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Drabble, Margaret
A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: The Collected Stories Penguin Classics 2011 0141196041 / 9780141196046 First Edition Hardcover Fine Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Book and dust jacket both in excellent fine condition. Unmarked. Dust jacket not price clipped. The DJ is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve to prolong the life of the jacket. (This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and is fully removable if preferred). 223pp. 303184
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9.00 GBP
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Medieval Carvings in Exeter Cathedral [King Penguin 62]
Cave, C. J. P. ; with a note on the art of the Exeter carvers by Nikolaus Pevsner Penguin Books | King Penguin London 1953 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. A little light foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns. Foxing to the top outer closed textblock page edge. The binding is firm. Spine and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is rubbed at the edges, has a few short tears, and is slightly faded at the spine. Front flap price clipped. pp. 44, plates. 106780
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8.00 GBP
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Ackermann's Oxford [King Penguin 69]
Ackermann, Rudolph (plates); with notes by H. M. Colvin ; cover design by Gordon Cullen Penguin Classics | Penguin Books London 1954 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The binding is firm. Spine and inner hinges are very good. Some light scattered foxing to pages and foxing to outer closed textblock page edges; plates are mostly clean. Some light foxing to the dust jacket, a tear to the top edge with some resultant creasing; a couple of shorter tears to the edges of the dust jacket. Front flap price clipped. pp. 36, plates. 106789
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6.50 GBP
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Playback
Chandler, Raymond Penguin Books Harmondsworth 1965 Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Penguin paperback reprint. In good condition A forwards lean and some reading creases to the spine. Pages are tanned / browned but otherwise clean. Binding firm. No names or inscriptions. 158pp. 306834
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5.00 GBP
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The Picture of Cricket [King Penguin 73]
Arlott, John Penguin Books | King Penguin 1955 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Printed pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. The binding is nice and firm. Boards are clean. A few minor foxing spots to the dust jacket. Some foxing to endpapers and pastedowns, and lightly to pages. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is a little rubbed at the head of the spine and has a couple of short nicks to the edges. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 32, plates. 106763
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8.00 GBP
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Butterflies in Britain (A Puffin Picture Book, No. 29)
Chopping, Richard (written and lithographed by) Puffin | Penguin Books [c. 1945] 1945 Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Date of publication not stated but this is the 3rd edition of c. April 1945. Slim stapled booklet. 31pp. Some foxing to the covers and to the first few pages. Previous owner's name written in pen at the top edge of the front cover. Price inside ninepence. List of titles inside range from no. 4 to no. 39. Staples are rusted at the centrefold but have not corroded surrounding paper. 105780
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6.00 GBP
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A Ladybird Book - Vehicles: A Vintage Gift Edition
Ayton, Robert; Berry, John; Carey, David; et al. (illustrated by) Ladybird Books | Penguin London 2017 0241301149 / 9780241301142 First Thus Hardcover New New Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
New hardback with dust jacket, in excellent fine condition. First impression. Help young children learn the names of all the key things that go with this beautiful gift book, featuring iconic original Ladybird artwork from the 1950s and 60s and in the classic Ladybird format with one clear word on the left page, and image on the right. Taken from favourite vintage Ladybird books such as The Story of Flight, Underwater Exploration and Merchant Ships, each of the stunningly detailed 26 pictures will delight adults and children alike. Vehicles featured include car, train, aeroplane, ship, submarine, rocket and lorry. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 306771
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11.69 GBP
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Popular Art in the United States [King Penguin 50]
Christensen, Erwin O. ; with illustrations from the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C Penguin Books | King Penguin London 1948 First Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket. First edition. The boards are clean but there is some damage to the base of the spine - a short tear to the bottom edge of the rear joint, a small strip of acid-free archival tissue strengthening a split to the bottom edge of the front joint (approx. 2cm) and a small chip at the base of the spine / front joint, loss of a small strip about 1cm long. The binding is firm. Inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light foxing throughout. pp. 31, plates. 106768
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9.00 GBP
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The Wonder Spot
Bank, Melissa Viking / Penguin 2005 0670915874 / 9780670915873 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Original blue boards. In very good, clean condition. First impression. Binding firm. No names, inscriptions or other marks. 324pp. A nice copy. 038480
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4.50 GBP
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The Penguin Book of Latin American Short Stories
Colchie, Thomas (edited by) Viking | Penguin 1992 0670842990 / 9780670842995 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. The binding is firm and square. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The pages have tanned / browned at the edges and there are some light marks to the top outer closed textblock page edge. Tiny bumps to a couple of corners. The dust jacket is slightly faded at the spine edge of the front cover. Front flap not price clipped. pp. xiv, 430. 26 short stories, with short biographies of the authors. A HEAVY book - packaged weight may exceed 1KG, in which case a postage supplement will apply outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 308314
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12.00 GBP
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The Wonder Spot
Bank, Melissa Viking / Penguin 2005 0670915874 / 9780670915873 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Original blue boards. In very good, clean condition. First impression. Binding a little bruised at the spine ends. No names, inscriptions or other marks. 324pp. A nice copy. 038481
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4.50 GBP
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The Sculpture of the Parthenon [King Penguin 76]
Corbett, P. E. Penguin Books | King Penguin Harmondsworth 1959 First Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. Pictorial boards. A few light rubs to the spine edges. Spine and inner hinges are very good and the binding is firm. Some minor bubbling to the front pastedown. Light foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and to outer closed textblock page edges. First edition. pp. 40, plates. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 106778
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6.00 GBP
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Garden Birds [King Penguin 19]
Barclay-Smith, Phyllis ; cover design by Sylvia Varley The King Penguin Books | Penguin London and New York 1946 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket (as published). In fair to good condition. First published in 1945; this is the 1946 reprint. Pictorial boards. There is a previous owner's name written in biro at the top edge of the front board. There is an approx. 2cm acid-free archival tissue repair to the rear joint of the spine. The binding is otherwise firm. Inner hinges are very good. Foxing to the endpapers, pastedowns, first and last few pages (including significant foxing to the last plate), and to outer closed textblock page edges. pp. 36, plates. 106809
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10.00 GBP
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The Diverting History of John Gilpin [King Penguin 70]
Cowper, William ; illustrated by Ronald Searle Penguin Books | King Penguin London 1954 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Second impression. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. A gift inscription written in ink on the front endpaper - quite a charming one; it reads 'To Miss Wiggles, with all best wishes from Audrey Catford'. The binding is firm. Spine and inner hinges are very good; just some light rubs to the head of the spine. Some foxing to endpapers, pastedowns, first and last few pages, and to the outer closed textblock page edges. The dust jacket an approx. 2cm tear at the head of the spine, a short tear at the top corner of the front cover and light rubs to the edges. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 44. 106790
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8.00 GBP
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A Book of Ducks [King Penguin 58]
Barclay-Smith, Phyllis ; with plates and cover design by Peter Shepheard Penguin Books | King Penguin Harmondsworth 1951 First Edition Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Shepheard, Peter
Hardback, no dust jacket. Pictorial boards. In only FAIR condition. First edition. The spine has been repaired to the full length with acid-free archival repair tissue. This goes over the top of an old sellotape repair - the old brittle tape has been removed but staining from the sellotape remains along the length of the spine. There is also loss to the spine, approx. 5.5cm. at the top end and a previous owner has typed a small strip where the title goes so you can read the title of the book. Heavy foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The binding is firm and inner hinges are good. Plates are quite clean; there are just a couple of foxing spots to a few plates and some very light creasing to a couple of plates. pp. 34, plates. 106756
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5.00 GBP
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Fatal Venture
Crofts, Freeman Wills Penguin Books 1959 First Thus Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Paperback. 1st Penguin edition. Green covers, horizontal band. Light reading creases to the spine. Rubs to the covers at the spine edges and ends. Pages typically tanned / browned. White parts of the covers discoloured and have some foxing. Foxing just inside the covers as well. A good copy. pp. 224. 308091
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7.50 GBP
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A Book of Ducks [King Penguin 58]
Barclay-Smith, Phyllis ; with plates by Peter Shepheard King Penguin 1951 First Edition Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback King Penguin. Pictorial paper boards. Lacks dust jacket. First edition. Condition is only fair. The front endpaper and half-title page have been removed by a previous owner. The spine has been repaired to the full length with acid-free archival repair tissue. Small brown stain to the bottom edge of the front board. Crack to the front inner hinge where the two pages have been removed. The binding is otherwise quite firm and pages clean and bright, including plates. pp. 34, plates. Slight bowing to the front board. 106052
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8.00 GBP
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Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy
Crofts, Freeman Wills Penguin Books 1945 First Thus Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Paperback. 1st Penguin edition. Green covers, horizontal band. The binding has unfortunately been stapled underneath the covers - tears around the staples to the first and last few pages. The binding is tight but still readable. Rubs to the covers at the spine edges and ends, with a short tear to the bottom edge of the front cover at the spine. Pages typically tanned / browned. White parts of the covers discoloured. A good copy overall. pp. 271. 308094
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7.50 GBP
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Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer [King Penguin 39]
Barlow, T. D. ; Albrecht Durer Penguin Books | King Penguin London 1948 First Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket. First edition. Pictorial boards. The boards have browned, particularly at the edges, and have some marks. Bottom corner of the front board is rubbed. The binding is firm and the spine and inner hinges are very good. Pages are clean, though tanned. Previous owner's signature in biro on the front pastedown. pp. 25, plates. 106792
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8.00 GBP
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Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy
Crofts, Freeman Wills Penguin Books 1945 First Thus Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Paperback. 1st Penguin edition. Green covers, horizontal band. The binding has unfortunately been stapled underneath the covers - tears around the staples to the last couple of pages. The binding is tight but still readable. Rubs to the covers at the spine edges and ends. Pages typically tanned / browned. White parts of the covers discoloured. Some foxing to the covers, inside and out, and to the half-title page. A good copy overall. pp. 271. 308191
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7.50 GBP
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A Scent of New-Mown Hay
Blackburn, John Penguin Books 1961 First Thus Soft cover Fair Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
First Penguin edition. Spine rolled and with a significant forwards lean. In fair to good condition. The white parts of the covers have discoloured / browned and there are a few small brown marks. Corners lightly creased and some light rubs to spine edges. No names or inscriptions. Pages browned. No loose pages or cracked binding; in good readable condition. pp. 191. 106005
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4.00 GBP
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Inspector French's Greatest Case
Crofts, Freeman Wills Penguin Books 1953 First Thus Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Paperback. First Penguin edition. Green covers, horizontal band. Light rubs to the spine edges and a slight forwards lean to the spine. Pages typically tanned / browned and the white parts of the covers are discoloured. A couple of numbers scribbled on the front cover, in biro. Previous owner's signature in pencil on the half-title page. The binding is firm. pp. 254. 308290
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6.00 GBP
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Spiders [King Penguin 35]
Bristowe, W. S. The King Penguin Books | Penguin London and New York 1947 First Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Duncan, Mary W. (cover design by)
Hardback, no dust jacket. Illustrated boards. Some light rubs and small patches of fading to the boards. The binding is firm. First edition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Inner hinges are very good. Foxing to the endpapers; light occasional spot to pages. pp. 34, plates (24). 106755
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8.00 GBP
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Mystery in the Channel
Crofts, Freeman Wills Penguin Books 1959 First Thus Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Paperback. 1st Penguin edition. Green covers, horizontal band. Light reading creases to the spine. Pages typically tanned / browned. White parts of the covers discoloured. Previous owner's signature, place and date written in pen on the half-title page. A good copy. pp. 222. 308093
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7.50 GBP
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Country Holiday (A Puffin Picture Book, No. 33)
Brown, Margaret Scott ; Dowd, Leo P. Puffin | Penguin Books [c. 1945] 1945 Soft cover Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Date of publication not stated but this is the third edition of c. April 1945; first published in April 1944. 31pp. Slim stapled booklet. In very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. A very small flattened crease to the bottom corner of the front cover. Clean and tight. Price of one shilling inside the front cover and titles listed from no. 4 to no. 58. Girl on the front cover has a plain yellow dress with orange collar. Staples at centrefold have slightly rusted but no marks or corrosion to surrounding paper. A super copy. 105775
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12.00 GBP
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The Loss of the Jane Vosper
Crofts, Freeman Wills Penguin Books 1953 First Thus Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Paperback. First Penguin edition. Green covers, horizontal band. Light rubs to the cover edges and a slight lean to the spine. Pages are typically tanned / browned and white parts of the covers discoloured. The binding is quite firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. pp. 253. A little foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges. 308289
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7.50 GBP
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Berlioz: 2 Volume Set. Volume One The Making of An Artist: Volume Two Servitude and Greatness
Cairns, David Allen Lane | The Penguin Press 1999 0713993855 / 9780713993851 Hardcover Near Fine Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Two volumes. The ISBN number for Volume Two is 0713993863. Both volumes are in really good clean condition, with just some very light and faint foxing to the closed textblock edges. pp. xxiv, 648; xi, 896. The DJs are supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve to prolong the life of the jacket. (This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and is fully removable if preferred). A VERY HEAVY set - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK mainland as this set costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. Small surcharge may apply to UK highlands and islands and N. Ireland; larger surcharge for overseas destinations. NO additional charges for sending within the UK mainland. 303348
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42.00 GBP
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The Pit Prop Syndicate
Crofts, Freeman Wills Penguin Books 1945 First Thus Soft cover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Paperback. First Penguin edition. Green covers, horizontal band. The covers have greyed and have a couple of small marks, and creases to corners. The binding has been stapled inside the covers and staples have a little rusting. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages are typically tanned / browned. pp. 253. 308292
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6.00 GBP
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Breakfast At Tiffany's; Brideshead Revisited; The Picture of Dorian Gray; A Room with a View; The Great Gatsby; The Big Sleep [Boxed Penguin Classics Limited Designer Editions by Bill Amberg - the Complete Set of Six]
Capote, Truman; Waugh, Evelyn; Wilde, Oscar; Forster, E. M.; Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Chandler, Raymond Penguin Classics London 2008 0141189533 / 9780141189536 Special Edition Soft Leather Bound Fine Slipcase Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
First edition thus, first impressions of these luxury limited edition Penguin Classics novels. The full set of six luxury bindings designed for Penguin by Bill Amberg. 1,000 copies of each were produced. The ISBN number given is for Breakfast at Tiffany's; the other volumes have separate ISBN numbers. Soft bound in vegetable tanned buffalo calf, with matching hand-tied leather tag-style bookmark bearing the name and author of the book. The skins used in the binding of these Bill Amberg editions were taken from 'fallen animals' - i.e. they died from natural causes - and were sourced from India's premium calf tannery. Made using traditional ecological methods, where the water used is recycled after filtering through reed beds. This creates leather that improves with every use, the grain and sheen brightening continually over time. Presented wrapped in Penguin / Bill Amberg tissue in a sturdy blond card box. Paper wrap-around titles slip over the box. A full set of these superb collector's editions. The only visible flaw is in the form of some small indentations to the slipcase wraparound of The Big Sleep. All volumes are still shrinkwrapped and as new. All bear the original Penguin barcodes and price labels on the shrinkwrap. The presentation boxes are in excellent FINE condition. For sale as a set only. Book dimensions are 21.5cm x 14cm [boxes 23.4 cm x 16.3cm]. DELIVERY: No extra charges for sending within the UK MAINLAND. An extra fee may be necessary for UK islands and highlands, including N. Ireland. INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY may not available for this set due to size and weight - please contact us BEFORE ORDERING. There will be significant extra postage charges for international orders. 308601
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720.00 GBP
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The Sea Mystery
Crofts, Freeman Wills Penguin Books 1959 First Thus Soft cover Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Paperback. 1st Penguin edition. Green covers, horizontal band. Light reading creases to the spine. Vertical crease to the front cover. Some creasing to the back cover. Edges rubbed with a tear at the base of the spine / front joint. Some writing on the back cover in biro - the title of another book. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages typically tanned / browned. White parts of the covers discoloured, with some marks and foxing to the covers. pp. 207. 308192
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7.00 GBP
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![The Sculpture of the Parthenon [King Penguin 76], Corbett, P. E.](shop_image/product/106778.jpg "The Sculpture of the Parthenon [King Penguin 76], Corbett, P. E.")
![The Diverting History of John Gilpin [King Penguin 70], Cowper, William ; illustrated by Ronald Searle](shop_image/product/106790.jpg "The Diverting History of John Gilpin [King Penguin 70], Cowper, William ; illustrated by Ronald Searle")
![A Book of Ducks [King Penguin 58], Barclay-Smith, Phyllis ; with plates by Peter Shepheard](shop_image/product/106052.jpg "A Book of Ducks [King Penguin 58], Barclay-Smith, Phyllis ; with plates by Peter Shepheard")
![Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer [King Penguin 39], Barlow, T. D. ; Albrecht Durer](shop_image/product/106792.jpg "Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer [King Penguin 39], Barlow, T. D. ; Albrecht Durer")
![Spiders [King Penguin 35], Bristowe, W. S.](shop_image/product/106755.jpg "Spiders [King Penguin 35], Bristowe, W. S.")
![Breakfast At Tiffany's; Brideshead Revisited; The Picture of Dorian Gray; A Room with a View; The Great Gatsby; The Big Sleep [Boxed Penguin Classics Limited Designer Editions by Bill Amberg - the Complete Set of Six], Capote, Truman; Waugh, Evelyn; Wilde, Oscar; Forster, E. M.; Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Chandler, Raymond](shop_image/product/308601.jpg "Breakfast At Tiffany's; Brideshead Revisited; The Picture of Dorian Gray; A Room with a View; The Great Gatsby; The Big Sleep [Boxed Penguin Classics Limited Designer Editions by Bill Amberg - the Complete Set of Six], Capote, Truman; Waugh, Evelyn; Wilde, Oscar; Forster, E. M.; Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Chandler, Raymond")
