A collection of books featuring a softcover copy of The Dartmoor ‘Conchies’ (Dartmoor Prison’s Conscientious Objectors of the Great War) by Simon Dell MBE, published by The Dartmoor Company. This volume is inscribed on the title page in blue ink: Best wishes Simon Dell. The book is bound in pictorial card wrappers featuring a sepia-toned group photograph of conscientious objectors.
The assortment also includes several Folio Society editions, the majority of which are housed in their original protective slipcases. These titles include T.E. Lawrence’s Revolt in the Desert, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, and Sellar and Yeatman’s 1066 and All That.
Additional volumes in the lot include a collected edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories published by Peerage Books, bound in maroon buckram with gilt decoration to the spine; Ed Vulliamy’s The War is Dead, Long Live the War: Bosnia: The Reckoning (Bodley Head); Sarah Fabian-Baddiel’s Miller’s Golf Memorabilia; and Howard Watson’s Collecting Clarice Cliff. The books vary in size, primarily consisting of octavo and quarto volumes.
Condition report:
The collection is in generally good condition. The signed copy of The Dartmoor \'Conchies\' shows minor shelf wear and light creasing to the wrappers. The Folio Society editions are well-preserved with bright spines, though their slipcases show light scuffing, edge wear, and adhesive auction labels. Specifically, The Hound of the Baskervilles and Revolt in the Desert bear labels to the spines. The Peerage Books volume shows minor rubbing to the gilt-stamped spine and light bumping to the corners. The dust jacket for Ed Vulliamy\'s work exhibits light sunning to the spine and minor edge wear. The interior pages across the collection appear generally clean and free from significant markings or foxing.
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