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A large collection of vintage mass-market paperback books, predominantly comprising editions published by Penguin Books and Pelican Books from the mid-to-late 20th century. The volumes are uniform in their softcover format, showcasing the publisher’s signature colour-coded branding: orange for general fiction, blue for Pelican non-fiction, green for crime, and black for the Penguin Classics series.
The collection features a broad selection of literature and non-fiction, with several prominent authors represented by multiple titles. Notable inclusions are Iris Murdoch (Under the Net, A Severed Head, The Time of the Angels, The Italian Girl), Paul Theroux (The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, Saint Jack, The Mosquito Coast), Daphne du Maurier (The Birds and Other Stories, The Parasites, Don’t Look Now), and E.M. Forster (Aspects of the Novel, The Life to Come and Other Stories). Other authors visible on the spines include Gabriel Garcia Marquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude), C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader), Roald Dahl (Completely Unexpected Tales), Kingsley Amis, Margaret Drabble, John Wyndham, and Paul Auster. Many editions display original series numbering and vintage price markings on the spines.
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