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HAMLYN ALL-COLOUR Paperbacks
Just ONE page on the Collecting Books and Magazines web site based in Australia.
Page updated 4th September, 2015.

Research by Robert Turner
(Robert Turner was a Logistics Manager by profession, but now drives vintage AEC and Bedford buses for weddings and schools in his retirement. Book collecting interests include non-fiction series such as Observers, Hamlyn, Shire and books on railways in the UK. A resident of Berkshire, England, he also collects Britains Farm models, and Fred the Flour Grader memorabilia.)


 Click on the image above if you'd like to discuss Hamlyn all-colour paperbacks, Wonder Books, Modern World, Observers or any similar 1950s non-fiction series books.

Series No. - Title - Date first published Series No. - Title - Date first published
1 * BIRD BEHAVIOUR 1969
2 * FISHES OF THE WORLD 1969
3 * FOSSIL MAN 1969
4 * LIFE IN THE SEA 1969
5 * NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTING 1969
6 * PREHISTORIC ANIMALS 1969
7 * A GUIDE TO THE SEASHORE/("SEASHORES")? 1969
8 * SNAKES OF THE WORLD 1969
9 * WILD CATS 1969
10 * GARDEN FLOWERS 1969
11 * GARDEN SHRUBS 1969
12 * ROSES 1969
13 * SAILING SHIPS AND SAILING CRAFT 1969
14 * SEA FISHING 1969
15 * TRAINS 1969
16 * ATOMIC ENERGY 1969
17 * COMPUTERS AT WORK 1969
18 * ELECTRONICS 1969
19 * MATHEMATICS 1969
20 * ARCHITECTURE 1969
21 * JEWELRY 1969
22 * PORCELAIN 1969
23 * BUDGERIGARS 1969
24 * PETS FOR CHILDREN 1969
25 * CATS 1969
26 BIRDS OF PREY 1969
27 * MICROSCOPES AND MICROSCOPIC LIFE 1969
28 * MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GREECE 1969
29 * SAILING 1969
30 * DISCOVERY OF JAPAN 1970
31 THE PLANT KINGDOM 1970
32 FLOWER ARRANGING 1969
33 THE WEATHER GUIDE 1969
34 MILITARY UNIFORMS 1970

35 ROCKETS AND MISSILES 1970
36 VICTORIANA 1969
37 CHRYSANTHEMUMS 1970
38 MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT EGYPT 1970
39 MAMMALS OF THE WORLD 1970
40 DISCOVERY OF AFRICA 1970
41 HORSES AND PONIES 1970
42 DOGS 1970

43 FLAGS 1970
44 THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 1970
45 ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 1970
46 MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE SOUTH SEAS 1970
47 DISCOVERY OF NORTH AMERICA 1970
48 DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN WEST 1970
49 DOG CARE 1970
50 EVOLUTION OF LIFE 1970
51 GUNS 1970
52 ASTRONOMY 1970
53 WARSHIPS 1970
54 MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF AFRICA 1970
55 PET BIRDS 1970
56 MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ANCIENT ROME 1970
57 TROPICAL FRESHWATER AQUARIA 1970
58 THE EARTH 1970
59 EXPLORING THE PLANETS 1970
60 DISCOVERY OF SOUTH AMERICA 1970
61 DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA 1969
62 MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF INDIA 1970
63 VETERAN AND VINTAGE CARS 1970
64 ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN ASIA 1970
65 HOUSE PLANTS 1970
66 THE HUMAN BODY 1970
67 ARCHAEOLOGY 1970
68 MONKEYS AND APES 1970
69 ELECTRICITY 1970
70 ARMS AND ARMOUR 1971
71 SEABIRDS 1971
72 COINS AND MEDALS 1971
73 BUTTERFLIES 1971
74 CLOCKS AND WATCHES 1971
75 PLANTS FOR SMALL GARDENS 1971
76 AIRCRAFT 1971
77 GLASS FOR COLLECTORS 1971
78 TROPICAL MARINE AQUARIA 1971
79 ANTIQUE FURNITURE 1971
80 CHEMISTRY 1971
81 TROPICAL BIRDS 1971
82 SEASHELLS 1971
83 UNDERSEA EXPLORATION 1971
84 WITCHCRAFT AND BLACK MAGIC 1971
85 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 1971
86 THE AGE OF SHAKESPEARE 1971
87 TREES OF THE WORLD 1972
88 NATIONAL COSTUMES OF THE WORLD 1971
89 HEREDITY 1972
90 GREAT NAVAL BATTLES 1972

91 ORDERS AND DECORATIONS 1972
92 MOTOR BOATS AND BOATING 1972
93 FRESHWATER FISHING 1972
94 GREAT LAND BATTLES 1972

95 FORTUNE TELLING 1972
96 PHYSICS 1972
97 POTTERY 1972
98 ANIMAL MIGRATION 1973
99 WORLD AIRLINES INSIGNIA 1973
100 ANIMALS IN DANGER 1973

101 COLLECTING AND LOOKING AFTER ANTIQUES 1973
102 ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES 1973
103 TOYS & DOLLS FOR COLLECTORS 1973
104 COLLECTING INEXPENSIVE ANTIQUES 1973
105 MODERN FIRST AID 1973
106 ART NOUVEAU FOR COLLECTORS 1974
107 SILVER FOR COLLECTORS 1974
108 PSYCHOLOGY 1974
109 ESPIONAGE 1974
110 WARGAMES 1974
111 ECONOMICS 1975
112 GEOLOGY 1975
113 BIOLOGY 1975
114 ECOLOGY 1975
115 FOSSILS AND FOSSIL COLLECTING 1975
116 BIRDWATCHING 1975
117 BEACHCOMBING AND BEACHCRAFT 1975
118 ROCKS MINERALS AND CRYSTALS 1975
119 MODERN COMBAT AIRCRAFT 1976
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ANIMALS OF SOUTH AMERICA Not published?
HEATHERS AND ALPINE PLANTS Not published?
YACHTING Not published?
120 or ? ASTROLOGY 1975
121 or ? PHOTOGRAPHY 1979

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By about 1974, Hamlyn had re-designed the series and did away with the spots on the spine. All surviving titles received a full colour spine in the colour that their series spots would have been.

Any problems or questions? Email John chiefchook@gmail.com .
Red entries missing from personal collection but I am NOT interested in buying copies of same.

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