An assortment of printed materials across multiple genres, including automotive maintenance, numismatics, military history, and popular media. The lot features a group of Haynes Owners Workshop Manuals covering Ford Sierra (1982-1989), Ford Transit petrol and diesel models (1986-2006), and Ford Escort & Orion (1990-2000). Further technical documentation includes a blue ring-bound Triumph 2000 manual and service manuals for Sony and JVC electronics, including a comb-bound guide for the JVC HR-3300E.
The numismatic category includes the 55th Edition (2020) of Coins of England & the United Kingdom published by Spink, Seaby’s Coins of England (1975), and a Coin 1981 Year Book. Historical and biographical works are present, featuring titles relating to Field Marshal Montgomery such as Normandy to the Baltic and El Alamein to the River Sangro, alongside Bergen-Belsen history and Peaky Blinders titles by Carl Chinn.
Popular culture items include Marvel’s Inhumans vs X-Men and DC’s Titans: The Return of Wally West comics, Prima official strategy guides for Rayman 2 and The World Is Not Enough, and Pokémon handbooks. The collection also contains a second edition of Human Anatomy and Physiology by Creager, a contemporary novel by Karen M. McManus, and vintage volumes including The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens in red cloth and Student’s Book-keeping by Arthur Fieldhouse.
Condition report:
The collection is in mixed condition commensurate with age and use. Workshop and service manuals show typical signs of garage use, including surface soiling, shelf wear, and minor internal creasing. The modern paperbacks and the Spink coin guide are generally in good to very good condition. Older antiquarian and vintage volumes exhibit more significant wear, including frayed spine ends, scuffed boards, bumped corners, and age-related toning or foxing to the pages. The lot is not collated and is sold as seen.
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