Fortuna Books

The Way The Truth and The Life a hand book of Christian Theosophy

DEWEY J H · 1888

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Dewey " healing and pschychic (sic) culture. A new education based on the ideal and method of the Christ" plum red cloth gilt titled. remains of paper shelf label at foot of spine, corners rubbed .Institutional stamps the end papers. Contemporary ink name and address at head o...

How you can use hypnosis in everyday life

AVISON Francis J (Jayson the Hypnotist) · 1965

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Thorsons DW price clipped and with edge wear and minor corner chipping and short tears to edges . rear DW panel foxed on the white. SIGNED AUTHOR to fep. 104pp 1st edition. H Signed by Author First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Security for a Failing World

COBB Stanwood · 1941

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Baha'i publishing yellow wrappers printed blue glued at spine to sewn signatures. owners name stamp to fep and half-title, 199+3 pp a little surface ribbing. This is the first UK printing of the USA 1934 edition. S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? ...

From An Occult Diary

STRINDBERG August edited Torsten Eklund · 1965

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Secker Firrst English edn. price-clipped DW with minimal edgewear, Includes Strindbergs account of an astral affair he had with Harriet Bosse an actress, they encountered each other as incubi and succubi, The editor has taken information from the Occult Diary as well as let...

The Bright Blue Sky

SYMONDS John · 1956

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Chapman and Hall pale blue boards, book VG. DW by Biro would be VG but has had a label on the spine that has lifted the surface when removed so there is a white patch 20x15mm just above the publishers name on the spine. DW not price-clipped but has a few tiny edge tears etc. a...

The Second Ring of Power

CASTANEDA Carlos · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Simon and Schuster DW starting to show signs of age, slight fade to spine, small edge tear. Not price-clipped. 316pp H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Interrupted Journey two lost hours aboard a flying saucer

FULLER J G · 1980

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Souvenir DW spine slightly faded, DW very slightly soiled otherwise a VG+ book and DW 340pp. Betty and Barney Hill of Portsmouth , New Hampshire were allegedly abducted aboard a UFO, losing two hours of 'lost time' which later under hypnosis was revealed to be an alien abduc...

The Secret Science behind Miracles

LONG Max Freedom · 1954

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Huna Research blue pebbled cloth with gilt to cover and spine, mild residue from a plastic cover along top and bottom edges minor tape residue and ageing to the endpapers 408pp + 1pp adverts VG clean text By observing the kahuna magicians of Hawaii the author has arrived at a...

Worlds in Collision

VELIKOVSKY Immanuel · 1955

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Gollancz plain DW printed in black and red. a little foxed and with a piece missing top right of the cover not affecting text. offset browning to fep as well as ink name and bookseller label. 384pp cosmic catastrophes inferred from ancient myths , legends and histories especia...

Transcendental Astrology

NORRIS A G S · 1970

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Weiser name blacked out on FEP otherwise VG in a DW that is unclipped, VG but with a short closed tear top of lower panel and some minor chips to corners 288pp This looks like a facsimile of an earlier work but no dates mentioned other than Weisers publishing date of 1970 Met...

The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work

FAVENC Ernest · 1908

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Whitcombe and Tombs Khaki cloth with red medallion blocked gilt to cover and spine, rubbed to edges and corners, original plum red endpapers. printed on sized art paper stock. xvi+303pp . In the 'Makers of Australasia' series. slight spne lean/ give. a small part of the conte...

Justice ends at home and other stories

STOUT Rex edited John McAleer · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Viking papered boards, cloth spine, a little dusty but otherwise VG+ DW is also VG under plastic cover, unclipped. 267pp. Intro + 16 early Stout tales (pre-Nero Wolfe). NOTA the title on the spine is blue at the top of the letters but green at the lower part, this may be sunni...

Dougal's Index to advertisements for next of kin, heirs at law legatees &c &c who have been advertised for to claim money and property...

DOUGAL F H · 1886

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

F H Dougal red cloth blind embossed and gilt titled, gilt spine and blind lower board. lower board has minor surface soiling from damp but only to the surface and not through to the paste down etc. Paste down and endpapers are yellow printed with Opinions of the Press which...

Trudy's Island Holiday

FAID Mary Alice · 1950

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Pickering & Inglis yellow cloth with bust of young girl to cover. booksellers stamp at foot of paste down, Prize plate tipped onto endpaper along top edge only. a few faint tape residue marks to both endpapers. DW price-clipped, minor chipping to top and bottom of spine with ...

Twilight World

ANDERSON Poul · 1962

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Gollancz EX-LIBRARY. cancelled stamps to front pastedown, end paper and the rear end paper. rear endpaper also has a library rules plate pasted on. reference number stamped to the endpaper, half title and title, as well as a large stamp across the title page. pp 22 has a 60mm...

Chronicles of Avonlea

MONTGOMERY L M · 1912

$90.00 (€81.65 | £68.12 | ¥14,367)

Page tan cloth with pasted on portrait of a young woman by George Gibbs. Gilt title to cover and spine. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, spine a bit saggy, some surface soiling to covers, the edges of the portrait rubbed to the thick black border. Endpaper top 1/4 trimmed of...

A Parenthesis in Eternity

GOLDSMITH Joel · 1963

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Harper & Row quarter cloth over papered boards , this is a later reprint edition, endpaper has a bookshop label and a blacked out name, spine cloth mottled otherwise VG DW has edge wear and chipping /short tears and rubbed along the folds 366pp untrimmed edges Part 1-The Cir...

The Honest Fisherman and other tales

WALSH Maurice · 1954

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

W & R Chambers red cloth rubbed to very ends of spine. paper age browning otherwise VG no faults. DW complete unclipped. minor areas of soiling, head and tail of spine chipped, a few short tears to edges. 150pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

In The Light of Truth, the Grail Message

ABD-RU-SHIN · 1971

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Alexander Bernhardt three volumes in one, translated from the German Abd-Ru-Shin aka Oskar Ernst Bernhardt (1875-1941) "His living knowledge is no earthly learnedness, He draws it from purest and highest sources" metaphysical meditations on christ consciousness etc Large ...

The Heart of the Hunter

VAN DER POST Laurens · 1961

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hogarth Press DW has some rubbing to the edges and spine folds otherwise VG and un-clipped although the rear panel a bit soiled. Book VG corners slight bruise. 256pp. With African Bushmen as they hunt game and live life as they always have. Natural history and anthropology. H ...