Fortuna Books

Cinema Papers Number 97 / 98 April 1994 20th Anniversary Issue Double Issue with New Zealand Supplement

MURRAY Scott editor · 1994

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

MTV Publishing limited excellent copy, marker signature to contents page in top right margin in a bold hand first name is PAUL second could conceivably be HOGAN but unsure, special double issue AND with a special New Zealand film supplement inserted at the centre, 88pp + 51pp...

2010 Official Movie Magazine

Arthur C. Clarke, Peter Hyams · 1984

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Starlog / Target (500 gram rate) scarce Official magazine for the release of 2101; The year we make Contact film. perfect bound glossy colour magazine, quarto size, British issue by Target with the Target logo and price in pounds to front cover, otherwise same as US issue, fro...

South African Proteaceae in New Zealand

MATTHEWS Lewis CARTER Zoe · 1983

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Matthews VG copy in unclipped DW with light sunning to spine, gift inscription to reverse of fep (facing half title), 256pp many full colour botanical plates (paintings) a glossary and index as well as coverage of the following genera; Aulax Leucadendrons Leucospermums Mimetes...

Conundrum, Cadbury's Creme Egg Mystery

SHAW Don · 1984

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Hamlyn glazed pictorial papered boards, book and boards show some mild handling wear, no inscriptions, the book and it's illustrations contain the clues to the burial place of ownership papers to 12 golden eggs fashioned by Garrards jewellers for the author, the clues to a fan...

South African Proteaceae in New Zealand

MATTHEWS Lewis CARTER Zoe · 1983

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Matthews VG copy in unclipped DW indentation mark to lower board and covering DW but no puncturing to the wrapper or board, 256pp many full colour botanical plates (paintings) a glossary and index as well as coverage of the following genera; Aulax Leucadendrons Leucospermums M...

When we were very Young

MILNE A A · 1951

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Methuen 657th thousand, 53rd edition. blue cloth with red figures. dec endpapers have some strips of plastic contact film (clear), fep small blue mark over former name, rear paste down thin strip of contact film as well. DW has been contact sealed and on reverse has been stre...

Stolen Kingdom an American Conspiracy

BUDNICK Rich · 1992

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Aloha Press 204pp, contains 57 historic photos, VG copy, signed by author [To John, Aloha, | Rich Budnick | 395-1161] How America negotiated and bullied the Kingdom of Hawaii into the 1893 revolution and 1898 annexation. S Signed by Author First Edition No Jacket Honolulu Very...

Poems of the late Adam Lindsay Gordon

GORDON Adam Lindsay · 1884

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

A H Massina and Co. red half leather over beige cloth showing faint cup rings, gilt decorative spine with a laid on title label in gilt, spine ends of the joints just starting to split, corners just slightly rubbed, name to fep [ John Anthony Connell], name to next blank ...

Holroyd Centenary 1872-1972

RUHEN Carl · 1972

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Horwitz (500 gram rate) two small marks where two staples carefully removed from the fep , otherwise a VG copy in same DW. Centenary of the Holroyd Municipality, Australia. 63pp illustrated. H First Edition Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Garden Flowers from Plates by Jane Loudon

GATHORNE-HARDY Robert · 1948

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Batsford Second impression (stated on DW flap) of first edition. DW has minor edgewear but has a faint stain down the front panel. Book has a light water stain to top edge and down to the top margin only, some minor scattered foxing throughout. 16 colour plates from 19th cent...

Murder in the Mirror

THAYER Lee · 1935

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Hurst and Blackett ex library with rules plate to paste down , stamps to paste downs and title page, starts with title page. foxed throughout mainly to margins, lacks backstrip, boards rubbed bare at egdes, NEEDS REBINDING, 288pp + 46pp advertising supplement at rear for the ...

Department K

HOWARD Hartley · 1964

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Collins book has 4 digit code to paste down, lacks fep, small peice of tape to each paste down. small square of tape residue to top and bottom edges of boards, stamps and 4 digit code to title page, closed edges soiled, some tape residue to reverse of DW where plastic cover w...

The Christian Philosophy of Saint Augustine

GILSON Etienne translated L E M Lynch · 1961

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

Victor Gollancz lacks DW, orange cloth sunne faintly to fore edges and spine, paste downs minor water mark to bottom edge only , no mottling. Very tidy internally. xii 398pp. Part One, The search for God through understanding, Part Two, The Search for God through the Will. Par...

Inventions of the March Hare Poems 1909-1917

ELIOT T S edited Christopher Ricks · 1996

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Faber Booksellers pencil to fep otherwise as new in same DW. 428pp. In 1922 T.S. Eliot sold his benefactor, John Quinn, a notebook containing about 50 poems, including several sequences written during Eliot's twenties. These poems, many of them previously unpublished, are pre...

Sputnik Into Space

VAAILIEV M & DOBRONRAVOV V V · 1958

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Souvenir Book VG with foxed or soiled closed edges. DWcomplete and unclipped but with closed tears to the spine and spine edge of cover, as well as along the folds, some minor areas taped to hold together under a plastic sleeve. 147pp + plates. "At last the Soviet scientists ...

The Fringe of the Sea

BENNNETT Isobel · 1974

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Rigby 261pp many colour and b&w plates VG+ copy. H reprint Very Good Adelaide Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

The Art of breaking glass

HALL Matthew · 1997

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Orion Uncorrected book proof in red paper wrappers with details to cover, a label has been removed leaving some surface loss affecting the publishers device. the blank spine has two label ghosts, rear cover hasa review blurb by James Patterson and publication schedule. No tit...

Ancient Voyagers in Polynesia

SHARP Andrew · 1969

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Longman Paul dust jacket with minor edgewear, short tear head of spine fold, name to fep in pen 159pp + plates, map end papers. H reprint Very Good Auckland Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

A string in the harp

BOND Nancy · 1976

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Atheneum blue cloth with blind decoration of harp tuning key, some faint minor tape stains to cloth edges and parts of paste downs, dustjacket has been trimmed at top or bottom edge and is shorter than the boards, some tape ghost to the top nd bottom edges of the jacket, Newb...

Murder with a Kiss

GUNN Victor ( a k a Berkeley Gray, Edwys Searles Brooks) · 1963

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Collins tidy ex library from a company in house library for staff. The book boards have tape residue at top and bottom from tape that went along the fold in flap edge on the paste down and over onto the boards, stamp to paste down, an issuing slip pasted to fep, stamp repeat...