Fortuna Books

The Eternal Man

PAUWELS & BERGIER · 1972

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Souvenir first English edition, DW edge rubbed with short tears to corners etc, unclipped. 246pp + plates, interesting look at ancient technology and cultures and theories on human evolution. Interesting peice on Celtic fairy lore, in similar vein to von Daniken and others w...

The Rampa Story

RAMPA T Lobsang · 1960

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Souvenir first edition, ex library with stamp to title and a few to foot of some pages.DW has been contact sealed and has a shelf label and mark to the spine, it is unclipped and complete under the plastic. , label remains to fep and a stamp and some pen numbers to half title...

A Mysterious People, an Introduction to the Gypsies

DUFF Charles · 1965

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Hamilton ex library with stamps, dust jacket with some adhesive onto the extreme edges at top and bottom, tape residue to the paste downs and boards, label with shelf mark to spine, 176pp + plates, mainly the British Romanies but with information on all aspects of gypsy cult...

Peril at end House

CHRISTIE Agatha · 1960

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Collins 1960 reprint, red papered boards with minor soiling, lacks fep, minor tape stain to hinge, two small patches lifted from paste down surface, minor browning to half title, closed edges browned or dusty , actually nearing VG. DW is complete and unclipped under a plastic ...

Conundrum

MORRIS Jan · 1974

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Faber VG but shows usage, unclipped DW 160pp . Award winning journalist speaks of his life before and after his sex change from James to Jan Morris. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Story of the Italian Resistance

BATTAGLIA Roberto · 1957

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Odhams red cloth faded at head of spine and top of lower board, small split to front hinge, offset browned half title, some foxing to closed edges. DW surface rubbed and with some tears and small chips to edges. DW spine rubbed with white crease down centre, large closed tear...

North Canterbury Local Government Area Scheme Provisional Scheme and Explanatory Statement

FULLARTON; MACKLEY; TURNER · 1971

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Government Printer stapled foolscap sheets with cloth spine, printed cover with library shelfmark and stamp, spine gilt titled with shelf mark. 190pp + pocket at rear with numerous folding maps. September 1971, map by Dept Lands And Survey. ex library with minimal stamps. a ...

A Civil Contract

HEYER Georgette · 1961

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Heinemann small crease to spine ends, slight foxing prelims and closed edges. DW is unclipped, some minor rubbing to corners and edges, a few short edge tears or nicks. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

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,...

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 | ¥3,992)

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 ...

Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age

BRIGGS Raymond · 2001

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Jonathan Cape first edition, unpaginated (30pp) full colour cartoon strip style book, unclipped jacket, bottom of free end paper has a red 'sample' stamp, otherwise near fine H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Raymond Briggs 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Darwinism: An exposition of the theory of natural selection, with some of its Applications

WALLACE Alfred Russell · 1912

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

MacMillan Third edition, 1912 printing, xx, 494 pp+2pp adverts, plus frontis port with tissue guard, and map, pencil name and date to ffep, corners bumped and starting to fray (minor), green cloth wilt gilt to spine and upper board, tidy copy H third edition No Jacket London ...

The Man with the Golden Arm

ALGREN Nelson · 1959

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Neville Spearman first UK edition. DW unclipped with little sign of wear, some scattered foxing to the white lower panel, Book starts with half title but I believe it was bound this way as at the rear the final leaf is also the final page (343) followed by a blank, no leaves ...

Kings, Conjurors & Crocks of Gold

STARKEY Dinah · 1975

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Kaye & Ward unclipped dust jacket, Folktale Folklore Myth Mythology British Welsh H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Barbara Swiderska 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Last Letters and Further Records of Martyred Missionaries of the China Inland Mission

BROOMHALL Marshall Ed · 1901

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Morgan & Scott blue cloth with decorative titling in gilt to upper board , gilt to spine, covers soiled lightly, rubbed to fore edge through to board in some places, nearing VG condition, ink inscr to fep, minor foxing mainly to prelims, rubricated title page, 105pp + 4 pp ad...

The Life Everlasting a reality of Romance

CORELLI Marie · 1911

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Methuen red cloth faded to boards and sunned to spine, tear 40mm up from bottom of spine, corners bumped. original printed endpapers with adverts for Methuen's Colonial Library. hinges cracked, half title has pen inscription. (vi) 436 + 31pp adverts at rear for Methuem & co A...

John Robert Godley of Canterbury

CARRINGTON C E · 1950

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Whitcombe and Tombs blue cloth shows insect damage around the margins of the pastedown endpaper, ink name and date to fep, top edge dusty, DW some chipping to the top edge, bottom of spine. price clipped. small scuff to cover and short tear to top left corner, 251pp + plates,...

Slay-Ride

FRANCIS Dick · 1973

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Michael Joseph excellent DW under protective cover, DW spine MAY be slightly sunned, hard to tell, book is VG excepting former owners name on the front pastedown AND the rear paste down in ink, Front free end paper has been neatly removed and there is a small booksellers lab...

The Boy with the Snowgrass Hair

LOCKE Elsie & DAWSON Ken · 1976

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Whitcoulls VG book in the Kairangi series for young adults. DW unclipped and near fine except small short tears at the top corner folds. Book VG+ some dust or light foxing to closed edges only and booksellers pencil to half-title 183pp with illustrations, maps, and a glossary ...