An extensive collection of books and ephemera spanning several decades, primarily housed on four wooden shelves. The collection includes a wide variety of formats, such as early-to-mid-20th-century pictorial cloth-bound hardcovers, numerous Penguin orange-spined paperbacks, and modern softcover local history volumes. Notable literary authors represented include Laurie Lee with titles such as Cider with Rosie and I Can’t Stay Long, Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, and multiple works by Thomas Hardy including Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd. Regional interest is represented by Steven Brindle’s Brunel, The Little Book of Brunel, and works concerning the local history of Plymouth, such as A Century of Plymouth and Around Plymouth. The collection also features multiple large-format children’s annuals and reference works, including Boys’ & Girls’ Book for 1939, The Girls’ Biggest Book, and The Brave Book for Girls. Ephemera includes a printed programme titled Programme Music and Education Sections. The volumes are presented in various bindings including publisher’s cloth, pictorial boards, and paper wrappers.
Condition report:
The collection is in mixed condition consistent with age and domestic use. Older cloth bindings show typical shelf wear, including bumped corners, frayed spine ends, and some fading to the gilt and pictorial designs. Several volumes exhibit amateur adhesive tape repairs, notably a blue tape repair to one large-format volume. The paperback volumes generally show toning to the spines and occasional creasing. Internal pages likely exhibit standard age-toning and occasional foxing.
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