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Kenward, James: · 1961

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1961 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1593 Black/Orange cartoon cover. 183pp. + b/w illustrations by Christopher Brooker. Good copy.

Doctor in Love

Gordon, Richard: · 1961

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1961 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1563 Black/Orange cartoon cover. 189pp. Covers slightly creased, and spotting inside. O/w good reading copy.

Doctor at Sea

Gordon, Richard: · 1961

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1961 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1561 multicoloured cartoon cover. 215pp. Small tear back cover, soiled. O/w good reading copy.

The Angel in the Corner

Dickens, Monica: · 1960

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1960 2nd. imp. thus PBK. No. 1447 Black/Orange cartoon cover. 301pp. Small nick foot spine, o/w good copy.

Knight With Armour

Duggan, Alfred: · 1959

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1959 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1388 Orange/Black cartoon cover. 319pp. Covers soiled, spine scuffed, top corner FC abraded. Reading copy.

The Drunken Forest

Durrell, Gerald: · 1966

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1966 7th. imp. thus PBK. No. 1314 multicoloured photographic cover. 203pp. + illustrations by Ralph Thompson. Spine scuffed and soiled. Some spotting and browning. Good reading copy.

Juan in America

Linklater, Eric: · 1956

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1956 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1143 Orange/Black cartoon cover. 352pp. Address stamp on half title page and inside rear cover.Covers lightly soiled. O/w good copy.

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.

Nightrunners of Bengal

Masters, John: · 1959

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1959 3rd. imp. thus PBK. No. 1076 Orange. 361pp. Covers lightly soiled, o/w good copy.

The Affairs of Flavie or The Euffe Inheritance

Chevallier, Gabriel: · 1955

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1955 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1056 Orange. 317pp. Small split foot spine foredge. Covers lightly soiled. O/w good copy.

One of Our Submarines

Young, Edward: · 1954

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1954 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1000 Orange. 311pp. + 32 b/w plates + 9 maps. Splits head/foot spine. Grubby copy. (Non-fiction, so should not have been in orange covers)

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.

The Man of Property

Galsworthy, John: · 1968

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1968 10th. imp. thus PBK. No. 831 multicoloured photographic TV cover. 364pp. Covers lightly soiled, o/w good copy. The Forsyte Chronicles #1.

The Penguin Part Song Book

Woodgate, Leslie: · 1955

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Penguin, 1955 1st. ed. thus large format PBK. No. Q15. Index 144pp. Some spotting to covers, o/w good copy.

Claudius the God One Volume

Graves, Robert: · 1961

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1961 5th. imp. thus PBK. No. 421 Orange/Black cartoon cover. 440pp. Spine split, covers stained, prelims torn. Reading copy.

Seven Famous One-Act Plays

----: · 1938

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1938 2nd. imp. PBK + D/W. No.117 Red. 180pp. Contains Alfred Sutro: A Marriage Has Been Arranged, Clifford Bax: The Cloak, A.P. Herbert: Two Gentlemen of Soho, J.A. Ferguson: Campbell of Kilmohr, Oliphant Down: The Maker of Dreams, Stanley Houghton: The Dear D...

The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg

Bromfield, Louis: · 1959

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1959 nth. imp. thus PBK. No. 19 Orange/Black cartoon cover. 240pp. Splits head/foot spine, o/w good reading copy.

The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg

Bromfield, Louis: · 1959

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1959 nth. imp. thus PBK. No. 19 Orange/Black cartoon cover. 240pp. Covers lightly foxed, o/w good copy.

The Explorer

Maugham, W. Somerset: · 1969

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1969 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 2906 multicoloured cover. 204pp. Small tear foot rear cover. Spine edges slightly scuffed, covers/EPs slightly browned. O/w good reading copy.

The World of Indian Civilization/World of Ancient India

Le Bon, Gustave: · 1974

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

New York: Tudor Publishing, 1974 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. 144pp. + some colour/numerous b/w plates throughout. Colour printed EPs. Jacket bears a slightly different title from book - The World of Ancient India. Jacket torn head/foot front, chipped head. Front cover of book slight ...