Grahame Thornton, Bookseller

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.

Let's Parler Franglais!

Kington, Miles: · 1982

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1982 4th. imp. thus large format PBK. No. 5625 multicoloured cartoon cover. 96pp. + b/w illustrations throughout by Merrily Harpur. Spine scuffed, slight spotting to end papers, corners bent, o/w good copy.

Spotlight Guide to Angling in the South-West: Sea Angling, Inshore and Offshore Boat Fishing, Stillwater Trout, River Game, Coarse Fishing

Millman, Mike: · 1981

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: BBC, 1981 1st. ed. PBK. Index 80pp. + some b/w plates. Good copy.

Shorefishing

Holden, John: · 1979

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Faber, 1979 1st. ed. PBK. 125pp. + some b/w illustrations. Bottom corner front cover creased, o/w good copy.

The Technique of Sea Fishing

Davies, W.E.: · 1977

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

Kingswood: Elliot Right Way Books, 1977 5th. imp. PBK. Index 187pp. Tear head spine foredge, o/w good reading copy.

Top Secret Mission

Duke, Madelaine: · 1954

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Evans Brothers, 1954 1st. ed. HBK+D/W, chipped and torn at spine, o/w bright. Slight page browning, o/w good copy. Signed by author. 208 pp. + 12 pp. photographic plates.

The Grand Canyon

Wallace, Robert: · 1979

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Amsterdam: Time-Life, 1979 7th. imp. large format HBK, printed boards, black cloth spine. Index 184pp. + colour plates by Ernst Haas throughout. The World's Wild Places Series. VG.

The Himalayas

Nicolson, Nigel: · 1979

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Amsterdam: Time-Life, 1979 5th. imp. large format HBK printed boards, black cloth spine. Index 184pp. + colour plates throughout. The World's Wild Places Series. VG.

Great Trains: Sequel to History of Railways Parts 1, 3 and 11

Allen, G. Freeman: · 0

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: New English Library, no date Weekly periodical, 24 issues in total. Each issue has 20 pages, paginated sequentially. Fully illustrated. The odd tear and crease, a good reading set. See Stock # 9211 for complete set of 48 issues of History of Railways.

The English Country Town

Chamberlin, Russell: · 1983

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

Exeter: Webb & Bower/The National Trust, 1983 2nd. imp. large format HBK + D/W. Index 208pp. + b/w and colour plates by Charlie Waite throughout + inside covers/EPs printed. Jacket small tear foot front. O/w VG/G+.

The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations

Cohen, J.M and M.J.: · 1971

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1971 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. R38. Index 366pp. Spine scuffed, and chipped head/foot. O/w good reference copy.

The English River

Titchmarsh, Alan: · 1993

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Norwich: Jarrold, 1993 1st. ed. large format HBK + D/W. Index 154pp. + colour plates throughout. Jacket price clipped, o/w VG/VG.

Rank and Badges in the Navy, Army, R.A.F. and Auxiliaries

Talboot-Booth, E.C.: · 1941

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: George Philip & Son, 1941 Booklet 32pp. + colour pictures every page. Slightly dog-eared and soiled, with corners bent, tears on spine.

Garden Design

Midgley, Kenneth: · 1966

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1966 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. PH127 multicoloured photgraphic cover. Index 223pp. + b/w plates throughout. Published in conjunction with the Royal Horticultural Society. Good copy.

William McGonagall: the Truth at Last

Milligan, Spike and Hobbs, Jack: · 1978

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1978 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 4549 multicoloured cartoon cover. 142pp. Good reading copy.

A Book of Bits or a Bit of a Book

Milligan, Spike: · 1968

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Tandem, 1968 2nd. imp. thus PBK. 96pp. + cartoons throughout. One page loose, page browning, o/w good copy.

Veterans in Steam

Garratt, Colin: · 1983

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Poole: Blandford Press, 1983 2nd. imp. large format HBK + D/W. Index 160pp. + colour plates throughout. Contains a selection of steam locomotives from Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Syria. VG/VG.

The Shell Book of English Villages

Hadfield, John: · 1986

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Peerage Books, 1986 2nd. ed. 2nd. imp. thus large format HBK + D/W. Index 384pp. + colour and b/w plates throughout. Jacket top front corner chipped. O/w VG/G+.

Henry Moore

Grigson, Geoffrey: · 1943

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Penguin, 1943 1st. ed. PBK card covers landscape. 16pp. text + 32 colour plates. Slight foxing to upper covers, o/w good copy.

Paddington Abroad

Bond, Michael: · 1967

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1967 1st. ed. thus large format PBK. No. PS294. 123pp. + b/w illustrations by Peggy Fortnum. Small tear right edge front cover, o/w good copy.