An assortment of books and paperback volumes spanning diverse subjects such as art history, literary criticism, and classical literature, contained within four crates. Key publishers represented in the group include Thames & Hudson, notably several titles from the World of Art series, Penguin Books, Oxford University Press, Phaidon, and Faber & Faber. Recognisable titles include The Pound Era by Hugh Kenner, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt, and English Parish Churches by Graham Hutton and Olive Cook. Art history subjects are well-represented with volumes on Edvard Munch, Surrealism, Hieronymus Bosch, and El Greco. The collection also features literary works by authors such as George Orwell, W.B. Yeats, and Lytton Strachey. The volumes consist of a variety of hardcover cloth bindings and softcover/paperback editions, mostly in octavo and small quarto formats.
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