Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

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+.

The County Books: Surrey

Parker, Eric: · 1947

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Robert Hale, 1947 2nd. imp. HBK, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, and gilt emblem lower corner front cover. Index 256pp. + 49 b/w plates + 1 pull-out map. Slight foxing to end papers. O/w good copy.

The Guiness Book of Mammals

Burton, John A.: · 1982

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Guinness Superlatives 1982 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Line drawings by Jean Vaughan. Britain's Natural Heritage series. Index 160pp. + colour plates and b/w drawings throughout. VG/VG.

English Tradition in Design

Gloag, John: · 1947

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1947 1st. ed. thus card covers. No. K34. 36pp. text + 72 b/w plates. Backstrip torn, o/w good reading copy.

L'Amour

Peynet, Rxaymond: · 1964

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Penguin, 1964 1st. ed. thus large format PBK. No. 2197 Orange/Black cartoon cover. Unpaginated, cartoons every page. Covers slightly sunned, o/w good copy.

Mountains and Hills of Britain: a Guide to the Uplands of England, Scotland and Wales

Marriott, Michael: · 1982

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Collins Willow, 1982 1st. ed. large format HBK + D/W. Foreword by John Hillaby. Index 176pp. + colour and b/w plates throughout. Jacket small tear top spine rear, chipping at head, slight soiling on front and rear. G+/G.

Dive! Dive! Dive!: a Sport Diver's Guide

Hodgson, David: · 1975

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: William Luscombe, 1975 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Index 176pp. + 32 b/w plates + 9 figures. G+/G+.

Ballet

Haskell, Arnold: · 1949

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1949 3rd. ed. thus PBK. No. A122. Index 217pp. Slight spotting of covers, o/w good copy.

Supermanship

Potter, Stephen: · 1962

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1962 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1829 multicoloured cartoon cover. 112pp. + illustrations by Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson. Good copy.

Spanish Gold

Birmingham, George A.: · 1940

£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.

Puffin Post Vol. 16. No. 2 Summer 1982

----: · 1982

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1982 The Official Voice of the Puffin Club, founded 1967. 32pp. Good copy.

Two Centuries of Irish History

Hawthorne, James: · 1966

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: BBC Publications, 1966 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Index 136pp. Jacket slightly creased, light spotting to EPs, o/w good reading copy.

Lifesense: Our Lives Through Animal Eyes

Downer, John: · 1991

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: BBC Publications, 1991 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Index 224pp. + colour plates throuighout. VG/VG.

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.

The Popular Dictionary of Card Games

Parlett, David: · 1996

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Paragon, 1996 1st. ed. thus PBK. 360pp. Back cover scuffed, o/w good working copy.

Endangered Environments: Saving the Earth's Vanishing Ecosystems

Caldara, Anna Maria: · 1991

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

New York: Michael Friedman, 1991 1st. ed. HBK + D/W landscape. Index 128pp. + colour photographs throughout. Jacket chipped head/foot spine. O/w VG/G+.

This Beautiful Britain

----: · 1975

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Marshall Cavendish, 1975 2nd. imp. HBK + D/W. 327pp. + colour photographs every page. Jacket price-clipped, small tear head spine/front, chipped head/foot spine. O/w G+/G-.

The Changing Face of England

Hyams, Edward: · 1974

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Kestrel Books, 1974 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Index 227pp. + colour and b/w illustrations and photographs by Anthony Colbert throughout. Jacket price clipped, slight chipping head front/back flaps. Faint spotting of EPs. O/w G+/G+.

The Land and Wildlife of North America

Farb, Peter: · 1968

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

Amsterdam: Time-Life, 1968 1st. ed. thus printed boards. Index 200pp. + colour and b/w photographs throughout. Cover edges little scuffed, o/w good copy.

The Land and Wildlife of South America

Bates, Marston: · 1969

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

Amsterdam: Time-Life, 1969 1st. ed. thus printed boards. Index 200pp. + colour and b/w photographs throughout. Slightly scuffed head/foot spine, o/w good copy.