Fortuna Books

Ghost Story

STRAUB Peter · 1979

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Cape near fine blue papered boards with gray endpapers, DW also near fine and unclipped but with sunned spine and top part of upper cover, apart from sunning excellent copy, jacket design by Tom Adams, 507pp top edge dusted deep blue, first UK printing and same edition as th...

Richard Taylor Missionary Tramper

MEAD A D · 1966

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Reed light wear, typed errata at fep, 272pp + plates, faint foxing to closed edges, Church Missionary Society member in the North Island in Nineteenth Century amongst Maori H First Edition Very Good Wellington Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Wife of Ronald Sheldon

QUENTIN Patrick · 1954

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Victor Gollancz price clipped DW has plastic sleeve taped down to the DW fold in flaps and paste down, it is quite tidy underneath the sleeve, book lacks fep, lightly soiled closed edges, 223pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Port Royal Rediscovered

MARX Robert f · 1973

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New English Library excellent copy in unclipped DW, paper stock somewhat age browned, undersea archaeology of lost Jamaican port, 304pp + plates H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The World Encompassed, Drake's Great Voyage 1577-1580

WILSON Derek · 1977

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hamilton price clipped DW, minor foxing to closed edges and endpapers, xiii 240pp with illustrations throughout H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Lords of the Mountains, Southern Persia and the Kashkai Tribe

De SCHOOTEN Marie-Therese Ullens

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Travel Book Club soiled boards, light foxing, ageing paper stock, 128pp + plates H First Edition No Jacket London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Waiuta Ghosts

CHANDLER Ed. C · 1962

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Privately first edition by Ed C Chandler privately printed 1962 paper wrappers over 158 stapled pages + some photos. 120 x 185mm Reefton / Inangahua, quartz mining, a full on personal and general history of the Waiuta area and the mining and miners. this is the original editio...

The Escaping Club

EVANS A J · 1936

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Jonathan Cape first edition thus (Florin Books), cloth a little soiled, internally very clean and tidy, 256pp+ four diagrams and adverts at rear, author was RAF pilot whose airplane stalled over German lines in 1916, when he was captured, he later managed to escape H First E...

Death on the Doorstep

DOUGLAS George · 1973

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Robert Hale unclipped DW light rubbing to extremities, very tidy, 192pp, uncommon H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Soccer the Lawton Way SIGNED COPY

LAWTON Tommy · 1954

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Nicholas Kaye SIGNED BY LAWTON to the title page, lacks DW and a paper sleeve has been taped down to the paste downs, tape has dried and fallen away but has left vertical strip of oxide to each paste down, 169pp + plates and diagrams in the text H Signed by Author First Editio...

The Song of Roland

CLARK Eleanor · 1969

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Frederick Muller part of the Legacy Library, price clipped DW with small tear at lower corner of front panel repaired to rear with tape, 54pp, small gift inscription to fep H reprint Very Good London Very Good Leonard Everett Fisher 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Hidden Water

HOUGHTON Philip · 1979

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Hodder SIGNED BY AUTHOR to half title, some minor wear to edges of DW, 152pp + plates, memoirs of life in Fiordland, emphasis on wildlife etc. H First Edition Very Good Auckland Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Lifes Adventure, Extracts from the Works of John Buchan

TWEEDSMUIR Susan and JOHN BUCHAN · 1947

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

St Hughs Press papered boards a little shaken, lean to spine, rubbed extremities, DW rubbed to edges, 60pp sewn binding, decorative page designs H First Edition Good London Good 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall

Russia from Within, Personal Experiences of Many Years, and Especially Since 1923, with Opinions and Convictions Formed in Consequence

BURY Herbert

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

The Churchman Publishing Co cloth ruhbbed and faded to spine, frayed at corners and spine ends, front hinge loose at halftitle, half-title and frontis, rear paste down has old pencil scribbles, xvi 231pp + plates (missing one plate) a British Bishop on his experiences in Russ...

Star Maidens - A Novel

EVANS Ivan & Eric Paice · 1977

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Corgi rare paperback television tie-in novel for the British science fiction series, minor age related browning, VG 175pp S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Maigret Goes to School

SIMENON Georges · 1960

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Four Square first paperback edition of this translation by Daphne Woodward, small pen name to first page otherwise VG copy in vintage retro cover, 160pp S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

One Bright Summer Morning

CHASE James Hadley · 1963

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Robert Hale price clipped DW rubbed and creased to folds and edges, white crazing showing on the black feild, pen name and date to fep, minor scattered foxing to closed edges, 190pp H First Edition Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Men from the Boys

LACY Ed · 1960

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Boardman price clipped DW rubbed to edges, a few short edge nicks to lower panel, some light surface scratching to upper panel, 192pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Bare-Faced Messiah , the True Story of L Ron Hubbard

MILLER Russell · 1987

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Michael Joseph price clipped dustwrapper has small (tiny) area nicked to surface of spine showing as white, otherwise VG, 390pp + plates, in depth biography of the founder of Scientology and his various escapades before and after making himself famous through Dianetics and Sc...

The Growth and Development of Social Security in New Zealand; a Survey of Social Security in New Zealand from 1898 to 1949

WATERS B F · 1950

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Government Printer newspaper clipping neatly affixed to paste down with the date of it in ink underneath, name stamp to fep, some offset toning to endpapers, cloth lightly rubbed to spine, 178pp illustrated with photographs H First Edition No Jacket Wellington Very Good 8vo ...