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A collection of vintage paperbacks and modern hardcovers, primarily focused on mid-to-late 20th-century literature and military history. The assortment includes a substantial group of Pan Books paperbacks featuring titles by Spike Milligan, such as Rommel? Gunner Who?, Where Have All the Bullets Gone?, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, and Peace Work. Also included are Ian Fleming James Bond novels including The Man with the Golden Gun, Diamonds are Forever, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and Casino Royale. Other paperback titles include James Herriot’s Vet in a Spin, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and James Herriot’s Dog Stories, alongside Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders and Ten Little Niggers. The military history section contains Dunkirk by Joshua Levine, The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, Seal Target Geronimo by Chuck Pfarrer, Desert Victory by Julian Thompson, and Pegasus Bridge by Stephen E. Ambrose. Hardcover editions include The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park by Dermot Turing and Auschwitz by Laurence Rees. Further volumes include hardcover editions of Clarkson: Don’t Stop Me Now by Jeremy Clarkson and Anthony Horowitz’s Bond novel Forever and a Day. The collection also features Michelin Green Guides for France, Kenya, and Brittany. A white adhesive label with blue handwritten numbers 09633 is affixed to the spine of a Spike Milligan volume.
Condition report:
The collection shows overall moderate to heavy wear. Many vintage paperbacks exhibit significant creasing, leaning, and damaged spines with loss of laminate and paper. Tearing is visible on the spines of The Man with the Golden Gun and Diamonds are Forever. General toning and foxing to the page edges are present across most volumes. Modern hardcovers show lighter shelf wear to the dust jackets.
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