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Your Child's Room

Larsson, Lena: · 1965

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1965 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. PH63. Translated from the Swedish. 103pp. + some b/w illustrations. Lower corner front cover creased, some page browning, o/w good reading copy.

The Cool Greenhouse

Robinson, G.W.: · 1959

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1959 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. PH54. Published in conjunction with the Royal Horticultural Society. Index 240pp. + 127 b/w plates + 9 b/w text figures. Good copy.

The Penguin Salad Book

Craig, Elizabeth: · 1965

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1965 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. PH101 multicoloured photographic cover. Index 192pp. + 56 b/w plates and further b/w illustrations. Good working copy.

Fresh from the Freezer

Cameron-Smith, Marye: · 1969

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1969 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. PH148. 120pp. good copy.

The Penguin Salad Book

Craig, Elizabeth: · 1965

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1965 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. PH101. Index 192pp. + 57 b/w plates + illustrations throughout. Top corner front cover creased, o/w good copy.

The Penguin Dictionary of Cookery

Hume, Rosemary and Downes, Muriel: · 1966

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1966 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. PH125. 188pp. Covers lightly soiled, slight page browning, o/w good copy.

Cats

Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian: · 1957

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1957 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. PH30. Index 264pp. + 46 b/w plates. Foot spine torn, covers soiled and foxed. Reading copy.

The Romantic English Garden

Taylor, Jane: · 1990

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Unpaginated Index + colour plates throughout. Jacket price clipped. Head/spine of book slightly rubbed. O/w G+/G+.

Dictionary of Wines and Spirits

Price, Pamela Vandyke: · 1988

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Peerage Books, 1988 2nd. ed. 2nd. imp. HBK + D/W. 389pp. + maps. VG/VG.

Kitchen Encyclopedia

Whitfield, Nella: · 1950

£1.75 (€2.10 | $2.31 | ¥369)

London: Spring Books, no date 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. 287pp. Probably dates from 1950s. Jacket tatty. Page browning. G/P.

Gardening Encyclopedia

Steer, William H.: · 1950

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Spring Books, no date 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. 278pp. + numerous b/w illustrations. Jacket torn, o/w G/P. Probably dates from the 1950s.

Retire and Enjoy It

Chisholm, Cecil: · 1961

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1961 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. PH72 Red/Black pictorial cover. Index 288 pp. Good copy.

Chinese Food

Lo, Kenneth: · 1976

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Penguin, 1976 5th imp. PBK. No. PH171pictorial cover. Index 270 pp. Good copy.

The Penguin Book of Wines

Sichel, Allan: · 1965

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Penguin, 1965 1st. ed. PBK. No. PH121, pictorial cover. Index 297 pp. Good copy.

A Book of French Wines

Shand, P. Morton: · 1964

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Penguin, 1964 1st. ed. thus (3rd. ed.) PBK. No. PH84 multicoloured photographic cover. Index 306 pp. Good copy. (Revised/edited by Cyril Ray)

Roses

Fairbrother, F.: · 1958

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Penguin, 1958 1st. ed. PBK. No. PH37 Grey/Red. Index 180 pp. Front cover creased, o/w fair copy. Published with the Royal Horticultural Society.

Hardy Bulbs vol.2: Daffodils, Tulips, and Hyacinths

Coleman, Cyril F.: · 1964

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin/Royal Horticultural Society, 1964 1st. ed. PBK. No. PH109. Index 220 pp. + b/w plates throughout. G+.

Hardy Herbaceous Plants

Roper, Lanning: · 1960

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1960 1st. ed. PBK . No. PH51. Index 224 pp. + 152 b/w plates. Co-published with the Royal Horticultural Society. Spine scuffed. Covers lightly soiled/creased. O/w good reading copy.

The Penguin Book of Herbs and Spices

Hemphill, Rosemary: · 1966

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1966 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. PH126 multicoloured photographic cover. Index 187 pp. Covers slightly creased, o/w good working copy.

A Book of French Wines

Shand, P. Morton: · 1964

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1964 1st. ed. thus (3rd. ed.) PBK. No. PH84 multicoloured photographic cover. Index 306 pp. Slight scuffing on spine, o/w very good copy.