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This lot comprises a large collection of multiple volumes across a wide range of subjects including reference, medicine, history, and general non-fiction. A primary feature is a multi-volume set of Lloyd’s Encyclopaedic Dictionary, presented in dark blue leather-effect bindings with ornate gilt-stamped spines. Notable reference works include Science and the Future 1989 (Britannica), Britannica Micropedia Ready Reference (Volume I), and Chambers’s Encyclopaedia Index and Maps (Volume 15). Medical literature is well-represented by A Short Practice of Surgery (Bailey and Love, Eleventh Edition, Lewis London), A Textbook of Obstetrics (Reid), and Combined Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Sixth Edition, Livingstone). Historical and biographical works include Winston S. Churchill: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Volume I, Cassell), T.E. Lawrence: Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Alan Clark: Diaries into Politics, and biographies of King Charles I and Elizabeth I. The collection also features Lincolnshire: A Shell Guide (Thorold and Yates), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Collins), and various cookery titles including The Complete Book of Curries and several Cordon Bleu series books. Other miscellaneous titles include The Shorter Pepys, The Guinness Book of Names, and Richard L. Hittleman’s Be Young With Yoga. The bindings consist of a mixture of publisher’s cloth, leather-effect boards, and some paperbacks.
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