Fortuna Books

Kiri, a Biography of Kiri Te Kanawa

FINGLETON David · 1982

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Collins tidy copy, in same dust jacket with a little dust or handling soiling, 192pp + plates H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Teddy Tail Annual

DAILY MAIL · 1956

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Daily Mail undated but has small ink gift inscription in 'this book belongs to' panel dated 1956, cover has Teddy Tail and a sailor bear and Teddy is playing a Tuba, spine cloth faded, publisher laminated pictorial boards, 125pp, the 'Gazinta' activity page has been completed ...

Toby's New Adventures

HODGETTS Sheila · 1960

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Sampson Low undated but early 1960s ? Green cloth spine with pictorial boards with red background and a scene onbaord a ship with a diver being lowered over the side. Illustrated by E Jeffrey. corners of boards have some edge rubbing, title trimmed at top corner ( removed ow...

Winchester College Songs

Anonymous · 1936

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

P & G Wells name to paste down, minor foxing, small pocket sized cloth bound with gilt crest to cover, 104pp, enquire for reduced shipping outside New Zealand H No Jacket Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

A Programmers guide to COBOL

HARRISON William J · 1980

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Van Nostrand Reinhold DW with edge tears and folded over portions due to this, minor chipping, name to fep, 232pp H reprint Good New York Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Love in action, the sociology of sex

HENRIQUES Fernando · 1963

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

MacGibbon & Kee Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good, Some Wear. Med 8vo, 432pp, b/w Illusts. The blurb presents this book as 'an up-to-date survey of sexual habits and variations among a wide cross-section of the world's societies..' "Sexual variations and habits across the world ...

The Ruins of Time, Four and a half centuries of conquest and discovery among the Maya

ADAMSON David · 1975

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Allen & Unwin book upper board and DW small indent marks, inscription to fep, DW worn and rubbed to edges, chipped spine ends, price clipped. Book contents VG+. 272pp + colour plates. H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Aphrodisiacs and Love Stimulants

DAVENPORT John · 1965

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Luxor Press Aphrodisiacs and Love Stimulants with other chapters on the secrets of Venusbeing the two books by John Davenport entitled 'Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodisiacs' and 'Curiositates Eroticae Physiologiae, or Tabooed Subjects Freely Treated'. now for the first time edi...

The Best of Rosemary Sutcliff (Warrior Scarlet, The mark of the horse lord, knights fee)

SUTCLIFF Rosemary · 1500

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Chancellor Press 3 in 1 omnibus edition, pictorial covers, 725pp, illustrated in line by Charles Keeping. closed edges foxed , some pages slightly wavy. heavy book may incur higher postage, (1500 gram rate) H reprint No Jacket London Good Charles Keeping 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

United in Crime

HYDE H Montgomery · 1950

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Quality Book Club first thus, DW chipped head of spine rubbed all edges, xxx + 191pp pages age browned, amongst others includes Haigh acid bath killer and the Lonely Hearts killers. Also information on contemporary criminal law theory etc (1950s?) H First Edition Good London...

The Fires of Spring

MICHENER James A & DAY A Grove · 1950

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Dymocks Green cloth cover, gilt over red section on spine, spine and corners bumped, page ends dust stained. sunned to the head and tail of the spine, paencil residue to corner of fep, 495pp text clean, first Australian issue. no DW H First Edition No Jacket Sydney Very Goo...

Ride a Pale Horse

MACINNES Helen · 1984

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Collins VG in same price clipped DW. top edge a little dusty. The top interview that journalist Karen Cornell had been promised at the Prague peace conference never materialized. But she was chosen for something far more hazardous - to carry potentially lethal documents from ...

The Care and adjustment of the L&M Two-colour Letterpress machine + supplement No 1 + photgraphic Print

LInotype And Machinery Limited · 1948

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Linotype And Machinery Ltd (500 gram rate) 56pp + blanks at rear. buff card covers with minor wear short edge tear, inscription to fep, errata slip intact, included with this is the supplement to the handbook No 1 being 8pp staple bound, and an original photographic print o...

The Merry Hippo, a novel of Suspense

HUXLEY Elspeth · 1963

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Chatto & Windus unclipped jacket, minor edgewear, 20mm tear at head of lower joint, short tear top edge lower panel, minbor foxing to fep and half title. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Love locked out a survey of love licence and restriction in the Middle Ages

CLEUGH James · 1970

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Spring Books tidy book in unclipped jacket with small tears and chipping to spine ends and corners. minor edge wear, some of the lamination peeled. 320pp. Survey of medieval views on sex and sensuality including all forms of revelry and merrymaking as well as case studies of...

Kit Hunter Show Jumper in Fiesta for Wild One

GREY Peter · 1960

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

World dust jacket is price clipped , some edge wear and rubbing, name in felt and shop stamp to fep, two tone illustrated boards, top edge red. The seventh book in the series. tidy H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Christophe; king of Haiti

COLE Hubert · 1967

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Eyre & Spottiswoode Biography of the lieutenant of Toussaint L'Ouverture who made himself ruler of the renamed kingdom of Haiti. "His rise and fall are excitingly set against a background of revolution, idealism, atrocities, and voodoo." 307pp + plates H First Edition Good Lon...

Fight the good fight, the story of the Salvation Army in New Zealand 1883-1983

BRADWELL Cyril R. · 1982

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Reed 216pp + b&w plates, DW minimal wear. history of New Zealands Salvation Army and its good works, signed to title page by author. H Signed by Author First Edition Very Good Wellington Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Champion on two Wheels

PORTER Hugh · 1975

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Robert Hale book VG slight musty aroma, very faint scattered foxing to closed edges, DW price clipped short tear along bottom corner fold , taped at verso, as well as small split at top corner fold also taped at verso, some light creasing and surface soiling, British champio...

The Black Laurel

JAMESON Storm · 1947

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

MacMillan first edition of authors first work, book boards and cloth are VG but the text block is loose and nearly detached, the hinges are reinforced with cloth tape, fep is FULL of date stamps and library marks, small pen tick to title page, library stamp to closed edges, i...