A diverse collection of books across three boxes, featuring a variety of genres including classic literature, modern fiction, sporting history, and reference works. The assortment includes Reader’s Digest editions of Jack London’s The Sea Wolf and Rudyard Kipling’s Kim, alongside a Collins volume of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Notable authors include Jane Austen, represented by a red cloth-bound set including Emma and Pride and Prejudice, as well as works by Agatha Christie, Iris Murdoch, and Sidney Sheldon. The collection features a selection of sporting interest, specifically vintage cricket titles such as Dickie Bird: My Autobiography, Peter Riddell’s Honest, and The Freddie Trueman Story. Biographies also include My Life by Bill Clinton and Anthony Sampson’s The Seven Sisters. Reference materials comprise The New Domestic Encyclopedia, an English Dictionary, and a multi-volume series on Painting and Decorating. The books are primarily octavo in format, bound in publisher’s cloth, hardcovers with dust jackets, and paperbacks. Publishers represented include Nelson, Collins, Reader’s Digest, and Oxford University Press.
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