Fortuna Books

The Angels Weep

SMITH Wilbur · 1982

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Heinemann date and price in small pen hand at fep, binding opening slightly at top of hinge shows at title page (these Heinemann printings are 'perfect' bound!) DW is not price clipped , this has no printed price to the flap, light crease marks at spine ends and the flap fold...

Which ones Cliff? an autobiography by Cliff Richard

RICHARD Cliff · 1977

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Hodder VG 156pp + plates. DW price clipped, spine slightly sun faded. Autobiography by Cliff. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Biggles flies East

JOHNS W E · 1942

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

Hodder second edition september 1942 (after May 1942 first of this edition) H&S 'yellow-jacket' style edition. 192pp minor scattered foxing in parts, heavier to the closed egdes. dust jacket complete just with a few spots to some parts and edge wear, tiny edge nicks, spine ...

Great Britain in Prophecy and Anglo-Israelism under the Searchlight

LAMB W · 1918

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Australian Baptist Publishing House a refutation by a Baptist minister of the claims of the British- Israelite movement. paper wrappers over sewn sheets, clear tape to spine not oxidised. 184pp, a few very minimal pencil annotations, Lamb refutes many of the claims for the Bri...

Be Silent, Love

NICHOLS Fan · 1961

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Boardman papered boards have some tape stains offset from a plastic cover that was attached to the DW. tape stains also to front and rear pastedowns and fep, owner name to fep, internally very clean just the very odd spot of foxing (negligible). DW = all the external edges ha...

There's Always a payoff

HANSEN Robert P · 1960

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boardman ex lending library, tape stain to paste downs and onto edges of boards, fep has remains of a label and a pen code [2602] noted three instances of a rubber stamp (not too large and neatly placed), some pages finger soiled, rear ffep tape stain, a small scribble to titl...

Equitation

WYNMALEN Henry · 1975

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

J A Allen & Co reprint of fifth (revised ) edition. VG , DW under plastic cover , 198pp + plates, DW shows some light wear. price clipped, sixth edition, covers all aspects of riding and training horses. H reprint Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

This Game of Golf

COTTON Henry · 1950

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Country Life green cloth white titled cover, lacks fep, frontis + 248pp, photogravure throughout. foreword by Bernard Darwin, sixth Impression 1950 (after 1948). DW very good and unclipped been under plastic for years, 2 paper labels to front fold in flap that held down the pl...

Our Own Gazette and Y.W.C.A. News volume VII (7)

MENZIES Mrs Stephen · 1890

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Our Own Gazette / Partridge & co frontis +160pp, monthly parts bound in annual edition, papered boards printed cover, lacks backstrip , edges rubbed heavily, boards rubbed and faded, hinges split and weak, , name to fep, some pages / sections loose but all in good condition, ...

The Royal Presence in Australia 1867-1986

PIKE Philip W · 1986

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Royalty Publishing ...the official tours of Australia from 1867-1986." large blue leatherette gilt dec with Tudor rose and Crown design , heavy sized paper, folding genealogy cahrt at front endpaper, owners name and address to half title, 262pp colour and B&W photos throughout...

Alexander the God

DRUON Maurice · 1960

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

Rupert Hart Davis book spine lean otherwise VG, DW unclipped, small splits at spine ends, a few waterspots to spine (very small). stunning colour picture DW. Told in first person by Aristander the aide to Alexander. Includes a map and chronology and notes. 319pp. Historical fi...

The Soldiers Art

POWELL Anthony · 1966

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Heinemann (500 gram rate) near fine in same DW. book cloth minimal rubbing along the edges from shelf wear, minor light pencil to rear paste down corner and front endpaper. one corner lightly bruised. top edge very minor foxing. a few spots of very faint foxing to the prelimin...

Lord of the Underworld, Jung and the Twentieth Century

WILSON Colin · 1984

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Aquarian Press VG indeed , one page corner creased.160pp Colin Wilsons own take on Jung and his influences and influence. A biography and analysis. uncommon title. H First Edition Very Good Wellingborough Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Nanga Parbat incorporating the Official Expeditionary Report of 1953 (PROOF COPY)

HERRLIGKOFFER Karl M · 1954

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Elek proof copy in saffron yellow wraps and a dustwrapper. translated by E Brocket and A Ehrenzweig introduction by John Hunt. inscription to half title. 248pp on light weight bible paper. the plates are all in monochrome including ones labelled COLOUR PLATE which were printe...

Out with the Mounties! the experiences and adventures of a trooper with the Rhodesian Mounted Police

TEMPLE Derek

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Sampson Low Marston red cloth rubbed and lightly soiled, corners bruised, closed edges and prelims lightly foxed, plates are not listed and they seem to be wrong in this copy , two are correct, the "frontis" states it should be facing pp 42 and there is one that states to face...

This animal is mischievous

BENEDICTUS David · 1965

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Blond DW lamination chipping, light soiling, not price clipped, small tear top edge lower panel, jacket by Rosalind Hoyte, light foxing to endpapers and closed edges. 248pp one page dog ear crease. novel about the escalation of race conflict in Britain into out and out vio...

Chatterbox news-box volume viii

anon · 1925

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Wells Gardner Darton & Co pictorial papered boards of boy and girl in school uniform with model sailboats. palian cloth spine, corners of boards rubbed through, annual binding 12 monthly papers, heavy newsprint stock. advertisements to pastedowns and both sides of feps, c...

Reaching for the stars

WALN Nora · 1939

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Angus & Robertson titling to spine rubbed away, rubbed to edges. some foxing, binding opens between signature A and B but still holds well. 312pp, inscribed free endpaper, fourth impression in the year of publication, a socialite travels europe particularly Austria, Germany ...

Crime Cruise

LAURIE-LONG, E. · 1957

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,927)

Ward Lock First Edition. Hardback 192pp near fine DW has minimal rubbing base of spine, a little soiling to rear panel, two tiny dings to front panel not scuffing or puncturing the paper, and one small nick in the lower fore edge fold, not price clipped , small tear at fold o...

Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingal

CASANOVA edited Arthur Machen · 1932

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Albert & Charles Boni Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt complete in two volumes translated Arthur Machen illustrated by Rockwell Kent intro Arthur Symons publ Albert & Charles Boni 1932. 2 vols in black cloth with red title panels, minor rubbing to spine ends. 2216pp tot...