A Collection of Assorted Books, Military History, Children's...
A Collection of Assorted Books, Military History, Children's Annuals and Decorative Objects
A collection of multiple books, military history volumes, children's annuals, and decorative household objects. The lot comprises:
Pimlott, J. (Ed.). Wehrmacht: The Illustrated History of the German Army in WWII. Aurum Press, London. This is a large format hardcover edition with a red pictorial dust jacket.
Hitler's War Machine. This volume is a large format hardcover with a white pictorial dust jacket featuring a swastika and military imagery.
Gorbachev, M. Memoirs. Doubleday, New York, 1996. A hardcover biography with a white dust jacket featuring a portrait of Mikhail Gorbachev.
A collection of volumes from The Oxford History of England series published by Clarendon Press, Oxford. The set includes The Whig Supremacy 1714-1760 by Williams, The Age of Reform 1815-1870 by Woodward, and From Domesday Book to Magna Carta 1087-1216 by Poole. These are bound in light blue cloth with matching dust jackets.
A collection of six Observer's pocket guides published by Frederick Warne & Co, including titles for Tropical Fishes, Automobiles, World Atlas, Soccer, and Tanks.
A group of three children's annuals for 1983 including Whoopee!, Jackpot, and Buck Rogers, all in original pictorial boards.
The Salvation Army Band Tune Book for Congregational Singing (Solo and 1st Cornet Bb). A small, heavily used landscape-format volume with a black cloth cover.
A large leather-bound volume titled The World of Music: Listener's Companion, featuring a gilt-stamped figure playing a lyre on the front board.
The lot also includes two pairs of brass candlesticks, one pair with spiral-twist stems and one pair of faceted glass candlesticks, a small dark wood wall-hanging shelf with hooks, and a wooden book trough.
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The collection shows varying degrees of age-related wear throughout. Several dust jackets, notably on the Oxford History volumes and military books, exhibit edge creasing, minor tearing, and sunning to the spines (Photo 2). The Salvation Army Band Tune Book shows significant wear to the cloth covers and fraying to the page edges (Photo 6). The children's annuals have bumped corners and shelf wear to the pictorial boards (Photo 5). The brass candlesticks show surface oxidation and a dark patina (Photo 5). The wooden items exhibit minor surface scuffs and scratches consistent with general use (Photo 6). The glass candlesticks appear intact without major visible chips (Photo 3).
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A Collection of Assorted Books, Military History, Children's Annuals and Decorative Objects
A collection of multiple books, military history volumes, children's annuals, and decorative household objects. The lot comprises:
Pimlott, J. (Ed.). Wehrmacht: The Illustrated History of the German Army in WWII. Aurum Press, London. This is a large format hardcover edition with a red pictorial dust jacket.
Hitler's War Machine. This volume is a large format hardcover with a white pictorial dust jacket featuring a swastika and military imagery.
Gorbachev, M. Memoirs. Doubleday, New York, 1996. A hardcover biography with a white dust jacket featuring a portrait of Mikhail Gorbachev.
A collection of volumes from The Oxford History of England series published by Clarendon Press, Oxford. The set includes The Whig Supremacy 1714-1760 by Williams, The Age of Reform 1815-1870 by Woodward, and From Domesday Book to Magna Carta 1087-1216 by Poole. These are bound in light blue cloth with matching dust jackets.
A collection of six Observer's pocket guides published by Frederick Warne & Co, including titles for Tropical Fishes, Automobiles, World Atlas, Soccer, and Tanks.
A group of three children's annuals for 1983 including Whoopee!, Jackpot, and Buck Rogers, all in original pictorial boards.
The Salvation Army Band Tune Book for Congregational Singing (Solo and 1st Cornet Bb). A small, heavily used landscape-format volume with a black cloth cover.
A large leather-bound volume titled The World of Music: Listener's Companion, featuring a gilt-stamped figure playing a lyre on the front board.
The lot also includes two pairs of brass candlesticks, one pair with spiral-twist stems and one pair of faceted glass candlesticks, a small dark wood wall-hanging shelf with hooks, and a wooden book trough.
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The collection shows varying degrees of age-related wear throughout. Several dust jackets, notably on the Oxford History volumes and military books, exhibit edge creasing, minor tearing, and sunning to the spines (Photo 2). The Salvation Army Band Tune Book shows significant wear to the cloth covers and fraying to the page edges (Photo 6). The children's annuals have bumped corners and shelf wear to the pictorial boards (Photo 5). The brass candlesticks show surface oxidation and a dark patina (Photo 5). The wooden items exhibit minor surface scuffs and scratches consistent with general use (Photo 6). The glass candlesticks appear intact without major visible chips (Photo 3).
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