Fortuna Books

Mind and Health with an examination of some systems of divine Healing

WEAVER Edward E · 1913

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

MacMillan VG tidy cloth gilt titled spine, white pen shelf mark to spine, minimal rubbing spine ends. Bookplate ex libris Joseph M Gleason, book review from the Yale Review of October 1915 was tipped in to fep now loose with small paper ,and paste line remaining on the page. ...

King Solomons Temple in the Masonic Tradition

HORNE Alex · 1973

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Aquarian Press second impression, frontis map and 8 monochrome plates, pp. 352. H First Edition Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Human Knowledge, it's scope and Limits

RUSSELL Bertrand · 1966

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

George Allen Unwin VG in VG price clipped DW under plastic sleeve, reprint, 538pp overview of human knowledge in following fields; world of science / languagr / science and perception / scientific concepts / probability / postulates of scientific inference. fifth impression H ...

Sign for the Sacred

CONSTANTINE Storm · 1993

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Headline first edition VG in unclipped DW that has a sunned spine with the deep purple bleached out but all titling etc still good. 373pp H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Geography of New Zealand, historical, physical,political and commercial

MARSHALL P · 1912

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Whitcombe and Tombs slate blue boards titled black, rubbed to edges and lightly soiled, 447pp well illustrated with maps and photos and diagrams. Bagnalls M1185. contributions by J W Gregory, A Hamilton & G Hogben. print run of 5000c. Internally excellent tidy copy. H revised...

Viet-Nam

PAINE Lauren · 1965

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Robert Hale VG in unclipped DW with short edge tears to spine ends and top of lower panel, lower panel a little discoloured or foxed 192pp + plates, An early history of the Vietnam war. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Otterbury Incident

LEWIS Cecil Day · 1958

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Putnam Name to fep, first reprint edition, head and tail of spine sunned, rear paste down has five ink stamp dates. 148pp DW is price clipped and with edge tears or chips, lacks bottom 20mm at tail, front and rear panels are complete. cover art also by Ardizzone. (500 gram...

Surface with Daring

REEMAN Douglas · 1976

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Hutchinson very good in unclipped DW. DW has small dent to left of cover panel above the joint gutter, this has just penetrated the paper fully but barely noticeable, slight sun fade to the spine. Signed to title in felt pen [Douglas Reeman | 1977] probably at a book signing b...

How to play winning tennis

LAVER Rod & Jack Pollard · 1964

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Pelham Books 112pp + plates, very tidy, DW unclipped with light edge rubbing and short edge nicks at tail of spine, short edge tear top of rear panel. Photos and diagrams. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

How to play and win at tennis

GONZALES Pancho & Dick Hawk · 1963

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Souvenir 123pp illustrated with photographs and drawings. 4 pages have some minor rusty staining from spilt liquid. DW rubbed and chipped to edges with tear to front and some loss to rear panel corner. H First Edition Good London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Celebration of the Mass Complete Edition

O'CONNELL J B · 1956

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.08 | ¥47,891)

Burns & Oates complete edition three vols in one, large cloth bound , DW unclipped, minor rubbing or chipping to edges, fourth printing, new edition revised and enlarged, xviii 698 pp diagrams and illustrations, top edge red, includes; General Rubrics of the Missal, Rite of...

The Cruise of the "Falcon" a voyage to South America in a 30-ton yacht

KNIGHT E F · 1914

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Thomas Nelson (500 gram rate) undated but inscribed to verso of frontis and dated 27/3/14 (1914). hinge cracked before the frontis and frontis part detached, sewn collations starting to loosen at the binding but otherwise VG copy with some soiling to the spine and light rubbin...

Golden Nuggets of Wisdom

MCELROY Paul S · 1974

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Peter Pauper (500 gram rate) price clipped DW 62pp + plates H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good Stanley Clough 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall Private Press

Flowering Wilderness a sequel to Maid in Waiting

GALSWORTHY John · 1935

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Heinemann very tidy cloth blind titled to cover, git inscription to fep, top edge red, 280pp, reprint of cheap edition, good quality paper and bionding though!. DW unclipped , nice blue and silver design, comes with a xmas greetings wrap around band from Whitcombe & Tombs L...

First Light

ACKROYD Peter · 1989

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hamilton uncorrected proof copy on proofing paper, closed edges age browned, light soiling to laminated paper wrappers, 328pp S First Edition No Jacket London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The White Monk of Timbuctoo (Pere Yakouba)

SEABROOK William · 1934

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Harrap first edition, lacks DW, minor wear to boards, corner tips just starting to fray, closed edges little foxed, untrimmed fore edge, some foxing heavier to prelims. 271pp + plates. A renegade priest who gained pre-eminence in Timbuctoo. H First Edition No Jacket London Ve...

The Floating World in Japanese Fiction

HIBBETT Howard · 1959

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Oxford University Press first edition, slate blue cloth, xiii, 232pp + 24 plates. DW is price clipped and has waterstain to spine area of the reverse side, this only shows to the front surface along the lower panel where it is white. deals with the ukiyo-zoshi 'floating world'...

Summit Fever

GREIG Andrew · 1985

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Hutchinson excellent copy dustwrapper also excellent, account of the approach route, life at base camp, and the successful 1984 British ascent of the Mustagh Tower in the Karakoram. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

THE LEIBNIZ-CLARKE CORRESPONDENCE with Extracts from Newton's Principia and Opticks

ALEXANDER H G · 1970

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Manchester University Press (500 gram rate) An exchange of letter between Leibniz and Samuel Clarke that was the basis for a significant philosophical and theological discussion of the implications of Newtonian science. Includes extracts from Newton's Principia and Opticks. 2...

Discourse on Metaphysics

LEIBNIZ (Peter Lucas & Leslie Grint) · 1968

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Manchester University Press (500 gram rate) A translation from the French based on the diplomatic edition with an Introduction and Notes by Peter G. Lucas and Leslie Grint. small name and date to fep, otherwise VG in VG DW H reprint Very Good Manchester Very Good 12mo - over...