A large collection of 20th-century literature, biographies, and historical non-fiction volumes. The grouping contains a mix of hardcover editions with original dust jackets and a significant number of softcover trade paperbacks. Notable contents include a multi-volume set of Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past in blue and white illustrated dust jackets published by Chatto & Windus. Represented authors include Mary Renault with titles such as The Last of the Wine, The Charioteer, and Funeral Games, alongside works by D.H. Lawrence, V.S. Naipaul, Paul Scott, and Barbara Pym. Also present are crime novels by Richard Stark, George Steiner’s After Babel, and various historical biographies including Alfred the Great and George II. A substantial portion of the collection consists of vintage Penguin and Pelican paperbacks with characteristic orange and blue spines. Publishers include Oxford University Press, Picador, Heinemann, and Granada. The books are primarily in octavo and duodecimo formats.
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