Search Results: Authors starting with V from Fortuna Books

London: Science Museum HMSO, 1967 (500 gram rate) sewn sheets glued into pictorial wrappers, text block pulling away from spine but easily reglued, 81pp with 72 illustrations, mostly photographic, quality paper stock, chapters include tinfoil phonograph / graphophone / Berliner and the gramophone / Edison phonographs / Edison Bell / unusual talking machines . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Harmondsworth: Viking, 1987 near fine in same DW, 318pp novel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1951 unclipped DW small chip at top left corner affecting top of M in title, light chipping to tail of spine, light scattered foxing to book, tidy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: New Statesman and Nation, 1940 (500 gram rate) originally published as stapled wrappers this has been sewn into a cloth spine strip glued to the covers at the spine edge, otherwise very tidy copy with a some foxing mainly to the rear wrapper, stunning red, blue and black cover design by Low, 80pp + wraps, a selection of pieces from various print media chosen for the twist given them by recent political and international events, Illustrated with cartoons by David Low. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by David Low. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1971 (500 gram rate) VG pictorial papered boards, light lean to spine, tidy copy but with a few fingermarks from reading use, unpaginated (28pp) well illustrated throughout in colour by Biro. reprint. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Val Biro. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1984 (500 gram rate) first thus VG pictorial papered boards, light lean to spine, unmarked, approx 100pp well illustrated throughout in colour by Biro. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Val Biro. 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: Hodder, 1937 (500 grams) pencil name to fep, light lean to spine, by the author of the Clubfoot novels, 312pp. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Herbert Jenkins green cloth titled and decorated with black, light rubbing to edges, lacks fep, pencil name dated 1933 to half title , very faint foxing, fifth printing, 312pp + adverts, Desmond Okewood of the Secret Service battles it out with his old enemy 'Clubfoot' . reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Open House, 1980 large format, small name to fep, cloth with gilt to spine and cover, unclipped DW some light soiling to spine and some edge tears as well as a long one on rear panel that has been taped on the verso, complete but with these faults, 127pp illustrated in colour, before leaving for France Vali was the lead dancer of the Melbourne Modern Ballet Company, in France she was the subject of photographer Ed van der Elsken's book 'Love on the Left bank', she now lives in Italy, book has some faint foxing to closed top edge. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Vali Myers. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1953 lacks DW, mild age spotting otherwise tidy, 190pp includes use of hypnosis in psychoneuroses/ hypnotherapy / gynaecology and childbirth . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

New York: Scribners, 1955 first edition with A code, black cloth with a little surface rubbing, some light browning or dust marking otherwise very tidy, unclipped DW has browned spine and some minor wear and chipping to the head and tail, minimal wear to corners, 250pp. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

New York: Dial Press, 1958 second printing of first edition, September 1958, unclipped jacket some edge wear and minor splits or chips, offsetting to feps, 599pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: W H Allen, 1961 would be VG but corners and rear board have been bumped, top corner of lower board has a split near edge, unclipped DW has tear at top corner of front and head of lower joint, name to fep, could almost be VG- book, first UK edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1957 background pigment of dust jacket fading, bottom edge of upper board rubbed, small owner inscripiton to fep, collects 13 stories, with intro etc, xvi 125pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

New York: Pocket Books, 1964 (200 gram rate) first edition paperback original, Jack Vance writing under the Ellery Queen stable, 164+2pp light wear to spine ends. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

Pistoia: Tellini 266pp in foxed white wraps printed with title and in a DW over this. DW has small area lifted from the bottom part of the front panel and a little edge sunning at top, a catalogue that accompanied an exhibition. undated but around 1977. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Pistoia: Tellini 266pp in white wraps printed with title and in a DW over this. DW is split to the spine fold upper half of upper joint, peice chipped from bottom lower corner also. book has some waterstaining to top corner at the rear of the book not affecting text or illustrations. a catalogue that accompanied an exhibition. undated but a former owners name to title in pen is dated 1977. . First Edition. Original Wraps. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1962 (500 grams) Pyramid X-716 first thus edition, paper stock browned otherwise VG, the character Joshua is another Jesus figure in this 1st century CE historical novel set in Jerusalem, wrapper is starting to detach from text block but still tidy copy, 288pp. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hansom Books 6 issues; vol 17 # 6 March 1970 / v 18 #9 (213) June 1971 / v 18 #11 (215) Aug 1971 / v18 # 12 (216) Sept 1971 / v 19 # 1 (217) Oct 1971 / v 19 #12 (228) Sept 1972 all are large format stapled magazines on sized art paper with black and white photographs throughout, all have some rubbing wear to the spines, mild soiling to the covers but generally VG and tidy. the golden age of British avant garde theatre preserved by reviews and interviews etc. as well as some complete playscripts.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Magazine.