The pocket-sized Observer's Books series by Frederick Warne are perfect for collecting due to the uniform size and format.
Covering a wide range of topics, a collection can be formed on one subject, or completists may wish to have every title, from 1-100!
Subjects include nature, geology, music and architecture, as well as automobiles and aircraft.
Over 400 flags and badges of all nations, in full colour.
The Observer's Book #29
ISBN0723200882
VG- hardback in VG price clipped dust jacket. There are a few minor pen notations.
$10 A/B
Frederick Warne 1971 revised edition, 207pp + index.
[#3289 ]
Complete introduction to fungi by a past President of the British Mycological Society
The Observer's Book #19
ISBN0723215650
VG hardback with NO dust jacket.
$10 A/A
Frederick Warne 1977 first edition, 185pp with 64 colour illustrations and 52 black and white photographs.
[#3193 ]
Compiled for Observer's from the larger work The Book of Garden Flowers by G A R Phillips.
With 150 illustrations in colour by Joan Lupton.
The Observer's Book #25
ISBN 0723215316
VG hardback with VG dust jacket.
$15 A/A
Frederick Warne 1974 first edition, 192pp.
[#4700 ]
How to collect, cultivate and propagagte cactus and other succulent plants.
The Observer's Book #27
G hardback with no dust jacket. Rear blank page and endpaper has pen notes.
$6 A/A
Frederick Warne 1959 reprint, 159pp with 16 colour and over 66 black and white illustrations.
[#3192 ]
Pocket botanical guide to British wildflowers. 220 illustrations in colour and black and white with 200 species described. Each flower, of which there is typically one per page, has its own botanical descriptions and notes of flowering period, habitat and distribution.
The Observer's Book #2
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with minor edge chipping.
$15 A/B
Frederick Warne (1958 by publisher's code 882.1155), 224pp.
[#3319 ]
Pocket botanical guide to British trees and shrubs. 177 illustrations in colour and black and white with 106 species described. 16 colour illustrations.
The Observer's Book #4
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with minor edge chipping.
$15 A/B
Frederick Warne undated,(1958 by publisher's code 868.1055) 240pp.
[#3320 ]
First-hand coverage of every major US spaceflight up to time of publishing.
The Observer's Book #52
ISBN0723215227
VG hardback in VG price clipped dust jacket, sunned to spine.
$20 A/A
Frederick Warne 1974 first edition, 191pp with 14 colour and over 50 black and white illustrations.
[#4562 ]