Titles starting with S from Fortuna Books

London: Cassell, 1974 gift inscription to fep otherwise excellent copy of the revised edition, sunned spine to the DW 146pp + plates. revised. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Century, 1987 authors first work , a SIGNED COPY by the author on the title page, VG+ book, DW is price clipped , would be also VG+ but is contact sealed, this has been done nicely and as long as the adhesive does not fail should keep it as a nice DW for years to come. 897pp NOTE; this seems to be the Australasian issue as it has a variant dust wrapper with a maypole scene on the rear panel, and a country house scene on the front panel. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Goo... more information

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London: Century, 1987 (1500 grams) authors first work, VG+ book, DW is unclipped and under a protective sleeve, pen name to fep. 897pp shipping cost will be slightly more than standard as heavy large book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Century, 1987 (1500 grams) authors first work, VG book, DW is unclipped with faint fade to spine 897pp shipping cost will be slightly more than standard as heavy large book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Century, 1987 (1500 gram rate includes insured air shipping) authors first work , a SIGNED COPY by the author on the title page, VG+ book with a bookplate to fep, unclipped DW under removable plastic sleeve, 897pp . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Secker, 1953 name and date to fep otherwise VG, DW price clipped with light chipping at head, 272pp + plates, a shark hunting venture in Scottish Hebrides, going after them with harpoons and small boats. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Heinemann, 1954 Heinemann 1954 reprint (third printing) VG hardback in good dw with complete split down the joint between the rear panel and the spine and a split along bottom half of the front joint. minor chipping at the head and tail as well, inside the fep has owners name and booksellers stamp. Shute writes of his involvement in the airship R100 among other things an uncommon title to find. top edge a little dusty.. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾&quo... more information

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London: Heinemann, 1954 Heinemann 1954 (first impression and printing) VG red cloth hardback in good DW with splits and chips to folds at corners, large chip at head of spine, small amount of tape to heel of spine, inside the fep has owners name, gift inscription and booksellers stamp. Shute writes of his involvement in the airship R100 among other things, an uncommon title to fin,. closed edges a little foxed. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Heinemann, 1954 Heinemann 1954 (first impression and printing) VG red cloth hardback with minor rubbing to edges and sligh spotting to spine, fep has owners inscription covered over with white correction fluid ( twink, tippex) and booksellers stamp. Shute writes of his involvement in the airship R100 among other things, an uncommon title to find, closed top edges a little foxed. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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Colorado: Paladin Press, 1982 (500 gram rate) rare reprint of the original WERWOLF resistance manual as supported by Goebbels as Minister of Propaganda, the translator was a serving soldier and has translated the German side to side with the original text and diagrams, hard cover with DW, DW has been taped to top and bottom edge of the reverse side, and has a couple of small chips to the fold, very clean internally, quite a few photos of werwolf operatives, SS soldiers etc, 39pp intro then 80pp twice ( once... more information

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Helsinki: Oy Satusiivet Sagovingar Ab, 1989 (500 gram rate) childs name to title page otherwise tidy well looked after copy, full page colour illustrations, . reprint. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Paul Galdone. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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London & Bombay: George Bell, 1901 plain green cloth gilt titled spine, rubbed to edges and corners. browned endpapers. Bell's Indian and Colonial Library viii, 389 +16pp adverts at rear . page edges browned, interior quite good. "Shakings are the odds and ends of rope and canvas accumulated during the voyage, which used to be the perquisite of the Chief Mate." Essays and articles many from the Spectator, reprinted in book form, on sailing and the sailors life. Superstitions, big game ... more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1954 DW cipped head and tail of spine with 15mm loss. corners small chip, small edge tears, book VG 199pp + plates. Describes the attempt to film the rites of the Toma of French West Africa in 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Carlisle: P. Jollie, 1803 volume one only, would be VG but spine is as good as missing, the boards are loose on the cords, the collations are all holding together well but will need rebinding, xv 412 + (20) pp index, + folding engraved frontis of the Temple accoutrements and folding map of Canaan and Egypt, closed edges marbled. Sixth. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Frogmore: Paladin, 1976 (500 gram rate) An account of a modern magicians attempt to perform the Abra Melin ceremonial magic working as performed most famously by Aleister Crowley, 99pp, remainder stripe to bottom closed edge . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Hodder, 1970 DW minor edge wear, small tear top edge, xxii 349pp + plates, theory by one of the original researchers on the Dead Sea Scrolls that christianity is in fact based on an Ancient middle eastern mushroom cult, author is (was?) a well respected scholar and specialist in the field of semitic religions and languages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Abacus, 1973 soft cover, 253pp, theory by one of the original researchers on the Dead Sea Scrolls that christianity is in fact based on an Ancient middle eastern mushroom cult, author is (was?) a well respected scholar and specialist in the field of semitic religions and languages. First Thus Revised. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Abacus, 1973 soft covered, spine taped, closed tear to cover which is backed with pasted sheet of paper, text block reglued, contents clean but binding faulty, 253pp, theory by one of the original researchers on the Dead Sea Scrolls that christianity is in fact based on an Ancient middle eastern mushroom cult, author is (was?) a well respected scholar and specialist in the field of semitic religions and languages. First Thus Revised. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾... more information

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London: Neville Spearman, 1960 unclipped DW lightly rubbed to spine ends and top edge, small patches of tape rust to fold in flaps, name whited out to fep, DW light handling soiling shows to white rear panel, 296pp + plates. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: Heinemann, 1936 navy cloth, fep and half title clipped to top corner, price clipped DW tidy but lightly handling soiled with a few short edge splits, includes SCARCE wrap around advertising band, this states as 'first cheap edition' but the book seems to be the original first edition with no mention of it being a cheap edition, 350pp + frontis, minor spotting / foxing mainly to closed edges or page margins, survey of sexuality in the past and present including Judaeo-Christian thought from S... more information

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