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A collection of mid-20th-century British literature and annuals. The group features multiple works by Captain W.E. Johns, notably the Biggles series, including The Best of Biggles: Five Thrilling Adventures published by Hodder and Stoughton, Biggles Gets His Men, and Biggles Flies to Spain. A significant portion of the collection consists of P.G. Wodehouse novels, including various orange-spined Penguin paperback editions such as The Code of the Woosters, Blandings Castle, Money in the Bank, Hot Water, Indiscretions of Archie, The Luck of the Bodkins, Summer Lightning, The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories, and The Pothunters and Other School Stories. Hardcover Wodehouse titles present include Galahad at Blandings, Heavy Weather, Blandings the Blest, and The Coming of Bill. The collection also includes several volumes from the Just William series by Richmal Crompton, published by Newnes, and multiple The People’s Friend omnibuses from DC Thomson Media. The books are a mixture of cloth-bound boards and softcover wrappers, primarily in octavo format.
Condition report:
Items show varying degrees of age-related wear including rubbing to covers and shelf wear to extremities. Several volumes exhibit spine fading. Paperbacks show typical creasing to spines and some tanning to page edges. Dust jackets, where present, show chipping, minor tears, and some loss to edges. Bindings are generally firm across the collection.
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