Fortuna Books

From raft to raft

DANIELSON Bengt · 1960

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Unwin VG book 184pp + plates, map end papers. Presentation from author on blank leaf before half-title. [To Roger with Tahitian 'aroha from Bengt], DW would be VG except has been waterstained along the spine area, this is not seen from the outside on the front design but is...

The Blue Nile

MOOREHEAD Alan · 1962

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Hamilton boards a little bumped at spine ends. DW rubbed to folds, chipped at spine ends and corners, but only minimally, a little faded in part but still presentable. 308pp + plates + 2 folding maps . The Reconnaissance / The French in Egypt / The Turks in the Sudan / The Bri...

Penguin Summer or a rare bird in Antarctica

YOUNG Pamela · 1971

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Reed (500 gram rate) 166pp + plates VG DW a little surface soiled but is laminated so can clean up. Observations in Antarctica by the wife of an Antarctic zoologist. H First Edition Very Good Wellington Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Here Lies the Heart, a tale of my Life

De ACOSTA Mercedes · 1960

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,927)

Andre Deutsch very slight mottling to boards, hints of foxing from offsetting from DW to endpaper, top edge very minor foxing, DW complete and unclipped, a few very minimal edge tears or chips and one 20mm tear at top of rear cover, a little surface soiling to the DW. Really...

The complete poetical works of Robert Burns

BURNS Robert & GUNNYON William · 1880

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Nimmo dark blue full-leather bevelled edge, gilt and blind decoration to boards and spine. some surface rubbing to leather showing as lack of pigment rather than decay of leather . all edges gilt , marbled end papers. hinges cracked but tight. 523pp inside red borders. port fr...

The Second Sexton Blake Omnibus

BALLINGER W A & REID D · 1967

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Howard Baker pale blue papered boards, small size pages age browned, DW complete but rubbed to corners and spine folds, some fading to the red title on the spine. Howard Baker Library Edition. contains Murderer at Large by W A Ballinger, This Man Blake, a short history of Sex...

Nightmares of eminent persons and other stories

RUSSELL Bertrand · 1954

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Bodley Head black boards , minor corner bump, top edge of free end paper has been trimmed, book VG, DW unclipped, some edge wear and minor chipping to spine corners, lightly soiled showing only to white rear panel, spine has a few white crease lines showing. Nice 1950s design ...

Did she fall?

SMITH Thorne · 1941

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Methuen seventh edition (cheap form) brick cloth with minor edge wear, top edge of cloth lightly mottled / dusty. DW spine browned, chips and short tears to top and bottom edges but generally no loss except at the spine corners (minor chipping). At the top of the DW front fol...

Geoffrey Keyes VC of the Rommel Raid

KEYES Elizabeth · 1956

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Newnes tan boards gilt titled with a device to upper board in gilt, a hand holding a key above 'VIRTUTE ADEPTA', undoubtedly the Keyes' family device, map endpapers, 278pp + plates., corners bumped , edges lightly soiled through reading use. DW price clipped but otherwise inta...

Notes...on the book of psalms vol 3 III Three

BARNES Albert

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Edward Knight red cloth sunned to spine, rubbed to edges, small patch of discolouration at head of spine, paste action to paste downs. Authors copyright edition, 376pp good tidy internals although some pages may have been opened unkindly. Some also are still uncut/ unopened. I...

History of Latin Christianity vol four IV 4

MILMAN H H · 1855

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

John Murray original embossed cloth faded to tan at spine, rubbed faded purple to boards, spine is split and torn but complete, rubbed and chipped., hinges split but attached, binding showing at sewing, a tired copy in need of repair but all complete and tidy. , 473pp + 32pp a...

Beasts, Men and Gods

OSSENDOWSKI F · 1926

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Cornstalk blue cloth titled black, edge rubbing, map end papers have panel of age toning, front free ep top margin torn off not affecting any relevant part of map, booksellers label foot of paste down, some foxing to closed edges, DW is chipped to head of cover losing part of ...

The Erotic Review Bedside Companion

PELLING Rowan editor with Alain de Botton, Adam Buxton, Anna Chancellor, Damien Hirst, Barry Humphries, India Knight, Bel Mooney, Lizzie Speller, Auberon Waugh · 2000

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Headline collected from the Erotic Review and with new material commissioned for the work. Line illustrations in the text . 222pp, decorative end papers. H First Edition thus Fine London Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Three Plays, Look back in Anger, The Entertainer, Epitaph for George Dillon

OSBORNE John

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Criterion Grey cloth, minimal edge wear. Ink name end paper, top edge dusty, fore edge foxed. DW spine faded, browned and worn especially at head and tail. DW corners rubbed. 272pp first US edn collected these three plays . Epitaph for George Dillon co-written with Anthony Cr...

Sara

BRETONNE Restif de la · 1927

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

John Rodker The story 'Sara' taken from 'M Nicholas, or the human heart unveiled' translated by RCM. Salmon quarter cloth, gray papered boards with gilt wreath to upper board, bottom corners bumped and cracked, green printed DW with a diamond hole cut out on spine. The cloth b...

The voice of the Coyote

DOBIE J Frank · 1950

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Hammond blue cloth, spine lightly faded. DW unclipped, complete but with edge wear, chipping and a tear top left corner into the panel but not too noticeable could almost be VG- 386pp+ some full page line illustrations + some in text. The lore of the coyote, history, folk lo...

Noah and the Waters

LEWIS C Day · 1936

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Hogarth Press mustard cloth slightly dust soiled , wolf hound medallion upper board. DW lightly soiled/ foxed with slight surface wear to edges and one tiny pin prick hole to the rear fold in joint. Endpapers offset foxed, ink name to endpaper. 59pp contents near fine. Only 2...

Lest I Fall

WHITING Charles (Leo Kessler) · 1956

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Cape Charles Whitings (also writes as Leo Kessler) second novel, set in 1950s post war Germany. A young English schoolteacher takes an appointment in Germany. Follows his The Frat Wagon. VG papered boards no inscriptions or faults. DW unclipped and tidy although a little dust ...

The Valley of Flowers

SMYTHE F S · 1938

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Hodder green cloth , red titled spine , top edges age browned. very minor foxing to prelims. colour plates with titled glassine guards (one of these is missing from plate to page 274) 322pp+plates + map, hunting plants in the Himalayas H First Edition No Jacket London Very Goo...

The Glenlitten Murder

OPPENHEIM E Phillips

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Hodder & Stoughton blue cloth, spine faded, boards rubbed to surface showing as white. title + EPO monogram to upper board in black. edges rubbed.lacks fep. minor foxing to prelims. 312pp + 8pp adverts at rear , these are slightly foxed. H assumed first No Jacket London Good...