Fortuna Books

My Uncle Oswald

DAHL Roald · 1979

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Michael Joseph light lean to spine, faint foxing to DW fold in flaps, price clipped DW, adult fiction by Roald Dahl, 221pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Mistinguett Queen of the Paris Night

MISTINGUETT · 1954

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Elek book clean and tidy, unclipped DW complete but rubbed and worn to edges and joints with minor chipping to corners, translated from the French by Lucien Hill, autobiography by Parisian showgirl and cabaret dancer, 247pp + plates, one spot of foxing to the fore edge H First...

The Latter Days ( Colditz )

REID P R · 1954

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Hodder unclipped DW rubbed to edges with small chips to corners, small edge tears at spine ends, light fade to spine, fep clipped to top corner, map endpapers unaffected, slight foxing to closed top edge 288pp + plates + list of inmates at rear, sequel to The Colditz Story, th...

Jagdstaffel 356

KAHNERT M. E. Translated By Claud W. Sykes · 1935

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

John Hamilton cloth frayed to spine ends, spine sun faded, lightly soiled cloth, owner details to paste down, 126pp + plates, + 40pp publisher's advertisements at rear, these are dated 1935, book is undated, shows aging but no faults, the story of Jagdstaffel 356 H First Editi...

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

WILSON Angus · 1956

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Secker & Warburg first issue by Book Society in association with Secker (same print etc just issued for subscribers), book spine leans, name to fep otherwise tidy, unclipped DW with Ronald Searle art is chipped to corners and edges, 412pp H First Edition Good London Very Good ...

Strike Out Where Not Applicable

FREELING Nicolas · 1967

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Victor Gollancz name to fep, slight lean to spine, DW unclipped, rubbed and worn to edges, split along the front fore edge fold, chipped to spine ends, complete but soiled and worn wrapper, 192pp Van Der Valk thriller H First Edition Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Erection Set

SPILLANE Mickey · 1972

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

W H Allen multiple page corners show creasing from being folded over, variably at the top or bottom, small pen price to fep, light lean to spine and light rubbing to joints, a Good or better copy apart from the creased corners! some finger marking to boards, 335pp H First Edit...

The Raymond Chandler Omnibus

CHANDLER Raymond · 1953

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

Hamilton British first edition, DW unclipped but with short edge tears and splits at spine ends, upper fore edge fold also some splits on the fold, lower panel of DW uniformly dust soiled, faintly foxed feps, 632pp, thin paper, contains; The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely , The...

The Heroes

KINGSLEY Charles · 1965

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Dent first edition with these illsutrations, bound in Sundour cloth decorative boards, Children's Illustrated Classics series book number 58, cloth to rear board is starting to lift where glue has started to loosen, dust jacket has some faint water soiling to the reverse side,...

KL Auschwitz Seen By the SS

Rudolf Hoss, Pery Broad & Johann Kremer Edited By Kazimierz Smolen · 1978

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Panstwowe Museum sewn sheets in plain paper wrapper with a decorative dust wrapper, dust jacket rubbed to joints and ends, 330pp + plates and folding maps, three accounts written by members of the garrison of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, all SS officers, includes the...

A Traveller in Southern Italy

MORTON H V · 1969

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Methuen fine, unclipped DW vibrant colours with publishers lamination intact, very small closed tear at head of upper joint taped with invisible tape, xii 420pp + plates, map end papers H First Edition Fine London Fine 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Air-Borne Invasion the Story of the Battle of Crete

HETHERINGTON John · 1944

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Oswald Sealy cloth sunned to sine and boards with uneven colour to upper board, light soiling or foxing to endpapers, xvi 151pp + plates, the German air borne invasion of Crete witnessed by the author, includes an account by a German paratrooper taken from Life magazine H Firs...

The Saturday Night Soldiers, the Stirring Story of the Territorial Army

SELLWOOD A. V. · 1966

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Wolfe Publishing Ltd price clipped DW light wear to edges and with some rubbing to cover, short edge splits, light chipping at head of spine and top corners, owners details and gift inscription to fep, 207pp history of the Territorial Army from 1908 includinmg service rendered...

Adventure in Oil, the Story of British Petroleum

LONGHURST Henry · 1959

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Sidgwick & Jackson excellent copy, 286pp + plates, map end papers, foreword by Churchill H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Curtain Rises

REYNOLDS Quentin · 1944

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Cassell first NZ issue by A A Davies for Cassell, very tidy, lightly sunned and chipped DW with tear along fold of rear flap, American war reporting from the field, includes Russia, North Africa Sicily and the Battle of Salerno, 330pp H First Edition Very Good Wellingborough ...

The Curtain Rises

REYNOLDS Quentin · 1944

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Cassell first NZ issue by A A Davies for Cassell, very tidy lacks DW, American war reporting from the field, includes Russia, North Africa Sicily and the Battle of Salerno, 330pp H First Edition No Jacket Wellingborough Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Walker R.N.

ROBERTSON James · 1956

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Evans tidy boards, pencil name to fep, price clipped DW with edge wear and rubbing, 216pp + plates. story of Captain F J Walker C.B., D.S.O. and three bars in the Atlantic war versus U-boats. H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Australian Presence in the Pacific; Burns Philp 1914-1946

BUCKLEY & KLUGMAN · 1983

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

George Allen near fine in same unclipped DW, 392pp + plates H First Edition Fine Sydney Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

H- as in Hunted

TREAT Lawrence · 1950

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Boardman uncommon Boardman paperback issue, first UK paperback, light cover wear, 192pp, handling soiling S First Thus No Jacket London Very Good Dennis McLoughlin 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Violent Bear it Away

O'CONNOR Flannery · 1960

$650.00 (€589.74 | £492.00 | ¥103,797)

Longmans Green and co 1st English edition printed the same year as the American one but in a much smaller printing of 3500 copies. O'Connors third book and second novel. Orange boards slightly bumped at spine ends and slightly bruised to corners, light pencil note to fep fro...