A large collection of books covering a diverse range of subjects including military technology, aviation history, medicine, and general literature. The lot features several significant reference volumes from the Jane’s series, specifically Jane’s Weapon Systems (1969-70, 1970-71, 1972-73), Jane’s Surface Skimmer Systems 1969-70 edited by Roy McLeavy (Sampson Low), and Jane’s High-Speed Marine Craft and Air Cushion Vehicles 1987. Military and aviation history are represented by titles such as Hawker Hurricane by Robert Jackson, B-26 Marauder at War by Roger A. Freeman (Ian Allan), Pageant of the Air by Kenneth Munson (Ian Allan), Vickers (Putnam), and multiple issues of The Aeroplane Pictorial Review. Educational and biographical works include Winston S. Churchill’s My Early Life (Odhams), a four-volume cloth-bound set of The Wonderland of Knowledge, and Guyton’s Textbook of Medical Physiology, Third Edition (Saunders). Additional titles include The Mottled Lizard by Elspeth Huxley, Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, and several volumes relating to the History of the Second World War. The collection is housed in three containers. Bindings are a mix of publisher’s cloth, faux-leather, and paper wrappers, with many volumes retaining their original dust jackets.
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