MILITARIA Fiction from Fortuna Books

London: John Murray, 1928 First cheaper edition blind dec boards with gilt spine, spine lightly sunned, name to fep, closed edges are lightly foxed, 342pp + 2pp adverts at rear. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: John Murray, 1929 First edition in the Imperial Library issue, rubbing wear to edges and joints, name and blind embossed stamp to fep, some foxing staining to spine cloth, book spine leans, corners frayed, minor spotting or browning to closed edges, part of the Bea Geste series, 332+4+12pp adverts. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? -… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1945 spine lean, some rubbing to joints, slight fade to spine, first Australian edition. pencil to fep, corners bumped. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hutchinson, 1976 very good in unclipped DW. DW has small dent to left of cover panel above the joint gutter, this has just penetrated the paper fully but barely noticeable, slight sun fade to the spine. Signed to title in felt pen [Douglas Reeman | 1977] probably at a book signing by the looks of it. One page has… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1926 First edition second printing same month as first (July). Red cloth rubbed to edges, spine slightly faded, fep has name in ink and owners stamp (small in top corner). feps are offset toned, closed edges are foxed, 342pp + 10pp adverts at rear. shows age but no real faults.. First Edition. Cloth. Very… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1981 "The second book of Richard Sharpe's adventures, follows the actual events of the summer of 1810, which culminated in the appalling carnage of Almeida." near fine in same unclipped DW. DW may be slightly sunned to spine ( hard to tell) and very minor slight dust soiling to DW folds and top edge, extremely nice (but not… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1955 first edition first impression, unclipped dust jacket lightly chipped to spine ends, small closed tear to top of front panel repaired with glued paper on reverse side, splits at corner folds, name to paste down, map endpapers, handling soiled wrapper, book spine lighlty faded, 320pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7?… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1928 first edition dated July 1928, light wear to edges and joints, pencil inscrioption to fep dated 1928, 348pp + Song of the Legion, minor spotting or browning to closed edges, part of the Bea Geste series. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Jarrolds, 1963 small name and date to fep, minor marking to boards, light wear to spine ends, slight lean to spine, early title. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1981 "The second book of Richard Sharpe's adventures, follows the actual events of the summer of 1810, which culminated in the appalling carnage of Almeida." tidy in unclipped DW which may be slightly sunned to spine ( hard to tell), small amount of wear to bottom corner of front board and jacket. Richard Sharpe a Rifleman… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1957 unclipped DW has short closed edge tears and minor soiling, there is no loss of paper, book has minimal scattered foxing to prelims and closed edges, 432pp, novel of a champion boxer in the French Foreign Legion. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Badger Books tidy used copy, has New Zealand distributer's paper label at bottom corner which may be removable with care, light rubbing, no inscriptions, novel of pilot shot down over North Korea and his epic escape, 158pp + adverts (200 gram rate). First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

London: Herbert Jenkins (500 gram rate) 190 +2pp adverts, one leaf ( 4pp) was never bound in, but sits snug in place, light wear to spine ends and corners, pencil inscription dated 1954 to fep, book undated but probably from war years, war standard issue. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Australia: Readers Book Club name and address to fep, tape residue to paste downs, tidy dust jacket with a few short edge tears, 288pp+ plates, fiction based on authors service with the Air-Sea Rescue Service during the war, was later filmed and this edition has stills from that film. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7?… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1954 unclipped DW VG but short tear down at top left corner of front panel, light dust soiling, book has remains of a prize plate to fep, otherwise tidy, volume Two in the cadet edition of the Hornblower series, contains the full story, has a col frontis and many b&w illustrations by Geoffrey Whittam, 223pp (500 grams)… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1941 tan cloth with black titling, age toned endpapers, unclipped DW has edge wear with short tears or chips to spine ends and corners, joint ends, near VG DW, 296pp + 16pp advrets, last few pages of adverts foxed, Wren returns to writing about the Foreign Legion. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? -… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1981 "The second book of Richard Sharpe's adventures, follows the actual events of the summer of 1810, which culminated in the appalling carnage of Almeida." near fine in same unclipped DW, very slight lean to spine, extremely nice (but not new) copy. Richard Sharpe a Rifleman in the Peninsula War against Napoleon and his allies. .… Read more about this item

New York: Walker and Company, 1987 small remainder dot to closed bottom edge otherwise tidy, paper stock lightly age browned, 189pp, second world war submarine convoy thriller. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1942 price clipped dust jacket with light chipping at head of spine and corners otherwise tidy, map end papers, name at head of title page May 1942 reprint, 256pp, novelised account of retreat at Dunkirk from one who served there. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Collins, 1955 first edition first impression, price clipped dust jacket chipped with loss to tail of spine, lighter at head, small amount of chipping to edge and corners, foxing to closed edges, 320pp nice looking wrapper (500 gram rate) . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.