Fortuna Books

The Big Laugh

O'HARA John · 1962

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Cresset book spine has a lean to it, otherwise book and unclipped DW are VG and tidy, slight age spotting to closed edges, little if any wear to wrapper, UK first edition H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Martin Hewitt Investigator, Illustrated by Sidney Paget

MORRISON Arthur · 1894

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

Ward Lock green cloth with gilt titling to cover and spine, also decoration of a magnifying glass perusing some torn peices of a letter, all edges and corners are rubbed with frayed corners, backstrip rubbed but illustration still visible, ink name to paste down [ H Page 11th ...

Death and the Dancing Footman

MARSH Ngaio · 1942

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,129)

Collins orange cloth sunned to spine and lightly soiled, minor fraying to spine ends, minor signs of age to paper, binding slightly loosening, 320pp, lacks DW, earlier title by this famous New Zealand author H First Edition No Jacket London Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Grey Owl and I, A new Autobiography

ANAHERO · 1972

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Peter Davies tidy ex library, without the library markings would be near to VG, jacket under plastic sleeve, minor tape stains to rear endpaper and board, auto biography by the wife of Grey Owl (Archie Belaney) H First Edition Good London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall Ex-Library

The Marquis of Carabas, a Romance

SABATINI Rafael · 1941

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Hutchinson undated war era book with extra 'war costs' denoted on unclipped DW flap, ink inscription to fep dated 1941, light foxing to closed edges, DW has some edge wear with short tears, longer along the folds, minimal chipping and wear to folds, actually nearing VG, 384pp...

The Piper on the Mountain

PETERS Ellis · 1966

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Collins book is tightly bound etc but has numerous library stamps as well as some tape stains to paste downs and onto edges of boards, front hinge reinforced with paper tape, "this book belongs to" in marker to fep and a name stamp, DW is unclipped and tidy but has had 5mm...

Black is the Colour of My True Love's Heart

PETERS Ellis · 1967

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Collins book is tightly bound etc but has one library stamp to foot of final text page, some tape stains to paste downs and on to edges of boards, lacks both feps, DW price clipped and the rear fold in flap has been trimmed along the vertical edge with some loss of text with ...

Murchison New Zealand, How a Settlement Emerges from the Bush

GRIGG John R · 1947

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

R Lucas & Son original stapled card wraps, remains of part of the rear panel of the dustwrapper present, pencil name and address to title. viii, 98pp + plates, folding map at rear tidy and no tears. A history of ther Murchison district from pre-European Maori times upto 1947....

A Secret Singing

LEWIS Roy · 1972

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Collins a good reading copy only, dust jacket is price clipped and has been trimmed to bottom edge so about 10mm too short for the boards and lightly sunned to spine, stamps to prelims upto first page of the story. damage to fep losing bottom corner, damage to margin of half...

Double Take

LEWIS Roy · 1975

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Collins tidy ex Hong Kong British military library copy. wide tape stain to paste down and onto boards, stamps to paste downs and imprint, minor remains of paper slip to fep, otherwise quite tidy with minor reading wear and in unclipped and tidy DW, a little creased to the rea...

Strip Death Naked

LONGMATE Norman · 1959

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Cassell first edition, book has quite a lean to the spine, some paper scarring to pastedowns where tape has been removed, library stamp to fep, half title and first text page, the rear fep and paste down have library stamps and slips pasted in etc there is the occasional fing...

The Fountain Overflows

WEST Rebecca · 1957

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

MacMillan first edition January 1957 issued in association with Macmillan by the Book Society (simultaneously), very tidy red cloth gilt titled, top edge dusted red, book very tidy, DW unclipped, spine slightly yellowed, the front fold along the fore edge has been rubbed and t...

Mr Facey Romford's Hounds (Jorrocks edition)

SURTEES R S · 1900

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Bradbury Agnew & Co undated but pre 1900. blue cloth dec in gilt and black and red with horse and hounds design, gilt titled spine includes 'Jorrock's edition' and 'John Leech'. half title has been neatly removed, cloth rubbed to tips and small splits at ends of spine joints...

Master Francis Rabelais Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and Pantagruel

RABELAIS Francis Translated URQHUHART & MOTTEUX · 1904

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

A H Bullen 3 volumes in browned buckram cloth, top edge gilt, gilt titled spines, insect damage visible to surface of the buckram to all 3 vols. appears as lighter part of the cloth where surface layer of pigment has been lost etc. untrimmed edges shows some foxing, light fox...

fools Die

PUZO Mario · 1978

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Heinemann price clipped dust jacket clean, tidy book, 474pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Eighth Circle

ELLIN Stanley · 1959

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Boardman ex lending library copy, book is a reading copy, the DW has small area chipped from the lower joint, the front fold in flap is trimmed to the edge with no loss of text, the rear fold in flap has been trimmed to the edge right up to the text but with no loss. The DW is...

Fortune-Telling By Cards

FOLI P R S · 1910

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Pearson tan cloth with red, white and black design of a 'wizard' holding up a card with lines of magical force emanating from it.tail of spine has fraying and split to cloth, book hinges are loosening, 122pp + 8pp adverts including the paste downs, browned card type paper sto...

Five Dead Men

GILLESPIE Emer · 1999

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Headline excellent copy in same unclipped DW H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The American Alpine Journal, vol 38 Issue 70 1996

BECKWITH Christian · 1996

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

American Alpine Journal 427pp colour & b&w plates. near new copy S First Edition No Jacket Colorado Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

His First Kangaroo

FERRES Arthur · 1896

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Blackie Green pictorial cloth featuring kangaroos. 32 page catalogue at rear.cloth rubbed to joints and frayed to corners, lacks fep, minor foxing, 288pp lacks one plate (for pp103), light fingermarking to margins, slight spine lean. Colonial Australian boys adventure tale wi...