Fortuna Books

Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1961, 1962, 1963

LEWIS Al · 1963

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Al Lewis 1961 is Second edition Sept 1963 (41pp), 1962 is First Printing August 1963 (54pp), 1963 is First Printing June 1964 (62pp), mimeographed sheets stapled, nice condition, Science Fiction Magazine Index with Cross References to the printing history by tile and author et...

Interlude; the story of British prisoners of war in Stammlager VIIIA at Gorlitz in Lower Silesia, Germany

CRANDLE F. · 1945

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,139)

Interlude Committee rare book giving the POW account of life in the Stalag at Gorlitz, 80pp, with cartoons, illustrations and photographs, binding some wear to extremities, two names to fep, ink inscription to title page dated 1946, the camp held various Allied P.O.W.'s, The ...

Escape from the Amazon!

ATKINSON Alex & Ronald Searle · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Perpetua unclipped dust jacket rubbed and chipped to spine ends and corners with short tears along the folds, gift inscription at head of fep, 105pp, illustrated in pen and ink by Searle, a pun on Amazon the place and the Amazons ( i.e. the fairer sex) H First Edition Very Goo...

Monte Carlo - Or Bust! Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies

DAVIES Jack, Ken Annakin, Allen Andrews & Ronad Searle · 1969

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Dennis Dobson pink papered boards, unclipped dust jacket lightly handling soiled with some age yellowing to the publisher's laminated film, pen gift inscription dated 1972 to fep, otherwise clean copy, unpaginated approx 100pp, illustrated in coloured line by Searle, film tie ...

The Story Book of Sugar

PETERSHAM Maud & Miska

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Wells Gardner Darton & Co pictorial papered boards, light edge wear, small area lifted from the spine, a tidy used copy, pictorial beginners guide to the story of sugar and the role it played in building of modern civilization, 32pp, woodblock illustrations H First Edition No...

The Story Book of Rayon

PETERSHAM Maud & Miska

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Wells Gardner Darton & Co pictorial papered boards, light edge wear, dust jacket with some edge wear and a closed tear down the spine fold, short tear to bottom edge of front panel, chip at tail of spine, a tidy copy, pictorial beginners guide to the production and uses of t...

Top Pop Scene (1978)

anon · 1978

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Purnell British produced Pop Star Music Fan Annual 1978 near fine, minimal wear, approx 80pp colour and b&w photos throughout, includes; Led Zeppelin Iggy Pop Bread Rod Stewart Donna Summer Wings David Bowie Bonnie Tyler Queen Chicago Cliff Richard The Emotions Leo Sayer Abba...

Mike and the modelmakers

SASEK M · 1970

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Lesney pictorial boards, tidy copy but a few pages have vertical CREASES where the pages have in the past been folded, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour th...

Mike and the modelmakers

SASEK M · 1970

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Lesney pictorial boards with light handling wear, faint fade to spine, small name at head of title, spine ends and corners slightly rubbed at very ends and tips, otherwise tidy copy, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile sty...

Mike and the modelmakers

SASEK M · 1970

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Lesney pictorial boards with light handling wear, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed back at very ends and tips, otherwise tidy copy, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41p...

J. R. R. Tolkien: The Complete Guide Being J. R. R. Tolkien a Biography + the Complete Guide To Middle-Earth

CARPENTER Humphrey & Robert Foster · 1978

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Unwin ISBN 0049280392 & 0048030015, two soft covered paperbacks in a slip case, first paperback editions, both are near fine condition, the slip is near fine with some minor handling wear, pictorial paper to slip reproduces cover photo of Tolkien from the biography by Carpente...

The Pride and the Anguish

REEMAN Douglas · 1968

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Hutchinson near fine in same but price clipped dust jacket with slight yellowing to the lamination film, 320pp H First Edition Very Good London Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Book of Boswell, Autobiography of a Gypsy

BOSWELL Gordon · 1973

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Penguin worn wrappers, name stamp to first page and inside rear wrapper, paper browned, 202pp + plates, a traditional (ie Romany) English gypsy recounts his life S First Thus No Jacket Harmondsworth Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Unknown Quantity

JOHNS W. E.

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,108)

Hamilton plain red boards with a cream paper title label lettered in black to spine, tail of spine sunned where dust jacket is missing piece, lightly browned endpapers and some mild foxing to page edges, dust jacket unclipped but has heavily sunned and rubbed spine with loss a...

Eastern Missions from a Soldier’s Standpoint

MONCRIEFF Col. G. K. Scott · 1907

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

Religious Tract Society an account of the works of British and other miionaries as witnessed by the author in the Near and Far East, including, China, India, Afghanistan etc.Unrest in China in 1900 etc. vivid blue cloth with gilt and blind titling, minor age wear or faintist b...

Initiation and Magic: The Psychology of Man's Conscious Evolution

LLEWELLYN Mervyn · 1965

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Helios Book Service lacks jacket and blank flyleaf otherwise tidy copy, 169+2pp, includes errata slip H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Selected Poems of Friedrich Holderlin

LEISHMAN, J.B. · 1954

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

The Hogarth Press Second edition, revised and enlarged, tidy, edges and spine of jacket some rubbing, titling to jacket pine faded, Leo Bensemann's name in calligraphic style as usual to him on the fep, 156pp H association copy Revised and Enlarged Very Good London Very Good 8...

The Hell-Fire Club, the Story of the Amorous Knights of Wycombe

MCCORMICK Donald · 1958

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Jarrolds pencil name and date to fep, inscription to rear free end paper, British Enlightenment libertine society with possible occult leanings, 208pp + plates, lacks dw H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Queen Sheba's Ring

HAGGARD H Rider · 1910

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Eveleigh Nash red cloth with edge wear and corners starting, cover and spine gilt titled, upper joint partially split, col frontis by Cyrus Cuneo retains tissue guard, 319pp, lacks rear fep, pencil at head of last page which is the printer's imprint, good or reading copy of th...

Iceman, the Michael Jones Story

MCCONNELL Robin · 1994

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Rugby Press scarce first edition biography of a great All Black, 268pp book and dust jacket is VG to near fine, biro gift insscription to first blank page ( free end paper) H First Edition Very Good Auckland Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall