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A collection of multiple volumes comprising modern fiction, science fiction, classics, children’s literature, and non-fiction. The assortment includes a boxed set of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, alongside a copy of The Hobbit. Notable children’s literature includes a boxed set of six Dr. Seuss titles featuring The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, a Roald Dahl omnibus containing The BFG, Matilda, and George’s Marvellous Medicine, and Kenneth Grahame’s River Bank and Mr Toad titles published by Walker Books. Science fiction and fantasy works include Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Neil Gaiman’s American Gods (Headline), Clive Barker’s Imajica, and Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama. Modern fiction includes Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho (Picador), Stephen King’s Dolores Claiborne, and Richard Adams’s Watership Down. Classic literature is represented by works from George Orwell, Thomas Hardy, H.G. Wells, and a Tiger edition of The Complete Oscar Wilde. Non-fiction and biographical works include Keith Richards’s Life, Deborah Curtis’s Touching from a Distance, and a large-format volume titled Henry Moore: Sculptures in Landscape. A large format volume titled Human Anatomy is located beneath the shelf. Bindings are a mixture of trade paperbacks, mass-market paperbacks, and some cloth-bound volumes. Visible publishers include Picador, Penguin, Millennium, Headline, and Tiger.
Condition report:
The collection shows visible signs of shelf wear and previous use. Numerous paperback volumes exhibit vertical creasing to the spines and minor colour fading. The edges and corners of both individual books and boxed sets show rubbing and bumping. Several volumes have small handwritten price labels adhered to the spines. The spine of the Henry Moore volume shows significant wear and bumping at the head and tail. Internal pages have not been inspected for markings, but exterior condition suggests moderate handling across the group.
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