Fortuna Books

My Command in South Africa 1874-1878, comprising Experiences of Travel in the Colonies of South Africa and the Independent States

CUNYNGHAME Arthur Thurlowe · 1879

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,927)

MacMillan boards rubbed, faded and soiled, corners rubbed back to the boards, original endpapers intact, red pencil number to paste downand reverse of frontis map, small library stamp to title, hinge shows at title, the 'second thousand' of the first edition, untrimmed, xx 37...

Charles Bradlaugh a Record of His Life and Work By His Daughter 2 Vols

BRADLAUGH BONNER Hypatia · 1895

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

T Fisher Unwin blue buckram blind embossed and with gilt titles, surface rubbing and dust soiling, closed edges dusty, foxed endpapers from paste action, contemporary ink name to feps, dated 1922, tissue guards present at frontispieces, vol 1 lacks fep and has name to half tit...

Across Lapland with Sledge and Reindeer

CHAPMAN Olive Murray · 1932

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Bodley Head boards lightly rubbed edges , prize plate to fep, 212pp + 4 pp adverts, 8 colour and 62 B&W illustrations / photographs, the plates are slightly rippled due to atmospheric humidity and are in no way watermarked or stained, the authour travelled across Lapland and...

The Tinfish Run

BASSETT Ronald · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

MacMillan excellent copy marred by small pen scribble over an old price top corner of fep, otherwise Vg in Vg unclipped DW, that is lightly sunned to spine, 264pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Piper on the Mountain

PETERS Ellis · 1966

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Collins book is tightly bound etc but has both feps removed and numerous library stamps as well as some pen notations , tape stains to paste downs and onto edges of boards, DW is unclipped and tidy but has a stain to the extreme top and bottom edges from adhesive used in a p...

The Chinese Bigamy of Mr David Winterlea a Manchu-Edwardian Fantasy

McALEAVY Henry · 1961

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

George Allen Unwin DW unclipped, minor edge tears 208pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Blood on the Sea, the Terrible Story of the Yawl 'mignonette'

MCCORMICK Donald · 1962

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Muller very minimal light rubbing to DW, unclipped, 158pp + plates, 1844 and three men are on trial for cannibalism at sea having eaten the cabin boy to survive while adrift, true story non-fiction H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Edge of the Sword

FARRAR-HOCKLEY Anthony · 1952

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Frederick Muller dust jacket rubbed to edges and corners, chipped head and tail, age browning 275pp after the Battle of the Imjin river the Gloucestershire regiment went into Communist captivity, and the story is here told H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? -...

The Drive North

LYKIARD Alexis · 1977

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Allison & Busby unclipped DW thin band discolouration along top and bottom edges (2mm) very tidy H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Portugese Period in East Africa

STRANDES Justus · 1968

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

East African Literature Bureau lacks fep, DW chipped head of spine and bottom rear corner, some tape reinforcements to verso, 325pp + folding map H reprint Very Good Nairobi Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Weep for Lycidas

HARRISON Michael · 1934

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.45 | ¥39,111)

Arthur Barker DW browned to spine, lower joint split most of length, chipped and rubbed to head and tail, corners also, price clipped, dust soiled, book cloth lightly rubbed, top edge dusty, light foxing to prelims, 412pp on laid paper, author's first work H First Edition Go...

The Heart of a Continent

YOUNGHUSBAND Francis · 1937

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

John Murray newly revised edition, inscr to fep otherwise VG and clean, corners lightly bruised, top edgte dusted green, xvi 246pp + 2pp adverts, frontis 3 plates and folding map, slight foxing Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of his journey from Peking to India by way...

The New Testament in Braid Scots

SMITH William Wye · 1924

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Alexander Gardner blue cloth with discolouration to boards and spine, gilt title to cover and spine, rubbed joints, original black endpapers, rounded corners and dusted red edges as published, Third revised edition, may lack half-title, 343pp, Scots glossary at rear, double c...

Clansmen

BOILEAU Ethel · 1936

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Hutchinson excellent blue cloth, name to fep,light foxing closed edges, DW minor rubbing or chipping to top edge, corners and spine corners, novel set in early twentieth century Highlands, 448pp + 48pp catalogue H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Long Sail to Haiti

BRENTON Francis · 1965

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Heinemann excellent copy in a complete DW with short tear at the top edge 20mm down, small split lower corner, light rubbing head of spine, 179pp + frontis, map endpapers, a man's single-handed Atlantic crossing that ended in a Haitian dictator's gaol H First Edition Very Goo...

The Spinoza of Market Street

SINGER Isaac Bashevis · 1962

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Secker book has small name to fep otherwise VG, DW is unclipped, spine slightly faded, light rubbing to top edge of DW, reverse of DW has water stain which does not show throught to the front panel and only slightly to the rear panel at the bottom of the spine corner, near VG...

The Conqueror

HEYER Georgette · 1966

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Dutton green cloth, spine with a slight lean, light soiling to surface of cloth, DW unclipped but with short tears along the ends of the folds at spine ends, Bayeux tapestry design, light soiling to closed edges, 377pp first American edition H First Edition Good New York Very ...

The Fireside Clime

BLOCHAIRN Robin · 1920

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Alexander Gardner red cloth spine and tips lightly soiled or faded and rubbed, papered boards lightly browned, with printed title, spine title dulled, corners bumped, internally VG, 87pp + 3pp adverts, verse in Scots dialect H First Edition No Jacket Paisley Very Good 8vo - ov...

I'm Eve (Three Faces of Eve)

SIZEMORE Chris Costner & PITTILLO Elen Sain · 1977

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Doubleday DW rubbed chipped to spine ends and corners, book signed to verso of fep [For Mona | all good wishes | Chris Costner Sizemore | November 1, 1979] and title page at top has [I'm Eve], 'the compelling story of the internationally famous case of multiple personality ' x...

The Old Red Sandstone or New Walks in an Old Field

MILLER Hugh · 1889

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

Nimmo Hay & Mitchell excellent copy, navy cloth lightly rubbed to tips only, blind embossed babe on a globe to upper board, tidy gilt title spine, original coloured eps, hinges tight, closed edges untrimmed and slightly foxed, rubber name stamp to half- and title [Revd J CO...