Fortuna Books

Australia's New Parliament House

Parliament House Construction Authority · 1986

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Parliament House Construction Authority official book to accompany the new building, 85pp colur photos and diagrams showing the planning and architecture etc. covers a little curled through reading especially at corners S First Edition No Jacket Canberra Very Good landscape 4to

Aspects of Sensibility, The Artist Craftsman in Australia

BOTTRELL Fay, STACEY Wesley, ENDEAN John · 1972

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Jack Pollard Ltd VG in decorative silver papered boards, slight rubbing to corners of spine with some peeling of the surface paper, lamination split along joint but minor, slight soiling to the silver paper/laminate boards. 160pp many colour photos throughout, leading Australi...

Climbing [Rock, Ice, Alpine, Expeditions]

SALKELD Audrey (ed.) Ron Fawcett, Jeff Lowe, Paul Nunn and Alan Rouse · 1986

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Bell & Hyman Four top climbers on the history, techniques and equipment in their specialist fields: rock, ice and alpine climbing and expeditions. VG in same DW no obvious faults. 4to, pp 255, illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and line drawings. H First Edition Very ...

Det Gronne Gronland (Greenland)

BOCHER Tyge W · 1975

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Rhodos large cloth bound, inscription to fep, DW small edge tears mainly to corners, chipped head and tail of spine, 30mm tear at top edge of rear panel, still near VG, 256pp includes colour and B&W plates. Photos by Jens Bocher. Weighs 2kg so DOUBLE STANDARD SHIPPING FEE RE...

The Cheiro book of fate and fortune: palmistry, numerology, Astrology

CHEIRO Louis Hamon · 1971

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Barrie & Jenkins used copy in price clipped dust jacket with a little soiling to reverse side, book closed edges have some foxing, name to first page, small area pigment offsetting to rear end papers, xii 339pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Design of Loadbearing Brickwork in SI and Imperial Units

THORLEY W · 1970

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Heinemann library cancel, slips and stamps etc to endpapers, tape stain to paste down, DW under plastic sleeve, acquisition marks to imprint, otherwise actually a VG copy. technical aspects of industrial and commercial bricklaying includes retaining walls, chimneys, load bear...

Within and Beyond the Paintings of Heather Busch

BUSCH Heather (John Roberts, Patrick Hutchings, Elva Bett) · 1989

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Hazard Press small chip from bottom edge of cover, light soiling from careful handling to dust jacket, short tear top corner fold of dust jacket, 112pp with full colour full 48 page plates, a foreword, introduction and afterword. Christchurch, New Zealand artist. HEAVY may re...

Opera in perspective

DRUMMOND John D · 1980

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Dent VG unclipped DW, 383pp, complete overview of 'music-drama' from its ancient foundations in greece through the Roman and Middle ages but mainly deals with Opera as we think of it today. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

St George and the Dragons a comedy in three acts

PHILLPOTTS Eden · 1919

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Duckworth red cloth black titled to cover and spine, surface shows age wear only, inscribed fep dated 1926 in ink seems to be first edition. original play production was in March 1918. 102pp, feps are toned or foxed. H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? ...

The Lunatic Express, an entertainment in Imperialism

MILLER Charles · 1972

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

MacDonald Heavy book may incur extra shipping outside New Zealand. DW price clipped and sunfaded spine. map end papers 559pp + plates etc, very tidy internallly. 19th Century building of the railway from Lake Victoria to Mombasa -against a hostile environment. The six year bui...

The Burning Shore

SMITH Wilbur · 1985

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Heinemann VG in unclipped DW, spine just a hint of fading, extreme corners of DW fold split. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Banggaiyerri, the Story of Jack Sullivan

SULLIVAN Jack and Bruce Shaw · 1983

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Australian institute of Aboriginal Studies light rubbing to spine edges, viii 264 pp, Jack Sullivan, known as Banggaiyerri by his Djamindjong people, was a half caste who lived amongst the cattle men of Western Australia, includes Sullivan's family tree, a glossary of colloqu...

Love Songs of Arnhem Land

BERNDT Ronald M. · 1976

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Thomas Nelson tidy clean copy, dust jacket slight wear and fading to spine, xx 244pp + plates, a study of traditional Aboriginal sexuality as portrayed in amorous songs H First Edition Very Good Melbourne Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Purification: An illustrated answer to Drugs

HUBBARD L Ron · 1985

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New Era Publications stapled illustrated glossy softcovers, 95pp, good proportion is line illustrations to accompany text, Scientology/ Dianetics approach to drug addiction rehabilitation, early Danish printing (in English) for the Narconon program S First Edition No Jacket Co...

The Trial of Mrs Maybrick (Notable British Trials series)

IRVING H B · 1912

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,139)

William Hodge red cloth with blind design to upper board, top edge gilt, gilt to spine states 'Notable English Trials' light bumping to corners, light rubbing or fading to spine, light foxing to prelims, xlvi 364pp + frontis port, + 5 plates, quite tidy internally, accused o...

The Essie Summers Story

SUMMERS Essie · 1974

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Mills and Boon First edition autobiography of one of the best loved romance writers, unclipped DW light wear with short split to lower corner fold, name to fep, 212pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Crime Against Europe, the Writings and Poetry of Roger Casement

CASEMENT Roger & Herbert O. Mackey · 1958

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

C. J. Fallon gilt seal of the New Zealand General Assembly Library to upper board and heel of spine, library plate to paste down, date stamp at foot of copyright page, card pocket at rear with card, no other library marks, copyright states Limited Edition but no limitation giv...

Orgone Energy, the Answer to Atomic Suicide

EDEN Jerome · 1979

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Exposition Press The Answer To Atomic Suicide. Substantiation And Dramatic Evidence Of Wilhelm Reich's Goal To Save Mankind From Total Destruction. unclipped dust jacket a few small splits to bottom edge, tidy copy but has a few instances of vertical red pen lines in margins a...

Serenade

CAIN James M · 1953

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Penguin near fine, slightest browning to spine, clean Penguin first, No. 902 S First Edition No Jacket Harmondsworth Fine 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Forbidden Journey, from Peking to Kashmir

MAILLART Ella · 1937

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Heinemann third reprint, November 1937, dust soiling to closed top edge, lacks dust jacket, translated from the French 'Oasis Interdites' xvi 312pp + plates, maps and folding map, travel from Peking westwards across Central Asia to Kashmir, undertaken in the mid 1930s amidst ...