ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Gail Ashton Author

Gail Ashton

Identification Guide to Garden Insects of Britain and North-West Europe cover

Identification Guide to Garden Insects of Britain and North-West Europe

2 authors - Paperback

£14.99

An ID Guide to Trees of Britain and North-West Europe cover

An ID Guide to Trees of Britain and North-West Europe

2 authors - Paperback

£14.99

What Rain Taught Us cover

What Rain Taught Us

Gail Ashton - Paperback

£8.99

Not the Sky cover

Not the Sky

Gail Ashton - Paperback

£10.99

The Generation of Identity in Late Medieval Hagiography cover

The Generation of Identity in Late Medieval Hagiography

Gail Ashton - Hardback

£145.00

A Year of Garden Bees and Bugs cover

A Year of Garden Bees and Bugs

2 authors - Hardback

£20.00

The Generation of Identity in Late Medieval Hagiography cover

The Generation of Identity in Late Medieval Hagiography

Gail Ashton - Paperback

£56.99

Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales cover

Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales

Gail Ashton - Paperback

£22.99

An Insect A Day cover

An Insect A Day

2 authors - Hardback

£22.00

An Identification Guide to Garden Insects of Britain and North-West Europe cover

An Identification Guide to Garden Insects of Britain and North-West Europe

2 authors - Paperback

£10.99