Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Fortuna Books

Auckland: New Zealand Federation of University Women, 1945 (200 gram rate) chipped plain paper wrappers over sewn sheets, frontis plate, some foxing, unpaginated about 50, a book of quotations chosen by prominent New Zealanders of the time. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Hamilton, 1961 (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket rubbed to edges and foldsshort splits at joint ends and minor chipping to spine ends, 110pp, verse and accompanying cartoon style illustrations on a bleakly pessimistic tone, theme is that of nuclear war and devastation, a slice of Cold War angst. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Edward Gorey. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1901 boards lightly rubbed to joints, name and bookplate ( of Eileen Bolton ) to fep, crossed out inscription to verso of fep dates 1932, half title foxed, printed note to verso of half title states copyrighted 1901, no other date to book, pale blue cloth with blind laurel leaf border to upper board, gilt titled spine, lightly foxed closed edges, vi 198pp + plates ( colour with tissue guards) and line illustrations by Hugh Thomson, assumed first thus. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Hugh Thomson. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hodder, 1955 (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket with design by Bip Pares has small chips at joint ends and rubbed corner tips, one small taped tear at head of rear panel, endpapers and closed edges minor spotting, book clean, 254pp, second instalment of Quality Chase saga. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Bip Pares. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Cassell, 1966 price clipped DW has short tear to bottom of front panel closed with tape, publisher's lamination blistering and split at joints, 7 digit pen inscription to fep, tidy used copy with some flecking to cloth boards, 204pp + plates. Mary Quants own story of her fashion guru years. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Cassell, 1966 unclipped dust jacket has some short edge tears and associated creases, light chipping, rear fold in flap has one small hole, book has mild lean to spine, inscription to fep, tidy used copy, 204pp + plates. Mary Quants own story of her fashion guru years. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2008 cloth issued without DW, this copy has the publisher's wrap around band, has a few minor spots to the ends of the band where the tacky glue that held it around the book has been carefully removed, just shows as darker area to the paper, boards clean, red endpapers, unmarked, contains all of the nine original James Bond short stories and novellas, previously issued in For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy, plus two titles never before included in a UK hardcover edition, N>B> in the stock photo there seems to be a darker area at base of spine, this is a shadow in the photo and there is no mark to the book cloth. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Harrap, 1970 (500 grams) price clipped dust jacket lightly soiled, rubbed to edges with some short tears to spine ends and corners, fep has large gift inscription, 159pp Australian aboriginal boy and his horse. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Roger Payne. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Ward Lock, 1936 First edition in First issue unclipped Dust jacket, red cloth very crisp and fresh with black titling and border to cover and spine, slight fading at head of spine where DW didnt cover completely, otherwise VG with tight firm corners. pencil booksellers notes to fep. some minor foxing to closed page edges mainly top-edge. 319pp. DW unclipped (2/6) but has some chipping and rubbing , lacks 1/2 inch at head of tail being "Quayle's", chipping and tear at tail . a patch about 1/2 inch square missing top right corner. Cover art by Abbey. very light spine lean. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Abbey. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hutchinson light blue cloth titled in black, the front flap of the DW is tipped in at fep . Eighth thousand. 320pp . booksellers label rear paste down . top edge dusty . reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1962 (500 gram rate) new edition, unclipped DW under plastic sleeve, prize plate to fep, one of the line illustrations has been hand coloured in pencil, 235pp historical fiction for young adults / children. New edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by C Walter Hodges. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1958 (500 gram rate) new edition, unclipped DW under plastic sleeve, name to fep in biro, 3 of the line illustrations have been hand coloured in pencil, 208pp historical fiction for young adults / children. New edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by C Walter Hodges. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: George Bell, 1910 slate green cloth with light edge wear and corners starting, titled cloth to cover with pasted on plate, spine gilt titled, lacks fep, paper scar where name erased to paste down, light scattered foxing to prelims, copperplate ink name at head of chapter one, rear hinge cracked, 319pp + 8 + 16pp adverts at rear, closed edges scattered foxing, first edition thus Colonial edition after 1910 British issue. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Stanley Paul, 1938 cloth rubbed to joints and corners, pencil to endpapers, bookseller stamp at foot of fep, binding shows at title, one plate taped in with browning tape, some foxing mainly to page edges and margins, 256pp+plates +16pp adverts. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Sydney: View Productions, 1987 (500 gram rate) fep trimmed at top otherwise tidy copy in unclipped DW with some light dust soiling to it, 56pp illustrated throughout with coloured ine drawings by Greenaway, Victorian children fiction. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Kate Greenaway. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

New York: Ace, 1942 (200 gram rate) ACE D-334, first thus, joints rubbed, grease pencil price to cover, 224pp. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Sheed and Ward, 1926 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW has som browning to spine, edges are rubbed with small tears or chips, pink papered boards, cream cloth spine with red lettering, 50pp, minor foxing to closed edges, poetry. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Piatkus, 1999 near fine in same DW, UK first edition, unclipped dust jacket, 247pp + plates, 'biography' of the band Queen. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Cassell, 1934 lightly handling soiled buckram, gilt titled spine, end paper has book plate of George Lorimer motto Virtutis Gloria Merces (1894), light foxing to endpapers and closed edges, . First Edition. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Gollancz, 1952 (500 gram rate) the winners of the fifth Annual detective short-story contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery magazine, foxed closed edges, aged paper stock, price clipped DW dust soiled, 253pp . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.