Search Results: Authors starting with T from Fortuna Books

Wellington: Reed, 1978 excellent copy, DW slightest surface soiling to the laminated surface. 156pp+ plates and maps, map end papers. history of the pioneers of the region made famous by Samuel Butler's "Erewhon" such as Acland and von Haast, also the club climbers of the 1930s.The book was compiled in the 1930s but not published until this first edition. Rangitata, Havelock, Clyde, Lawrence rivers. Mesopotamia sheeprun, Two Thumb area, Mount D'Archaic, Cloudy Peak, Armoury and Jollie ranges, Arrowsmith, Mount Potts. Bibliography and index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: College of Universal Science, 1946 DW price clipped and with edge tears and chipped spine ends, sunned spine, generally intact but well worn, name to fep, prize plate to fep, front hinge loose and opened at half title, boards and spine faded and soiled, soiled or foxed closed edges, better than it sounds, battle between two scientists places a world in ruins, nice 1940s styled dust wrapper with chaps wearing neckties and flying goggles! 288pp. reprint. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by J Macgillivray. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul , 1972 (500 grams) price clipped DW light rubbing to top and bottom edges, minor chipping or splits to corner folds, 118pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1886 new edition completing 120 thousand, blue cloth with black and gilt decoration, rubbed edges, tail of upper joint split, corners starting to fray, copper[late inscription to fep 'E Wignall, Magnetic St, Port Chalmers' repeated on reverse of the frontis in pencil sans address, the frontis is an actual photographic exposure pasted onto the page, tissue guard intact, some light foxing or soiling to pages, (vi) 265pp, includes the songs at the rear, the students of Fisk University, recently freed from slavery, became famous as singers and raised funds world wide for the University. New edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: John Long, 1961 decorative two tone papered boards, ex library with stamps and label residue to endpapers, front hinge cracked and loosening, tape reside to pasterdowns and onto edges of boards, some stamps throughout text, rear hinge loosened and opened before the final page. reading copy only, the DW is actually very tidy but has been trimmed at the top or bottom edge and is 5 mm shorter than the boards. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

London: Secker, 1958 VG, light foxing to prelims and closed edges, spine leans, the autobiography of Cyril Henry Hoskins, who became Rampa the Tibetan Lama when his body was taken over by the spirit of a Tibetan lama!, and went on to write a dozen or so follow up books. 256pp. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Tessa Theobold. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Souvenir, 1960 first edition, ex library with stamp to title and a few to foot of some pages.DW has been contact sealed and has a shelf label and mark to the spine, it is unclipped and complete under the plastic. , label remains to fep and a stamp and some pen numbers to half title. 256pp + frontis. The true story of a westerner who claims his body has been taken over by the spirit of a Tibetan lama. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

London: Secker, 1963 VG, light foxing to prelims and closed edges, DW tidy and unclipped, minor rubbing to edges. The autobiography of Cyril Henry Hoskins, who became Rampa the Tibetan Lama when his body was taken over by the spirit of a Tibetan lama!, and went on to write a dozen or so follow up books. 256pp. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Tessa Theobold. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Simpson & Williams / Whitcombe & Tombs, 1927 (2500 grams) 2 volumes, vol 1 (1841-1914) by Simpson & Williams 1927 olive cloth titled in black, light bump to top edge of upper board, corners lightly rubbed, some splitting to head of spine, inscription to fep asking for book to be returned to addresse, minor foxing to prelims and closed edges, 576pp + photo plates, vol 2 (1914-1933) by Whitcombe & Tombs 1933, red cloth title, light fade to spine, inscription to fep asking for book to be returned to addresse, minor foxing to prelims and closed edges, 594pp + photo plates, 10mm tear to bottom edge of frontis, small pen name to reverse of frontis, the definitive history of New Zealand cricket, scarce set. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1939 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW rubbed to joints and corners, some light browning or foxing to prelims, 319pp Hodder and Stoughton Black Jacket series, Author was medic on Everest expeditions and stayed on to help the locals. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Texas: University of Texas Press, 1977 unclipped DW has surface rubbing and sunned spine, oatmeal cloth xx 137pp illustrated in line, unpublished in 1941 the text was found in the University of Texas archives in 1975 and is first published here, deals with the end of Arthur, Guenever and Lancelot. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Trevor Stubley. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins & Brown, 1977 unclipped DW has heavily sunfaded spine showing as well as sunfading to the red on the top of the panels, edge wear and some minor edge splits, red endpapers, very minor damp rippling at head of first few pages, red cloth xx 137pp illustrated in line, unpublished in 1941 the text was found in the University of Texas archives in 1975 and is first published here, deals with the end of Arthur, Guenever and Lancelot. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Trevor Stubley. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: Government Printer, 1985 Biography of an early colonial Wesleyan Missionary to the Ngapuhi Tribe of Northern New Zealand, dust jacket has some minor wear and or fading, bookplate to paste down, xx 263pp illustrations in the text.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Elkin Matthews, 1893 green cloth rubbed to edges, slight soiling to boards, gilt decoarted boards and spine, top edge gilt others untrimmed, mild foxing to closed edges, laid paper, five engraved plates with tissue guards (some foxed slightly), plus a frontis lacking guard, stated limited to 600 copies, being the second impression, xi (1) + 212pp + printers colophon, nicely printed and bound. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by C. S. Ricketts. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

South Australia, 1982 (200 gram rate) folded sheets stapled into orange and black printed card wrapper, fine copy, signed 'with compliments' to title, has authors address stamp to inside front cover, 36pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. Booklet.

London: Andrew Dakers, 1948 New Age religious philosophy pertaining to the nature of the Self, chapters include; silence , prayer, ten commandments, wisdom and will, death, reincarnation. How to enjoy life! xvii 182pp, inscription to fep, price clipped DW has edge rubbing and chipping with some minor loss to edges (500 gram rate). reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Constable, 1917 THIRD IMPRESSION November 1917, olive cloth with red titling to upper board and spine, military figure with pith helmet and cigarette to spine, joints splitting to lower halves, edges rubbed, corners lightly frayed, pencil name to fep, 344pp + frontis + 6 double page plates, illustrated by J C Coll in line ( on the plates) . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J C Coll. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Andrew Dakers, 1948 (500 grams) New Age religious philosophy pertaining to the nature of the Self, chapters include; silence , prayer, ten commandments, wisdom and will, death, reincarnation. How to enjoy life! xvii 182pp, lacks fep, inscription to half title, price clipped DW has edge rubbing and chipping with some minor loss to edges and some short tears. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hutchinson light blue cloth titled in black, the front flap of the DW is tipped in at fep . Eighth thousand. 320pp . booksellers label rear paste down . top edge dusty . reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

R. Talsorian Games, 1995 (500 gram rate) unsold shop stock, rubbed spine and light handling wear, 88pp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.