Fortuna Books

Secret of the Andes

PHILIP Brother · 1971

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Neville Spearman VG book in VG price-clipped very slightly sunned jacket, Sixth impression. 151pp. "High in the Andes Mountains is hidden the monastery of the Seven Rays. Ancient truths and knowledge from highly-evolved cultures have been stored there by the Masters for thous...

The White Desert, the official account of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition

GIAEVER John · 1954

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Chatto & Windus blue cloth buckram, gilt spine, minor rubbing to corners, still sharp, small booksellers ink stamp bottom of fep, 304pp+ maps and plates. DW has rubbing to corners and spine ends showing as white crazing to the blue printed surface. the reverse of the spine ha...

A Kind of Loving

BARSTOW Stan · 1960

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Michael Joseph slight mottling to boards, some foxing to endpapers, ink name to fep, light foxing to closed edges, top edge has a small pencil line. page 83 has a smalltear and crease at top margin, DW complete and unclipped but a bit soiled and with tape residue on reverse a...

A Kind of Loving

BARSTOW Stan · 1960

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Michael Joseph unclipped dust jacket, minor age soiling, slight fade, closed edges browned, first work by this author H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Adrian Bailey 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

High Lights and Flights in New Guinea

RHYS Lloyd · 1942

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Hodder Being in the main an account of the discovery and development of the Morobe Goldfields, name and an old price marked out to fep overall VG and tidy EXCEPT ALL THE PLATES ARE MISSING maybe it is an advance copy?. 253pp someone has numbered the few blank leaves at the rea...

Queen Cleopatra

MUNDY Talbot

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

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 | ¥31,139)

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 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

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 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

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

Inflatable Boats

WATNEY John · 1973

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Ian Allan DW price clipped and with 5cm tear down from top corner along spine fold at the front and a 2cm tear down from top of spine along the fold on the rear. spine lightly sunned a little edge wear, not too bad though. 192pp b&w photos throughout, completely printed on art...

Just where do you think you've been?

POWELL Paul · 1970

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Reed 211pp+ plates, photo end papers. dust jacket has a couple of tiny tears in the edges, one small piece of tape on reverse , excellent condition all round. "leader of a four man climbing party marooned for nine days in snow cave on Mt Aspiring." the author recounts over t...

The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga

BRUNTON Paul · 1941

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Rider beige cloth a little browned, foxed to spine, foxed endpapers, bokseller stamp and owner details to fep. foxed edges. 365pp. chapters include; The Ultimate Path / Religious and mystic grades / hidden philosophy of India / worship of words / revelation of relativity / se...

The Mountains of Erewhon

BECKETT T N · 1978

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Reed excellent copy, DW slightest surface soiling to the laminated surface. 156pp+ plates and maps, map end papers. history of the pioneers of the region made famous by Samuel Butler's "Erewhon" such as Acland and von Haast, also the club climbers of the 1930s.The book was co...

Gary and the Very Terrible Monster

WILLIAMS Barbara · 1973

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Watertower Books pictorial boards light fade to spine, small nick out of spine, corners rubbed, single name to paste down, full page full colour illustrations, G+ tidy copy H First Edition No Jacket Good Lois Axeman 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Paul Jenkins Anatomy of a Cloud

JENKINS Paul · 1983

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Abrams DW has faint impression to front where it was used to rest paper on and it left an indentation through to the DW (but no ink or anything) also light uniform soiling from dust and handling, the rear panel has some bubbling to the lamination, 270pp large heavy book, ful...

Tiger By the Tail

CHASE James Hadley · 1954

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Robert Hale dust jacket split along bottom half of upper joint, wear to edges and corners, short edge tears with some loss to extremities, unclipped, book has spot of discolouration to upper board, name to front paste down, minor foxing to closed edges etc.254pp H First Editio...

A Handbook of Latin Literature, from the Earliest Times to the Death of St. Augustine

ROSE H. J. · 1966

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Methuen first issue in paperback of the 1954 third edition, light handling soiling to wrappers, name stamp to first page, prelims, 582pp + adverts, an overview of the various Latin authors and their works S third edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

A Caribbean Mystery

CHRISTIE Agatha · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Collins price clipped dust jacket with handling soiling, small water splash to backstrip, short gift inscr to fep, top edge lightly dust soiled, tidy otherwise H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Teachers Encyclopaedia of the theory , method, practice, history and development of education at home and abroad...vol 2 (of 7)

LAURIE A P · 1911

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Caxton written by many of the most eminent educational writers, thinkers, professors and teachers of the day." vol 2 only of 7 volumes. dark olive cloth dec in black and gilt, minimal edge rubbing, 5 folding colour illustrations at front pastedown of a sectional view of the ...

The Hobbit and Other Stories

TOLKIEN J R R · 1975

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

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...