Search Results: Authors starting with F from Fortuna Books

London: Blackie & son tan cloth with khaki and brown illustrated cover and spine, gilt titled spine, light wear or handling soiling, original endpapers, edges dusted khaki colour, (viii) 292pp + plates, some minor foxing to closed edges and margins, actually very tidy copy. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Arch. Webb. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1942 cloth boards lightly soiled, spine a little faded, small tear at head of spine fold(rear) inscription to fep [W D Hannah (?) Smith F/O | N.Z. 412755 R.N.Z.A.F.] xvii + 419pp, sized paper, some ink notation to pp 1-12. covers flight navigation, use of instruments , flight situations etc, war era. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1953 (500 gram rate) library marks to spine and endpapers, stamps etc, good copy apart from this, author fought as British guerilla against the Japanese from the jungles of Malaya, some reference to this as well as his other non-military adventures. reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library.

London: John Hamilton, 1930 blue cloth lightly soiled, bumps to edges, corners rubbed through to boards, upper joint split and has been repaired (?) with clear tape which should be removable, lower joint worn and partially split, head and tail frayed. hinge cracked and loosened, front paste down has a pasted in photograph of the author in RAF uniform cut from a newspaper, fep has ink inscriptions and addresses dated 1931 and 1941 bottom corner of first 5 leaves upto and including the dedication clipped losing an area 45mm across and 15mm down. foot of next leaf ( list of illustrations) has a two line note in black and red ink. Page 144 has a red line in the margin. Apart form the odd spot of light foxing or a dog eared page the rest of the book could almost make VG. 208pp + plates. London to Sydney solo via Arabia, India , Indonesia etc. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Oxford University Press, 1963 ex-library. DW under plastic with a label to the spine of the DW. tape stains and pockets and pen codes to front ep. stamp to front and rear ep. stamp to tilte , contents and fore edge. 215pp + plates + two folding maps at rear. Study of a North-west Scottish herd of deer, full statistical survey etc. Apart from library additions VG copy. corrected edition from the first (1937). corrected. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

London: Collins, 1947 (500 gram rate) DW rubbed spine ,inscr to fep, 48pp + col plates . First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Various. 4to - over 9? - 12" 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: Cassell, 1884 brown cloth gilt panelled cover, titled spine. original navy eps, Newbold's Bookshop label to pastedown, short ink inscription dated 1885 to title top corner, popular edition, some scattered foxing mainly to prelims, all edges gilt, xx , 781 + 4pp adverts. . reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

New York: Longmans Green and Co., 1904 navy cloth with gilt vignette of a fisherman with IXOYC in Greek underneath, light rubbing to edges, private library stamp to verso of title and head of preface, dedication page has top half cut away ( with no loss of text), xi 594pp + 1pp advert, original endpapers, an historical novel set in the time of the persecution of the christian cult, author in preface states he has not shrunk from showing the reality of the pagan 'darkness' yet has not sensationalised it either, christian bias, Complete in one volume. New Impression. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Cassell green cloth decorated in lime and gilt and with, very minor rubbing to tips of boards, 41 colour plates as well as a title vignette in line for each flower described, xv 160pp + plates, 16pp adverts, tidy copy probably circa 1890s. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by F E Hulme. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Batsford, 1971 contains bibliography, index, and 31 illustrations. Includes chapters on "Test Of Command"; "Approach To High Command"; "Defeat In Flanders"; "Triumph Of Generalship"; and "Alexander As A Commander". dust jacket is edge worn, unclipped, book VG with ink inscription to fep 344pp + plates maps etc.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Dent, 1956 The great Finnish national epic mythologicl folk-poem, a nice edition, reprinting of 1906 edition, two clean blue cloth volumes, dustjackets have some wear with rubbing, edge tears and some surface loss to spine text, books are clean, viii 328+ vi 285+adverts.. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Elliot Stock, 1897 bevelled olive cloth boards with gilt titling and a gilt medallion with an owl, minimal rubbing to proud edges, original decorative endpapers, old ink inscription to fep 'Frederick W Gale | Christchurch NZ | May 1898', tissue guarded frontis, ix + (i) 245pp + plates +frontis, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, publishers prelims are deeply browned but this is just two leaves immediately after the fep and immediately prior to the rear fep and seem to have been placed to 'capture' any offset toning from the decorative endpapers, a study of Dicken's works including the bibliographic details and publishing history of them. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Elliot Stock, 1897 bevelled olive cloth boards with gilt titling and a gilt medallion with an owl, minimal rubbing to proud edges, original decorative endpapers, old ink inscription to fep 'Frederick W Gale | Christchurch NZ | May 1898', tissue guarded frontis, ix + (i) 245pp + plates +frontis, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, publishers prelims are deeply browned but this is just two leaves immediately after the fep and immediately prior to the rear fep and seem to have been placed to 'capture' any offset toning from the decorative endpapers, a study of Dicken's works including the bibliographic details and publishing history of them. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Foulis, 1913 tan buckram gilt titled, pen inscriptions to fep dated 1916 & 1929, 285pp + plates + 10pp adverts, colour and b&w plates, top edge gilt others untrimmed, anecdotes from village and town life illustrating the character of English folk at the turn of the twentieth century, humorous memoirs etc.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by George Belcher. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1968 original cellophane wrapper pasted down to endpapers, this is chipped and should probably be discarded, pen initials and date to fep, otherwise tidy clean copy, lv 99pp + xvi 224pp. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Sydney: Cornstalk, 1926 blue cloth titled black, edge rubbing, map end papers have panel of age toning, front free ep top margin torn off not affecting any relevant part of map, booksellers label foot of paste down, some foxing to closed edges, DW is chipped to head of cover losing part of a press review, and also chipped at head of the spine losing part of title, generally complete though, VG-/G, 325pp Ossendowskis travel from Krasnoyarsk through Mongolia to Tassun Nor in Tibet and back to Hailar in Manchuria, includes metaphysical encounters such as with strange sightings reputed to be evidence of the King of the World ruling from Shambala/ Agharti, Of relevance to the 'occult-nazi' coming race theories of vril etc. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Harrap, 1956 unclipped dust jacket some wear, short edge tear, chip from rear panel, minimal spotting to closed edges, 238pp + plates, biography of the creator of Anthropometric Classification, cataloging of identities by physical appearance, and noted criminal detective. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1938 green cloth , red titled spine , top edges age browned. very minor foxing to prelims. colour plates with titled glassine guards (one of these is missing from plate to page 274) 322pp+plates + map, hunting plants in the Himalayas. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.