Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

A Delayed Life: the True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz

Kraus, Dita: · 2022

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New York: Square Fish (Macmillan), 2022 1st. thus PBK 337pp. + a few b/w portraits. VG.

Always Remember Your Name: The Children of Auschwitz

Andra and Tatiana Bucci: · 2022

£2.95 (€3.54 | $3.90 | ¥623)

London:Manilla Press, 2022 1st. ed thus PBK 161pp. + 24 b/w plates. VG.

Women Who Dared to Break All the Rules

Scott, Jeremy: · 2020

£2.95 (€3.54 | $3.90 | ¥623)

London: Oneworld, 2020 1st. thus PBK Index 275pp + b/w plates throughout in the text. VG.

Intrepid Woman: Betty Lussier's Secret War 1942-1945

Lussier, Betty: · 2010

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2010 1st. ed. HBK + d/w. Index 221pp. + 16 b/w plates. VG/VG.

Hustling Hitler: The Jewish Vaudevillian Who Fooled the Fuhrer

Shapiro, Walter: · 2016

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,100)

New York, Blue Rider Press: 2016 HBK + d/w 435pp. VG/VG. The title is a misnomer, as there is very little about Hitler in the book, which is a biography of the subject. Large and heavy book, so postage will be higher than that quoted.

Reflections on a Plank Bridge

Brown, Frank: · 2002

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Bridport: Ann Axenskold, 2002 1st. ed. PBK card covers. 136pp. + colour plates and illustrations. Sequel to Reflections of a Wayward Walker in Dorset. Good copy.

Tales from the Animal Hospital

Grant, David: · 1997

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Simon & Schuster, 1997 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Index 223pp. + 23 colour plates. VG/VG.

Liz: An Intimate Biography of Elizabeth Taylor

Heyman, C. David: · 1995

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Heinemann, 1995 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Index 516pp. + 42 b/w plates. Jacket chipped, torn and scuffed corners and edges, with small losses. Book has small tear head spine foredge front cover. O/w G/P.

The Autobiography of Margot Asquith Volume Two

Asquith, Margot: · 1936

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1936 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 30 Dark Blue. Index 253pp. Two inches of backstrip on lower spine, including Penguin number, missing. Reading copy.

Playing With Fire

Havers, Nigel: · 2006

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Headline Review, 2006 Reprint HBK + D/W. 310pp. + 45 b/w plates. VG/VG.

Persons and Periods

Cole, G.D.H.: · 1938

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Macmillan, 1938 1st. ed. HBK blue boards, gilt lettering on spine. 333pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Slightly dusty with age, o/w good reading copy.

The Life of Nelson

Mahan, Captain A.T.: · 1942

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1942 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 375 Dark Blue. Index 253pp. Missing front cover. Spine broken including loss of Penguin number.

Florence Nightingale

Woodham-Smith, Cecil: · 1955

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1955 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1110 Orange/Black. Index 445pp. Splits head/foot spine foredge. Covers soiled and ageing. Good reading copy.

Byron: The Years of Fame

Quennell, Peter: · 1954

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1954 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 982 Dark Blue. 279pp. Small splits head/foot spine. Page browning. Good reading copy.

Aubrey's Brief Lives

Dick, Oliver Lawson: · 1962

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1962 1st. ed. thus large format PBK. No. Y11 multicoloured pictorial cover. Index 388pp. Soiled, o/w good reading copy.

Gerald

du Maurier, Daphne: · 1970

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1970 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 3048 multicoloured cartoon cover. 252pp. Minor worm towards end, o/w good copy.

Boswell's London Journal 1762 - 1763

Pottle, Frederick A.: · 1966

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1966 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 2538 multicoloured cartoon cover. Index 400 pp. Good copy.

Byron: The Years of Fame

Quennell, Peter: · 1954

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥317)

London: Penguin, 1954 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 982 Dark Blue. 279 pp. Small split top spine, slight scuffing. Covers little soiled. O/w reasonable copy.

Silk Hats and No Breakfast: Notes on a Spanish Journey

Tracy, Honor: · 1962

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1962 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1822 Orange/Black cartoon cover. 190 pp. Bookseller's stamp FEP, o/w good copy.

Dragons Are Extra

Hastings, Lewis: · 1947

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1947 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 601 Dark Blue. 256 pp. Spine scuffed, and broken head/foot with small loss at head. Covers soiled/foxed/creased. O/w good reading copy.