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Lot 514: A Collection of Assorted Non-Fiction Books including Military History, Automotive, and Reference.
A collection of multiple hardcover non-fiction volumes covering diverse subjects such as military history, automotive maintenance, travel, and general reference. Key titles include World War II published by St Michael and Peerage Books, Tell Me Why by Arkady Leokum (Odhams), and The Reader’s Digest AA Book of the Road. The military history section features Plymouth Warships 1900-1950 by Goodman and Ballantyne (Halsgrove) and Sea Warfare (Spring Books). The collection also contains a set of Reader’s Digest exploration volumes including titles such as Jungles, Rivers and Mountains, The Frozen World, and The Great Age of Exploration. Further volumes include a Vauxhall Viva HB, HC maintenance manual (Handybook 22), A Concise History of England by F.E. Halliday, the Family Encyclopedia by Geddes and Grosset, and a pictorial biography series of Winston Churchill. A red-boxed Encyclopaedia Britannica set is partially present. Bindings are primarily hardcover in publisher’s cloth or textured boards, with some examples retaining dust jackets. One volume bears a previously applied auction sticker from HCP Auctions South West for Lot 514. Sizes range from octavo to quarto.
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