Search Results: Authors starting with S from Fortuna Books

London: MacMillan, 1898 colonial edition, lacks frontis but other plates present , light age toning to endpapers, light rubbing to boards, closed edges foxed, 421 +8pp adverts. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Richards. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: The British Academy, 1909 black cloth gilt titled, split to tail of upper joint, fep clipped at top corner, faint foxing to endpapers, viii 95pp + many plates, archeological excavations as illuminating Bible history and ancient civilizations of the near east. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Pearson tan cloth with red, white and black design of a 'wizard' holding up a card with lines of magical force emanating from it.tail of spine has fraying and split to cloth, book hinges are loosening, 122pp + 8pp adverts including the paste downs, browned card type paper stock. Third Impression but undated approx 1910. Price on spine is 1/-. the book is internally tidy but the binding is starting to loosen. Includes how to divine with playing cards and also short peice on the Tarot and the Etteilla method of card reading, unusual vintage piece.. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Left Book Club, 1938 red papered boards with black titling, clean copy but hows some sge toning to closed edges, the physical, social and political threats of mass airborne bombing, and how it may be guarded against, with examples from the Spanish Civil war, intended to forewarn the British of the threat from the Luftwaffe, 296pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Penguin, 1944 first thus edition, war era paperback, stunning full colour printed dust jacket, small area of attached paper to the lower corner where a Penguin price adjustment was attached, sheets are stapled with the dust jacket drawn over, minor scuffing foot of rear cover, 117pp + adverts. Humorous childrens stories about a magician by a leading British scientist. (200 gram rate) . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by L H Rosomon. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

New York: Weiser, 1970 name blacked out on FEP otherwise VG in a DW that is unclipped, VG but with a short closed tear top of lower panel and some minor chips to corners 288pp This looks like a facsimile of an earlier work but no dates mentioned other than Weisers publishing date of 1970 Metaphysical interpretations of astrology etc, charts and tables throughout. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Reinhardt & Evans , 1950 hardback cloth is mottled slightly with light spotting, foxing just starting on endpapers, front endpaper trimmed top 20mm with the remains of the owners name descenders just showing. dustwrapper not price clipped, but worn to edges and with some tears leading in from the spine ends and some chipping loss to head of the spine . 153pp some pages printed in colour. some small spots of foxing in text, humourous snippets originally published in the New Yorker. G+ G+. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Hirschfeld. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Heinemann, 1951 omnibus collection of three works, green cloth rubbed to edges with some small holes along the joints and the fore edges from insect damage. 3 line ink inscription to fep, text block tidy and clean ,384pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Heinemann, 1962 unclipped jacket faded to backstrip, with chipping and short tears to spine ends and corners, faint foxing to book closed edges, top edge dusty and foxed, 287pp humour. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Reinhardt & Evans , 1949 unclipped DW some edge wear with short tears and chipping loss to spine ends and corners, small name to front endpaper,159pp some pages printed in colour, humourous snippets originally published in the New Yorker. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Hirschfeld. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Dublin: M H Gill & Son, 1947 buckram with some rubbing, flecking and fading, light foxing to closed edges, 421pp + plates, Catholic hagiography of St Therese of the Child Jesus. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1959 ex library, cancelled stamps and slips etc, some surface scuffing etc to endpaper maps, tape residue to boards, rubbed to edges, browned closed edges, , DW rubbed to edges, chipped to spine ends and corners with loss at head and tail, also the margins of the fold in flaps have been trimmed losing some text, capture of an intact U- boat unknown by Germans leads to great intelligence gathering by allies. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

London: H. M. S. O., 1961 ( 1500 gram rate ) unclipped DW lightly soiled with short splits at head of joints, minor wear to cloth, unmarked, errata slip present, heavy book , extra postage as indicated, 502pp + plates, folding charts etc. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1941 orange cloth lightly rubbed or handling soiled, gift inscription to fep gifted to Koos Baartman from Bernice 1941, minor foxing to closed edges, generic (unnamed) bookplate featuring windmill design to half title, lacks rear fep, name to head of preface, xv 256pp + plates, account of the South African decision to support the British against Nazi Germany, and the contribution made up to the date of publishing. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Cassell, 1931 first cheap edition in Cassell's Eighteenpenny Novels, black cloth with dulled gilt filletting, light edge wear, minor age browning to paper, sewn binding, the uncommon dust jacket is unclipped but rubbed and with short tears or chips to spine ends and corner folds, lightly surface dust soiled, 316pp SCANNED WITH THE REMOVABLE JACKET PROTECTOR STILL IN PLACE.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Cassell, 1929 second impression April 1929 ( same month as first) of Rare British edition, spine has light lean, light rubbing just starting to fray at ends of joints, pencil name to fep, bookseller label to paste down, minor surface soiling, both folding plans present and tidy, 352pp, murder mystery. Second Impression. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

New York: Doubleday, 1977 DW rubbed chipped to spine ends and corners, book signed to verso of fep [For Mona | all good wishes | Chris Costner Sizemore | November 1, 1979] and title page at top has [I'm Eve], 'the compelling story of the internationally famous case of multiple personality ' xvi 463pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Schaumurg: Saint Germain Press, 1987 assumed first, card wrappers lightly rubbed and creased to corners, silver titling to cover fading, 375pp includes "I AM" Violet Consuming Flame Decrees, Ascended MAster Love, Forgiveness and Mercy decrees, Purity decrees, Mighty Victory's decrees, Ascension Decrees. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1928 black cloth, spine sunned to brown, shows some aging but no faults, minor surface flecking to lower board, 323pp, pref by Saintsbury / A Simple Heart / The Legend of St Julian the Hospitaller / Herodias / The Temptation of St Anthony. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Bell & Hyman, 1986 4to, pp 255, illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and line drawings. 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. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.