Search Results: Authors starting with E from Fortuna Books

London: Thomas Nelson, 1910 green cloth, slight stain to lower board, spine cloth starting to bubble, gilt titling flaked, 375+8pp adverts, col. frontis, closed top edge dust soiled with minor spots of foxing. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Ward Lock early edition undated, blue cloth with gilt title in a square border to upper board. title author and publisher in gilt to spine. head of spine rubbed and split, tail worn, paste down has a name in heavy pencil, fep is browned and with ink name dated 10/6/10. front hinge cracked prior to half title, some foxing to prelims, title is on sized paper different to the text, closed edges foxed, top edge dusty, corners rubbed, upper corner of lower board is rubbed through to the board.348pp. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hutchinson, 1968 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW light wear to ends of spine and corner tips, short tear at top corner of lower fold, slight foxing to paste downs, tail of book spine and tail of DW and across to bottom spine corners of the DW are slightly water marked, 3 line name and address to fep, 90pp illustrated in line. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Jane Paton. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1945 (3000 gram rate ) tan brown buckram with gilt arms to upper board, spines and boards lightly faded, name and date + rubber stamp acquisition number to feps otherwise near fine copies, the 1945 facsimile CORRECTED edition after the 1923 first, 4 volumes, xli 388 + 557 + 518 + 467pp + frontispieces, due to weight will cost considerably more to post than checkout estimate . reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1910 two tone cloth with decorative title and pasted on colour vignette, spine is split along upper and lower joints and front hinge is split also, cover stays attached partially by the binding sewing, needs attention.top edge gilt, map end papers, foxing to prelims and the title page and tissue guard. fly leaf after the endpapers has an old ink inscription contains owners details as well as a list of three yachts the names and length and type these are the "Bluebird' 'Shadow' and ' Wanderer' probably New Zealand boats. rear hnge split. 218pp + colour frontis and fifty illustrations. a yacht trip from Burnham around the coast to Falmouth and back to Hamble. needs rebacking but still good condition.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Norman S Carr. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Melbourne: E W Cole red cloth with black text and design, lower panel bubling, closed edges foxed, tidy copy, 350+27pp Federation of the World by the year 2000 section + adverts, illustrated throughout, collection of humourous peices on many topics, newsprint type paper stock. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: George Allen, 1912 one volume only of a two volume work, covers 1819-1860, tidy ex-library, rules plate to paste down, a few minor stamps, light foxing, xxv 540pp + plates, cloth spine has faint shelf call marks, top edge gilt, short split at head of spine. Second Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Blackie (500 gram rate) undated, assumed first, circa 1930s, red cloth with light fade to spine, 255pp + frontis., Sea Guides . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Roger Oak. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Cassell, 1929 (500 gram rate) slate cloth with navy decoration and pasted on colour plate to upper board, cloth is rubbed and frayed to edges and corners, backstrip partially split with tears, lacks fep and two plates ( one being the frontis) 216pp, some minor edge damage to a few pages of text. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Blackie (500 gram rate) undated, assumed first, war economny standard, circa 1940s, red cloth with limp corner tips, DW generally intact but edges rubbed and worn, corners chipped, spine has some tears along joints, tear top edge of front panel, 191pp + frontis and plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Saxon. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1968 DW price clipped, spine slight fade otherwise VG. Book VG+. The Wiles Lectures 1962-63. 144pp. i- man and the material world ii- man and the daemonic world iii- man and the divine world iv- dialogue of paganism with chrisitianity. The Wiles Lectures 1962-63. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Cassell, 1893 sixth thousand printing of first edition, pictorial blue cloth bevelled edge boards, dec eps, lean to spine, minor rubbing to tips, closed edges lightly soiled and foxed, 376pp + 16pp adverts, owners copperplate name to reverse of frontis, title page detaching partially, hinges starting, some scattered foxing. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Cassell, 1897 pictorial blue cloth bevelled edge boards, dec eps, prize plate to pastedown, light lean to spine, minor rubbing to tips, closed edges lightly soiled and foxed, 410pp + 16pp adverts some foxing at title and tissue guard to frontis. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Cassell pictorial green cloth, slight lean to spine, minor rubbing to edges, with cornner tips starting to fray, closed edges lightly soiled and foxed, 410pp + plates, col. frontis. , lacks one plate, pencil name to paste down dated 1928, this is 21st thousand. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Cassell green cloth with black and white decoration to cover and spine, some mild foxing to closed edges, light rubbing to joints, copper-plate ink name to fep and head of title "Oliver Gordon Cox", bookplate shows this came from the collection of Paul Aubin of Dunedin, 343pp +col. frontis + 4 b&w plates. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Durban, 1950 scarce title out of print and hard to find, privately published, green cloth sunned to spine with faint water mark at head of spine, silver titled upper board, 107pp, ' the story of how some 1820 settlers came from Cape Colony to Upper Malvern in the days of their retirement (1890-1901) and with the development of the Natal Government Railways how some of the new emigrants from the United Kingdom settled there when it was known as Bowkers and later Escombe (1904 and onwards), promoting community life on the lines of their experiences in the country from which they came', memoirs etc includes some historic photographs. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Private Press.

London: Ward Lock, 1960 ex-lending library with plate and slip to front fep and rear paste down, two small squares of tape to front and rear paste downs, some occasional minor foxing spots, quite clean, price clipped DW has had a plastic sleeve attached by crimping along the top and bottom edges with paper tape which has flaked away leaving very minor white residue to the edges, and some paper residue on the reverse side of the DW along the edges, SCARCE title RARE in the dust wrapper, 190pp + 2pp advertisements. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library.

London: Collins, 1964 second impression, DW unclipped, light spine fade, short tear top corner, l\some chipping head of spine, short tears spine folds at head, Book has three line inscription to fep otherwise tidy, 192pp + plates in b&w and colour, includes Himalayan territories of Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal, wildlife as well as domesticated native animals. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: The Studio Limited, 1927 240 x 310mm, blue cloth boards some mottling to lower third, DW some dust soiling to bottom and a small mark, spine is lightly sunned, has tipped on photo plate, Foyles bookshop label to paste down, lxii (text) 304pp (plates) black and white photogravures (full page) of American buildings, scenery and the occasional individual. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by E O Hoppe. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Redhill: Wells Gardner Darton & Co, 1950 pale blue cloth with title on an off white panel, some waterstaining to the corners and head of spine. inscr paste down, front hinge cracked but tight, edges dusty but content VG. DW unclipped but worn along all edges with some loss along top of rear panel., chip out of bottom of front and top corner, front panel and spine generally near complete. "An exciting story of hidden treasure in which the boy hero escapes from almost inevitable deaths, including the "death ray" invented by a madman.". First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.