Fortuna Books

The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories

BLACKWOOD Algernon & Wilfrid Wilson · 1921

$325.00 (€294.87 | £246.00 | ¥51,882)

Cassell papered boards with black decorative titling, upper joint rubbed through to the underlying mesh, lower joint split, corners bumped, spine ends rubbed, lacks fep, some minor scattered foxing to closed edges and a few spots to title page, 328pp final story of fifteen is ...

Fantastics and Other Fancies

HEARN Lafcadio · 1919

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Houghton Mifflin quarter cloth with papered boards which are heavily rubbed to the edges showing the boards underneath, paper label to spine, faint spotting to closed edges, first thus collection, nice paper stock, x 242pp, edited by Charles Woodward Hutson, first trade editi...

Mostly Harmless

ADAMS Douglas · 1992

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Heinemann unclipped DW, Australian printing, 219pp, some age toning to pages, Fifth book in the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

ADAMS Douglas · 1987

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Heinemann unclipped DW has stationers label to bottom corner of front fold in flap, page has some age toning as per usual, 247pp small former owner ink name to fep H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Sleeping Sorceress, the New Elric Novel

MOORCOCK Michael · 1971

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New English Library papered boards with gilt motif to upper board and titling to spine, insect damage to the bottom edges and onto the boards not too bad, First hardback edition after NEL paperback. DW price clipped and spine faded a little, with rubbing to top and bottom edge...

Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1961, 1962, 1963

LEWIS Al · 1963

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

Al Lewis 1961 is Second edition Sept 1963 (41pp), 1962 is First Printing August 1963 (54pp), 1963 is First Printing June 1964 (62pp), mimeographed sheets stapled, nice condition, Science Fiction Magazine Index with Cross References to the printing history by tile and author et...

J. R. R. Tolkien: The Complete Guide Being J. R. R. Tolkien a Biography + the Complete Guide To Middle-Earth

CARPENTER Humphrey & Robert Foster · 1978

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Unwin ISBN 0049280392 & 0048030015, two soft covered paperbacks in a slip case, first paperback editions, both are near fine condition, the slip is near fine with some minor handling wear, pictorial paper to slip reproduces cover photo of Tolkien from the biography by Carpente...

The Great and Secret Show, the First Book of the Art

BARKER Clive · 1989

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Collins first edition, large book, DW complete and un-clipped, near fine copy, cover art by Sanjulian, 698pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Can You Feel Anything When I do this? and other stories

SHECKLEY Robert · 1972

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Gollancz collects 16 short stories email for details, Near fine hardback, slight lean to spine, in Fine unclipped very tidy dust jacket H First Edition Fine London Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Demons Don't Dream

ANTHONY Piers · 1993

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New English Library slight sunning to unclipped DW spine, UK issue VG` H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Dracula

STOKER Bram · 1947

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,129)

Rider and Company undated but this is the 1947 Rider edition, red papered boards, black titled spine with an eight pointed star or sun, (8) 335pp, sunned spine, small split at head of upper joint, pencil gift inscription to fep, slight foxing to prelims and closed edges H repr...

The Star Kings

HAMILTON Edmond · 1950

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Museum Press A Novel of the Future, black cloth, silver titled spine, clean copy, very minimal spotting or foxing to closed edges, first UK edition, undated but around 1950, 219pp H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Perceptions of Science fiction, a special issue of Pacific Quarterly Moana vol 4 no 3 july 1979 WITH an Interview with Stanislaw Lem

LESTER C J editor · 1979

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Outrigger printed card wraps glued over stapled sheets, the glue has dried and the cover is loose. this issue pages 249-360. includes An interview with Stanislaw Lem by Zoran Zivkovic / Three world paradigms for SF by Darko Suvin / Thinking in fuzzy sets by David Wingrove / A ...

Queen Cleopatra

MUNDY Talbot

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Hutchinson light blue cloth titled in black, the front flap of the DW is tipped in at fep . Eighth thousand. 320pp . booksellers label rear paste down . top edge dusty H reprint No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Sturgeon in Orbit

STURGEON Theodore · 1970

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,129)

Gollancz collects a story and four novellas by Sturgeon, first thus. near fine in same DW. Extrapolation / Wages of Synergy / Make room for Me / The Heart / The Incubi of Parallel X . distinctive house yellow DW H First Edition Fine London Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

A Wilderness of Stars, stories of man in conflict with space

NOLAN William F edited · 1970

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Gollancz distinctive Gollancz yellow and black DW, near fine in same DW. Introduction-Shelly Lowenkopf / The Lineman- Walter M Miller jnr / I, Mars-Ray Bradbury / Sunjammer- Arthur C Clark / The Better Man - Ray Russell / Carrier- Robert Sheckley / The Castaway- C E Fritch / G...

The Rakehells of Heaven

BOYD John · 1971

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Gollancz near fine in same dustwrapper, small bump to top edge of boards, distinctive house yellow DW. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Hobbit and Other Stories

TOLKIEN J R R · 1975

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Unwin Paperbacks First issue / edition of this 3 volume paperback set in a card slipcase. First editions in this format. >THE HOBBIT; Reset (New Edition), 2nd Impression 1976, ISBN 0048231266 this copy is the (earlier) First State of the Second Impression, with the earlier (Fi...

Slave of My Thirst

HOLLAND Tom · 1996

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Pocket Books apart from minimal edge rubbing to spine ends of DW and a neat black remainder stripe to bottom edge is near fine copy of author's second work, vampirism in Victorian London as Dr John Eliot and Bram Stoker plunge into its underworld in search of a lost husband H...

The Hobbit and Other Stories

TOLKIEN J R R · 1975

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

Unwin Paperbacks First issue / edition of this 3 volume paperback set in a card slipcase. First editions in this format. THE HOBBIT; Reset (New Edition), 2nd Impression 1976, ISBN 0048231266 this copy is the (earlier) First State of the Second Impression, with the earlier (Fir...