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A collection of approximately 25 volumes of fiction and non-fiction books, primarily featuring a selection of works by and about Agatha Christie. The lot comprises various formats and imprints, including hardback omnibus editions published by Chancellor Press and Parragon, alongside approximately ten vintage paperbacks from Fontana and Pan Books such as ‘The Mystery of the Blue Train’ and ‘Sad Cypress’. The collection also includes biographical and study volumes including ‘Agatha Christie at Home’ by Hilary Macaskill and a work by Lucy Worsley. Non-fiction subjects within the group feature heraldry with ‘Heraldic Designs’ by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, hagiography with ‘Butler’s Lives of the Saints’, and hobbyist titles such as ‘Glass Painting Projects’ and ‘Men and Sheds’. A copy of the Holy Bible and a Val McDermid crime fiction omnibus are also present. A white adhesive inventory sticker marked ‘C1253A’ is attached to the spine of the volume titled ‘Images of Christmas’.
Condition report:
The collection is in mixed condition, showing typical signs of shelf wear and age throughout. The vintage paperbacks exhibit yellowing to the page edges and creasing to the spines (photos 1 and 3). Significant tearing and associated paper loss are visible on the dust jacket of \'Illumination\' (photo 3). General wear, including bumped corners and minor surface scuffing, is evident across the covers and spines of several other volumes (photos 1 and 2).
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