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Lot 634: A Collection of Twentieth-Century Literary and Non-Fiction Volumes (DJ)
A collection of twentieth-century literary and non-fiction books, primarily hardcovers in original publisher bindings, presented in a cardboard tray. The collection includes works by several notable authors, featuring Dylan Thomas, Arthur Ransome, James Joyce, Saul Bellow, and Alan Moorehead. Visible titles include Quite Early One Morning and A Prospect of the Sea by Dylan Thomas, published by Dent; Secret Water and Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome; Dubliners by James Joyce; Humboldt’s Gift by Saul Bellow; Bluestocking in Patagonia by Anne Whitehead; Cooper’s Creek by Alan Moorehead; A Reader’s Guide to Literary Terms by Beckson and Ganz; and Idylls of the King. The bindings are chiefly cloth-covered boards in various colours, alongside some paperback and dust-jacketed editions. Publishers represented include Dent, Macmillan, Oxford University Press, Thames and Hudson, and Penguin Books.
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