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Lot 395: A Large Stainless Steel Stock Pot and a Pack of Compressed Briquettes
A collection of volumes comprising historical non-fiction and mid-20th-century children’s annuals. The group includes Peter Salway’s Roman Britain, published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford, as part of The Oxford History of England series, complete with its original cream and red dust jacket. Also present is Graham Webster’s Rome Against Caratacus, which details the Roman campaign in Britain AD 43-61. Children’s literature is represented by pictorial annuals including The Modern Book for Girls and Stories for Girls, the latter featuring illustrations by Topham. The collection further includes a red-spined volume titled Pleasures & Pastimes and other assorted hardcovers. The books are presented in various formats, predominantly octavo and quarto, featuring publisher’s cloth and illustrated paper-covered boards.
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