof in pale plum wrappers with Chatto cherub pattern and publication details to cover, this is the advanced proof, 64pp perfect bound, spine lightly faded or rubbed, lower corner of rear cover faintly creased, reduced shipping outside New Zealand ...

Man-Fate; the swan song of Brother Antoninus

EVERSON William (Brother Antoninus) · 1974

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New Directions first edition in wraps, first collection of poetry published after he left the Dominican Order, where he was known as Brother Antoninus. 80pp as new S First Edition No Jacket New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall