Fortuna Books

Echoes From the Welsh Hills; or Reminiscences of the Preachers and Peoples of Wales

DAVIES David · 1888

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Passmore and Alabaster fourth thousand cheap edition revised and altered, blue cloth decorated in gilt and black, spine ends rubbed, bevelled boards, minor soiling to boards, front hinge cracked and slightly loosened, frontis and title page a little surface dust soiling, al...

Dead Aim the Third Lieutenant Hastings Mystery

WILCOX Collin · 1971

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Random House VG pictorial boards, impression number runs 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 as per Random House first edition designation and also states First Edition. DW not price clipped but the clear lamination film is starting to peel off and there is a crease to bottom of front fold in f...

Anywhen

BLISH James · 1971

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Faber ex library, book has new endpapers, stamps, tape stains to boards, paper lfiring from rear andpapers, bottom corners of many pages torn off, book poor or maybe good reading copy only. DW is VG, not price clipped, the number 8 in pen by the price on the inside flap, rear ...

A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls and Tanglewood Tales

HAWTHORNE Nathaniel & Granville Fenn · 1910

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

Dent first thus illustrated, Hawthornes retelling of Classical myths with illustrations in colour by Granville Fenn. Full decorative cloth upper board and spine, some hndling wear and soiling, spine faded, small splits head and tail, corners lightly bumped and just starting to...

Danish Fairy Tales and Legends (Andersen's Fairy Tales)

ANDERSEN Hans Christian & W H ROBINSON · 1897

$475.00 (€430.96 | £359.54 | ¥75,827)

Bliss Sands & Co red cloth, sun faded spine, gilt vignette to upper board and spine, top edge gilt , fore edge untrimmed, minor surface soiling to boards from handling, remains of gift prize plate to front paste down which is partially removed, offset toning to fep, 332pp +...

Behind the Beyond

LEACOCK Stephen · 1917

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Bodley Head red cloth black titled , spine sunned, edges and corners rubbed, inscription to fep dated 1919, bottom corner of fep torn off, colour frontis + 16 b&w plates (complete), minor scattered foxing, top edge dusted red, untrimmed edges, one plate loosening and standing...

Cricket Heritage

EDRICH W J · 1940

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Stanley Paul light foxing to prelims and closed edges, 224pp + plates, DW unclipped, minor chipping head and tail of spine. reminiscences of a Middlesex and England representative cricketer in the 1940s seasons. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Runaway Horses

MARSHALL Gary

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Wright and Brown book has minimal age browning or darkening to closed edges otherwise near fine, DW is price clipped and with some chipping to corners and spine ends, small area of lift from spine, otherwise VG. a western romance thriller. 3/6 series assumed first edition H Fi...

The Guardians

CHRISTOPHER John · 1970

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Hamilton ex library with stamps to fep, rear fep, head of pp 47, small pen code to front paste down, some tape stains offset from removed sleeve show to endpapers and final page as brown stains, DW is price clipped and with short tears at top corner, top head of spine and chip...

Settlers of Karossa Creek and other stories of Australian Bush Life

BECKE Louis · 1926

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Religious Tract Society assumed first, undated, fep has award plate dated 1926 to Allan Miller of Pukerau School (New Zealand). , red cloth blind decorated and titled cover, gilt to spine, Colour frontis + 2 b&w plates signed JF. 'Settlers of Karossa Creek', 'Bella of Barina...

A Sending of Dragons

YOLEN Jane · 1978

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Julia MacRae Books unclipped DW has another distributors label over the printed price. VG+ book and wrapper. first UK edition, 184pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Byron of the Wager

SHANKLAND Peter · 1975

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Collins price clipped DW with small patch of label lift from upper corner, otherwise would be VG. book has decorative endpapers. 288pp + plates. Accompanying Anson on his exploration the Wager was separated in a storm at the Horn in 1740 and driven ashore at Tierra del Fueg...

On and Off the Record, a memoir of Walter Legge

SCHWARZKOPF Elisabeth · 1982

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Faber VG copy in same DW, unclipped 292pp + plates, some foxing to closed edges. Taken from Legges own memoirs and collected and arranged by his wife. The man who arranged the great E M I classical recordings of the twentieth century. H First Edition Very Good London Very Goo...

The Roman Empresses the history of the lives and secret intrigues of the wives of the Twelve Caesars with historical and critical Notes

De SERVIEZ Jacques Boergas translated by Bysse Molesworth · 1932

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Dingwall-Rock Two volumes complete, blind embossed blue-purple cloth with fasces, a gilt band to the left of the board has a relief decoration of dancing women, with some of the gilt rubbed from the highlights , backstrips slightly faded, top edge gilt, nice purple and gil...

Wired, the short life and fast times of John Belushi

WOODWARD Bob · 1985

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Faber VG copy, DW is unclipped and slightly surface soiled with small split at the top corner along the fold. Top edge of book slightly soiled. 461pp + plates. DW spine slightly sunned. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Miss Buncle Married

STEVENSON D E

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Herbert Jenkins orange cloth with black titling, light wear to edges and corners, light foxing to closed edges and prelims, lacks fep, browned half title, scarce second work by Stevenson. This is the second printing but is undated. 248pp Scarce in the unclipped and VG dust w...

Spitfire, flying Legend

DIBBS John & Holmes Tony · 2004

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Osprey Aviation excellent copy in pictorial laminated boards and with a DW, DW has tiny tape repair to top corner. 192pp. B&W and colour illustrations throughout. excellent history of the plane and its squadrons etc. H reprint Very Good Oxford Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

About the big Sky , about the high Hills, about the rich earth and the deep Sea

KAUFMAN Joe · 1978

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Golden Press VG, minor wear to spine ends and joint, and corners of boards, unmarked within. large quarto colour throughout , first reprint (BCDEFGHIJ) edition. H reprint No Jacket Racine Very Good Joe Kaufman 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

How we are Born how we Grow how our bodies Work and how we Learn

KAUFMAN Joe · 1975

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Golden Press VG, minor wear to spine ends and joint, and corners of boards, unmarked within. large quarto colour throughout (FGHIJ) edition. H reprint No Jacket Racine Very Good Joe Kaufman 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

The Ascent of F6

AUDEN W H & ISHERWOOD Christopher · 1949

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Faber age toned fep, booksellers paper label to paste down from Grahame Book Company Sydney with Thoth image. VG with same price clipped DW under Bro-Dart sleeve. Eight impression H reprint Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall