Fortuna Books

Of the just shaping of letters

DURER Albrecht translated R T Nichol · 1965

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Dover card covers, stapled spine 43pp, translated from the Latin text of the issue of 1535, a chapter from the Applied Geometry of Albrecht Durer, principally concerned with setting up precise rules for the geometric construction of Roman capitals S reprint No Jacket New York ...

The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the early and middle Ages

CUNNINGHAM W · 1915

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Cambridge University Press ex private library stamp and number to fep only, free endpapers offset browned, spine edges rubbed, the fifth edition, xxvi, 724pp +plates and folding maps etc. heavy book may incur higher shipping. H reprint No Jacket Cambridge Very Good 8vo - over...

The Mustard Seed

BAUM Vicki · 1953

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Michael Joseph boards have some mottling to cloth, all closed edges heavily foxed, DW is browned to spine and flaps as well as the white of the rear panel, small chip to top corner tip, apart from the mottling and foxing would be VG/VG 422pp H First Edition Good London Good 8...

Mr Standfast

BUCHAN John · 1919

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Hodder assumed first edition, blue cloth with darker decorative bands and monogram above title etc. edges rubbed, spine soiled, front hinge cracked, offset browning to endpapers etc, first few poages light crease, 412pp no faults just age tired. H First Edition No Jacket Lond...

The Spider Man

PLUMMER T Arthur · 1961

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

John Long decorative two tone papered boards, ex library with stamps and label residue to endpapers, front hinge cracked and loosening, tape reside to paste-downs and onto edges of boards, some stamps throughout text, rear hinge loosened and opened before the final page. read...

The Gaunt Woman

BLACKBURN John · 1962

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Jonathan Cape book has spine lean, minimal tape residue to edges of boards, stamps to fep, title , copyright pages and the WHOLE rear fep has been used for issuing stamps! Rear paste down has surface lifting where a pocket has been removed. DW quite good, small scuff to top c...

Saga of the Niger

OWEN Richard · 1961

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Travel Book Club dust jacket is sunned to the spine, edgewear and or short tears, small tear base front panel. The author followed the footsteps of Mungo Park in exploration from the mouth of the Gambia to the mouth of the Niger. Travelling alone on foot with rucksack , tent a...

A Time to Die

SMITH Wilbur · 1989

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Heinemann minimal wear to top and bottom edges of DW shows as lamination just starting to lift from the edges , unclipped, pages lightly browned as is usual. First UK printing with price in Pounds to the flap. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Temple of Rec Stalek an Adventure for TORG

HENSLEY Shane Lacey · 1992

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

West End Games minor handling, unsold shop stock, label top corner, 64pp (500 gram rate) H First Edition No Jacket Honesdale Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

My Friend Phil

PEACOCKE Isabel Maude · 1915

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Ward Lock Peacocke's first published work, grey cloth decorated and with pasted on plate to front, corners and edges rubbed, a little area of soiling. free end papers toned, small bookseller label to pastedown, prize plate tipped on to fep dated 1919. frontis tissue guard br...

The Foundling

HEYER Georgette · 1948

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Heinemann brown cloth gilt titled spine dulled, endpaper has inscription blacked out. NO DW. closed edges foxed. H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

A Spy of Napoleon

ORCZY Baroness · 1934

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Hodder blue cloth rubbed to edges, spine backstrip has a crease running its length, closed edges browned, minor scattered foxing. First edition lacks DW. 321pp + 6pp adverts at rear. H First Edition No Jacket London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Tarot Murders

WARNER Mignon · 1978

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Robert Hale Book near fine, DW has edge wear especially to spine ends and corners and is price clipped, rear white panel shows dust soiling. An Edwina Charles novel. A young lady tells Mrs. Charles that she is going to die. The girl within hours turns up dead, found facedown i...

Adventures with D W Griffith

BROWN Karl edited Kevin Brownlow · 1973

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Secker & Warburg Famous camera man and director remembers his time spent with D W Griffith and bring much new information to light. First UK edition. DW has curl to the edge and small chips to spine ends, 252pp + plates. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7...

Of Cannons and Caterpillars

TURIN Adela & SELIG Sylvie · 1977

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative (500 gram rate) minor handling soiling to boards, approx 40pp, illustrated throughout, contains a pacifist anti-war message, first UK edition, translated from the Italian 'Melaracconti' H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good Sylvi...

The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill (Blinky Bill; Blinky Bill Grows Up; Blinky Bill and Nutsy)

WALL Dorothy · 1973

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Angus & Robertson corners bumped and slightly chipped, as are spine ends, gift inscription to paste down, spine leans a little from reading use, otherwise VG tidy copy printed with a sepia ink, 305pp with colour plates as well as line illustrations H reprint No Jacket Sydney ...

My Fair Lady

LERNER Alan Jay CUKOR George · 1964

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Warner Bros Pictures stapled wrappers, light wear and creases to corners bottom edge some minor nicks or wear, colour and b&w stills from the film, 32pp many good colour stills of Hepburn from the film, a book produced to accompany the film, probably a promotional piece, pri...

Notable Women; Stories of Their Lives and Characteristics, a Book for Young Ladies

CLAYTON Ellen Creathorne Clayton · 1890

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Dean & Son circa 1890, red cloth, chocolate quarter leather, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, cloth hinges, may have been rebound (but does not look it), various pagination each biographical section individually numbered includes Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Fry, Hannah M...

Practical Boat Sailing for Amateurs

DAVIES G Christopher · 1890

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

L Upcott Gill & Son 'containing particulars of the most suitable sailing boats and yachts for amateurs, and instructions for their proper handling &c', illustrated with designs and plans of small yachts and sailing boats, and numerous diagrams, nd, 18pp adverts at rear dated 1...

Further Foolishness, Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Dayeyond

LEACOCK Stephen · 1917

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Bodley Head green cloth blind panelled with pale blue title to cover and spine, spine sunned, edges lightly rubbed, lacks fep, xi 234pp + col frontis and b&w plates, adverts at rear, untrimmed, Canadian humour H Second Edition No Jacket London Very Good A H Fish 12mo - over 6...