A collection of vintage mass-market paperback books comprising genre fiction and non-fiction titles, predominantly published in the mid-20th century. The collection features a significant selection of mystery novels by Agatha Christie, including The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, They do it with Mirrors, Endless Night, The Pale Horse, Five Little Pigs, The Man in the Brown Suit, Cat Among the Pigeons, The Mystery of the Blue Train, and The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding.
Science fiction is well-represented with works by Arthur C. Clarke, including Childhood’s End, The Other Side of the Sky, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Expedition to Earth. Other science fiction and fantasy titles include Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov, Logan’s Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Star Fourteen edited by Frederik Pohl, and Tarzan’s Quest by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The group also includes The Floating Game by John Garforth, The Wild Bunch by Brian Fox, Dead Man’s Double Cross by Tom West, The Money That Money Can’t Buy by James Munro, and a Penguin edition of The Golden Ass by Apuleius. Non-fiction and reference volumes include the Guinness Book of Olympic Records, The Gillette Book of Cricket and Football edited by Gordon Ross, and Spin-Off published by Harrap.
The volumes are softcover editions from various UK imprints including Pan, Panther, Corgi, Fontana (identified by the circular f logo), New English Library (NEL), and Penguin. Visible publisher series numbers on the spines include 586 01713 5 (Panther), X573 (Pan), 950 (Fontana), and 1015 (Fontana). The books feature illustrative cover art typical of mid-century mass-market paperbacks.
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