Authors starting with L from Fortuna Books

New York: McGraw Hill, 1991 sunned spine , some tidy pen underlining or margin lining otherwise VG+ tidy copy 431pp. Second. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Oswestry: Anthony Nelson, 1992 294pp + plates and photographs in colour, b&w photos in the text, survey of the birds of Vanuatu. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Wellington: N Z Baptist Historical Society, 1982 photo illustrated paper wraps, 116pp, small for cheaper shipping. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. ... more information

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Wellingborough: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1970 unclipped DW rubbed to edges with short tear at tail of upper joint, xviii 321pp+ plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: John Lane, 1923 cloth boards faintly sunned, black decorative borders, tail of spine minor fraying, book clean and tidy, a few pages unopened, 395pp + plates, a travellers account of the east including Indo-China and Japan, illustrated with photographs. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/New. 8vo. ... more information

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London: Pickering & Inglis, 1970 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW has light surface rubbing, minor short edge tears, light foxing to closed top edge, presentation/ prize plate to paste down, presented to Philipa Jenkins 1973, 128pp, a young girl reaffirms her christian faith while coping with time spent on a marine research ship off the coast of New Zealand. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. ... more information

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Auckland: MacMillan, 1981 119pp + 86 colour plates and 42 b&w photos as well as 11 diagrams.VG tidy book and DW with owner details to front paste down. A record of restoration/ curatorial work on the Antarctic Expedition huts of Scott and Shackleton. Many photos of the remains of these historic buildings and their contents. (1500grams). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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London: Andrew Melrose, 1918 sunned spine faded to white, frayed ends, water splash fading to covers, scribbled out name to fep, paper stock browned, lacks the final map of the North-West Territory, otherwise complete, a tidy but Good only copy, xx 417pp + plates and maps, tissue guard to frontis, if wanted for anything but a reading copy would need rebinding to make the exterior presentable . reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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London: British Museum Press, 1932 (500 gram rate) red papered card boards titled and with an illustration, xvi 104pp +plates, A Guide To the Islamic Pottery of the Near East in the British Museum at that time. First Edition. Decorative Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. ... more information

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Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing, 1991 (500 grams) dedication from author to 'Lee' on the fep, signed, 35pp author's first book after magazine entries, crime thriller. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. ... more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1954 ...and from the dolly to the stamper battery, with chapters on tin, osmiridium, platinum, opals and oil. with a chapter on prospecting for oil by W G Woolnough. name to fep, boards slightly soiled. DW chipped spine ends , lacks about 20% of rear lower panel, rear flap detached but present. . reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1951 no DW, light rubbing spine ends, map end paper reprint of new edition. parts of top corner of fep torn off otherwise VG. the tracking and apprehension of aboriginal criminals in the Northwestern Territories of Australia. 272 pp + plates front hinge a little loose. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1948 tenth edition very clean and tightly bound. 316pp + plates, maps to paste downs. DW complete but with edge wear, splits to parts of the folds, some chipping to spine ends and tear to lower corner of rear panel, little if any actual loss though. The author accompanies a Nor-west Mounted police patrol in the Kimberleys. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Std: Angus & Robertson, 1934 twelfth edition, brown cloth titled and dec to cover, light wear to edges and joints, colour map andpapers, closed edges foxed, ink inscriptin to reverse of fep dated '35. 306pp + 8 pp adverts + plates. Details the work of John Flynn and the Australian Inland Mission.. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1936 ...and from the dolly to the stamper battery, with chapters on prospecting for opal, tin and other minerals- and oil. with an introduction by S F Mance, DW unclipped with light wear and some splits or minor chips to spine ends, lightly soiled backstrip, orange cloth with black titling is clean, endpapers and prelims lightly foxed, closed edges foxed, apart from foxing very tidy copy, x 293pp + adverts. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&f... more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1957 price clipped small split at head and light soiling to rear panel, book tidy but bumped and bruised at head of spine to rear panel, top edge spotted, small nick and associated crease to fore edge of one page, still Vg used copy, 239pp illustrated in line, pictorial endpapers, nice design to DW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Frank Norton. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1946 (500 grams) twenty-fifth edition, red cloth sunned at tail of spine where DW was chipped, DW has paper reinforced tail, is unclipped and has light chipping to spine head and corners and some loss to tail, dust soiling to wrapepr and top edge, colour map andpapers, top edge foxed, 306pp+ plates. Details the work of John Flynn and the Australian Inland Mission.. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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Std: Angus & Robertson, 1932 (500 grams) brick- brown cloth titled to spine and cover, light wear to edges and joints, colour map andpapers, closed edges foxed, ink inscription to fep and title, 306pp + xviii pp adverts + plates. Details the work of John Flynn and the Australian Inland Mission.. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1946 faint spine fade, some bumps to boards, 253pp+ plates, 1946 only date given, tidy copy. The importance of water in the outback, and how in some places it is scarce where in others overabundant. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1957 (500 gram rate) Fine in Fine price clipped DW, very tidy copy, 239pp illustrated in line, pictorial endpapers, nice design to DW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Frank Norton. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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