Fortuna Books

Memoirs of an Assassin; Confessions of a Stern Gang Killer

AVNER · 1961

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Four Square Four Square 280 first thus paperback edition, translated by Burgo Partridge, spine roll, minor edge foxing, 160pp, zionist stern gang murderer confesses S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

T E Lawrence- an Arab View ( Proof )

MOUSA Suleiman · 1966

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Oxford University Press proof copy in paper wrapper with label to cover, label is chipped to edges, cover has biro annotation giving published title date etc, book starts with A22 (chapter one) being pp1 of the text, 281pp printed on recto only, 195 x 210mm, rear two leaves an...

Mountaineering in Britain, A History from the Earliest Times to The Present Day

CLARK & PYATT · 1957

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Phoenix House unclipped DW under plastic sleeve, shelf mark to spine, library stamps etc otherwise tidy used copy 288pp + plates H First Edition Good London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall Ex-Library

The Making of Tania Hearst

BOULTON Dave · 1975

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New English Library price clipped DW with minor stain to reverse of front panel, otherwise tidy, 224pp +plates H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Mickey Mouse in King Arthur's Court with Scenic Pop-up Illustrations

DISNEY Walt · 1933

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

Dean & Son Pop-up book with few internal faults except one pop-up is reinforced on back with pasted paper, 4 colour pop-ups in total, the papered spine is missing and has been covered over with paper tape, the edges of the boards are rubbed especially to the corners, pencil n...

Winged Warfare, Hunting the Huns in the Air

BISHOP Major W. A. · 1918

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Hodder and Stoughton tan cloth with black titling, lower joint split, spine attached by upper joint, name to fep, some foxing, both hinges showing binding mesh, 301pp + portrait frontis. + 5 plates Memoirs of a Canadian pilot in First World War H First Edition No Jacket London...

The Smoke and the Fire

SUMMERS Essie · 1964

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Mills and Boon unclipped DW with chipping to spine tail, worn corners, name and inscription partially marked out to fep, 189pp + adverts , romance novel set in New Zealand H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Introduction to Murder

BROWN Wenzell · 1953

$500.00 (€453.65 | £378.46 | ¥79,844)

Andrew Dakers The unpublished facts behind the notorious Lonely Hearts killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez. Covers right up to the execution in Sing Sing's electric chair. VG hardback in VG dust jacket with mildly chipped spine ends, rubbed corners, name to fep. 232pp. R...

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...

All About Gardening, Garden Making and Maintenance

WARD LOCK & CO · 1928

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Ward Lock assumed first edition, undated but fep inscribed 1928, advertising endpapers, light foxing or browning to closed edges and sometimes into margins, decorative green cloth, gilt to spine, 384pp + plates in b&w and colour, complete guide to the garden from preparation ...

The High Alps of New Zealand

GREEN William Spotswood · 1883

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

MacMillan first edition of this RARE New Zealand alpine mountaineering title. a solid copy but has a few faults and would benefit from a touch up by a binder, original red cloth with black borders to the upper board and blind ones to the lower board, spine has black and gilt p...

Daughter of Fu Manchu

ROHMER Sax · 1955

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Cassell price clipped DW has light wear to the joints and edges, small closed tear bottom edge lower panel, lower panel a little handling soiled, fep clipped at head, first printing in this edition (after 1933 original), 280pp H reprint Very Good London Very Good 16mo - over ...

Ending Up

AMIS Kingsley · 1974

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Jonathan Cape tidy copy, extreme tail of spine only is sunned, St John & Red Cross Hospital Library plate to fep and tidy remains of a card pocket to rear fep otherwise unmarked, top edge dusting faded, closed fore edge foxed, unclipped DW under plastic sleeve has lightly sunn...

God Bless You Mr Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine

VONNEGUT JR Kurt · 1965

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.85 | ¥59,883)

Jonathan Cape tidy pink and purple DW price clipped with light edge rubbing and some surface wear (mainly to lower panel), top edge dusted pink, tidy purple boards with gilt to spine, excellent very tidy copy of first UK edition, 217pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Goo...

Dip the Puppy a Fairy Story with the Terrible Monster Jelly

MILLIGAN Spike · 1974

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Hobbs & Michael Joseph unclipped DW lightly rubbed to spine ends, small tear at head of lower joint tape repaired to verso, faint watermark at heel of reverse of DW, book tidy, 47pp with Spike's drawings and hand written text H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Spike M...

KERI, The Wonderful Kiwi Who Flew

HOPKINS H R · 1969

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Reed dust jacket is split along upper joint with short tears to corners, complete but torn along the folds, book tidy but a few sections are detaching from the sewn cords and are only half attached, very nice book however, rare New Zealand illustrated title H First Edition Goo...

Monkey-Shines

STEWART Michael · 1983

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

MacMillan uncorrected book proof not for publication, mustard paper wrappers with poorly printed black titling, front wrapper pulling away from spine at hinge, light wear to spine ends, 249pp, later made into a film by George A. Romero. S First Edition No Jacket London Very Go...

Florence Nightingale; The Wounded Soldiers Friend

POLLARD Eliza F · 1910

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

S W Partridge & Co undated, states published just before her death, also prize plate from Gosford Street Baptist Church , Coventry, dated 1910 at fep, Title page is a little chipped to top edge, printed on wood pulp paper stock, with engravings throughout to illustrate, 166pp...

The Dance Of Shiva, Fourteen Indian Essays

COOMARASWAMY Ananda K · 1976

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Sagar Publications glossy red cloth boards with dancing shiva design, 187pp ;what has India contributed to human welfare? / Hindu view of art / that beauty is a state / buddhist primitives / dance of Shiva / Indian images with many arms / indian music / status of Indian women ...

The Art of Modern Conjuring and Drawing Room Entertainment

anon · 1909

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Ward Lock grey cloth with red black and gilt decoration of hands holding playing cards, very tidy internally including original navy blue endpapers and tissue guard at frontis, light foxing to closed edges, 222pp + plates + 2pp adverts, card coin and handkerchief tricks, trick...