Search Results: Titles starting with G from Fortuna Books

Lake Geneva Washington: TSR , 1987 (500 gram rate) 96pp perfect bound with card wrapper, code 7623 TSAC1, light wear to wrapper, email for other Top Secret supplements in stock. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Albert Stott & Co first seven issues of this theatrical quarterly, issues 1-5 are 155 x 240mm, 6 and 7 are145 x 215mm, all have a red marker name Marsh to top left corner of the cover in a hand I take to be Ngaio Marsh's, I have compared it to signed copies of her books and believe it to be by her, also the covers have a blind embossed address being '25, VALLEY ROAD | CASHMERE HILLS | NEW ZEALAND' Ngaio lived in this street but at number 37 which is actually situated down a side street so the postie may have dropped the mail on the main road address to be fetched from there. It is inconciveble to think that these books did not come from her estate at some time, considering the address, name and content of the books, Stapled folded sheets in printed card wrappers, approx 80-100pp each, some light sunning or minor foxing to covers, each issue contains plays , reviews etc. association copy. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Calder & Boyars (500 gram rate) first issue of this theatrical quarterly after taken over by Calder & Boyars, perfect bound 140 x 220mm a red marker name Marsh to top left corner of the cover in a hand I take to be Ngaio Marsh's, I have compared it to signed copies of her books and believe it to be by her, also the cover has a blind embossed address being '25, VALLEY ROAD | CASHMERE HILLS | NEW ZEALAND' Ngaio lived in this street but at number 37 which is actually situated down a side street so the postie may have dropped the mail on the main road address to be fetched from there. It is inconciveble to think that the book did not come from her estate at some time, considering the address, name and content of the book, light crease top corner, 143pp contains plays , reviews etc . association copy. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1968 Hodder & Stoughton London . First Edition 320pp + plates. VG in DW which is VG but price clipped.The subject was a prominent figure of Regency England, an intimate friend of the Duke of Wellington, and the mother of Robert, future Earl of Salisbury and Prime Minister under Queen Victoria. Her conversations with Wellington and Talleyrand are most interesting. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Steve Jackson Games, 1993 (500 grm rate) unsold shop stock, bumped and split tail of spine and light handling wear, 128pp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1925 British first edition, US title was Gabriel Samara - Peacemaker, blue cloth with black titling, lightly rubbed , spine slight lean, ink inscr to fep dated 'Alfred H. Leeming 1925', light foxing to closed edges, some also to prelims, generaly clean internally, novel of the Russian immigrant community in NY. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Curtis Warren Limited, 1951 Brunner's first novel, cover art by Ray Theobald, stapled digest, 110pp + adverts, taped spine and hinges with rust to the staples under the tape, label lift to cover, light age spotting to closed edges, (500 gram rate) . First Edition. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ray Theobald.. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Digest.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1985 first UK issue edition, small name to fep, unclipped dust jacket has one tiny tear at top of rear panel, 269pp, paper age toned to closed edges. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1931 sixth impression of first edition, blue cloth with light wear or fading, corners rubbed, gift inscription to fep dated (19)36 frontis starting to detach, some light foxing to closed edges, 296pp + plates, collection of reports on heroic actions by British Naval Forces during the Great War, includes 'Why the "Goeben" got away / Cruisers at Coronel / The Adventures of "Dwarf" (Africa) / The Gallant "Baralong" / Dashing into Kronstadt, 31 illustrations and 5 maps, . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1971 unclipped DW small tear at bottom front corner otherwise near fine excepting that there was a plastic sleeve to the DW the remains of which is glued down along the top and bottom edges to the verso of the wrappe, book near fine, no inscriptions, excellent copy ,178pp illustrated in line by Victor Ambrus, very scarce in this condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Victor G Ambrus. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

New York: Walker, 1986 unclipped DW, book and DW clean, remainder spot to closed bottom edge, First Edition with full number line, 258pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Heinemann, 1928 joints rubbed, spine cloth darkened, small surface insect marks to lower board, inscriptions dated 1928 to fep, new edition fourth impression January 1928, xvi 183pp + plates, maps (including folding), the Dardanelles campaign focused on the botched Gallipoli landing where ANZAC troops proved themselves as some of the war's best. New edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Heinemann, 1916 lightly rubbed cloth, lower fore edge has some small frayed areas, small surface mark to lower board, inscriptions dated 1917 to endpapers, fourth impression December 1916, viii 183pp + plates, maps (including folding), the Dardanelles campaign focused on the botched Gallipoli landing where ANZAC troops proved themselves as some of the war's best. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Dumfries: J Maxwell, 1909 (500 gram rate) spine rubbed, faint fading to covers, some egdwear to prelims, include an article on Mary H. Cassady "VERA", a poetess, pp 115-170+ frontis plate and a few pages of adverts. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Jenkins stated first edition but no date. Brick cloth titled in house style in black, one line pen name on endpaper, edges dusty otherwise VG. DW is also VG, just some edge wear, a 4'- contemporary price label on the spine and a bit of rubbing with very minimal loss at head and tail of spine, also is price clipped.. The colours on the front are bright but some of the blank yellow on the back is fading slightly, a VG/ VG copy. "'Guilty' said the jury, and the man in the dock of the Old Bailey, strongly protesting his innocence, waited to hear the death sentence. But , before he could pronounce that sentence, Mr Justice Travers slumped forward on the bench--dead.....Detective Inspector Cranston of Scotland Yard unravels a tangle of murder and intrigue in thrilling style ...". First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1958 (500 gram rate) unclipped DW lightly rubbed to corners and edges with slight splits at ends, book has multiple stamps including to closed edges, endpapers, text pages, also lending slip pasted to fep, book a reading copy but DW better. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library.

London: Panther, 1965 first UK paperback edition in near VG condition, with spine curl, minor edge rubbing and age browning . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Calder, 1970 (500 gram rate) The first appearance in print of Becketts 'Breath', written for Keneth Tynans 'Oh Calcutta' and sent to him on a postcard which is here reproduced along with a commentary on the work by John Calder. photo illustrated card wrappers, very good used copy, 125pp . First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Calder, 1976 (500 gram rate) discussion by 12 playwrights/ 'Apricots' by Trevor Griffiths / 'Heroes of Labour' by Howard Baker / 'Reason' by Snoo Wilson / reviews of plays, books and opera, photo illustrated card wrappers, very good used copy, 108 +4pp . First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: MacMillan, 1905 slate blue cloth rubbed to edges and corner tips srtarting, red titling and white and brown grim reaper design to upper board, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers, lacks frontis and one plate at pp115, 182pp + 6pp adverts ( includes colour plates in pagination), book would be VG but has multiple rubber stamps from a small community library, some minor foxing, this is a frist stae first edition, with no revised copyright details. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Henry Hutt & T. C. Lawrence. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library.