Search Results: Authors starting with W from Fortuna Books

London: Williams & Norgate, 1911 (500 gram rate) small book, both hinges are cracked and loosening, pencil inscr to fep, free end papers browned, new revised edition, 255 + 8pp adverts. a volume in the Home University Library of Knowledge. Author Fellow of Royal Society, contents include, SPR / thought reading / thought transference / mesmerism, hypnotism, suggestion / telepathy / visual hallucinations (of the dead) / dreams and crystal visions / supernormal perception / divining with dowsing rod / hauntings / physical phenomenon of spiritualism / automatic writing / survival after death. . New edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

Sydney: Horwitz, 1963 (200 gram rate) Horwitz No 16 paperback first edition, some rubbing wear to spine edges, 130pp, many more similar titles in stock, ask for details. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Heinemann, 1902 sunned spine with head of spine pulled and showing tape residue, booklabel to paste down, one leaf partially detached, xxvi 435pp + folding maps, some pencil notation, extensive overview of the economics and geo-politics of South Africa at the turn of the Twentieth Century. second revised edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: A & C Black, 1921 geography, history, culture and folklore of the area as well as architecture and archaeology, illustrated with watercolours, quarter green leather over cloth boards, top 70mm along head of lower joint is split, some flaking and perishing to leather at spine ends, rebound? front hinge open after fep, rear hinge open before last text page, x 275pp + plates with titled tissue guards, folding map at rear, . First Edition. Quarter-leather. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A Heaton Cooper. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Methuen, 1905 cloth lightly rubbed to edges, joints and spine ends, two names to fep, clean copy with minor spotted foxing to closed edges, xviii 420pp + 31pp adverts. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915 ex private library stamp and number to fep only, free endpapers offset browned, spine edges rubbed, the fifth edition, xxvi, 724pp +plates and folding maps etc. heavy book may incur higher shipping. . reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: MacMillan, 1973 soft card cover, tidy unmarked, xi 240pp Fundamentals of Botany series, covers Fungi, Algae, Euglenoids, Bryophytes, Ferns and Fern Allies, Second Edition. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1902 undated but 1902 (Bagnalls D649), green linen cloth over boards over stapled sheets, black printed title etc to cover includes original publishers price of 1/6, joints partially split and frayed, corners rubbed through at tips, hinges cracked, some light finger marking throughout and one or two very small instances of a small line of pen etc, probably occured accidentally during class use rather than someone writng in the book. 188 +4 pp adverts, frontis and illustrations in monotone or engraved cuts. The natural history of New Zealand for school students, includs sections on the Moa, variopus bird and plant species, the Maori myth, legends and history pre -European. Quite a few illustrations throughout.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by anon. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Stanley Paul light foxing to prelims and closed edges, 224pp + plates, DW unclipped, minor chipping head and tail of spine. reminiscences of a Middlesex and England representative cricketer in the 1940s seasons.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1951 free end paper has three line name and address in biro, green cloth with lmild wear/ discolouration, gilt titled spine and decorative upper board including dorge and swastika, l [50] + 249pp, tidy clean copy, second impression of the second edition of seminal work, scarce. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Newnes, 1968 Fourth Edition, 492 pp heavy willincur extra shipping, DW minor wear to edges etc. Vert clean internally covers many asects of maritime engineering with plenty of diagrams. engine and boiler room arrangement / pipes and valves / pumping / corrosion / compressors, condensers, evaporaters, distillers, de-aerators and purifiers / steering-gear / propellers / refrigeration / heating / ventilation / auxillary deisel engines / deck machinery / cranes / safety equipment / stabilizers / automated and centralized control. Name and date to front paste down.. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1915 slightly soiled cloth, small bookseller stamp to fep, light ageing , rare account of the French forces in the first years of the war, one of The Daily Telegraph War Books, 187pp + 6pp adverts. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Morgan & Scott red cloth dec with gilt and black titling, joints split corners rubbed and frayed, light stain lower board, hinges reinforced with brown paper, inscription to verso of frontis dated 1924, frontis and tissue gaurd foxed, small name to title, vi 250pp illustrated with line, author's memoirs of his clerical and secular life from 1841 to 1861. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hodder assumed first, undated, tan cloth with black and blue title and illustration of man being 'frightened' by a sailor, light rubbing wear to the boards, offset toning to feps, pencil name to front fep, minor handling soiling or light foxing to closed edges, 305pp + plates. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by anon. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1958 VG, small pen name top of fep, foxing spotting to closed edges, DW unclipped, rubbed to edges, minor surface soiling, and tiny chipping or rubbing to spine ends. prelims are a little browned or foxed, asnd dust jacket a little soiled to surface from dusty reading.. First Edition. Decorative Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Leslie Stead. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hodder, 1964 excellent copy, minor spotting to closed edges, dust jacket price clipped otherwise VG with minor crease wrinkles to the edges and some faint light watermarking along the top edge mainly seen from the reverse side. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Stead. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hodder, 1942 (500 gram rate) second edition september 1942 (after May 1942 first of this edition) H&S 'yellow-jacket' style edition. 192pp minor scattered foxing in parts, heavier to the closed egdes. dust jacket complete just with a few spots to some parts and edge wear, tiny edge nicks, spine has a light crease down the length. dust jacket by Bip Pares is complete but no price printed. . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Bip Pares. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hodder, 1962 excellent copy, minor pencil booksellers notes to fep, dust jacket unclipped VG+ lightest surface wear to ead and tail ends of spine, a super copy . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Leslie Stead. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hodder, 1947 VG lacks DW, bookseller label to foot of paste down, minor handling wear to boards, some foxing discolouration to closed edges, light browning to page margins.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Leslie Stead. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hodder, 1954 lacks dust jacket, book spine sunned lighter than boards, light soiling to boards, name concealed by 'white out' or 'twink' to fep, minor spots foxing to closed edges, 6 col plates by Stead, some occaional spots of yellowing. uncommon non- Biggles sci fi by Johns, (500 gram rate) . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Leslie Stead. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.