Search Results: Authors starting with A from Fortuna Books

London: MacMillan, 1975 price clipped Dw minor rubbing or chipping to joint ends, xviii 302pp with diagrams etc, reprint of 1968 edition complete guide to skin and scuba diving. Seventh. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Virtue & Co, 1936 excellent copies, both volumes of the set, very slight rubbing to joints, minor foxing to page edges, photographs, illustrations, charts, diagrams, tables, index, folding charts, colour frontispeices, 433pp total, very nice collectable and decorative set, large and heavy books will incur excess postage cost. Second Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Putnams, 1998 near fine in same unclipped DW, half title has a bookplate with the design of a tree with the roots in an open book ( no other printed design) and what appears to be "A Scott Berg" signature, 628pp + plates. Signed by Author. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1922 owner copperplate inscription to fep, gilt cameo to upper board, 278pp slipped in photograph ( of former owner?) Greek classical poetry in English verse translation, first edition of 1881 mainly destroyed in a warehouse sale before distribution as mentioned in the foreword, xxi 278pp Greek original faces translation . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Jarrolds, 1954 excellent blue cloth boards gilt arms device to upper board, titled spine, map endpapers two very small brown specks, minimal adhesive residue to extreme lower margin of fep, 544pp + plates. An American recruit to the british Royal Navy during WWII attained rank of Commander and OBE RNVR.. reprint. Decorative Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Jarrolds, 1954 excellent blue cloth boards gilt arms device to upper board, titled spine, map endpapers name to paste down and verso of fep, 544pp + plates. An American recruit to the British Royal Navy during WWII attained rank of Commander and OBE RNVR.. reprint. Decorative Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Leiden: Leiden University Press, 1962 xiii 227pp+ plates, spine faded otherwise clean copy. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Wellington: New Zealand department of scientific and industrial research / government printer, 1957 survey of the central catchment at Taita Experimental Station in New Zealand's Hutt Valley. blue card wrappers rubbed to spine edges, 81pp + 5 folding maps in pocket at rear and a folding plate in the text. Ex National library service with few and tidy stamps.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

London: Simpkin Marshall, 1940 (500 gram rate) pictorial papered card covers, 170pp very tidy some rubbing to edges etc, "This book is a tribute to the race of Bluejackets by one who, in both war and peace, has shared their life and has come to know them intimately". First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1936 (500 gram rate) first edition thus (Florin Books), cloth a little soiled, internally very clean and tidy, 256pp+ four diagrams and adverts at rear, author was RAF pilot whose airplane stalled over German lines in 1916, when he was captured, he later managed to escape. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1936 (500 gram rate) first edition thus (Florin Books), cloth a little soiled, small tidy ink inscription to fep, internally very clean and tidy, 256pp+ four diagrams and adverts at rear, author was RAF pilot whose airplane stalled over German lines in 1916, when he was captured, he later managed to escape. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1921 sixth edition, cloth rubbed to joints and corners, handling soiled, closed edges soiled or foxed, inscripiton to fep dated 1922, frontis and one plate detached, some minor scattered foxing to prelims, ix 267pp + plates (photgrphs and maps) + adverts, author was RAF pilot whose airplane stalled over German lines in 1916, when he was captured, he later managed to escape. reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Ascherberg, Hopwppd & Crew, 1924 (200 gram rate) light handling wear, small name at top of cover, single sheet folded + single leaf insert to make 6pp total, , some handling soiling but still tidy. Newsprint Broadside. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Luxor: A Gaddis 62 b&w plates of Egyptian monuments and statuary, colour front wrapper, rear wrapper palin excepting publisher information, rear wrapper has some surface insect damage, colour decorated title page, ink inscription to inside cover "Donald G Shaw 4/2/42 | P.T. 35" , (500 gram rate) . Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A Gaddis. landscape 4to.

London: Pitman, 1957 (500 gram rate) fifth edition, all 4 cylinder models models from 1946 -55, cream limp card covers with red papered spine, DW unclipped , faint watermarking to DW and covers and the prelims including the contents page, small splits along folds, 114pp a little grubby. reprint. Original Wraps. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Pitman, 1960 (500 gram rate) seventh edition, 1932-47 side-valve models, cream limp card covers with red papered spine, DW unclipped , light surface rubbing or sun fade, small splits along folds, 100pp. reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Faber, 1937 WILL in ink to paste down, pencil inscription to fep, lightly soiled cloth boards, top corner and spine ends cloth frayed, second impression, 331pp+ plates and folding map. reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Faber, 1942 inscription to fep, lightly soiled cloth boards, third impression, 331pp+ plates and folding map. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Faber, 1937 inscription to fep, lightly soiled cloth boards, second impression, 331pp+ plates and folding map. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Faber, 1937 handling soiled cloth boards and closed edges, some insect damage to paste down, second impression, 331pp+ plates and folding map. reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.