Narrativa e romanzi

The Penguin New Writing No. 5

Lehmann, John: · 1941 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1941 1st. ed. PBK No. 5 Olive April. Pears advertisement back cover. 144pp. G+ for wartime printing.

The Thurber Carnival

Thurber, James: · 1953 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Penguin, 1953 2nd. imp. thus PBK. No. 871 Black/Orange cartoon cover. 286pp. + b/w cartoons by the author. Covers lightly soiled, slight page browning, rear end paper creased, o/w good reading copy.

The Habit of Loving

Lessing, Doris: · 1960 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1960 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1473 Orange/Black cartoon cover. 248pp. Splits foot spine, scuffing. Covers soiled. Reading copy.

Conjugal Love

Moravia, Alberto: · 1964 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1964 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 2072 Orange/Black/Blue cartoon cover. Translated by Angus Davidson. 152pp. Covers lightly soiled , o/w good copy.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan: · 1938 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1938 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. C10. Wood engravings by Theodore Naish. 280pp. Good copy.

Jane Austen

Bush, Douglas: · 1975 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Macmillan, 1975 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Masters of World Literature Series. Index 205pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Jacket spine lightly soiled, o/w G+/G.

Critics on Jane Austen

O'Neill, Judith: · 1971 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1971 2nd. imp. HBK. 104pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Good copy.

Jane Austen's Achievement

McMaster, Juliet: · 1976 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Macmillan, 1976 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. 'Papers delivered at the Jane Austen Bicentennial Conference at the University of Alberta'. Index 139pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Some staining to inside jacke...

The Osprey Guide to Jane Austen

Hardwick, Michael: · 1973 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Reading: Osprey, 1973 1st. ed. HBK red cloth, gilt lettering and logo on spine. 237pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Good copy.

Christmas Holiday

Maugham, W. Somerset: · 1967 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1967 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 2646 multicoloured photographic cover. 252pp. Spine scuffed, remains of label IFC, o/w good copy.

The Foxglove Saga

Waugh, Auberon: · 1966 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1966 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 2475 multicoloured pictorial cover. 232pp. Ex college library. Covers protected by laminate. College stamp IFC. Small hole in half title. O/w good reading copy.

Collected Short Stories Volume 2

Maugham, W. Somerset: · 1963 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1963 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1872 Grey/Orange/Black cover. 424pp. Top corner half title torn off. O/w good copy.

Juan in China

Linklater, Eric: · 1958 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1958 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1268 Black/Orange cartoon cover by Nicolas Bentley. 249pp. Spine scuffed, covers lightly soiled, o/w good copy.

The Brassbounder

Bone, David W.: · 1942 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1942 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 373 Orange. Maltesers advertisement back cover. 144pp. Front cover detached and repaired. Spine broken and most of backstrip missing including Penguin number. Reading copy.

Spanish Gold

Birmingham, George A.: · 1940 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1940 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 262 Orange. Army Club advertisement on rear cover. 248pp. Small loss foot spine including Penguin number. Spine sunned. O/w good copy for wartime printing.

White-Maa's Saga

Linklater, Eric: · 1963 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1963 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1951 Black/Green/Orange cartoon cover. 261pp. Good copy.

The S-Man

Caine, Mark: · 1962 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1962 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1833 Black/Orange cartoon cover. 189pp. Small splits foot spine, scuffing. O/w good reading copy.

The Shorn Lamb

Stroud, John: · 1962 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1962 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1821 Orange/Black cartoon cover. 247pp. Creased and grubby, reading copy.

The Shorn Lamb

Stroud, John: · 1962 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1962 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1821 Orange/Black cartoon cover. 247pp. Head spine nicked, o/w good copy.

Man Overboard

Dickens, Monica: · 1965 · Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1965 2nd. imp. thus PBK. No. 1813 multicoloured photographic cover. 268pp. Grubby reading copy.