An extensive collection of books housed in two cardboard boxes and a suitcase, comprising a diverse range of subjects including history, classic and contemporary literature, poetry, and biography. The collection features several notable historical works, including multiple hardcover volumes of Hitler’s War and The War Path by David Irving, The White Generals by Richard Luckett, and The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. Poetry is well-represented by various Faber and Faber editions, including Gaudete by Ted Hughes, The Pisan Cantos by Ezra Pound, and works by Seamus Heaney, John Keats, and Peter Porter. Fiction includes titles such as The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick, Jerusalem Commands and Byzantium Endures by Michael Moorcock, and contemporary works by Ian Rankin and Frank Skinner. A significant portion of the collection consists of vintage paperbacks, including a large number of orange-spine Penguin Classics and Penguin English Library editions, as well as titles from Picador, Paladin, and Arrow. The lot includes a mix of hardcover editions, several with their original dust jackets, and mass-market softcover formats.
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