Fortuna Books

The Violated

BOURJAILY Vance · 1958

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Dial Press second printing of first edition, September 1958, unclipped jacket some edge wear and minor splits or chips, offsetting to feps, 599pp. H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The 13 Clocks

THURBER James · 1951

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hamilton first UK issue, small gift inscription to front paste down, some soiling to fore edge of boards, 124pp, illustrated in colour H First Edition No Jacket London Good Mark Simont 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Baltijas Jura Senajas Kartes ( Baltic Sea in ancient Maps )

SPEKKE Arnolds · 1959

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Apgads Zelta Abele unclipped dust jacket slightly sunned, light handling wear, clean tear along top of lower joint, book tidy, limited to 850 copies, 49pp + plates including folding, Baltic Sea in ancient maps with commentary, text in Latvian H First Edition Very Good Stokholm...

Cats Souvenir Brochure

WEBBER Andrew Lloyd & T S Eliot · 1983

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Dewynters Ltd (200 gram rate) minor crease to lower corner of rear wrapper otherwise tidy copy, 20pp full colour throughout, souvenir brochure to the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical S reprint No Jacket London Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall Booklet

When You Were Sweet Sixteen, Music from The Jolson Story

THORNTON James

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co (200 gram rate) worn, has been folded vertically and horizontally, tape repair not browned, some minor edge chips, undated, priced at 1', stationer's stamp to cover, single sheet folded to make 4pp No Jacket London Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Down Town

HATCH Tony & Petula Clark · 1964

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Welbeck Music Ltd (200 gram rate) light handling wear, a single sheet folded to make 4pp, sheet music No Jacket London Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Berioska Dance Company of Moscow and National Russian Orchestra ( New Zealand Tour 1970)

EDGLEY Michael & Gosconcert Moscow · 1970

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Michael Edgley (200 gram rate) stapled pictorial wrappers, 24pp, illustrated with photographs, tour programme of the August tour S Second Edition No Jacket New Zealand Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Muhammad Ali Picture Book

KING Peter and Muhammad Ali · 1976

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Concorde Distribution (500 gram rate) stapled newsprint sheets with pictorial paper wrappers, 66pp, small pen date to contents page S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall Magazine

Sealing Wax Craft

DENNISON Manufacturing Co. · 1925

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Dennison Manufacturing Co. copyrighted 1925, 36pp in stapled pictorial wrappers, light handling wear, staples rusted, centrespread in full colour, otherwise black and white illustrations throughout, home hobby wax craft with sealing wax, (200 gram rate) S Second Edition No Jac...

Mastoids Roentgenologically considered; Annals of Roentgenology Volume 1

LAW Frederick M · 1920

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Paul B. Hoeber two tone cloth 1/4 bound, titled to boards, lightly rubbed edges and joints, ink name to fep with 42 Roentgen Ray studies on 21 photographic plates and 11 text illustrations, by a doctor at the Manhattan Ear Nose and Throat Hospital, (x) 39 + 21 plates (actual p...

A new map of the river Thames from Oxford to London : from entirely new surveys, taken during the summer of 1871 : with a guide, giving every information required by the tourist, the oarsman, and the Angler

TAUNT Henry W. · 1873

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

Henry W. Taunt second revised edition published in 1873, title states it has EIGHTY photos, but I have collated it and there are only 79 but there seem to be none missing ( ie no places indicated to binder to paste one of the tipped on photos, where there is one missing), land...

A History of the Earth and Animated Nature

GOLDSMITH Oliver · 1851

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Thomas Nelson pictorial gilt embossed backstrip detached, book needs rebacking and restoration, contents intact and tidy, one two leaf section stands proud, corners bumped and rubbed through at tips, blind embossed boards, hinges cracked, engraved title and frontis is foxed, ...

The Herald of the Cross Vol XVIII

Order of the Cross · 1944

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

The Order of the Cross blue cloth with gilt titling and decoration, cloth is rubbed and insect damaged with white patches showing to the surface, split tail of spine, internally tidy excepting a little pencil underlining and stamps and inscription to fep from the Order's Lend...

The Adventures of Augie March

BELLOW Saul · 1954

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Weidenfeld red cloth with some dust soiling, spine titling dulled, light lean, free end paper trimmed at the top 10cm, small bookseller label at foot, book clean, DW unclipped with short edge splits, rubbing or minor tiny chips, good clean image, 536pp H First Edition Good Lon...

The Pale Horse

CHRISTIE Agatha · 1961

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Collins near fine in same unclipped dust jacket, minor rubbing to tail edge of jacket spine, ghost of an erased pencil price at head of title, light bump to corners, lightly dust soiled top edge and minor spots to other closed edges, very tidy H First Edition Very Good London ...

Other People a Mystery Story

AMIS Martin · 1981

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Jonathan Cape lacks half title, small areas tape marking to paste downs, paper scar to fep, spine a little lazy, VG unclipped DW under a plastic sleeve, each fep has two small areas of tape residue in the margins not covered by the sleeve, blue top edge dusting faded H First E...

The Hunt for Red October

CLANCY Tom · 1985

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Collins very tidy in unclipped dustwrapper with no price printed on the flap, spine of DW very slightly faded to the red only, light spine lean, 479pp, page edges slightly browned, first UK hardcover edition. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Word , Sound and Image in the odes of Horace

LEE M Owen · 1969

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

University of Michigan Press 125pp VG , DW some signs of usage, split at head, fep has a price stamp and pencil owners name. H First Edition Very Good Ann Arbor Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Beau Sabreur

WREN P C · 1926

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

John Murray First edition second printing same month as first (July). Red cloth rubbed to edges, spine slightly faded, fep has name in ink and owners stamp (small in top corner). feps are offset toned, closed edges are foxed, 342pp + 10pp adverts at rear. shows age but no r...

The Science of the Sacraments

LEADBEATER C W · 1975

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Theosophical Publishing House large 8vo red cloth, printed in India, Theosophical book shop stamp to fep, 629pp + plates (including colour folding frontis), DW spine light fade, rear white panel surface soiled, chipped at head and tail of spine. A full treatise on all aspects...