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Lot 379: A Collection of Books including Reference, Literature, and Humour Titles. Various Publishers.
A collection of books comprising various fiction and non-fiction titles across multiple genres including reference, humour, literature, and science. The collection features a mix of hardcover and softcover bindings. Notable reference works include the Collins Thesaurus in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference published by Macmillan, the Collins Concise Dictionary, and The Dictionary of Quotations published by Ted Smart. Academic and specialist titles include Einstein’s Mirror by Tony Hey and Patrick Walters published by Cambridge University Press and How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Mark Collier and Bill Manley published by British Museum Press. Literature and fiction titles include The Complete Stories and Poems of Lewis Carroll published by Geddes and Grosset, Jorge Luis Borges’ Labyrinths published by Penguin, and Geoff Ryman’s Was published by Penguin. The lot also contains a variety of humour and miscellaneous titles such as The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry, The Iron Tonic by Edward Gorey, Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Daniken, Billy the Bare Bear by Toni Goffe, Faxes from Biff by Chris Garratt and Mick Kidd, You’re an Animal Viskovitz! by Alessandro Boffa, The Superior Person’s Little Book of Words by Peter Bowler, Another Book of Grave Humour edited by Fritz Spiegl, Boiling Water in a Paper Cup by Jerome S. Meyer, and Found on eBay by Marc Hartzman. Pocket-sized works include the Collins Gem French-English Dictionary, a Hugo English Dictionary, and titles from the I Hate… series published by Sphere. A typed packing slip for Lot 2927 accompanies the collection.
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