This collection of DVD and Blu-ray titles and audio cassette titles, primarily focused on classic Hollywood cinema, historical dramas, and spoken word literature. The film collection includes notable box sets such as The Bette Davis Collection and The Audrey Hepburn Collection, alongside individual titles like The King’s Speech, 12 Years a Slave, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Casablanca, Spartacus, and Ben-Hur. A Blu-ray edition of Lincoln is included. War and historical cinema are represented by titles such as Battle of Britain, Patton, The Longest Day, and The Winds of War Special Collector’s Edition. Television content includes Columbo: The Complete First Season.
The audio cassette portion of the lot features a significant array of literary recordings from publishers such as Argo, the BBC Radio Collection, EMI, and LFP (Listen for Pleasure). A large black boxed set titled The Shakespeare Collection is present, along with individual tapes of Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. Spoken word highlights include recordings of Dylan Thomas reading his poetry, T.S. Eliot reading The Waste Land and Other Poems, and narrations by Richard Burton, Emlyn Williams, and Sir Michael Hordern. The collection also contains several Agatha Christie titles, The Navy Lark radio comedy series, and religious works including a six-cassette boxed set of The Living Bible. Most items feature British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) age rating symbols including U, PG, 12, and 15. Studio and publisher logos visible on spines include Momentum, Lionsgate, Warner Home Video, and Paramount. One cassette, The Mayor of Casterbridge, remains factory-sealed in its original shrink-wrap.
Condition report:
The collection is in pre-owned condition. The DVD and Blu-ray cases show varying degrees of shelf wear, including minor scuffing to the plastic sleeves. Cardboard outer boxes for larger sets, such as The Shakespeare Collection and The Living Bible, exhibit edge wear, surface rubbing, and minor compression. The audio cassettes show typical age-related wear to the jewel cases, although one item remains factory-sealed. This lot is sold as a bulk collection and items have not been individually tested for audio or video playback.
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