Fortuna Books

The Big Fat One: The Collected Sketchbooks of Coop

COOP · 2002

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

Aperient Press High quality production of Coop's finest work collected together in over a 1000 pages. Contains regular Devil Girls, Devil Guy, numerous comic style pages and one off pages with a subtle social comment in Coop's own wry style. Cool Cars, Robots, characters and R...

Simple Peter Cradd

OPPENHEIM E Phillips · 1932

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hodder blue cloth titled in black to upper board and spine, lacks fep 320pp Nov 1932 third printing, minor signs of age H reprint No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Xenophon's Adventure

HOUSEHOLD Geoffrey · 1961

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Bodley Head DW has short tear to upper joint at the tail, small chip at the head of the upper joint, small tear at bottom of upper fore edge fold, price clipped, small tear at top edge of lower DW panel, minor foxing to closed edges, faint foxing to feps, and rear DW fold in f...

About England with Dickens

RIMMER Alfred · 1899

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Chatto & Windus minor rubbing to cloth, small split at head of spine, old ink inscription to fep 'Frederick W Gale Kaikoura 1900', light foxing to endpapers, tissue guarded frontis, ix 307pp + plates +32pp publishers adverts, illustrated in line throughout and on plates, pla...

The Life of Charles Dickens

FORSTER John · 1893

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Chapman and Hall assumed first edition thus of the one volume collection of the original twelve books, red buckram with gilt crown to upper board, spine sunned, some bumping to edges of boards but still tidy, old ink inscription to half title 'Frederick W Gale | Aug 1900', (o...

Pacific Flight the Story of the Lady Southern Cross

TAYLOR P G · 1935

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Angus & Robertson cloth faded and slighlty browned, owners details to half title, slight foxing, heaviest to closed edges, map endpapers tidy, 262pp, one-time companion of Kingsford-Smith, the author here recounts his cross Pacific flight in a single engined Altair, with stop ...

The Saint in Europe

CHARTERIS Leslie · 1954

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hodder red boards with title and Saint logo, light discolouration to papered boards, slightly bowed, lacks DW H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Last Exit to Brooklyn

SELBY Hubert · 1964

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Grove Press Fourth Printing stated on copyright page, mild bumping, light lean to spine, faint offsetting to fep, minor creasing to spine ends of DW, small tear at top fore edge corner of lower panel, 304pp H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Long Farewell

INNES Michael (J I M Stewart) · 1958

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Victor Gollancz unclipped DW has short edge splits and rubbed spine ends and corners, browned backstrip a little soiled, name to fep, top edge two pencil stripes, tidy red boards, 206pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Bay Psalm Book Murder

HARRISS Will · 1983

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

Walker unclipped DW light rubbing or minimal chipping to spine ends and corners, a little scuff to the upper joint of the DW, author's presentation inscription to fep dated May 28th 1983, quite a long personal inscription, 190pp, book is near fine condition, scarce first editi...

A Thurber Garland

THURBER James · 1955

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Hamilton near fine copy just very minimal rubbing to extreme corner tips (not bumped), one small spot of surface rubbing to white part of cover, approx 40pp of cartoons by Thurber, scarce edition, issued without dust jacket, reduced postage outide of New Zealand H First Editio...

Generation Without Farewell

BOYLE Kay · 1960

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Faber unclipped DW lightly browned to backstrip and minor chipping to spine ends, book near fine, 301pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good George Salter 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Iced Tea and Ignorance

RUSSELL Howard Lewis · 1989

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Donald I Fine Inc signed by author to fep, unclipped DW very slightly surface soiled, top edge slightly dusty otherwise VG+ VG+, novel, 224pp H Signed by Author First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Queen Sheba's Ring

HAGGARD H Rider · 1910

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

George Bell slate green cloth with light edge wear and corners starting, titled cloth to cover with pasted on plate, spine gilt titled, lacks fep, paper scar where name erased to paste down, light scattered foxing to prelims, copperplate ink name at head of chapter one, rear h...

The Lady of Blossholme

HAGGARD H Rider · 1909

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Hodder first edition in Colonial issue with Colonial Edition blocked to spine and 'very' instead of 'every' on page 79, olive green cloth with black and gilt titling and pasted on plate to cover, average rubbing to cloth, spine cloth a bit creased, ink name to paste down, bro...

The Bishop Murder Case

van DINE S S · 1929

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Cassell second impression April 1929 ( same month as first) of Rare British edition, spine has light lean, light rubbing just starting to fray at ends of joints, pencil name to fep, bookseller label to paste down, minor surface soiling, both folding plans present and tidy, 35...

Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, A New Edition

STEWART Dugald · 1842

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Thomas Tegg full calf well rubbed to edges and joints worn through and split, lacking top and lower two sections of the backstrip, needs rebinding, nice marbled endpapers intact, lower board detached, marbled closed edges, two parts in one as printed, viii + 591pp + 1pp advert...

The Walled City

HUXLEY Elspeth · 1948

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Chatto & Windus & The Book Society Ltd first edition in asscoiation with The Book Society, light bumping to board edges, browned endpapers, Book Society plate to fep, small faint yellow mark to first 5 leaves, DW has large chip from tail of spine (not affecting publisher's nam...

The Horse in Ireland

BROWNE Noel Phillips · 1967

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Pelham Books light corner bumping, lightly soiled DW price clipped with edgewear and rubbed joints, 242pp + plates H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Sky Ray Lolly (uncorrected proof)

PITT-KETHLEY Fiona · 1986

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Chatto & Windus uncorrected proof in pale plum wrappers with Chatto cherub pattern and publication details to cover, this is the advanced proof, 64pp perfect bound, spine lightly faded or rubbed, lower corner of rear cover faintly creased, reduced shipping outside New Zealand ...