Search Results: Authors starting with M from Fortuna Books

London: Kegan Paul Trench, 1890 red cloth with black decotion to boards and gilt to spine, rubbed edges, some insect damage to surface of boards showing as lighter areas to cloth, spine ends chipped or frayed, original endpapers,name and date and number to verso of fep and to title page, part of the International Scientific Series, vi 339pp + 13 plates + 4pp adverts at front, some scattered foxing mainly to prelims, early work on British fresh water algae. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Oxford: University Press, 1882 (2kg rate) full black leather with blind decorated boards, all edges gilt, spine titled in gilt, spine, ends and corners rubbed, front paste down bears a pasted down sheet being a thank you note from D M Stuart to Dr Millen Coughtrey, referring to medical care given by the Dr to the Minister, and the Minister's regards at not being charged for the service. Dated 1882. Apart from the wear to corners and spine a very tidy copy, some pencil notes to rear fep only, 550pp, large heavy 8vo. Dr Millen Coughtrey (1848 - 1908), Anatomy Professor and St Clairs medical practioneer, born in Lancashire and graduated as a doctor from Edinburgh University in 1871. In 1875 he was selected as the foundation professor of anatomy at Otago University. Donald MacNaughton Stuart (1819-94). Presbyterian minister, born on 5 February 1819 in Kenmore Parish, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of Alexander Stuart, a farmer, and of Janet, n? MacNaughton. He was educated at the parish school and… Read More

Edinburgh: W Green and Son, 1927 blue cloth lightly rubbed, one tiny hole in upper joint, mild foxing prelims, ink inscription dated (19)28 to fep, 2 mounted colour plates with tissue guards + line drawings, verse on Scots recreation themes (angling, stags etc).. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Vincent Balfour Browne. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1963 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW with edge wear and short solits at ends of olds, short tear head of spine losing second E in ENEMY, 3681 in biro to paste down and flap, fep has lending library stamps etc, closed edges lightly foxed, . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1978 name to fep, short splits at ends of DW spine, light soiling to closed edges, 195pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Collins, 1956 would have VG DW but has been insect nibbled along the flap folds, they are both still attached though, and the damage does not show to the panels at all, spine is sunned so the title is barely legible but the other titling which is black shows clearly, a little edge rubbed or chipped to head of spine, toned feps,. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1963 tape oxide to paste downs, some numbers to feps ( front and back), front fep discoloured, boards a little tired, small split tail of upper joint, first UK edition a tidy copy could be quite nice with a DW but this copy LACKS DW.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1975 unclipped DW short edge tear at foot of front panel, light soiling to closed edges, 220pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Collins, 1977 ex library.tape residue to paste downs and onto boards, large stamp to title. stamp and remains of label to rear fep.spine sunned , text block cocked. DW bottom edge shows some residue from a plastic tape to very edge. short tears at spine ends one onto front panel, tape residue along the edge of the fold in flaps corresponds to that on the paste downs. the DW is not sunned. good reading copy or for the DW. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

London: Heinemann, 1931 cloth lightly dust soiled, spine lightly sunned, minor fraying to spine endss, lightly rubbed corners, front paste down has a peice torn which shows the binding board beneath, light foxing to closed edges and to some page margins, EARLY work by Eberhart, 328pp. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Christchurch: Caxton, 1970 (500 gram rate) VG, light sunning to dust jacket spine, 243pp, essays by 'MHH' collected from the New Zealand Listener magazine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1876 ex library in victorian binding, boards detached but present but in need of repairs, sections still well held together on perished backstrip, transalted from the French by Mrs Tait, tidy library stamps, viii + 358 + 32pp adverts, text block clean and tidy. First Edition. Disbound. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1969 125pp VG , DW some signs of usage, split at head, fep has a price stamp and pencil owners name.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Routledge, 1949 first edition, green cloth with black panneled title to spine. just the slightest hint of sunning to the spine ends. very minor dust discolouration to top edge. map end papers a little surface rubbing where a price has been erased from a blank portion of the endpaper. 228pp. frontis and illustrations as chapter head and tails. a little bit of loose thread at one section but the stitching is still tight. Famous Five type adventure in the Orkneys. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Julie Neild. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1954 (500 gram rate) lacks DW, name to fep in felt otherwise VG barring light handling wear etc. colour frontis, 192pp "The thrilling story of two boys who land on the planet and explore a fantastic world". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Lesney, 1970 (500 gram rate) 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 through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M Sasek. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Lesney, 1970 (500 gram rate) 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) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M Sasek. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Lesney, 1970 (500 gram rate) pictorial boards, with light handling wear, spine ends and corners rubbed back to boards, spine split at head, archival taped full length of spine for strength, pen name at head of title, small stain to foot of title, 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 through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M Sasek. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Lesney, 1970 (500 gram rate) 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 style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M Sasek. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Lesney, 1970 (500 gram rate) pictorial boards, with light handling wear, spine ends and corners rubbed back to boards, spine split at tail of joints, sunned spine, pen name at head of title, some erased pencil ghosts to endpapers and title page, fep is starting to detach at the bottom, a small puncture mark to lower ( ie rear) joint which has split the paper, a good clean but used copy, 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 through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M Sasek. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.