Titles starting with E from Fortuna Books

London: Samuel Bagster, 1825 (500 gram rate) full dark chocolate leather with blind embossed panelling and patterns to both boards, embossed patterned spine with gilt titling, gilt lined fore edges of boards, corners lightly curled, faint pencil to verso of fep, all edges gilt, shorthand (?) pencil to rear free fly and fep, 23 + 188pp includes variant readings chart, double column and tiny type (2 mm high!) in Greek face, beautiful little collectable book. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5... more information

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London: Calder & Boyars, 1974 first UK hardback edition, translated by Loanne Pottlitzer, edited Ross Firestone. Includes screenplay to El Topo plus an iinterview with Jodorowsky. 173pp , illustrated B&W photos stills. Book VG , DW complete , unclipped and VG except closed tear to cover from top left corner down for 50mm, hard to spot under mylar. uncommon in hardcover,EL TOPO in red on the rear wrapper panel is slightly sunned to top half, the bottom corner of the rear board has a small damp stain... more information

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New York: Douglas Links, 1971 (500 grams) first thus soft cover edition, translated by Loanne Pottlitzer, edited Ross Firestone. Includes screenplay to El Topo plus an iinterview with Jodorowsky. 173pp , illustrated B&W photos stills, NEAR FINE light wear to joints. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Hulton Press, 1958 price clipped DW has edge rubbing and some chips or tears to edges, owner details to fep, colour frontis is detached but present and tidy, 192pp well illustrated throughout with b&w photographs, includes vintage cars, Grand Prix, American Hot-Rods, Hill climbing, Great British Cars. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. ... more information

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London: Longacre Press, 1960 tidy, unmarked, lamination cracked at joints, rubbed corners and spine ends, unclipped, 93pp + col frontis, western themed annual. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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London: Oxford University Press, 1969 ex library, DW price clipped with some light rubbing to spine ends and minor chipping loss, plastic sleeve has been glued down to the DW where folded over at the horizontal edges, some adhesive residue has offset to the cloth boards, stamps etc but still reasonabl tidy copy, 255pp illustrated in line. reprint. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by C Walter Hodges. 8vo. Ex-Library. ... more information

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London: Hodder, 1977 192pp VG and clean. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1975 fourth edition revised, sunned spiune to DW. 417pp + plates, indispensable for Canterbury genealogy etc. Includes glossary of Station words and slang.. revised. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1930 indispensable for Canterbury genealogy etc, Includes glossary of Station words and slang, 279pp bookplate of Percy James Hoyland White to paste down, light foxing to endpapers and closed edges, large folding map in pocket at rear, first collectable edition of a later revised classic work on New Zealand colonial settlement in the Canterbury sheep runs. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Christchurch: Whitcoulls, 1978 DW unclipped but with light surface rubbing and short splits to corners, fourth edition reset and with some new illustrations, 191pp + plates. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Victor Gollancz: London, 1973 red papered boards slightly faded to edges, unclipped DW has short tears at head of joints, large chip from tail of front panel losing parts of Gollancz Detective from the titling, 512pp reissue of three of McCloy's earlier works; Dance of Death (1938), The Deadly Truth (1941) , Who's Calling (1942). First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1985 (1500 gram rate) Near fine book in same DW which is under protective plastic sleeve, unclipped, 142pp + 48 plates, survey of the history of New Zealand botanical art from the rarest and most famous plant books, uncommon in this exceptional condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ... more information

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London: MacDonald, 1970 (500 grams) price clipped DW rubbed with slight chipping to top edge, very tidy internally, 182pp science fiction. 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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Boston: Roberts Brothers , 1871 'author's edition' of first American edition of the third part, blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt globe design with SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER titled round it, blind dec to borders, light rubbing to edges and joints, rubbed spine ends, original chocolate endpapers, 382pp + 36pp reviews +6pp avderts. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Shell Petroleum Company, 1951 brown cloth spine, decorative papered boards.map end papers, Number 3 in the Shell War Achievements series. "An account of the Demolitions carried out and of some of the experiences of the staff in the East Indies Oil Areas of the Royal Dutch-Shell Group during 1941 and 1942. 140pp + glossary, maps and vignettes and occasional full page drawing in sepia. very tidy copy.. reprint. Quarter cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall... more information

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London: Whiting & Wheaton, 1966 very scarce title by Asimov, a non-fiction technical guide to using the slide rule, the stand by for (500 grams) engineers and scientist before the electronic calculator came along, price clipped DW one small split at tail, light soiling to the publisher laminated surface, small bump on rear panel of DW and book, small bookseller label to fep, light foxing to prelims, 187pp, diagrams throughout, buy it for instructive purposes or to round of an Asimov collection. First Ed... more information

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London: Secker, 1959 first edition of Bradbury's first work, light bumping to spine ends, faint age yellowing to page edges, unclipped DW some rubbing to edges and corners, spine tail chpped to edge, small splits at head of spine, backstrip lightly sunned, tidy but signs of age, 288pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: C W Daniel, 1925 (500 gram rate) rare nature cure title by a resident of Christchurch, New Zealand, green cloth with sunned boards, front panel of DW pasted down to front inside cover of book, light foxing to closed edges, 146+6 pp adverts, some pen notation to margins, covers the science of ; nutrition, digestion, food in pregnancy, reality of "hunger", "fat is filth ... superstition of drugs and medicines, not food", etc. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over... more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1974 unclipped DW has edge wear and rubbing, closed tear at head of front panel, some spots of foxing show to white parts of DW, book VG unmarked, lightly dust soiled closed top edge, 300pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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