Fortuna Books

Self-Discovery

SAVCHENKO Vladimir · 1979

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

MacMillan Quarter cloth VG copy in same DW with minor wear to tips of corners. Translated from the Russian with an intro by Theodore Sturgeon. First English language printing. From Sturgeon's 'Best of Soviet SF' series. Richard Powers cover art. 305pp H First Edition Very Good...

Veil: the Secret Wars of the Cia 1981-1987

WOODWARD Bob · 1987

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Simon and Schuster VG unclipped DW 543pp +plates "Veil is the story of the covert wars that were waged in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs on American foreign policy in the 1980s." H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - ove...

Production for victory not profit!

EDELMAN Maurice · 1941

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Victor Gollancz Left Book Club Edition in red papered boards which have been nibbled to the joints by insects, showing the underlying cloth weave. Spne faded. Cheap war era paper stock browned, stamp to foot of half-title page by a New Zealand bookseller of Left Book Club titl...

Dr Bob and the Good Oldtimers a biography with recollections of early A A in the Midwest

SMITH Robert Holbrook (Dr Bob) · 1980

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Alcoholics Anonymous two tone cloth, photographic endpapers, brown coloured dust jacket is sunned to the spine, edge wear. 373pp on sized paper. Biography of one of the co-founders of the A A movement. photographs. H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9...

By Guess and by God, the story of the British submarines in the War

CARR William Guy · 1934

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hutchinson orange cloth, spine lightly faded and slight lean, corners lightly rubbed, paste down and fep tape residue browning, a few rubber stamps to fep and former owner details in pencil dated 8/12/34, half title offset browning. light scattered foxing generally to closed e...

Marie Corelli the life and death of a Best-Seller

BULLOCK George · 1940

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Constable poorly rebound ex-library copy, original blue cloth boards with blind stamped Corelli signature. Worn through at corners with library cloth pasted over at spine with typed title and white pen shelf mark. , stamps and labels etc to endpapers, , gutter opened at fronti...

Messengers of Deception, UFO contacts and Cults

VALLEE jacques · 1979

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

And/Or Press scarce classic UFOlogy book, trade paperback with some edgewear to the wrappers, a faint crease to the cover has not cracked the surface colour, viii + 243pp some illustrations, Spooky cover art, Seems to be sewn and glued into the wrappers but unsure, The autho...

Solo to Sydney

CHICHESTER F C · 1930

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

John Hamilton blue cloth lightly soiled, bumps to edges, corners rubbed through to boards, upper joint split and has been repaired (?) with clear tape which should be removable, lower joint worn and partially split, head and tail frayed. hinge cracked and loosened, front pa...

The adventures of a homely woman

INCHFAWN Fay · 1934

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Ward Lock cloth rubbed to corners and spine ends, inscription dated 1934 to fep, fourth edition, frontis, some foxing to prelims. 314pp + 6pp adverts for Homely woman books H reprint No Jacket London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Man-Fate; the swan song of Brother Antoninus

EVERSON William (Brother Antoninus) · 1974

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New Directions first edition in wraps, first collection of poetry published after he left the Dominican Order, where he was known as Brother Antoninus. 80pp as new S First Edition No Jacket New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Scout Leader's Guide from A - Z

HAZLEWOOD Rex · 1968

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Pearson Fourth edition revised and retitled. Book shows minor light foxing to closed edges and the prelims. DW has tear along the spine fold of the lower panel, rubbed to edges and the lamination is just starting to lift. Prelims + 288pp of the A - Z. H revised Good London Ve...

No tears to flow, woman at War

BRIAND Rena · 1969

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Heinemann dust jacket is price clipped and worn to edges and spine ends. a few edge tears, small hole where spine has been scuffed. 202pp + plates, book shows minor scattered foxing. A freelance journalist and photographer in Vietnam, she spent much time with Australian troo...

The Imitation of Christ

A KEMPIS Thomas

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Chapman and Hall Has 24 exceptional colored reproductions from the old masters with gilt borders etc in icon style. Cover is faded maroon with gold calligraphy DW is sunned with splitting to spine folds and some parts detached but present, tipped on plate to front of dust ja...

Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery and Nursing

PRACY SIEGLER STELL & ROGERS · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Hodder 192pp VG and clean S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Newborn Child

VULLIAMY D G · 1978

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Churchill Livingstone This well-established, introductory text is ideal for all health professionals concerned with care of newborns. It provides in-depth information on the care of the newborn, both normal and abnormal, full-term and pre-term, and from minor to major abnormal...

Ghost Story

STRAUB Peter · 1979

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Cape near fine blue papered boards with gray endpapers, DW also near fine and unclipped, jacket design by Tom Adams, 507pp top edge dusted deep blue, first UK printing and same edition as that supressed after legal action by the Ordo Templi Orientis, subsequent editions had a...

The Secret Capture

ROSKILL S W · 1959

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Collins ex library, cancelled stamps and slips etc, some surface scuffing etc to endpaper maps, tape residue to boards, rubbed to edges, browned closed edges, , DW rubbed to edges, chipped to spine ends and corners with loss at head and tail, also the margins of the fold in f...

Colditz the Full Story

REID P R · 1984

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

MacMillan excellent copy, minor wear to DW xiv, 346pp + plates, includes exhaustive appendices etc. the definitive work on the notorious Colditz POW camp during World War Two. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Man Who Died

LAWRENCE D H · 1931

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Secker original blind bordered cloth, rubbed to joints, frayed at head of spine, light surface soiling, some foxing to prelims and closed edges, ex library stamps of R A F Hunsdon Station Institute to the paste down and fep as well as pp17. rear fep has a list of rubber stam...

The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Stories

CHESTERTON G K · 1923

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Cassell red cloth, gilt border and St Peters London design in gilt medallion, Cassell archer in gilt to spinr, light rubbing to edges and minimal surface soiling, rubber stamp to paste down B.PURVIS-RUSSELL-MONTGOMERY , occasional top coirner dog eared, pages generally clean,...