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Lot 376: A Collection of Twentieth-Century Non-Fiction, Reference, and Historical Volumes. (DJ)
A collection of twentieth-century non-fiction and reference volumes, predominantly hardcovers. The grouping includes historical works such as World War II (St Michael/Peerage Books), Sea Warfare (Spring Books), Plymouth Warships 1900-1950 by Goodman and Ballantyne (Halsgrove), and A Concise History of England by F.E. Halliday (Thames and Hudson). Reference and lifestyle titles comprise The Reader’s Digest AA Book of the Road and AA Book of British Towns in textured leatherette bindings with gilt lettering, Tell Me Why by Arkady Leokum (Odhams), Family Encyclopedia (Geddes and Grosset), and You and Your Rights: An A to Z Guide to the Law (Reader’s Digest). Also present is a technical manual for the Vauxhall Viva HB, HC from 1966 (Handybook 22), The Fat-Free Cookbook by Anne Sheasby, and a set of seven blue-bound Reader’s Digest volumes titled Bridging a Continent, Beyond the Horizon, The Great Age of Exploration, Secrets of the Sea, Charting the Vast Pacific, The Frozen World, and Jungles, Rivers and Mountain Peaks. A single red-bound volume of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is included. Bindings vary between publisher’s cloth, leatherette, and pictorial boards.
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