Fortuna Books

The Life of Francis Drake

MASON A E W · 1941

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Hodder internally tidy book, endpapers age toned and foxed, closed edges foxed, clean navy blue cloth with bright gilt tiling, DW price clipped, plain white with titling in blue and portrait of Drake to cover, spine a little browned, light soiling but still quite tidy, minimal...

Magick -the Aeon of Horus

DANIEL George in Pour Monsieur Magazine Vol 4 No 2 · 1982

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Nohula Pty issue Vol 4 No2 stapled magazine, Australian 'Men's Interest' magazine with some naked photography as well as life style articles etc Includes 3 page text article on the Golden Dawn magical revival and Crowley's Cult of Thelema / Horus etc and Sex Magick, 128pp tot...

Merlin and the Dragons

YOLEN Jane · 1998

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Puffin corners a little curled, approx 40pp fully illustrated throughout, retelling of Arthur, Vortigern and the White and Red Dragons S reprint No Jacket New York Very Good Li Ming landscape 4to

The Royal Office of the Master of the Horse

REESE M. M. · 1976

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Threshold Books apart from a small gift inscription to top corner of fep an excellent copy with an unclipped DW under a plastic sleeve, 360pp with 40 colour and over 200 monochrome illsutrations, covers the Royal Horse from Anglo-Saxon to the present Royal House of Britain, in...

The Scarecrow

MORRIESON Ronald Hugh · 1976

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Heinemann first thus but second edition after original Angus & Robertson 1963 edition, DW Spine Slightly Sunned Otherwise Tidy Copy 181pp H Second Edition Very Good Auckland Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Prince Caspian

LEWIS C S · 1967

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Collins First Thus in Evergreen Library but second edition of the work, green textured boards, slight rubbing to spine ends, top edges slightly rubbed, top edge dusted green, book very clean, dust jacket is unclipped and tidy but has short tears at the ends of the folds at top...

Bolt

FRANCIS Dick · 1986

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Michael Joseph unclipped DW, a VG+ VG+ copy with DW under plastic sleeve, lightly aged toned closed edges H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Break In

FRANCIS Dick · 1985

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Michael Joseph unclipped DW, book spine not absolutely square but overall a VG+ VG+ copy shows minor signs of use with small pen name to fep and short (30mm) tear at head of lower joint with some tape repair to the reverse side, aged toned closed edges H First Edition Very Go...

Lost Countess Falka, a Story of the Orient

SAVAGE Richard Henry · 1897

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.45 | ¥39,111)

George Routledge & Sons assumed first edition, yellow papered boards with colour titling, decoration and illustration of a man 'ministering' to fainted a lady in formal attire, rubbed to the edges and spine joints showing the binding underneath, some surface rubbing affecting...

Checked Through, Missing, Trunk No. 17580 a Story of New York City Life

SAVAGE Richard Henry · 1896

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.45 | ¥39,111)

George Routledge & Sons yellow papered boards with colour titling, decoration and illustration of two men investigating an open travel trunk, rubbed to the edges and spine joints showing the binding underneath, some surface rubbing affecting the illustration a bit, backstrip...

Her Foreign Conquest a Novel

SAVAGE Richard Henry · 1895

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.45 | ¥39,111)

George Routledge & Sons yellow papered boards with colour titling, decoration and illustration of a man 'apprehending' a lady in formal attire, rubbed to the edges and spine joints showing the binding underneath, some surface rubbing affecting the illustration a bit, backstr...

Sylvia's Lovers a New Edition

GASKELL Mrs · 1877

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Smith Elder & Co green cloth with black decoration and titling to cover, gilt to spine, edges rubbed and frayed, spine leans, corners rubbed back to board, joints rubbed and split at ends, soiling to cloth, hinges cracked and loosening, some light foxing, vol III in the seven ...

Marthe

HUYSMANS J K Trsl Robert Baldick · 1958

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Fortune Press first English translation, undated (but 1958), near fine, pages unopened, as new, 82pp intro & notes by Baldick, French original 1876, decadent novel about a man's obsession with a prostitute in Paris H First Edition No Jacket London Fine 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Florence Nightingale and the Doctors

COPE Zachary · 1958

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Museum Press lacks DW, spine titling flaking, fep removed, otherwise tidy, 163pp + plates, the help Florence recieved from the medical establishment of the time, includes correspondence with these doctors, mention of Army Medical College / Dr William Farr / Sir Henry Wentworth...

The Seneca People

ABRAMS Geroge h J · 1976

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Indian tribal Series limited to 15,000 copies numbered 1083 and signed by Robert Hoag, Seneca Tribal Chairman (portrait photograph of him at pp v) very tidy but a few instances of neatly ruled pen underlining, vi 106pp with some historic early photographss of Seneca figures H ...

The Dutch Schultz Story

ADDY Ted · 1962

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Monarch Books first edition and publication, light lean to spine, some rubbing at tail of upper joint, faint pen mark to cover, Monarch Americana Series MA 323, 141pp + adverts, biography of the mobster who became the FBI's 'public enemy number one' S First Edition No Jacket ...

Anna of Strathallan SIGNED BY AUTHOR

SUMMERS Essie · 1980

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Harlequin Harlequin Salutes first printing in this edition (reprints original Harlequin of 1975), usual reading wear to covers, small tear top corner first two pages, first inside page has presentation inscription signed from Essie Summers 'To Florence, with happy memories of...

Maggie Cassidy

KEROUAC Jack · 1960

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Panther the first UK printing, before the hardcover, covers rubbed to edges, a few crease marks at bottom corner, small area label lift size approx 10x20mm, some minor age browning, billed as 'A new novel by Jack Kerouac author of 'The Subterraneans' and 'On the Road' ' 156pp ...

The Marquis De Sade with a Postscript on Restif De La Bretonne

FLAKE Otto Translated Edward Crankshaw · 1931

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Peter Davies wine red boards slightly dust soiled, bumped corners, small puncture to centre of backstrip, rubbed spine ends, bookseller label foot of paste down, light foxing or soiling , 230pp scarce work on de Sade and de la Bretonne and the philosphical and political climat...

To the devil - a Daughter

WHEATLEY Dennis · 1953

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Hutchinson cloth rubbed to edges and joints otherwise VG with tidy map endpapers, DW unclipped with light rubbing to folds and light chipping to spine ends and corners, little loss, classic devil-worship thriller with a character based on Wheatley's meetings with Aleister Crow...