Search Results: ANTIQUARIAN & DELUXE EDITIONS from Fortuna Books

London: Folio Society, 1956 spine sunned otherwise VG, lacks slipcase, decorative buckram boards, nice engravings.. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Martin. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Private Press.

San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co, 1911 (1500 grams) tan paper covered boards with pasted on photo, 1/2 burlap spine, upper board lightly soiled, with some flaking to the gilt titling and a scuff at the top corner, a larger scuff with loss of top surface of some paper from the lower ( rear) board, 72 pp + 37 tipped in photographic plates, two by Arnold Genth, Contributions by Charles Warren Stoddard, Ina Coolbrith, Joaquin Miller, George Sterling, David Starr Jordan, Frank Norris, Bret Harte, Gelett Burgess, Gertrude Atherton, Edwin Markham, John Muir, printed on tan card stock with the plates tipped on at one edge, tissue guard present at frontis Album of 37 monotone photographs, each tipped-in to a seprate page. Text of book, containing extracts from various California and Western writers and poets, is printed on brown stock. Book is bound in original hardcover binding - canvas-backed spine, brown paper-backed boards, front cover lettered in gold with photograph mounted within gold ruled… Read More

London: Castell Brothers navy cloth gilt decorated, bevelled edge light wear to edges frayed tips of corners, lacks fep, text in red and black fancy type, sepia engravings / etchings throughout with the text superimposed, nice thick paper stock, all edges gilt, approx 150pp. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Alice Price & F Corbyn Price . 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Reprint Society, 1951 (200 gram rate) first edition thus, being Reprint Society edition of the "Charles Dickens Edition' of 1858-70. quarter red leather spine to brown cloth with gilt title medallion and gilt title to spine, endpapers offset browned, neat rubber name stamp to fep, col frontis + 3 col plates by John Leech, 4 woodcuts, 117pp. VG book, DW has short edge tears top and bottom edge and along spine folds, with minor chipping loss.. First Edition. Quarter-leather. Very Good/Good. Illus. by John Leech. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Smith Elder & Co, 1867 (excess shipping charge due to weight and value) ORIGINAL CLOTH Victorian double decker first British edition in book form (after Cornhill serialisation), scarce, tidy copies in green cloth with extra gilt decorative titling to spine and boards, spines have some black blocking, lower boards stamped in blind, original chocolate endpapers, VOL 1 = rubbed at spine ends, minor patch of white at tail, corners of bevelled boards starting to split, small patch soiling to upper board, (i-ii) 1- 313 (+1 printers imprint) +2pp adverts, VOL 2= lightly rubbed spine ends with minor fraying, two small holes rubbed into upper joint, corners rubbed but not yet frayed, (i-vi) (1-)309 + 2pp adverts, No half-titles called for, all sixteen engraved plates by H. Harral after M. Ellen Edwards (including frontispiece in each volume) with tissue guards intact, plate facing pp 225 of vol 1 has small water mark to top margin, faint sporadic foxing throughout both volumes, this is very… Read More

Philadelphia: Bradley Garretson half leather black with gilt fillets, two red panels to spine also filleted. all edges gilt corners lightly rubbed and bumped, one small split at head of spine. 584pp + coloured plates faced with tissue guards. first printed page is a presentation plate PRESENTED BY John Lee Scott TO his dear wife Elizabeth on her birthday October 10th 1882 AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION ( the capitals denote the printed text). Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Bliss Sands & Co, 1897 red cloth, sun faded spine, gilt vignette to upper board and spine, top edge gilt , fore edge untrimmed, minor surface soiling to boards from handling, remains of gift prize plate to front paste down which is partially removed, offset toning to fep, 332pp + 20pp adverts + 16 b&w plates, frontis tissue guard is foxed, first 27pp are a memoir of the author, some pages are unopened. Robinsons first book as an illustrator and thus rare. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by W H Robinson. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: F H Dougal, 1886 red cloth blind embossed and gilt titled, gilt spine and blind lower board. lower board has minor surface soiling from damp but only to the surface and not through to the paste down etc. Paste down and endpapers are yellow printed with Opinions of the Press which are dated 1886 and I assume this is the date of this edition. Following the endpaper there is a pink leaf and then two blue leaves also printed with adverts and testimonials. Then follows 468pp normal paper stock, but also inserted amongst these are various pages, some folding , on different colour stock of testimonials from those who have gained inheritances from using Douglas' earlier Indices. I f you think you have British ancestry who may have left intestate estates maybe yoiu should have a look in here! Slipped in are 4 pieces of ephemera issued with the book, an A4 Order form folded in two , two A5 Will Search forms and the original addressed envelope on red paper to be used to send the Order form… Read More

London: F H Dougal red cloth blind embossed and gilt titled, gilt spine and blind lower board, paste down and endpapers are yellow printed with 'Opinions of the Press' which mention 1904 and I assume this is the date of this edition, although there is an inscription to verso of title dated 1910, following the title there is a pink leaf and then a tipped in card with a facsimile letter from King Edward VII, then follows 472 numbered pages on normal paper stock, but also inserted amongst these are various pages, some folding, on different colour stock of testimonials from those who have gained inheritances from using Douglas' earlier Indices, OVERALL A VG BOOK . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Longman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts, 1858 (500 gram rate) lower joint split, otherwise the book is tdy and clean with minor handling wear, and light edge rubbing, front hinge cracked but tight, xvii pp prlims and intro + content + xlviii biographical note of the author, 1-290pp, various essays including on the Monkey family, Pigeons and Pigeon Stealers, the Humming-bird, the Dog family, Cannibalism, the Fox, Snakes. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: W. Johnston and B. Collins, 1772 (500 gram rate) volume three only of the second edition (stated), lacks boards, leather spine with bands and red title label with gilt, front and back have blank fly leaves with some wear and chipping, (4) 275pp erased pencil date at foot of title, useful to complete a set. Second Edition. Disbound. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

Folio Society, 1996 (500 gram rate) silk bound hardback in gold card slipcase, 32pp, fine condition. First Edition. Slip Cased Hardbacks. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Peter Forster. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Ward Lock maroon red bevelled cloth boards, decorative banded spine, decorative boards, all edges gilt, dec endpapers, two line inscription to fep, rubber stamp of a turtle and the date 3/12/84 in pen to first blank leaf after fep, frontis with tissue guard. a little water marking to top edge extreme margin, spine joints lightly rubbed, two splash marks lower board (faint). With a memoir by Clement Shorter and illustrations by Geoffry Hamlyn. xxx + 468pp. New edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Herbert Railton. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1847 (..the prayers being fitted to the several days of the week; to which is added a guide for the penitent, also festival hymns, according to the manner of the ancient church, composed for the use of the devout, especially of younger persons.) black pebble grain leather, blind ruled boards, gilt title spine with 5 embossed bands, a little minor rubbing, all edges gilt, contemporary R Robinson bookbinder and bookseller Newcastle label to front paste down, endpapers a little dust soiled, first signature stands a little proud, viii 135pp + 8pp adverts, Christian devotional (500 gram rate). reprint. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

New York: Peter Pauper, 1974 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW 62pp + plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Stanley Clough. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. Private Press.

London: Ernest Nister undated but presentation plate is dated 1899, bevelled boards , green cloth with red, dark green and gilt decoration, rubbed to edges and the detail on the spine is worn, corners starting to fray, front hinge cracked, 192 pp, all edges gilt, well illustrated, colour frontis, printed in Bavaria, some pages have short marginal edge tears. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch New Zealand: Caxton Press, 1945 stiff paper boards with printed dust jacket glued at spine, 37pp + imprint etc, not one of the 14 special copies, still a nice example of the quality achieved by Christchurch's premier (semi-) private press, no limitation given but would have been quite small considering War Economy Measures and the nature of the company. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: J Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1813 title continues as ; "an investigation of the principles and proportions of that style of architecture called the gothic and an inquiry into the mode of painting upon and staining glass as practised in the ecclesiastical structures of the middle ages", half calf green leather well rubbed and worn with similar well rubbed marbled boards, corners rubbed back to board tips, lower joint split along top half, 10mm lost from headof spine, edges of boards rubbed to the card boards, front hinge almost completely split holding by lower cord, name stamp ELDER to fep, reverse of fep has some ink which seems to have offset when the page was used as a blotter!, some small tears in the fep also, frontis is damp toned to the edges, and has offset a brown area onto tht title page, a few pages of the preface have damp darkened margins, the text is foxed throughout where it seems the printing ink has had a high iron content, there are also a few… Read More

London: Dent, 1915 third reprint of 1898 edition dated 1915, olive cloth with gilt decorated boards and spine, decorative endpapers, xxiii 638pp + colour plates ( 12 as called for) minor handling wear or soiling, very small Times Book Club label to rear paste down. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

New York: Peter Pauper, 1955 (500 gram rate) price clipped dust jacket 62pp with decorative motifs. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. Private Press.