Authors starting with C from Fortuna Books

Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1973 small 3 line bookseller stamp at fot of title page otherwise VG copy lacking DW. 398pp + plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Auckland: New Zealand Historic Places Trust Cassell, 1979 large volume published by Historic Places Trust covering many historic buildings in New Zealand's North Island. Maori structures as well as European. 271pp including b&w and coloured photos. This large folio is fully leather bound with gilt titling to cover and spine. The DW complete and VG excepting a bit of yellowing to the spine, possibly from cigarette smoke, but no odour. Companion volume for the South Island may be available also.. Fir... more information

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Auckland: New Zealand Historic Places Trust Methuen, 1983 large volume published by Historic Places Trust covering many historic buildings in New Zealand's South Island. 264pp including b&w and coloured photos. This large folio is leatherette bound with gilt titling to cover and spine. The DW complete and VG excepting a bit of yellowing to the spine, possibly from cigarette smoke, but no odour. Companion volume for the North Island may be available also.. First Edition. leatherette. Very Good/Very... more information

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London: Nelson, 1913 Publisher's green monogram endpapers, colour frontis, 375pp blue cloth blind dec. gilt to spine, very tidy copy excepting a repeated rubber name stamp to front and rear endpapers and free endpapers, title, head of chapter one, four and seven, also pp127-134 have top corners clipped off, minimal rubbing to board tips. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Thornton Butterworth, 1935 maroon cloth sunned to spine with titling illegible, frayed head of spine, prize plate to paste down ( awarded to Derek Douglas from Christchurch Cathedral College 1935) owner inscribed address etc to fep, lightly foxed closed edges, internally clean, one two leaf collation was not sewn in by binder and sits loose, 240pp + plates, frontis port. and maps, second impression of cheap edition, biography of Captain Oates, who famously said "I am just going outside. I may b... more information

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Utrecht: De Haan, 1946 linen spine soiled, paper boards with gilt posey, edges soiled, paper surface lifted due to label removal top of rear board, library stamp at head of front and rear feps as well as both titles, some light foxing otherwise tidy used copy, colour plates ( illustration not photograph) as well as line drawings in the text, a botanical guide, 288pp + plates. Quarter cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J. F. Obbes . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Robert Hale, 1954 book tidy with ged endpapers and name to fep, dust soiled and aged closed edges, dust wrapper spine faded almost totally white, all edges of wrapper are worn with edge tears and some chipping losses, 302pp + frontis, French explorer and missionary in Morocco and the Sahara, secret agent for the French Government also?. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. ... more information

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London: College of Universal Science, 1946 DW price clipped and with edge tears and chipped spine ends, sunned spine, generally intact but well worn, name to fep, prize plate to fep, front hinge loose and opened at half title, boards and spine faded and soiled, soiled or foxed closed edges, better than it sounds, battle between two scientists places a world in ruins, nice 1940s styled dust wrapper with chaps wearing neckties and flying goggles! 288pp. reprint. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by J Macgillivray. 12... more information

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London: Warne, 1974 VG / VG price clipped DW , 190pp. 140+ B&W photographs. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. ... more information

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Christchurch: Privately, 1962 WAIUTA GHOSTS Chandler quartz mining RARE first edition by Ed C Chandler privately printed 1962 paper wrappers over 158 stapled pages + some photos. 120 x 185mm Reefton / Inangahua, quartz mining, a full on personal and general history of the Waiuta area and the mining and miners. this is the original edition in VG condition (500 grams). First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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Christchurch: Privately, 1962 WAIUTA GHOSTS Chandler quartz mining RARE first edition by Ed C Chandler privately printed 1962 paper wrappers over 158 stapled pages + some photos. 120 x 185mm Reefton / Inangahua, quartz mining. a full on personal and general history of the Waiuta area and the mining and miners. this is the original edition in VG condition signed at foot of title [best wishes | from | Ed C Chandler] rare and scarce signed (500 grams). Signed by Author. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Go... more information

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Christchurch: Privately, 1962 WAIUTA GHOSTS Chandler quartz mining RARE first edition by Ed C Chandler privately printed 1962 paper wrappers over 158 stapled pages + some photos. 120 x 185mm Reefton / Inangahua, quartz mining, a full on personal and general history of the Waiuta area and the mining and miners. this is the original edition in VG condition, just a little dust soiling to the wrappers (500 grams). First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"... more information

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London: John Hamilton, 1930 blue cloth lightly soiled, bumps to edges, corners rubbed through to boards, uper joint split and taped (removeable), lower joint worn and partially split, head and tail frayed. hinge cracked and loosened, front paste down has a pasted in photograph of the author in RAF uniform cut from a newspaper, fep has ink inscriptions and addresses dated 1931 and 1941 bottom corner of first 5 leaves upto and including the dedication clipped losing an area 45mm across and 15mm down. foot... more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1955 269 pages, 27 b/w illus, endpaper maps. revised edition , an account of the 1844-45 expedition of John Gilbert and Ludwig Leichhardt into the Australian interior. Much new information added to this edition. covers a little soiled by dust, part of DW flap tipped onto paste down not covering the map, In 1938 Alec Chisholm discovered a treasure trove of Australian historical interest in an English village, including the diary of John Gilbert, naturalist on Ludwig Leichhardt&... more information

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London: Muller, 1957 ex lending library. stamps, plate and tape to endpapers and free endpapers. some reading soiling throughout, closed edges soiled, DW has been pasted down to paste downs, rubbing and minor chipping, not price clipped and generally fully intact but worn etc, if it wasn't pasted down I would have been tempted to list as VG. Cover has submarines battling giant squids! Fiction set in deep sea whaling world of the future where the oceans are farmed and whales are the new cattle.. First ... more information

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London: Temple Press, 1952 blue cloth some minor faint spotting, DW unclipped, minor chipping to corners and spine ends, spine faintly browned, small amount of foxing to cover, viii 164pp + plates, third impression, short 4 character inscription to paste down, early non-fiction by Arthur C Clarke on space travel giving the probability and obstacles to be overcome. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1969 very slight lean to spine, price clipped DW slightly rubbed to spine joints and corners, faint foxing to DW, foxed top edge, slightly foxed fore edge, 229pp, novel about the development and use of radar during the Second World War. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Muller, 1955 first UK edition, DW is unclipped with light stress lines at joints and edges, rubbed tips, lightly rubbed and chipped spine ends with little or no loss, head of lower joint has some tape rust to reverse, front fold in flap has some tape along the vertical edge, and a little surface paper scar where some tape was removed, rear fold in flap has been neatly cut away leaving only a thin amount folded over the board edge, BOOK boards tidy, front paste down has a strip of tape residue and a ... more information

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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1953 first UK hardcover, red cloth, top third of free end paper removed, original bookseller stamp at foot of fep, very light foxing top edge a few minor spots to fore edge, DW is unclipped and with light rubbing and MINOR chipping to edges, small area surface abraded being only 2mm wide and 15mm long, short split along the top corner fore edge, nice but shows its 50+ years, seminal science fiction novel, 176pp. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾... more information

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London: Granada, 1984 near fine in near fine unclipped DW, 268pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. ... more information

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