Recent Arrivals from Fortuna Books

London: New English Library, 1973 billed as 'A Novel of the Future', when in fact the events depicted probably already happen, a British counterpart to Raspail's 'Camp of the Saints', the end of white hegemony and law and order, Britain plunged into Race War, 125pp, first paperbck edition, VG shows minor aging to paper stock. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback.… Read more about this item

London: Cape, 1970 near fine book in same DW, all corners of the DW flaps are clipped slightly with the Priced corner clipped more heavily, an extremely tidy and fresh copy. DW spine may be just slightly sunned showing to the lighter parts only.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Auckland: Rugby Press, 1983 tidy, signed to title page by the author. 2247pp + colour plates. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Travel Book Club, 1967 Travel Book Club edition after Robert Hale. This has no illustrations. 188pp A colonial policeman in Ceylon retires to a bungalow in the jungle and here recounts his memories. of locals, human and otherwise. There is an emphasis on elephants. minimal edgewear to DW otherwise VG copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item

Hong Kong: TFH Publications photographic pictorial hard cover, seems to be a facsimile of the 1926 edition, top corner bruised and chipped, name stamp to paste down, water stain closed top edge and just into top margin of pages, 366pp +index and bibliography, line drawings throughout. 'a basic book for students and aquarium enthusiasts'. reprint. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

London: George Allen Unwin, 1964 Being the Ratirahasya of Kokkoka and other Medieval Indian writings on Love. Excellent copy, deep blue cloth, slight surface mottling to boards. Top edge dusted blue. DW has had just the tiniest part of the flap where the price was clipped. Nice red clean DW but with a few lines of clear residue… Read more about this item

London: Hulton Press, 1958 yellow papered boards slightly soiled, pencil name to map fep, closed edges dusty, 176pp + colour frontis and plates, line illustrated text. DW price clipped and dust soiled with some surface rubbing to the illustration large chip with loss at base of rear panel near tail, some chips etc to corners, tear to fold at… Read more about this item

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986 first thus edition after UK 1st in 1971. blue cloth spine over papered boards, top edge remainder striped, DW has some separation of the publishers lamination at the edges otherwise VG and unclipped. 234pp + plates , map endpapers,. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne, 1965 ex-library but minimal internal stamps, tape rust to endpapers and onto boards, jacket wiith call number to spine and some wear and creasing, maroon leatherette with gilt titling, xii 299pp +22 colour plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Heinemann, 1954 dark blue cloth, gilt spine, endpapers illustrated with portraits of the expedition members, 303pp+plates and maps. some plates in colour, line drawings in text. top edge dusted blue. minor foxing to top edge, frontis glue not holding at bottom half. Windmill blind to lower board. Dust jacket unclipped, minor rubbing / chipping at head of spine,… Read more about this item

London: MacMillan, 1996 unclipped DW, light wear to spine ends and slight lean to spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Gollancz, 1972 collects 16 short stories email for details, Near fine hardback, slight lean to spine, in Fine unclipped very tidy dust jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1989 first edition, large book, DW complete and un-clipped, near fine copy, cover art by Sanjulian, 698pp . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Paris: Librairie Astra, 1949 Aloisiae Sigae Satyra Sotadica de arcanis Amoris et Veneris, literally translated from the Latin of Nicholas Chorier. 304pp, sewn sections in printed paper wrapper, now detached where glue at spine has perished. First section unopened. pencilled [IXX] at foot of cover and the price on the rear has been pencilled out. A nice edition… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach, 1999 near fine, 308pp Psycholinguistics, Language acquisition, Mental suggestion. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1970 second impression of first UK edition, clipped dust jacket with small split at top corenr fold. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Rider and Company, 1947 undated but this is the 1947 Rider edition, red papered boards, black titled spine with an eight pointed star or sun, (8) 335pp, sunned spine, small split at head of upper joint, pencil gift inscription to fep, slight foxing to prelims and closed edges. reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7?… Read more about this item

London: Bodley Head, 1984 Near Fine excellent copy, unclipped dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, translated by Ralph Manheim, 102pp, illustrated throughout in colour by Sendak, sometimes as vignettes in the text but also in full page as well. the story that became the famous ballet.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Maurce Sendak. landscape 4to.

Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980 large 8vo red cloth, printed in India, Theosophical book shop stamp and owner note to fep, 629pp + plates (including colour folding frontis), faint tape scars on paste downs. A full treatise on all aspects of the function and ritual of the Eucharist in mystic christian services including discussion of the etheric forces created… Read more about this item

Paddington: Steve Parish, 1990 signed by Parrish on the free end paper, tidy copy in tidy dustwrapper, poetry and photos of Australian nature, full colour 128pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Steve Parish. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.