Search Results: Authors starting with L from Fortuna Books

London: Harrap, 1948 In the Milly Molly Mandy Series, tan boards with brown title and picture of girl with a baby, VG, indentations from erased pencil to verso of the col frontis, 93pp, August reprint. DW unclipped, chipped to spine ends and corners, spine strip browned, tears to the folds. . reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Barbara Moray Williams. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Harrap, 1956 (500 gram rate)unclipped DW worn to edges with loss at head and tail of spine and spine corners of front panel, , fep removed, name to half title, 92pp illustrated in line. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Dodie Masterman. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Rudolf Steiner Press, 1962 103pp lamination to wrappers starting at corners, revised and enlarged edition. . revised. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Cherry Tree Fantasy Books scarce. Cherry Tree Book No 409 priced 1'6 on the cover (publication price). undated early (first) Hubbard science fiction. contains two stories plus Authors note. 190pp + 2pp adverts as well as adverts to the inside covers. no mention of Scientology or Dianetics. Excellent condition, very minimal rubbing to spine edges. however one internal page ( pp136) has had a small marginal tear repaired with tape, the tear is near invisible but the small piece of tape may cause oxidisation in the future, it is best left intact for the time being I think. Cover art is swashbucklers duelling with a lady on a horse and a ghostly 'typewriter in the sky' , cover art by RON (500 gram rate). First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Cherry Tree Fantasy Books scarce Cherry Tree Book No 409 priced 1'6 on the cover (publication price) with a little faint pencil squiggle over it, undated early (first) Hubbard science fiction, contains two stories plus Authors note, 190pp + 2pp adverts as well as adverts to the inside covers, no mention of Scientology or Dianetics, tidy condition, rubbing to spine edges, light sunning to spine, some edge creasing and minor rubbing loss to corners, the glue is perishing and the binding shows at page 140, Good+ or better just some wear to the covers, Cover art is swashbucklers duelling with a lady on a horse and a ghostly 'typewriter in the sky' , cover art by RON (500 gram rate). First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: University of London Press, 1962 (500 gram rate) unclipped DW lightly sunned to spine, short tear at top left corner of upper panel, minor sunning to top edge of upper panel, 112pp story of a Portugese fisher boy, illustrated in line by hans Schwarz . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Hans Schwarz. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Wellington: Reed, 1973 dust jacket is VG with minor rubbing or chipping to edges and corners with some paper reinforcement to reverse side, signed " L W McCaskill 9.2.73 " below half title, former owner name and date at head of title, book clean, 274pp illustrated with b&w photos in the text. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Iliffe & Sons tan grey cloth titled in green to cover and spine, blindstamped 3/6 net to upper board, , light surface soiling, with red stain to top corner of lower board offset from another books binding, interior VG, original booksellers rubberstamp to foot of fep, 187 (5) xxxv pp adverts at rear for steam vehicles and accessories, diagrams throughout the text, mild age toning to pages, ALL aspects of maintenance and operation of steam powered heavy haulage equipment covered, approx circa 1920 or earlier date.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Boston: Page, 1912 tan cloth with pasted on portrait of a young woman by George Gibbs. Gilt title to cover and spine. Spine ends and corners rubbed and frayed, spine leans and sags, some surface soiling to covers, the edges of the portrait rubbed to the thick black border. Free endpaper missing. Hinge before half-title is opened but firm. Ink name and small stamp to paste down, Colour frontis repeats that on cover (being Anne Shirley). Copyright states First Impression, June , 1912. 306pp + 6pp adverts, rear hinge is loose and opened but attached. Some minor surface scarring to half title and title page where some pencil has been erased.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Gibbs. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Boston: Page, 1912 tan cloth with pasted on portrait of a young woman by George Gibbs. Gilt title to cover and spine. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, spine a bit saggy, some surface soiling to covers, the edges of the portrait rubbed to the thick black border. Endpaper missing. Hinge before half-title is opened but firm. Ink name at head of title with a faint offset of this to the frontis. Colour frontis repeats that on cover (being Anne Shirley). Copyright states First Impression, June , 1912. 306pp + 6pp adverts, rear hinge is loose and opened but attached. All in all still attractive copy, nearing VG.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Gibbs. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Boston: Page, 1912 tan cloth with pasted on portrait of a young woman by George Gibbs. Gilt title to cover and spine. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, spine a bit saggy, some surface soiling to covers, the edges of the portrait rubbed to the thick black border. Endpaper top 1/4 trimmed off removing a name(?). hinge between this and half-title is loosening and opened but attached. Pencil name at head of half-title. Colour frontis repeats that on cover (being Anne Shirley). Copyright states First Impression, June , 1912. 306pp + 6pp adverts, rear hinge is loose and opened but attached. some minor foxing to closed edges and some pages may once have had the corners folded thus creased. All in all still attractive copy, nearing VG.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Gibbs. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Harrap, 1925 slate blue-grey cloth slightly soiled and bumped, decorative ink gift inscription to paste down dated 1930, transfer of songbirds on the free end paper, colour frontis. 286pp, last page has small tears at top edge, the First UK issue of this work.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Wellington: New Zealand University Press, 1957 original printed wrappers, minor sun fading to top of covers and to spine, internally clean, sewn collations, [xiv] 79pp + plates, a follow up to Butler's theory of the Trapanese / Sicilian authorship of the Odyssey, (500 gram rate) . First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Nelson New Zealand: Enterprise Print (200 gram rate) stapled into wrappers, name and address to inside front wrapper in pen, A non-supernatural approach to colour therapy in a medical practise using the Herbert George technique, Using electrical devices in colour therapy, 23pp. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1929 blue cloth with gilt and blind embossing, closed edge dusted red, viii 288pp with split pages with music at top and psalms below. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1929 The Scottish Psalter 1929 Metrical Version and Scripture Paraphrases with Tunes + Church Hymnary Revised Edition with Music, black cloth with gilt and blind embossing, closed edge dusted red, viii 288pp with split pages with music at top and psalms below, + xvi 979pp, joints rubbed, blank free edn paper removed, binding a bit weakened, . revised. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: John Rodker, 1927 The story 'Sara' taken from 'M Nicholas, or the human heart unveiled' translated by RCM. Salmon quarter cloth, gray papered boards with gilt wreath to upper board, bottom corners bumped and cracked, green printed DW with a diamond hole cut out on spine. The cloth below the hole is faded and has a faint pencil diamond mark to it. DW has some minor surface rubbing and a small splash of white paint on the rear panel. Offsetting brown to end papers, top edge dusted blue, front endpaper [Jill] in ink. xiv 270pp on rag paper with browning to all edges, minor areas of foxing. Top corner of rear half of book water marked. Numbered limited edition #341 of 1000c on Auvergne hand made rag paper for subscribers. tipped in errata commenting on the paper quality. Frontis engraving. Tidy but aged copy.. First Edition thus. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: William Blackwood, 1949 unclipped DW has some edge tears and minor chipping loss, book tidy, reprint, 312pp idyllic life in Provence . reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by E H Shepard. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1974 autobiographical memoirs by prominent figure in the Anglo-Irish literary set, xvi 583pp, plates. dust jacket under plastic sleeve, shelf marks and stamps etc. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1889 scarce Victorian book on great historical warrior kings, includes Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Frederic Barbarossa, Richard Coeur De Lion, Edward I, Robert Bruce, Henry V, Francis I, Henri IV, Gustavus Adolphus, Charles XII of Sweden, Frederic the Great, red cloth with black, yellow and gilt decoration, spine leans slightly, light soiling to lower board, verso of frontis has long copperplate prize inscription to Walter Anderson of Charteris Bay School (Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand), 378pp + plates and illustrations in the text, includes frontis with tissue guard, Victorian stationers stamp to bottom of title page. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A De Neuville. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.