An assortment of books comprising a selection of children’s literature, linguistic reference works, and 20th-century annuals. The reference section features the Collins English Dictionary, a Geddes & Grosset French-English Dictionary, Reader’s Digest Reverse Dictionary, Facts on File Visual Dictionary, and The New Oxford English Dictionary. Included is a reprint of Admiral W.H. Smyth’s The Sailor’s Word-Book 1867 published by Conway and the Larousse Pocket Guide to British History.
The children’s literature component contains multiple titles by Enid Blyton published by Dean & Son, including Mr. Meddle’s Muddles, Naughty Amelia Jane!, Amelia Jane Again!, and Brer Rabbit’s a Rascal. Other works present are The Heroes of Castle Britten by M.S. Comrie, Little Animal Stories published by Purnell, and The Tiny Prince and Other Stories by Grace Lodge. Pop culture and comic-related items include The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update ’89, the Lion Annual 1972, and a Television Story Book 1970.
The volumes are primarily bound in publisher’s cloth or pictorial boards of varying sizes, including octavo and quarto formats.
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