Fortuna Books

A Writers Notebook

MAUGHAM W Somerset · 1949

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Heinemann first edition simultaneously published by the Book Society under the Heinemann imprint, black cloth with silver titling and design, price clipped DW light chipping to ends of spine, book very clean xvi 349pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? -...

Clutch of Constables

MARSH Ngaio · 1968

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Collins unclipped dust jacket with light soiling rear panel, small splits at ends of joints, spine sunned with red field and titling at the top faded away, small owners name and address label to fep, 253pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

McLean Knows the Answers

GOODCHILD George · 1967

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

John Long price clipped DW lightly rubbed to edges, small chips spine ends at joints, small chips corners, , some rubbing to spine, internally very tidy, 184pp detective thriller H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Elements of Botany (Cambridge Biological Series)

DARWIN Francis · 1910

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Cambridge University Press blue cloth gilt titled, rubbed to joints and edges, fep browned and with inscriptions [Noel J Kerr | Home Science Faculty | Dunedin] [A R Powell] , xvi 235pp illustrated within, some minor pencil notations, early twentieth century text book H reprin...

Sunday Simmons & Charlie Brick

COLLINS Jackie · 1971

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

W H Allen name and small scribble head of half-title, a little dusty to front hinge, unclipped DW chipped with tears at head of spine, some edge chipping and short splits at corners, 288pp novel of the swinging seventies H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9...

Croiset the Clairvoyant

POLLACK Jack Harrison · 1965

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Quality Book Club 200pp. Famous Dutch clairvoyant working under the guidance of a Professor of Para-Psychology for European and American police forces. DW rubbed with short edge tears, tail chipped, head of lower panel chipped, book club edition H reprint Good London Very Goo...

Men of Men

SMITH Wilbur · 1981

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Heinemann VG in tidy unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing to the corners, faintly sunned spine, closed top edge a little browned, tidy copy H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

GAMBIT An International Drama Quarterly Volume 2 Number 8

MARSH Ngaio (association copy)

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Calder & Boyars first issue of this theatrical quarterly after taken over by Calder & Boyars, perfect bound 140 x 220mm a red marker name Marsh to top left corner of the cover in a hand I take to be Ngaio Marsh's, I have compared it to signed copies of her books and believe i...

The One That Got Away (Franz Von Werra)

BURT Kendal LEASOR James · 1956

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Collins DW price clipped with small chip from head of spine at joint, lightly chipped corners, a few short edge tears, book fep clipped at head, lightly foxed closed edges, SECOND IMPRESSION of first edition, 255pp + plates, true story of the Luftwaffe pilot shot down in the B...

The Loved One an Anglo-American Tragedy

WAUGH Evelyn · 1950

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Chapman and Hall third printing, some damp rippling to pages and cloth of upper board bubbled, gilt to spine flaked, spine leans, unclipped DW loss to tail of spine, chipped to fore edge folds, lightly soiled, 144pp on laid paper, illustrations in line by Stuart Boyle, name an...

A Souls Journey

RICHELIEU Peter · 1989

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Aquarian Press first edition thus, small split at heel of spine with tape repair, name to inside cover, 192pp While in a state of despair, after the death of his brother, the author is visited by Acharya, an Indian mystic. Using astral projection, Acharya takes him out of the ...

Gallipoli

MASEFIELD John · 1916

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Heinemann lightly rubbed cloth, lower fore edge has some small frayed areas, small surface mark to lower board, inscriptions dated 1917 to endpapers, fourth impression December 1916, viii 183pp + plates, maps (including folding), the Dardanelles campaign focused on the botc...

Only the Rich Die Young

PENTECOST Hugh · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Boardman ex-library, pen marks and label residue to endpapers, lending library user ID marks to title and some page margins, boards a little rubbed, price clipped DW tidy under plastic sleeve with tape onto the boards, VG but marred by lending library marking, 175pp H First Ed...

Golden Witchbreed

GENTLE Mary · 1983

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Victor Gollancz very clean book and DW, unclipped DW under plastic sleeve, light wear book spine ends, faintly sunned DW spine, authors first adult fantasy title, 476pp + maps H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Steps of the Sun

DALLAS Ruth · 1979

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Caxton near fine in near fine dustwrapper, 50pp poetry by New Zealander H First Edition Very Good Christchurch Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Harpy Thyme

ANTHONY Piers · 1994

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Tor near fine in same DW, unclipped, full colour pictorial endpapers, 318pp, quarter cloth over lemon yellow boards, The only one of her kind in all of Xanth, Gloha, a young harpy girl, agrees to serve the Good Magician for one year if the magician will create a male harpy for...

The Night of the Wild Horses

HARRISON Gregory & AMBRUS Victor G · 1971

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Oxford University Press price clipped DW otherwise excellent under plastic sleeve which is affixed along the top and bottom edge (to the reverse), 58pp illustrated throughout in line by Ambrus H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Victor G Ambrus 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Architectural Rendering in Wash

van BUREN MAGONIGLE · 1929

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Scribners plum cloth with very tidt paper labels to spine and upper board, unclipped DW has minor browning to spine, short tears to head of spine with archival tape to the verso, xvi 160pp + frontis and plates, ' A manual for the student in the school of architecture and the d...

Architecture in Transition

DOXIADIS Constantinos · 1963

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Hutchinson minor small areas of surface insect damage to cloth, DW unclipped with tears to ends of joints, a few short edge tears but little if any loss, 199pp with b&w illustrations, internationally significant Greek architect H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo -...

Singers Difficulties; How to Overcome Them

EMIL-BEHNKE Kate · 1926

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Cassell very small stationers stamp to fep tail, 187pp + 8 plates, light foxing to closed edges, includes; science and sensation / breathing / attack / the open throat / resonance / nasal resonance / felxibility and sustained singing / registers / the tenor voice / position /...