Fortuna Books

The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872-1914

RUSSELL Bertrand · 1967

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

George Allen Unwin second impression of first edition, price clipped DW, 230pp H reprint Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Frogman V.C.

FRASER Ian · 1957

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Angus & Robertson first reprint February 1957 (After Jan 1957 first edition) unclipped DW has rubbing creasing and some chipping to edges and ends and slight soiling, pictorial endpapers, 216pp + plates, closed top edge foxed, name to half title, and in pencil to verso of fro...

The Great Triad

GUENON Rene · 1991

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Quinta Essentia near fine, distributor's label to rear cover, 171pp, translated from French by Peter Kingsley, Centered on Taoism, this text is also characteristically rich in illuminating cross-references to other traditions. The ternary in question - Heaven, Earth, and Human...

The Last Love

COSTAIN Thomas B. · 1964

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Pocket Books first thus paperback edition, mild handling wear to wrappers, 423pp + adverts, historical ficiton detailing Napoleon's exile to St. Helena S First Edition No Jacket New York Very Good 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall

The Last Love

COSTAIN Thomas B. · 1964

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Pocket Books first thus paperback edition, bookseller stamp to first page, mild handling wear to wrappers, 423pp + adverts, historical ficiton detailing Napoleon's exile to St. Helena S First Edition No Jacket New York Very Good 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall

The Process

GYSIN Brion · 1973

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

Panther first UK a-paperback issue with distinctive cover art, 236pp, Brion Gysin was a sometime collaborator with William S. Burroughs Drug themed Psychedelic Novel, TIDY used paperback, label lift to cover blacked out with marker (just below the Panther logo), some age and ...

The Twelve Powers of Man

FILLMORE Charles · 1941

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Unity School of Christianity rubbed edges of cloth, lending library label pasted to bottom of upper board, large white marker shelf mark to spine, partially erased stamp to blank fly, 188pp + index, new thought H reprint No Jacket Kansas City Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall Ex-L...

The Road to Serfdom (Australian First edition)

HAYEK Friedrich August Von · 1944

$750.00 (€680.47 | £567.69 | ¥119,765)

Dymocks First Australian issue, papered boards, ink name to fep otherwise clean copy with some mild age related fading to boards and toning to paper stock, dust jacket has some insect damage with loss to the edges and the folds, ends of dust jacket spine missing, no text is af...

Shipping Wonders of the World a saga of the sea in story and Picture

WINCHESTER Clarence editor · 1764

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Amalgamated Press (5,000 gram rate i.e. 5x standard rate) two huge volumes, over 6 kg, blind dec covers and gilt titled and dec spines, vol 1 1-836, vols 837-1764pp. many iullustrations b&w as well as some colour plates etc. spines rubbed to joints, edges and corners rubbed,...

The Tibetan Book of the Dead or the after-death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, According to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering

EVANS-WENTZ W Y · 1951

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.85 | ¥59,883)

Oxford University Press free end paper has three line name and address in biro, green cloth with lmild wear/ discolouration, gilt titled spine and decorative upper board including dorge and swastika, l [50] + 249pp, tidy clean copy, second impression of the second edition of s...

Israel's Jubilee; or, 1882

FEILDEN J. Leyland · 1877

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

W. H. Guest gilt dec cloth rubbed and soiled, upper joint split and hinge also ( upper board is detached from book block but attached via backstrip, owner's copper plate inscription to paste down, all edges gilt, internallly tidy copy, British Israelite theory, scarce title, 8...

Predestination, as taught in the Bible, & verified in History: A compilation, shewing the fulfilment of God's promises to Israel in the British Race.

ROBINSON A. K. · 1895

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Harrison & Waide minor age related wear, slight foxing,151+16pp adverts, illustrated with plates and fold out col. map of the Promised Land, British Israelite theory, original edition 1894 this 1895 H Second Edition No Jacket Leeds Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Bringing the News from Nowhere

ROSSELSON Leon and Jini Rawlings · 1992

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

Fuse Records tidy copy, 320 pages, wire spiral bound, 125 songs with musical notation and lyrics/ text of this prolific songwriters works First Edition No Jacket Wembley Park Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Slay-Ride

FRANCIS Dick · 1973

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Michael Joseph VG to near fine book and wrapper, just a little light dust soiling to closed edges and DW, spine slight lean, 224pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Lilliput Magazine 1946 Full Year ( January February March April May June July August September October November December )

GULLIVER Lemuel · 1946

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

12 parts, complete year of 1946, staples rusting, rubbed spine fold, generally VG, includes issue with Aleister Crowley; How to tell and Englishman from an American, the first printing of this short piece by him, sold as the year set, (2000 gram rate =2kg) S First Edition No J...

The Serial Universe

DUNNE J W · 1934

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Faber call number and label residue to spine, upper joint split at head, name stamp to fep, faint spotting to edges, first edition, 242pp + frontis, An Experiment in Time H First Edition No Jacket London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Black Raider

WEYHER & EHRLICH · 1955

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Elek bottom edge of upper board small nick, name to fep, small damp mark at head of book spine and on the facing dust jacket, unclipped dust jacket some light edge wear and corner rubbing, German mine layer which successfully mined Auckland harbour, 200pp+ plates H First Editi...

The Red Sands of Santa Maria

MURPHY Bill · 1956

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Dodd Mead unclipped dust jacket minor chipping to spine ends and onto top edge of front cover, light handling soiling, 306pp, spotted endpapers, novel with a bull fighting theme H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Electrographic Imaging in Medicine and Biology + Electrographic Methods in Medicine and Biology

DUMITRESCU Ion · 1983

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Neville Spearman first thus English translation, paper stock age browned otherwise tidy, unclipped dust jacket with light handling wear, xiv 299pp + plates in colour and b&w illustrations in the text, electrographic imaging of the body energies, auras, includes kirlian photogr...

The Mare's Nest ( V - Weapons )

IRVING David · 1964

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

William Kimber second impression of first edition, spine ends and joints rubbed, call number to spine, a few discrete library stamps, lacks dust jacket, 320pp + plates, in depth historical research on the V-Weapon programme of the Nazi military producing flying bombs and rocke...