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A collection of multiple hardcover volumes comprising technical reference works, classic literature, and general fiction, primarily published in the mid-20th century. The collection includes several multi-volume sets published by Caxton, notably Engineering Workshop Practice (Volumes I, II, and III), Modern Practical Building (Volumes I-IV), The New Carpenter and Joiner, and Joinery and Carpentry. Other technical and professional titles include Structural Steelwork (dated 1938), Anson’s Law of Contract by Guest (Oxford University Press, Twenty-First Edition, 1959), House and Cottage Construction, and Ultrasonics. Fiction is represented by titles such as Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie (Collins), Jeremy Poldark by Winston Graham, The Railway Children by E. Nesbit, and The Dark Secret by Percy F. Westerman (Blackie). Bindings across the collection vary, featuring publisher’s cloth and rexine finishes in shades of red, green, blue, and brown. Visible publishers include Oxford University Press, Caxton, Collins, Blackie and Son, Harrap, Heinemann, and Mandeville Publications.
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